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Skylines Back Issues, 1996 - Present
Skylines
2003 Issues:
September 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety Net(work)
  • Of moving parts that don't...
  • ... on wings like turkeys
  • Transition to Cirrus
  • Recycled Book Review
  • Just a reminder, particularly for "newcomers"
  • Once more, with feeling...
  • Lessons learned from a PTT
  • Birds always lose, but keep coming
  • The little plane that could
  • Study dispells Stall Myths
  • Log this...
    • New member Tom Flannigan
    • Critical Cell phone call
    • List Archives available online
    • Own a piece of History
    • Piet Barber, Commercial Pilot
    • Bob Collier quoted
    • What's a squawk?
    • FAA revises policy about fixing old planes
    • Reducing Fatal Accidents
    • Tower conversation overheard
July 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety Net(work)
  • HighWireAct
  • Courtesy, Communication, and Common Sense
  • Going for the Silver
  • Inheriting Old Faithful
  • Meigs' Reborn... for Ping-Pong?
  • Dufus reports
  • Log this...
    • Welcome Craig Steidle
    • Judah becomes instructor
    • Excellent movie about winged migration
    • Submit your flying stats
    • High obstacles and busted wings
    • Geogg Hazelrigg gets engaged
    • Duty Reports seem the same
    • Kodak EasyShare
    • Incident at Bush International
June 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety Net(work)
  • High Wire Act
  • Smile When You Say That!
  • Part 43
  • The Wright Flyer Sim Game
  • Digital Devotee
  • New Runway Light Removal Procedure Dialog-
  • Company Offers Shares In Classic Cubs.
  • Two Sides to Every Story
  • An Official Proclamation
  • Log this...
    • Winged Migration movie (really neat)
    • SonyClassics Winged Migration Movie link
    • Crying toddler heard on ATC frequency
    • PAX airshow was a smashing success
    • NORAD exercises F-16s near DC.
May 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety Net(work)
  • High Wire Act
  • Smile When You Say That!
  • Part 43
  • The Wright Flyer Sim Game
  • Digital Devotee
  • New Runway Light Removal Procedure Dialog-
  • Company Offers Shares In Classic Cubs.
  • Two Sides to Every Story
  • An Official Proclamation
    • Log this...
    • PW-5 still for sale
    • 081 still for sale
    • More UAV avoidance
    • Closing of Meigs Field makes us all sad
    • Philadelphia Funeral Home sign (joke)
April 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety Net(work)
  • Approach and Landing
  • Great Way to Get High
  • An Incident
  • The 1-26 As a Cross Country Vehicle
  • Dick Feierabend
  • Thanks for the Memories
  • VERY interesting, Jan!
  • Déja` vu all over again
  • Flying Brass
  • Log this...
    • Partners needed for the PW-5
    • 081 partnership for sale
    • 1-26's are best for cross-country training
    • Keeping Spirits up with Steve Fossett
    • Rubber Band Plane
    • UAVs for Testing Collision Avoidancee
    • Neat stamp
    • Southern England Memorial Window dedicated to WWII glider pilots.
March 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety Net(work)
  • Earth 1, Aeronca 0
  • We're All Students
  • Of Webs and Amphibians
  • There once was a young man from Boston,who...
  • Grow Old With Me
  • Miss Daisy Near P-40 and Other Nice Things
  • Lost in Red Hell
  • Log this...
    • Glider Regatta in Kutztown, PA
    • Pilot Insecurity Rules blasted
    • Soaring Clubs need tow planes
    • Recent Changes at SSA headquarters
    • Book about the Alexander Schleicher company
    • Steve Wallace heads up the Columbia Accident investiation
    • 1-866-GA-Secure
    • We need to find a way to get the wives to come out to the field.
    • David Jobes gets his private pilots license
February 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • "2200 Miles in 48 Hours"
  • SSA Convention Comments in their own words
  • For those who may have missed this in email form-
  • A current status report from our friends at M-ASA
  • Report from our Antarctic Correspondent
  • Log This...
    • Civil Air Patrol flies during the winter
    • Meet the member: Rick Harris
    • Two new members, Rick Harris and Joe Groshel
    • New ASK bits
    • Global Hawk Bits...
    • 737 Rudder fix finally ready
    • Glider makes "forced" landing
    • Shane Neitzey's son gets Polar Bear Patch
    • Space Shuttle Columbia remembered. (Very moving)
January 2003
  • President's Prerogative
  • President's Prerogative
  • Skinning the Cat
  • Glider Pilots Plug Security
  • Soaring Down Under
  • Surf's Up......Dude!
  • That's Lieutenant Ellis to You
  • Log this...
