SSA WEBINAR

Wanted to give a shoutout to the guys who devoted their time and expertise to the SSA webinar!
Thanks

I missed it but want to watch the recording - anybody got a handy link to that?

On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I missed it but want to watch the recording - anybody got a handy link to that?

Since it's from the SSA, visiting the website might (and does) provide information :-)

5Z

On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I missed it but want to watch the recording - anybody got a handy link to that?

Since it's from the SSA, visiting the website might (and does) provide information :-)

5Z

Hmm, I must not be looking in the right spot either because all I see is a link to sign up for the class that was already held on 1-May and another link to a promo video. I see no links to the replay nor links to register for the 15-May thermalling webinar. The most recent article in the General News section is from November, 2017.

On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 6:22:47 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I missed it but want to watch the recording - anybody got a handy link to that?

Since it's from the SSA, visiting the website might (and does) provide information :-)

5Z

Hmm, I must not be looking in the right spot either because all I see is a link to sign up for the class that was already held on 1-May and another link to a promo video. I see no links to the replay nor links to register for the 15-May thermalling webinar. The most recent article in the General News section is from November, 2017.

If you missed the webinar, just "register" here and you will be able to access it: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg...00518487229185

Best,
JP

Please register for SOARING WEATHER FORECASTING FOR DUMMIES, held on August 7th, 2018 5:00 pm PDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg...331?source=SSA

This is the 4th webinar in a series that focuses on a myriad of soaring topics ranging from soaring safety, off-field landing techniques, soaring weather, badge flying, setting up your glide computer, flying cloud streets, and oh, so, so much more!

Each webinar in this series is presented by a different expert and takes place live every 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm CENTRAL TIME. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, you can view it and all prior webinars at ssa.org, under the "Member Resources" tab "Webinars." No WINGS credit for recordings.

For our August webinar, we are thrilled to have Ramy Yanetz, one of the top cross-country pilots in the country (he REGULARLY logs 1,000 km+ flights and is constantly a top 5 finisher in the OLC), as our presenter. Ramy started flying hang gliders in Israel before moving to the U.S. in 1990. He transitioned to sailplanes 20 years ago and has accumulated close to 7,500 flying hours and nearly half a million km in cross-country flights! Ramy flies an ASG29 out of multiple places in California, Nevada, and Utah.

THIS AND ALL OF OUR WEBINARS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE FAA WINGS PROGRAM! The FAA Pilot Proficiency Program, or WINGS program, is one of my favorite FAA sponsored activities. The FAA, along with the aviation industry, has realized recurrent training reduces the accident rate dramatically.

The WINGS program includes both learning activities and flight tasks to be accomplished for credit towards obtaining one of the levels in the WINGS program. After completing a level of the WINGS program, you may substitute this completion for your flight review.

It is easy to sign up for the program and is free. Go to www.faasafety.gov for more information. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE THE SAME EMAIL TO REGISTER FOR WINGS AS YOU DO TO REGISTER FOR OUR WEBINARS.

SOARING WEATHER FORCASTING FOR DUMMIES teaches real world techniques of how to use simple forecasting tools (mainly Dr Jack blipmaps and RASP as well as SkySight) to decide when and where to fly in order to maximize your flying results. This is NOT about understanding the intricacies of weather.

Seats are limited to 500 and fill up fast so REGISTER TODAY!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

-David Lessnick

PLEASE JOIN US FOR ANOTHER SSA SPONSORED WEBINAR:

Title

TOP TIPS: FLYING YOUR FIRST TASK AND CONTEST

Registration Link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg...546?source=RAS

Description

Learning to fly a sailplane (glider) is great fun and will make anyone a better pilot. Once you have learned how to safely takeoff, stay aloft using various lift sources, and execute spot landings, it's time to broaden your horizons and fly cross country (XC) flights. A fun way of doing this is to fly a pre-set task around a course of turn points. Once you can fly a task, you may want to accelerate your learning by entering a regional contest. BREAKING NEWS: contest flying is NOT about the contest but rather the opportunity to spend a few days surrounded by like minded pilots and to improve your own soaring skills at an exponential rate!

