2008 NEWS UPDATES

Apr19

2008 is off to an early start!
We flew at York today! 29 Flights. NRY and EBI are up and flying. Four tow pilots checked out.
Three Pawnee pilots are now current. Many instructors are also now
current.

Mar 20

Mar 05

YORK SOARING ASSOCIATION
Annual Spring Banquet 

Saturday March 29,2008

HANSA HAUS 6650 HURONTARIO STREET MISSISSAUGA  

REFRESHMENTS AT 6:30pm

DINNER at 7:30 

CASH BAR

DINNER MENU

SOUP and SALADGRILLED BREAST OF CHICKEN GREEN BEANS & BABY CARROT MEDLEYSAUTÉED WITH BUTTER AND ONIONS DESSERT  COFFEE & TEA

( For special requirements phone    Allen @ 519 938 8838)

PRESENTATIONS:

ROBERTO CENTAZZO  “2007 IN PICTURES” 

PETER FOSTER “2008 GOOD NEWS and AWARDS”

Advance booking   $36.00 per person(19 years and under $18.00 per person)

 >>>>>>Or $39.00 per person at the door<<<<         

PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHEQUE PAYABLE  TO “YORK SOARING ASSOCIATION”  and mail to:  ALLEN BALDWIN346398 MONO CENTRE ROADRR1 ORANGEVILLE ON   L9W 2Y8                         Confirmations not sent out, just send in your cheque on time and come !!!

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2007 NEWS UPDATES

Dec 10

Toronto Area Groundschool

Oct 11

THIS Sunday, Oct. 14
being Pig Roast Sunday, we are hoping for a GREAT turn out even though some will be elsewhere...

We ask that folk bring a salad, veggie or dessert for the Pot Luck portion of the Dinner. Beer will be available for $2 and the Dinner cost will be $10 for Adults and $5 for Cadets. This is a fundraiser for the club after all. 6pm is the approximate Dinnertime as Master Piggy Roaster will be starting the spit at @ 10am. Vegetarians are welcome as always and veggie burgers will be available for them. There will also be a 50/50 draw to satisfy the adventure neurons in all of us!

Sept 21

YES... we will be flying today.
Frank predicts lift, and he has been right on all week !!!!

We will open at 11:00 am. Come out and enjoy a beautiful fall day !!!

SEPT 20

Thursday will be another beautiful fall day with lift improving as the day progresses.

Come out and fly!!!

Sept 19

It will be a beautiful fall day today with lift. Expected thermals, so come out and fly....we will open at 11:00 am.

Regards, Allen

Past weekend pix

Sept 10

Hi Honour, Lt. Governor David Onley, has confirmed his visit to York Soaring for 2:00 p.m. next Sunday the 16th. We are hoping to have the Air Cadet band from the Grand Valley Squadron present for playing the Vice Regal Salute and inspection, followed by introductions to club members in general and Freedom's Wings pilots in particular.

Sept 03

September brings the first Pawnee tug to our fleet. Peter Foster flew
it back from the far side of Montreal Saturday, showed it off at York on
Sunday, see it here.

Sept 02

We are pleased that we now have a firm core of volunteers to enable us to fly on soarable days.
We have two tow pilots on call.

We will plan to be at the field by 11:00 am and close down the
office at 4:00 PM

August 24!!!

Due to High winds forecasted to diminish only by saturday evening the scheduled "Spot Landing and BBQ" will be postponed to Sunday Aug 26th.

August 09

August 25th we will be hosting the Spot Landing Contest! other challenges will be added for you 2-33 jockeys... and not. Corn roast and BBQ!!!
Don't miss this chance to prove your skills and have fun at the same time!

See some pretty faces of the past weekend...

July 22

view from up-there.

July 03

Another weekend with good weather, monday was goooood! Check Jim Fryett 535Km flight. here are some pix of the weekend.

June 27

Very good weekend with lots of flights.
The "longest day" was a success, worth getting up at 4:15 am! Don't miss it next year. here is a sample of pictures of the weekend, from the new Freedom Wings Grob to the "longest day" morning flights.

June 21

June 23rd we celebrate "The Longest Day", for those who are new to York Soaring this event features dawn to dusk flying. This year we will begin launching at 5:06am, and fly until 9:33pm. It's a great opportunity to experience the thrill of flight in absolutely still air.

June 16 and 17

Good weekend with lots of good lift, but it was James Kingdon the happiest member with his first flight in his... brand new ASW17.

June 11

We had a wonderful weekend, - fine weather, the excitement of the L-33
addition to the fleet, here are some weekend pictures.

June 07

Bouncing Baby Blanik !!

We are very please to announce a new addition to the York Soaring
Fleet.
Today YSA completed the purchase of a LET L-33 Solo, an all metal,
single seat aircraft produced by the same Czech firm that built our
two Blaniks.This aircraft is a modern (built in 1994), low time club class
glider with good performance (claimed 33:1). It is known for its
excellent handling characteristics, and will fit into our fleet at
much the same level as our 1-23.
Come out this weekend to see our new glider and fly a Baby Blanik!

June 05

On Saturday, June 9th at 0930, Mr. Kurtis Arnold from NavCanada will
be at YSA conducting a presentation on the Toronto area airspace
structure.

The presentation will consist off a general briefing about IFR
routes in the area around the Class C, some information on ATC
frequencies, and Toronto Operations. This will be followed by an
open forum, where you can ask questions.

MAY 25

Due to predicted thunder storms, we will not fly today

may 23

We expect modest thermals today and so we will be open.

Again this year Freedom's Wings Canada will be exhibiting at the PEOPLE IN MOTION SHOW on Friday June 1st and Saturday June 2nd, located in the Queen Elizabeth Building at Exhibition Park. Paul will set up the simulator

May 22

The motion simulator:
The Toronto Aerospace Museum in Downsview is having its second annual
show of aviation and classic automobiles, May 26-27. York Soaring will
be giving "rides" in one of our simulators 10 am - 4 pm, Saturday and
Sunday.
We are at the People In Motion show the following Friday and Saturday,
June 1,2 down at the Exhibition Grounds. The motion simulator then
will return to York for the remainder of the flying season.

May 18

We will be flying today !!!! Frank's Forecast indicates lift!

May 17

Forecast 17. May Thursday

It will be mainly overcast all day with a slight possibility of rainshowers. The meteorological climb rates being indicated are very weak with low cloud bases.

Sfc Winds NNE 10 kt

May 16

Firefox browrsers please be patient, I'm working on a fix...

May 14

As of this Wednesday May 16th, we will be starting Mid Week Flying.
We will be pleased to have student pilots to cross country experts come and fly!!!!
Via "Frank's Forecast", we will post flying conditions around 8:00am each morning. So the sky awaits you!

April 21

2007 Flying season has begun!
With perfect weather activities started early Saturday morning, Instructors and members begun their check flights, a few visitors dropped by and were introduced to flying.
"Lift" improved and longer flights were achieved as the day went on, James Kingdon was all smiles after a 90 minutes flight in the Blanik.
...come on up!!!

march 03

Pictures from the 2007 banquet
York Soaring's Annual Banquet Date: 31 March 2007, 6pm.
Date: 31 March 2007 - Location: Mississauga
6650 Hurontario St.
Mississauga, ON L5W-1N3
Phone: (905) 564-0060 Fax: (905) 564-6793
http://www.hansahaus.ca/
it will be held in conjunction with the:
Canadian Advanced Soaring spring soaring seminar:
Time: 0900
Registration Fee: $50 (including lunch)
Speakers and Topics will be announced over the next few weeks.
Mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend and get your season started!