    • Party thanks
    • Bill Malick Inactive
    • Personal Safety Equipment featured at Safety Meeting.
    • Soaring Instrumentation systems
    • Commander Aircraft files for bankruptcy
    • Airport watch program from AOPA
    • Piet Barber goes to Antarctica
    • 081 seeks new Partner

Skylines
2002 Issues:


December 2002
  • President's Prerogative
  • Year-end Party
  • Dues Due-Don't Dawdle
  • Anniversary DVDs & CDs Available!!
  • Worth Repeating: Streamlining Club-Related Email
  • Duty Calls
  • Another Day in the Neighborhood
  • For the Ladies
  • DO & ADO reminder
  • Count Down to Kill Devil: The Last Chapter
  • Log this...
    • Raul Fumagali gets private license
    • Homeland Security allows armed pilots
    • Aeroplanner review
    • Webcams on Alaska
    • Towcar woes
    • Land's End HowTO
November 2002
  • President's Prerogative (good fences make good neighbors)
  • Lucky Dog Update
  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
  • Year-end Party
  • Don't leave home without it...
  • The Civil Air Patrol Corner
  • I learned about Flying from that
  • Some basics worth repeating:
  • My Week at Turf Soaring, Phoenix, AZ
  • Log this...
    • PC Flight Logger
    • Accident problem, worth repeating
    • NTSB excerpt of the Accident
    • Told you so file
    • Anniversary DVDs & CDs Available!
    • 100th anniversary of the first powered flight
    • Wright Brother Photographs
October 2002
  • President's Prerogative
  • Beantown Chronicles...
  • DIVers
  • Lucky...literally
  • Diesel powered Cessna crosses the nation
  • Car Talk
  • Log this...
    • Jim Kellett leaves the Secretary position with Honor
    • Crumudgeon's Grammar nit-picking
    • PC Flight Logger
    • Cool! Friction welding!
    • FRR Unicom newsletter online
    • Self-Certification for REC pilots?
    • Wingwalking with a wooden leg
July 2002
  • President's Prerogative (Entropy)
  • Greetings from St. Louis
  • Smile when you say that...
  • Preflight Inspections
  • Ka 7 Considerations
  • Youth Program
  • Log this...
    • Geoff Hazelrigg gets CPL-G
    • Kellett modifies ofer for N8169
    • Kolie Lombard gets an LS-3A
    • SSC Hangar Fridge ROOLS
    • The world's Vintage Sailplanes
    • VSA's homepage
    • Aircraft Registrations on CDROM
    • Chasing UFOs
August 2002
  • President's Prerogative (Saftey vs. Risk)
  • Going out on top
  • More on Safety
  • Remaining teachable
  • So, You Want To Buy a New Sailplane?
  • When the student is ready, the teacher appears
  • The 2002 1-26 Championships
  • DO/ADO Reminders
  • Bargain offer you can't refuse...
  • Log this...
    • Student Safety Seminar
    • Dave Brunner checks in
    • NAVAL MISHAP
July 2002
  • President's Prerogative (What can I say?)
  • Do NOT invite this person to your next picnic
  • Probable Cause
  • Let's be careful out there...
  • Log this...
    • Al Dresner
    • Dr. Jack's Blipmaps
    • Raul Fumagali first solo
    • The Day The Shuttle Landed Short
    • Buzzing and hot-dogging are the leading spin scenarios,
    • FOR SALE-Reluctantly OPEN CIRRUS 19M-650
    • M-ASA has a 1-26 for sale
    • Scott Kinsey, Steve Peterson leave
June 2002
  • President's Prerogative
  • M-ASA 50th ANNIVERSARY "TEN-DAY WEEKEND"
  • Mifflin...
  • Grob Documentation
  • Up Close and Personal
  • Some recycled email dialog worth repeating-
  • Editor Confessions...
  • Of Pitch and Power, Cows and Wind...
    • Wedding Bells for Kans
    • Wedding Plans for Freytag
    • Boomerang Award
    • Airworthiness Directive
    • Stan gets Commercial
    • Rigging news
    • New Members
    • Ex-Member Bill Jones's new book.
May 2002
  • President's Prerogative-
  • Getting Back In The Cockpit Was A Privilege After 9/11
  • Every Experience Survived Is A Learning Experience
  • Off-Field Landing Training
  • Silver Threads Among the Pending Gold
  • FUN TIME...Come On!
  • 200 km Triangle
  • Log This...
    • Boomerang retrieval
    • Kolie Lombard position appointment
    • Honorary Colonial Departs
    • Most Active Instructor
    • Events page updated
    • ADO/DO training
    • Braun says goodbye
    • Cows and Wind Direction
April 2002
  • President's Prerogative-
  • Commitment to Friends
  • ...We Continued On...
  • Socrates, Soaring, and Safety
  • I Fly-We Soar!
  • Advanced Cross Country Training Opportunity
  • Meet the Member
  • Log This...
    • Memorial day festivities
    • Schleicher Ka-7 has finally got to go.
    • AvWeb newswire
March 2002
  • President's Prerogative
  • DO Report for February 17, 2002
  • The Winter of Our Content
  • Meet the Member
  • Magic Moments
  • Really Good Stuff to Remember
  • Land's End without end
  • Grob bytes
  • What I would have said if I could have
  • Log This...
  • Scott Kinsey, New Member
  • Breakfast at FRR
  • Flight in a three-piece suit
  • No end to New Notams
  • Never trust Mother Nature
  • Schleicher Ka-7 needs to go.
February 2002
  • Headwinds
  • Highlights of the Annual Meeting
  • Selected Highlights of the January Board Meeting
  • Safety Meeting
  • Pawnee Fabric and Other Esoteric News
  • Meet the Member: Greg Phillips
  • Dudley Matson
  • The L-33 Story: FOD Happens, continued-
  • Log This...
    • Wave Camp
    • 2002 Seminar
    • Schleicher Ka-7 Still needs being sold
    • Dave Dawood new instructor
    • Dave Brunner new address
    • Land's End stuff with Skyline Logo
January 2002
    President's Prerogative- Tailwinds
  • Meetings
  • SAA Convention
  • Dialog on the Lack of Instructors
    Do something about it.
  • FOD Happens
  • Throttle Sagas
  • Log This...
    • Schleicher ka-7 has got to go...
    • Green air...
    • ...And warm beer
    • 081 needs new partner
    • Garrison's Diamond distance approved
    • Thanks to Mordhorst
    • Lynn Buell in AOPA pilot.
Skylines
2001 Issues:


December 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Log This
  • Deck Us All with Boston Charley...
  • Calendars
  • Unsolicited testimonials
  • Be Prepared
  • Slipping Surly Bonds
  • Weather on the Net
  • Preflighting the Sprite
  • Tool Accountability
    • Carlos Roberts Solo
    • Joshua Tighe Barber Born
    • Shane Moves
    • Congrats to the Anniversary
    • Soaring Flight Simulator
    • Badge Board
    • AOPA Pilot Article on Wave Soaring
November 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Wilbur and Orville were Wright
  • Tugging at Your Heartstrings
  • Christmas Shindig
  • Greetings, Fellow Skyliners
  • Pawnee Painting Party
  • Operations Safety
  • Annuals Galore
  • Octoberfest Report
  • Over and Up
    • Log This
    • Motor-Glider Goes the Distance
    • Kevin Fleet new Email Address
    • SSA Calendars are available
    • Check out the books at the Hangar
    • New Member, Mark Ballinger
    • New Member Raul Fumagali
    • Soaring Safety Foundation Wingrunners Guide
    • Sparrowhawk one step closer to soaring
    • SSC Embroidered Logo available from Land's End
    • No End to New NOTAMS.
October 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Moving Up 8-A flight in the LS8-18
  • Excerpts from the SSC Board of Directors Meeting
  • The End Justifies the Means
  • The Curmudgeon Mumbles Again
  • Illustrating change in "A New York Minute"
  • A Good Comprehensive Checklist
  • Log This
    • PIPER GOES ON WALKABOUT
    • Jonathan Kans receives his PPL
    • Wingrunner Course
    • Towplane Cropduster history
    • "Going the Distance" Review
    • Fly a 1-26
    • Distinguished Speaker for 10th Anniversary
September 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • In the Meantime... ain't we got fun?
  • Moving Up to Glass
  • Skyline Soaring Club 10th Anniversary Extravaganza
  • Worth Repeating--
  • Meet the Member -- Carlos Roberts
  • Dear Soaring Pilot
  • Soaring in Alaska
  • Log This
    • Stan Pawlowski upgrades Internet connection
    • Bill Vickland upgrades Internet connection, and leaves AOL
    • Ultralight fly-in
    • Shane drops Lak-12 price
    • Newest member Stephen Peterson
    • Scott Stevens moves to Colorado
August 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Wake Up Call...
  • 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA.
  • Report on the 1-26 Association Championships
  • Lessons Learned in Ionia, Michigan
  • Crikeees...