After attending this webinar, you will know :
- How to create and fly a task
- How to prepare for and what to expect from your first contest
- Next steps for those who are interested

The guest panel for this "hangar flying" style webinar includes our own Bruno Vassel IV (Bruno created the Nephi UT cross country/OLC camp), Andy Blackburn (long time XC/contest pilot), Ken Sorenson (SSA Chairman, contest director and long time contest pilot) and myself, David Lessnick (flew my first contest this year).

This is the 7th webinar in a series that focuses on a myriad of soaring topics ranging from soaring safety, off field landing techniques, soaring weather, badge flying, setting up your glide computer, flying cloud streets and oh so, so much more!

Each webinar in this series is presented by a different expert and takes place live every 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm CENTRAL TIME.

THIS AND ALL OF OUR WEBINARS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE FAA WINGS PROGRAM! The FAA Pilot Proficiency Program, or Wings program, promotes educational training which can reduce accident rates dramatically.

It is easy to sign up for the program and is free. Go to www.faasafety.gov for more information. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE THE SAME EMAIL TO REGISTER FOR WINGS AS YOU DO TO REGISTER FOR OUR WEBINARS.

Seats are limited to 500 and fill up fast so REGISTER TODAY!

Much appreciate! The initial interest in the webinar series has been STRONG..

So strong in fact that we are hosting in essence 2 webinar series: the 1st Tuesday of every month is a series of varying topics and with a different presenter each time. The next one is Tuesday June 5 and the presenter is Cindy Brickner. Her topic is: TAKEOFF DANGERS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

The second webinar track is presented every 3rd Tuesday of the month and is ALWAYS presented by Eric Carden. The information Eric is presenting is specifically geared to thermaling techniques and cross-country soaring.

ALL webinars start at 7pm Central time.

If anyone has specific questions or would like to be a presenter or is interested in a specific topic to be presented, please contact me directly at

On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:45:06 PM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Wanted to give a shoutout to the guys who devoted their time and expertise to the SSA webinar!
Thanks

I agree with Jonathan, the Webinar was well done. Thank you to all who produced it. I'm looking forward to participating in more of them.

Thanks for the encouragement! I’m just a simple soaring enthusiast and thought our community could benefit from some good training other than primary. The hypothesis is that far too many pilots leave our sport prematurely because they can’t quite “crack the code� of thermaling efficiently and going cross country.

There is so much knowledge within our ranks and I was just looking for a platform to share some of it with as wide an audience as possible!

I called the SSA to ask for their support and they jumped in with both feet! One of the board members, Mitch Hudson, helped get this off the ground along with a young man named JP Stewart. Ken Sorenson, the SSA Chairman, has given us great latitude to execute this vision.

Please help spread the word with all your individual clubs and organizations. Our next webinar is 5/15 at 7 pm CENTRAL and is titled: THERMALING 101: The Easy As 1-2-3 method

This series of “how to� training webinars occurs every THIRD Tuesday of the month and Eric Carden is the presenter (he has developed an excellent curriculum starting from basic thermal skills to advanced x/c and racing) each and every month.

We also have a concurrent series of webinars that are scheduled the FIRST Tuesday of every month at 7 pm CENTRAL. This series covers a wide range of soaring topics from Safety, technology, interviews with top world soaring champions, and SO MUCH more! These 1st Tuesday webinars will be presented by a different soaring expert each month.

For now, I am the primary “host� for both these webinar series and I’ve enlisted the help of Bruno Vassel to be a co-host. HOWEVER, my vision is to train as many folks who are willing, and have have as many hosts and co-hosts as we have presenters.

SO I’M THROWING DOWN THE CHALLENGE: if you would like to be a presenter, host, or co-host, or want to “nominate� someone to be so - reach out to me directly (Ramy - I’m talking to you

David Lessnick: