Yes, we had 2 accidents. Maybe we should ALL wait till the reports and details come in, before we do more damage than is needed. I did see and hear from persons who saw both accidents. The best news was no one was hurt. Now, we will wait till the folks figure out what happened. The last two days...

No gliders over a 20 Meter wing span will be allowed entry into the Region 9 Soaring contest for this year. We have received approval from the SSA rules committee on this wavier. Best regards, Tom Kelley, Contest manager, Region 9 Parowan Soaring Championships.

Another web page you might visit, with good, organized information, on contest articles, and it flies the British flag, is http://glidingcomp.com/school.html almost looks like BB standing in front of the classroom.........# 711.

As Charlies Spratt would say, race fans, they are here. XX, DB, 7F, E9, 2W, DUO, OE, A8, TO, GV, 5U,YO, 7U, RJ, ET, and more. . The last few days, skys have looked like west Texas, with climbs approaching 8-10 kts at times. Today, bases were higher and lift was stronger than yesterday. Check the...

Website has been updated ... http://parowan.soaringweb.net/index.html with the new entry fees of $225 and $53 per tow. Pilot entry list shows top 50 entrants as being "application accepted and a entrant in the contest". All the rest are in order of standyby's, # 51 to # 76. Organizer's...

We will be postin a new entry list on or around June 1st. Yes, their are "some" changes. Those on the standby list will be getting weekly emails from Micki on their status. Thanks to all the entrants who have sent Micki their dinner requests for Saturday, June 30th. We are past 90 and we are...

Saturday, June 2, 2007. Had a possible soaring window. Gridded, watched 2 motorgliders, restart, climb, restart, climb. They reported weak lift, maybe 1200 agl to 1800 agl. Watched big, well, started small, but got bigger, cell to the...Northeast, then another South, then several more surronding...

Wednesday, June 6th. Winds, rain and cells moving thur in the am hours. 50 kts at 2000 agl, and high wind warnings this afternoon gave the CD enough information to call it a day at the pilots meeting. Thursday is the last day, and we have 3 contests "in", so need something for tomorrow. Some are...

Just spoke with Ronda at SSA, I, like some others, haven't recieved the Dec issue,. so I sent an email to her. Seems lke for some unknown reason, ?electronic world we live in', some of us fell off the mailing list. Yet, we are still their when they check the program. If your Dec. issue hasn't come...

Add up your ten longest flights, you have made in your lifetime of soaring, and then average them. I was on the phone today with Carl Herold, IV, he just averaged his 10 longest flights, they averaged 699.4 miles. 699.4 miles (statute) is equal to 1,125.58 kilometers, ok,...

List of Applicants for 2007 Region 9 Contest Last Updated February 2, 2007 This has just been posted on the website. http:// parowan.soaringweb.net Next pilot entry update will be first week of March. Thermal tight, Soar high, Fly safe, # 711 reporting.

At the Seniors, we had one pilot who called on 123.3 and said he heard a elt going off, and everybody should check their's. Well, it was his going off and bleeding over on 123.3 on his radio. So, if you hear a ELT going off, and your flying along on another frequency, it just could be yours. I...

The regionals are on at Ely. If you go to ElySoaring.com you will see that Carl Herold will have a area orientation June 2 thur the 4 with the regionals from the 5th thur the 11th of June. Those of you going to Parowan might just want to drop over to Ely and get in a few days of Carl's camp,...

We have several tow spots still available for guess's. We will fly Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and maybe Sunday. Contact us before coming, so we don't get hammered with a 1000 or so of you guys and girls. WSSA, Thermal tight, Soar high, Fly safe # 711 reporting.

We need to talk. I need some new baseball hats with some logos on them. Email me, your email that I have doesn't seem to be working. Thanks, Tom Kelley # 711.

Sept. 1st thur 4th WSSA is hosting a Soaring Fiesta in Alamogordo, NM. Come and experience the soaring magic and hospitality of the high desert and mountains of New Mexico. Contact Alwin Kroh @ 1-505-439-6882 or go to WWW.netmdc.com/~geo/wssa.htm web page and follow the link for more information....

Rolled into Hobbs several days ago. Yesterday, big thunderstorm early afternoon, with heavy rains and winds. No one flew, several were ready, but we had no towplane. Today, Dick Mockler flew in for afternoon tows. Right now, the sky isn't to promising, but several are ready, if things get better....

List of Applicants for 2007 Region 9 Contest Last Updated January 30, 2007 Is now posted on the website. http://parowan.soaringweb.net/ index.html Shortly, we will have downloads for entrants, on the web page, keeping the pilot kits to a minimum, "Paper Reduction Act" approved and passed by CM.

In the next few days, we again will post a updated pilots list for Parowan. Its best to remember that the 2004 Regionals at Parowan only saw 49 show up and the 2005 Sports Class Nationals at Parowan had only 48 show up. So, both contest's ended up short of the cutoff of 50 entrants. Both were over...

Started a blog for next years contest season. http://711reporting.blogspot.com/. It will keep the reports better organized for easier contest and news reporting and viewing. Drop in sometime. Several reports are available for reading. You can ge also get auto updates when new reports have been...