    ...the little beauty hardly gathered any dust
  • Diamond Distance in Thermals
  • Safety Review Committee
  • Log This
    • Shane sells glider
    • James Anthony and Meredith Lee Bigbee
    • New member Gregory Phillips
    • CAP glider encampment in Anchorage
July 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • The Boomerang Comes Home
  • Reminder to Duty Officers
  • Silver Threads Among the Gold
  • Landing Out Sites Reviewed
  • The Quest for Competition
  • Log This
    • Boomerang Trophy on display
    • Bigbee breeds
    • New Towpilot Eric Litt
    • Greg Ellis Raves about Eric Litt's Honey
    • Treasurer needs help
    • Extra suggestions about how to write checks
    • Gary Shepherd writes
    • Jim Garrison Cross Country Course
    • Dick Otis talks about A polish plane.
June 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Contest soaring wants you!
  • PT3 Revisited. When a drill is not a drill.
  • Beating (or tying) the numbers
  • "Hey Dave, just solder this back will you?"
  • Just another X-country attempt
  • Once more, with feeling!
  • Another View From Vultures Row
  • Some tips on buying used gliders
  • An idle thought while sitting in the Pawnee:
  • The Spring of My Discontent
  • Log This
    • Bill Vickland Out-of-Pocket
    • Sport Pilot Proposal
    • New Book: Sailplanes
    • Region 12 Championships
    • Serious and Funny Stuff
    • Monkey Business Not too Profitable for Smuggler
    • RM Collects Metal
    • Piet Barber Moves and gets zapped with LASERs
    • AOPA Air Safety Foundation Collision Avoidance.
    • Chutes
    • Transponders, not Chutes
    • Region IV images uploaded to webserver
May 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • While we were sleeping
  • "Say again?"
  • Excerpts from the Previous Board Meeting
  • Maintenance Issues
  • Hey, maybe the sky isn't falling after all!
  • If not New Castle, how about Springwood?
  • Circle May 12th and plan to spend it at Front Royal
  • NO DUAL INSTRUCTION ON THURSDAYS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!
  • Log This
    • SSC Tenth Anniversary
    • Weather Map on Toast
    • Stan Pawlowski Soloes
    • Geoff Hazelrigg Private Pilot
    • Altitude Records at Wave Camp
    • SSA Membership Cards
    • Diesel Catalina Sloop
    • Loads of Email Jokes
    • Excerpts of Email commentary
April 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • "Miss Down Among the Daisies"
  • A Fair Trade, I Would Say!
  • Lessons from Geese
  • When the student is ready, the teacher appears
  • Old Pro Wave Camp Testimonial
  • Rookie Wave Camp Testimonial
  • Molt Taylor Lives...
  • Log This
    • Instructor Jim Kellett recognized
    • New Member: Bob Johnson.
    • Badges for Hazelriggs
    • Bob Michael writes
    • Chris Williams Cleans Up our Act
    • Nine Yards Explained
    • Wrist Gadget
    • Ellis in a magazine
    • Darwin Awards
    • KLM Fined for squirrel massacre.
    • Black Box
    • Recent Newsletter Atrocities
March 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • All You Ever Wanted to Know About The Convention
  • Listen the wind died.
  • Dynamic Duo of Daves
  • Short tow ropes, long dialogs
  • Cross Country Course
  • 1st Annual Fun Meet and Racing Camp
  • "glider 289 turning final for the fairway on the 7th tee"

  • Log This
    • Andrews AFB airshow
    • New Email For Steve Rouse
    • Wright brothers brag about glider flying
    • Hayman Agrees
    • Piet Barber new email address.
    • Porsche for sale
    • Website radical facelift
    • Door-kickin' fun.
February 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Summary Excerpts from the Board Meeting...
  • Repeat after me, `I WILL Attend the Annual Safety Meeting!'
  • Dues Ultimatum
  • Don't Leave Home Without It...
  • Hangar Space by the Numbers
  • What a day was Wednesday Jan 17!
  • Wave Camp Update
  • Log This
    • SSA Annual Convention
    • UFO Spooks Russian Flight Crews
    • Sectional Location and updates
    • Weather Website
    • Annual Meeting discussion about copies of club documents
    • Glider buyer advice
    • 3Y for sale
    • Virginia for flying lovers -- license plates
January 2001
  • President's Prerogative
  • Once Again...
  • Into Thin Air- Or- Shane and Dave Do The Wave
  • Cold Camp 2000 was a smashing success.
  • Landout Lessons
  • Exploring the Monster Mountain Lee Waves: the Aerial Elevator
  • Towplane offer, anyone?
  • To Click -- or Not to Click?
  • I came, I saw, I clicked
  • Old Pipers Never Die
  • Render Unto Skyline --
  • Editor's Choice for Best New Idea of 2001!
  • Books, Calendars
  • For want of a horse, etc
  • Log This
    • Fred Mueller new email
    • Piet Barber moving
    • First solo to Stan Pawlowski.
