Towplane accident at The Dalles, Oregon

"Gary Boggs" wrote in message
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It's too bad our ridge is 3 miles away. It's just a little too far to get
to from a winch launch. I did catch the wave from a winch launch right
over
the airport, climbed to 9K, and then flew to our main wave behind 11,240
foot Mt. Hood. Normally it's hard to get away from our airport from a
winch
launch though.


What if you could increase the winch release height to more than 2000 feet?
Three miles at 35:1 in a modern trainer would lose maybe 300 feet and you
could still get back if the ridge isn't working.

Modern high performance winches will deliver more than 2000' pretty
consistently. How much room do you have for a winch operation?

Bill Daniels

My understanding is the airport manager told HCS that
they couldn't operate without business insurance. Apparently,
it was precipitated by an incident involving the HCS
oxygen cart and a taxiing aircraft.

It's a pity -- Tom and Bill have been ornaments to
the sport for so long.

9B

At 04:42 17 September 2004, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Lord Struthers wrote:
Two sitting idle at Minden, now that HCS is gone.
Rich

High Country Soaring is out of business? What happened?

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Andy Blackburn wrote in message ...
My understanding is the airport manager told HCS that
they couldn't operate without business insurance. Apparently,
it was precipitated by an incident involving the HCS
oxygen cart and a taxiing aircraft.

It's a pity -- Tom and Bill have been ornaments to
the sport for so long.

9B

At 04:42 17 September 2004, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Lord Struthers wrote:
Two sitting idle at Minden, now that HCS is gone.
Rich

High Country Soaring is out of business? What happened?

--
Change 'netto' to 'net' to email me directly

Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Yes!! It's true After 22yrs and 25yrs on the airport HCS has closed
the doors. But NOT because of insurance, But for the last few years
the lack of business AND the NEW airport policy's and management. Al
L. and I have decided to close it down. I can no longer take the
stress on this airport. HCS is up For Sale and hopefully it will have
a new owner. I have moved in to town and have opened a new shop, I
will still be buying/selling and working on gliders. I will still be
hosting the Ely soaring camps in the years to come. I would like to
thank ALL of you for supporting HCS over the years.

Tom Stowers

The end of an era, Tom. I can't remember Minden without
HCS, holding region 11 pilots meetings in your hangar
as Billy worked away on Minden Fab trailers. Mountain
Mike covering my G-103 with black plastic to melt the
snow off, it's been a good run. Good luck in the future.
Minden won't be the same without you and Mansburger's
repair shop.
All the best,
JJ Sinclair

At 04:42 20 September 2004, Tom Stowers wrote:
Andy Blackburn wrote in message news:...
My understanding is the airport manager told HCS that
they couldn't operate without business insurance.
Apparently,
it was precipitated by an incident involving the HCS
oxygen cart and a taxiing aircraft.

It's a pity -- Tom and Bill have been ornaments to
the sport for so long.

9B

At 04:42 17 September 2004, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Lord Struthers wrote:
Two sitting idle at Minden, now that HCS is gone.
Rich

High Country Soaring is out of business? What happened?

--
Change 'netto' to 'net' to email me directly

Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Yes!! It's true After 22yrs and 25yrs on the airport
HCS has closed
the doors. But NOT because of insurance, But for the
last few years
the lack of business AND the NEW airport policy's and
management. Al
L. and I have decided to close it down. I can no longer
take the
stress on this airport. HCS is up For Sale and hopefully
it will have
a new owner. I have moved in to town and have opened
a new shop, I
will still be buying/selling and working on gliders.
I will still be
hosting the Ely soaring camps in the years to come.
I would like to
thank ALL of you for supporting HCS over the years.

Tom Stowers

My apologies for the mis-information on HCS, Tom -
should've left it to you to reply. What I thought was
good authority was not.

Glad you guys won't be totally packing it in and that
you'll still be hosting the Ely camp.

Best of luck.

9B

At 14:36 20 September 2004, John Sinclair wrote:
The end of an era, Tom. I can't remember Minden without
HCS, holding region 11 pilots meetings in your hangar
as Billy worked away on Minden Fab trailers. Mountain
Mike covering my G-103 with black plastic to melt the
snow off, it's been a good run. Good luck in the future.
Minden won't be the same without you and Mansburger's
repair shop.
All the best,
JJ Sinclair

At 04:42 20 September 2004, Tom Stowers wrote:
Andy Blackburn wrote in message news:...
My understanding is the airport manager told HCS that
they couldn't operate without business insurance.
Apparently,
it was precipitated by an incident involving the HCS
oxygen cart and a taxiing aircraft.

It's a pity -- Tom and Bill have been ornaments to
the sport for so long.

9B

At 04:42 17 September 2004, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Lord Struthers wrote:
Two sitting idle at Minden, now that HCS is gone.
Rich

High Country Soaring is out of business? What happened?

--
Change 'netto' to 'net' to email me directly

Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Yes!! It's true After 22yrs and 25yrs on the airport
HCS has closed
the doors. But NOT because of insurance, But for the
last few years
the lack of business AND the NEW airport policy's and
management. Al
L. and I have decided to close it down. I can no longer
take the
stress on this airport. HCS is up For Sale and hopefully
it will have
a new owner. I have moved in to town and have opened
a new shop, I
will still be buying/selling and working on gliders.
I will still be
hosting the Ely soaring camps in the years to come.
I would like to
thank ALL of you for supporting HCS over the years.

Tom Stowers