By any measure, today's fly in was a great success, in spite of adverse weather. My congratulations to Ken, Barry, Dave and all other movers and shakers who squeezed a huge amount of flying activity into a shrt time window. The fly-in show -cased what YSA has to offer to the gliding and aviation world in the future.
Tim Wood
Congratulations Ken, Barry and all YSA members
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Kenneth Voort
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Re: Congratulations Ken, Barry and all YSA members
By my account, it was a smashing success. Only one angry outburst on my part (sorry about that Dave), and only one thing got wrecked (one of our popup tents that wasn't staked down and blew away in the wind). And just a mild case of tendonitis for me. 95% of our guests left happy and said they will come back next year, and bring friends.
There are three people whose efforts I would particularly like us all to recognize.
Barry – who likely put significantly more effort into this event than I did. While I was the event's interface with the membership and the food/toilet vendors, Barry is the man who served us as our interface both to the public and to the Great War Flying Museum, made a proper entrance in the SE5, and masterminded the entire marketing effort. He stopped counting at 400 hours of work he put into this. This event would have fallen very flat were it not for his efforts.
Someone who flew under the radar is Carolyn, who due to a snafu I asked at the last minute to help out with parking control. She got stuck in the blazing, humid heat, during an extreme heat advisory, with no water and no relief, while mere feet away from the folks comfortably taking entrance payments under a shade tent in chairs. Although she was not happy about it, she went above and beyond and really came through for us. We were (or I was) patently unfair to her, and she deserves to be thanked and recognized for that. We owe her a steak dinner
And Tom Fraser - if memory serves, this event was his idea, in the fall of 2022. I may have pushed the ball around after he handed it off to me, but he got the ball rolling. His notes and ideas were invaluable to pulling this thing off. (Really Tom, we couldn't have done it without your guidance. Thank you.)
Thank you also to our neighbours across the street, Robin and Garrett, who lent us the hay bales, and the orange stakes that served us remarkably well as a a runway closure marking. They even came by in the evening to pick all that hay up for us after hosting a birthday party.
Lastly, some pictures to share. A friend of mine works as a technical producer/cameraperson for the CBC and graciously volunteered his time to get some professional quality pictures and videos of our event. For the right fee, he's for hire BTW (20 years' experience as a broadcast engineer). More should be coming.
There are three people whose efforts I would particularly like us all to recognize.
Barry – who likely put significantly more effort into this event than I did. While I was the event's interface with the membership and the food/toilet vendors, Barry is the man who served us as our interface both to the public and to the Great War Flying Museum, made a proper entrance in the SE5, and masterminded the entire marketing effort. He stopped counting at 400 hours of work he put into this. This event would have fallen very flat were it not for his efforts.
Someone who flew under the radar is Carolyn, who due to a snafu I asked at the last minute to help out with parking control. She got stuck in the blazing, humid heat, during an extreme heat advisory, with no water and no relief, while mere feet away from the folks comfortably taking entrance payments under a shade tent in chairs. Although she was not happy about it, she went above and beyond and really came through for us. We were (or I was) patently unfair to her, and she deserves to be thanked and recognized for that. We owe her a steak dinner
And Tom Fraser - if memory serves, this event was his idea, in the fall of 2022. I may have pushed the ball around after he handed it off to me, but he got the ball rolling. His notes and ideas were invaluable to pulling this thing off. (Really Tom, we couldn't have done it without your guidance. Thank you.)
Thank you also to our neighbours across the street, Robin and Garrett, who lent us the hay bales, and the orange stakes that served us remarkably well as a a runway closure marking. They even came by in the evening to pick all that hay up for us after hosting a birthday party.
Lastly, some pictures to share. A friend of mine works as a technical producer/cameraperson for the CBC and graciously volunteered his time to get some professional quality pictures and videos of our event. For the right fee, he's for hire BTW (20 years' experience as a broadcast engineer). More should be coming.
With grace and beauty, Strength and cunning She’ll stay aloft — until; Inevitably — she loses. And must glide earthward. And lie there helpless, Lovesick for the sky.
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James Lemke
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Re: Congratulations Ken, Barry and all YSA members
Many thanks to Ken, Barry, Carolyn, Tom & the membership in general for making this happen.
It helped make many people more aware of our club and our sport. Plus it felt good to have the field so busy.
It helped make many people more aware of our club and our sport. Plus it felt good to have the field so busy.
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Ken Ashworth
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Re: Congratulations Ken, Barry and all YSA members
Brilliantly said, with brilliantly professional photos.