    • Ed Lehr's website
    • Kolie thanks for weather reports
    • Fred Winter LS-4
    • Jack Downin soloes Cessna 152
    • "Weather to fly" videos
    • New phone number Rob Mordhosrt
    • Otis new email address
    • 1-26 Champoinships in June
    • Club By laws and Operations
    • Rubber Chicken Gauntlet


Skylines
2000 Issues:


December 2000
  • Run this up the flagpole and see who salutes
  • Christmas Party Time
  • It Was a Party!
  • Substitute A-10 for F-16's
  • Look Out!
  • "Say it ain't so Joe!"
  • What a Fantastic Day!
  • Fantastic Day, Part II
  • To All Duty Officers
  • Student Pilots Note:
    • Gary Shepherd gone
    • Tim Lewis new email
    • Updated Bios on club website
    • Ya got Improvements?
    • Test Prep Course
    • Laptop Computer at the Field
    • Transponder update
    • Rusty Lowry bought a new glider (a 2-33)
November 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • New Member of the Board of Directors
  • Party Time
  • Winchester B&B
  • As Ronald Reagan once said, "I'm glad you asked that."
  • Where DO all these ideas and rules promulgated by the Club come from?'
  • The 1-26 Chronicles-Bermuda High/Low
  • The Gift That Keeps On Giving
  • It takes Teamwork
  • Duty Officers Please Note
  • Duty Officers Check This Out Also
  • And for the Club at Large
  • Log This...
    • Bob Downin, Commercial Glider Pilot
    • George Hazelrigg, III B badge
    • Dick Otis Multi-engine Commercial pilot
    • Tim James Lisa Sergent return
    • Club keeps growing, we're up to 70 members.
    • Pat Kellett foot surgery a success
    • Bill Bentley all legs on Silver Badge
    • Internet search tool
    • Maryland Public TV has a glider show airing.
    • Product Saftey to the extreme
October 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • Out of the Frying Pan
  • Another Offer We Can't Refuse
  • Nomenclature Retrofit
  • While we're being serious
  • K Note
  • Take Cover Little Green Guys-Incoming!
  • Prosperity is just around the corner
  • Weekday Procedures
  • Meet the Member
  • Lessons Learned at Caesar Creek
  • Rednecks & Limeys & Reels & Towplanes & Membership & Experten &
  • That Looks About Right To Me
  • Log This...
    • Report on duPont Regatta
    • Shane's doings on the New TowCar
    • All known articles written by club members
    • Richard Otis presented Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
    • Beware of what you trash
    • Warren Smith, New member
    • Carlos Roberts, New member
    • Updated membership roster
    • Parachute Rigger, Jim Wine
    • Tow Car location
    • Joe Parrish married
    • Fall Wave Camp in Petersburg
    • Tim England resigns from club
    • Jim Little says Matt Little married.
    • Frank Banas First Solo
September 2000
  • 'President's Prerogative'
  • 'New Tow Fees'
  • 'Wildlife At 12 O'clock'
  • 'Epic Aquisition Update'
  • 'Take Some Bows'
  • 'Getting there is half the fun'
  • 'Vibes from that "Tottering Town"'
  • 'Crosscountry redux'
  • 'We Knew It All Along, But Didn't Want To Talk About It'
  • 'Return of a New/Old Lady'
  • Log This...
    • Schweizer comments on crashworthiness
    • Gary Shepherd leaves -- new treasurer
    • Fred Mueller volunteers to be Rostermeister
    • Shane Neitzey alternate email address
    • Mike Cordova goes inactive
    • Super Sailplane in development
    • Jim Garrison sends a URL of Bluebird.
    • Richard C. duPont Regatta
    • New TowCar
    • We are hostpitable, and people are telling us about it.
August 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • Walking a Tightrope
  • How To Learn To Fly Gliders
  • Poetry from An Aluminum Mailing Tube
  • 1-26 Championships
  • Dear Friends,
  • Catching Zeds
  • Report from a Flying "Shave-tail"
  • The Education of a Wing Walker
  • How to Beat Traffic on the Interstates
  • Student Solo Flights
    • Membership Weenie Reports
    • Erich Carter and "B" Badge
    • Piet Barber buys half of Sprite
    • Spencer Annear -- new email address
    • Dave Brunner new mailing address
    • Flying Magazine Article about soaring
    • Cass Aviation Fly-in
    • 4th of July Recap
    • Naval Air Station Weather
    • Soaring and Peter Bacqué
    • APOA and the Renaissance pilot
July 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • Scoop...this just in...
  • CAP Blanik-Up and Soaring
  • Ouch!
