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In Petrolia, also in Lambton county, the CAPE reached over 3800 on the 20th. This is what that looked like on the ground:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1cieYK1gVU

https://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/ While there are many ways to forecast soaring weather, I've found the NOAA soundings site to be the most accurate, although it does require a modicum of practice. Interpreting them is a perishable skill, I've found. So today, with a thunderstorm overhead, it's a good d...

We had the pleasure of a visit from Rod Reiger of SOGA on Wednesday. He came to ask us a few questions about our grass cutting methods and equipment, as they've recently built two new runways, and the zero turn homeowner's mower they currently use just isn't cutting it anymore (pun intended). I had ...

So, apparently we have Santa Claus launching gliders backwards, and all the golf carts are broken: BrokenGolfCart.jpeg Barry needs to be fired, and we need breathalyzers (good luck putting those in the 2-33's, and good luck replacing Barry...) Please do keep filling out bogus reports and letting me ...

I've had a complaint. We had an incident over the weekend and a member filled out a report. That report didn't make it my inbox. I only knew it was filed because that member also emailed me with a "please confirm" message. If anyone is unconformable with or unsure of this new shiny, our pa...

Thanks Dave. To be clear - this has not been an issue at YSA. I've noticed it becoming an issue elsewhere and I don't want it to be an issue here. And, while setting up waypoints on the flight line is surely wasteful, expensive, and inefficient, it is not unsafe . My purview stops when it's no longe...

Hello All, After reading the 2022 SAC annual safety report earlier this year, I became concerned about a recent trend of people (primarily students, visitors, and youth) becoming distracted by electronic devices while in what I would call "operational areas". Last year there were several i...

Donald Kuehn wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:38 pm I had many enjoyable hours in KGB back when

In Soviet Russia, KGB had many enjoyable hours in YOU!

(sorry, couldn't resist)

I was finally able to figure out how to talk to the FLARM units in at least the LS4 and LTX yesterday and update them. As part of the process, those units also dump all the flight logs they have saved locally on to the USB stick or SD card you inserted. So, much to my surprise, when I checked those ...

May 08 2023: All good! Five locations tested: Southernmost campground tap, next to the Kingdon's trailer Easternmost campground tap, spruce grove, next to Tony and Miguel's sites Trailer dumping station, outside the workshop bathrooms Clubhouse kitchen faucet Tap on the west side of the main hangar ...