  • Tow Fu-message from a towpilot'
  • Lessons to live by
  • Turn-around-time improvement
  • SSC Video Library
  • Viewpoint
  • More Rope Tricks
  • Log This...
    • Visitors rave about our hospitality
    • Overhead Bins Advertisements
    • Car for sale
    • Air compressor for loan to club
    • Ernie Schweizer died in his sleep
    • McCulley gets email
    • Lewis Martin soloed
    • James and Sergent new email
    • Donation of jeep.
    • Ralph and Robin moved
    • Bela on tow in 1942
    • K tailwheel gets hammered
    • Soaring has value to commercial aviation
    • Yummy food after operations
    • Rubber band-powered aircraft
June 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • The Hook Up...the beat goes on
  • Meet the Member-Tom Garner
  • Hotel 3
  • ...Made a Believer Out of Me!
  • PP-G Ground School
  • HOMM or HOWMany fingers in 1 hour 47 minutes?
  • The Bob & Joe Show-911: More Math Run Amok
  • Log This...
    • Skyline enjoys a unique relationship with the SSA and the Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF)
    • James and Sergent Return
    • New Member, Chris Williams
    • David Weaver Info Exposed
    • Reggie warns of bad weather
    • Spares for tent have arrived
    • Carl Herold presents...
    • New Club Car for towing
    • Current OPS manual online
    • Tom Garner gets A badge in record time.
    • Miriam and Greg feed us. We like them.
    • New sign-up sheet for flying queue.
May 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • On The Horizon is an Airliner. Headed Our Way.
  • Meet the Member
    David Weaver
  • Wind and Rust: A Bad Combination
  • Role On...
  • PP-G Ground School
  • Safety Meeting
  • "Come Out with Your Hands Up!"
  • Log This...
    • New Member: Frank Banas
    • New Member: Lewis Martin
    • Daisydings
    • Dave Brunner's new Toy
    • Congrats to Fred Mueller
    • Congrats to Greg Ellis
April 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • Membership Issues
  • View From the Pawnee's Head
  • The Lull of a False Sense of Security
  • The Color Green
  • There was Wave in Them Thar Hills...
  • "Current"
  • BFRers
  • Log This...
    • Club's Annual Spring Safety Meeting
    • Fred Mueller Scores 98% on FOI test
    • Fleet backs out of Sprite Purchase
    • An Issue with Wet Planes
    • K gets new tires and brakes
    • Twenty Calendars left in the Hangar
    • SSA Convention a Success
    • Tow Fee In the Works.
    • Flight Instructor Training
    • The RosterFührer speaks
March 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • President's Prerogative
  • Some Reminders from your Chief Instructor Weenie
  • From the Tow Weenie's Perspective
  • One little thought to add:
  • From the Rosterführer
  • Coming in On a Wing and a Prayer
  • Baaaad Boys! Bad, bad boys!
  • Let us return to glory days of yesteryear with a hearty 'wingup'
  • Accolades for Bob Michael
  • ...And for you students
  • And there is more...
  • Log This
    • Jan Scott's neat website
    • A very nice thank you
    • Marty and Kit in Florida
    • Brunner compresses Glider Regs
    • Unsolicited Testimonial for sunglasses
    • Bill Vickland expands his 1-26 habit
    • Updated turnpoints in Front Royal Area
    • Dick Otis changes his email
    • Reminder of Kellett's Safety Message
    • Your First Duty Roster of the Mill...
February 2000
  • President's Prerogative
  • Excerpts from the Annual Meeting and the Board Meeting
  • Message from the New Duty Officer Weenie
  • Sharing the Dream
  • From the Official Wave Weenie
  • New Rosterführer
  • Things won't be the same down by the Ol' Mill
  • Time to Plan
  • A Place to Stay
  • Log This
    • Jim Garrison Recognized.
    • Stacy Barber Recognized.
    • Towpilots all Recognized.
    • Instructors also recognized for their efforts
    • Carters have a new email address
    • Visit Brunner's web page
    • Glider Transponder
    • BRSS web page updated
    • Bob Downin and John Lewis get a 1-26
    • Indulge the Editor
    • Special thanks to Tony Bigbee.
January 2000
  • Annual Meeting
  • Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their club
  • Meet the Member: Judah Milgram
  • Weather Briefing
  • Chute-Man-Parachute Repack and Seminar
  • Milestones
  • Who says you can't teach an old cow new tricks?
  • International Vintage Sailplane Meet
  • Subject: Want your own Towplane?
  • Once Again, I am looking for a few good persons
  • Log This
    • Cecilia Reneé Barber
    • Cecilia Ann Zugel
    • John Lewis PPL
    • Dick Feierabend soloes
    • Jack Downin C Badge
    • Mike Cordova Bronze Badge
    • Ruobing and Malcolm Married
    • Stephanie and Joe Parrish engagement
    • Dave Brunner loves his Palm V, you can quote him on that
    • Linn and Lee Buell have a cool website
    • Another 1-26 in our ranks
    • 081 owners brag of their accomplishments in the first year
    • SSA Calendars finally arrive
    • Things you won't see in Skylines 2000

Skylines
1999 Issues:
December 1999
  • Big Christmas Extravaganza
  • Massanutten Ridge Race
  • But Wait, There's MORE!
  • Excerpts from the Duty Officer report for Sunday
  • Kevin's Report
  • Highlights of the November 6 Board Meeting
  • Something Else
  • Twofer Opportunity
  • Kosova Opportunity
  • So you want to be a Millionaire?
  • On the Level
  • Log This...
    1. Bob Downin Soloes
    2. Erich Carter Soloes, too
    3. VA CAP joins in agreement with Skyline Soaring
    4. NTSB Says everyone should be glider rated
    5. Typo in membership phone list
    6. Tim Lewis Email change
    7. New Club Member, Judah Milgram
    8. Painful Glider Lesson
    9. Malcolm and Ed finally get their Glider
November 1999
  • Flying to Kosova
  • Massanutten Ridge Race
  • Assembly Procedures and Preflight Positive Control Checks
  • Gone to the Cows
  • Mark Your Calendars!
  • What A Day!
  • They also serve those who sit and wait
  • Leap of Faith
  • Log This...
    1. A Herd Of Hazelriggs (another one soloes)
    2. Malcolm Gardner -- New PPL
    3. Rob Mordhorst soloes
    4. Bob Michael's homepage address change
    5. Sprite Ownership change.
October 1999
  • Skyline Soaring is Growing
  • <Expletive Deleted>
  • Meet the Member:
    Serge Kohudic
  • East is East, and so is West, De-gaussing 081
  • Edited Excerpts from the Minutes
  • The RosterMeister Speaks:
  • Log This...
    1. Gogos Email change
    2. Brunner address change
    3. New member: Tim Lewis
    4. New member: Scott Stevens
    5. David Dawood
    6. George Hazelrigg first Glider Solo
    7. Geoff Hazelrig first Solo
    8. Chuck Yeager Lecture at Air & Space Museum
    9. Above and beyond thanks to Kevin Fleet and Jim Kellett
    10. It's still safe to Fly
    11. Tina Turner, Aviation Heroine
    12. Editorial Review Group Established
  • Special Poem: Because I Fly
September 1999
  • Publicity Potential & Growth
  • Thoughts...
  • My Checkride
  • 1-26 Championships
  • The Right Stough
  • The Day the Wind Quit -Part One
  • The Day the Wind Quit -Part Two
  • Aircraft and Cows
  • DuPont Regatta
  • Log This...
    1. Gogos Email change
    2. Malick Earns badge
    3. Ault Stops Towpiloting
    4. August Roster Call-out
    5. ASK Owner Report
August 1999
  • Say Again?
  • Random excerpts from the last Board Meeting:
  • Notice to Weekday Warriors
  • Primary Rule
  • Friday Ops
  • Safety Committee
  • Small Camera Bumps Big Jet
  • Silver duration and altitude
  • The Club expects every member to do their duty
  • Log This...
    1. Joe Parrish Goes to Oshkosh
    2. Jan Scott Saves Our Bacon
    3. Retractions can be good
    4. Bill Malick: Licensed Pilot
    5. Marty & Kit Move
    6. Weaver Change of E-mail
    7. New Member(s): Clan Hazelrigg
    8. New Member: Jimmy and Erich Carter
    9. Show-Casing
    10. Washington Post Article
    11. Thomas Crown Affair Alternative
    12. William Scott lands his Mooney on busy intersection
    13. Heart Attack self-help
July 1999
  • Things Worth Repeating
  • Skyline/CAP Flying Event
  • Meet the Member: Bill Malick
  • Operations Report
  • And While We're on the Subject...
  • Gogos Scholar Writes...
  • Reflections on Learing
  • Saturday Morning Fever
  • Silver Nuggets
  • Log This...
    1. Fred Daams Departs
    2. New Member: Rod Mordhorst
    3. Ellis Graduate
    4. Otis Graduate
    5. Serge Badge Leg success
    6. Welcome Dick Ault
    7. Float Fliers
    8. Glider Pilot Killed in Nevada
    9. Wing Washing
    10. From the Chief D.O.
    11. Molasses Prices Go Up!
June 1999
  • A Curmudgeon's Perspective--
  • Sobering footnote to the proceeding message...
  • Meet the Members
  • (Dick Otis)
  • (Bill Bentley)
  • Reminder
  • Cross Country 101
  • My first Outlanding...
  • True Confessions
  • Doesn't fly much but still gets around
  • Log This...
    1. 2 glasses not for sale
    2. New Member Stephen Rouse
    3. New Member Glenn Baumgartner
    4. New Member Martin Mayfield
    5. New Member Terry Otis
    6. Adam Greer writes...
    7. Cass Aviation Instructor
    8. CYA POCs.
    9. Gary Shepherd Flies...
May 1999
  • Off we go...
  • Ridge Race Open to All
  • Let's Do It
  • Vintage Regatta
  • Veep Visit
  • Open House
  • Heads Up-A S-KWISE
  • Russia AC-4c continued
  • What is a Good Soaring Pilot?
  • Look Out!-The Dreaded Salmon Slip!
  • FRR Patterns
  • Maintenance Report
  • Log This...
    1. Charlie Lee; new address
    2. Bob Collier; new address
    3. Linn Buell; email change
    4. Chute Trainint (Freytag)
    5. Andrews AFB Airshow
    6. BBQ plans
April 1999
  • President's Prerogative
  • Open House
  • Excerpts from the March 20th Board Meeting
  • Hang Gliders
  • Crosswinds
  • Bela's Recovery
  • A Short Wave Camp Overview
  • Other Wave Observations -- Attitude vs Altitude
  • Feature Story:
    "You were flying too high for my little ole sky and I'm moving on..."
    By Dave Brunner
  • Cross Country Course Update
  • Log this...
    1. The Russia House -- Lehr and Gardner go for a new purchse
    2. Brian Otis -- Boy Scout Life Award
    3. Fred Daams Moving
    4. Wave Contact in Power
    5. RFP (Request for Partners) Twin Astir
    6. Assorted Niglets, Redneck entertainment, short novels, and Wal-mart takeovers
March 1999
  • The Winter of our Discontent
  • Open House April 3
  • Suspicions Confirmed
  • From Our Remote Correspondent
February 1999
  • President's Annual Report
  • Membership Report
  • Duty Officer Changes
  • Chief Weenies
  • New Board Member Terms and Elections
  • Charter Member Payback
  • Cross Country Training
  • Maintenance
  • Field Checkouts
  • Wave Camp
  • Excerpts from the Board Meeting
  • A Mother's View
  • Excerpts from December Board Meeting
  • Flight and Ground Handling Procedures
  • Sailplane Alteration Device
  • Maintenance Report Continued
  • Soaring Over the Auld Sod
  • Log This...
    • New Membership Weenie
    • New LS-4
    • Miracle 1-26 Restoration
    • Petersburg Wave Camp Accommodations
    • Women's Soaring Seminar
    • National Soaring Museum President Reports
    • Knoxville Kountdown Kontinues
January 1999
  • President's Prerogative
  • Annual Membership Meeting
  • Call for Contributions
  • A preliminary (Unoffical) look at FRR
  • Pawnee and other issues
  • Miss Daisy's New Dress
  • If only we were a baseball team...
  • Any Port in a Storm
  • Knoxville Kountdown
  • A Celebrity is Amongst Us
  • Special article: Three Diamonds from the Blue Ridge Mountains
    in a Schweizer 1-26. (Part 2/2)
    (Bill Vickland)

Skylines
1998 Issues:
December 1998
  • President's Prerogative
  • Christmas Party
  • See you later, Alligator...
  • My first flight (John Lewis)
  • Stall/spin on approach
  • Looking for a Unique Christmas Present?
  • Log this...
  • Special article: Three Diamonds from the Blue Ridge Mountains
    in a Schweizer 1-26. (Part 1/2)
    (Bill Vickland)
November 1998
  • President's Prerogative
  • Painting the 2-33
  • Get me from the Church on time...
  • To all of you at Skyline Soaring Club:
  • Skyline Soaring Club Anniversary
  • It CAN happen!
  • Future Astronaut Goes Solo
  • PeeWee's Big Adventure...
  • Lessons from a Novice's landout
  • Let's be very careful out there
  • You won't want to miss the latest "Battery News"
  • Once more, with feeling
  • Log this...
October 1998
  • President's Prerogative
  • Duty Officers
  • Maintenance Corner...
  • Tow Rope Alert!
  • The 1998 duPont Regatta Wrap-up
  • Meet the Member- Gary Shepherd
  • Rights (An Open Letter to SSA president from Jim Kellett)
  • Senate Heaves "Hoover Bill" in Close Vote
    Close, but no Cigar.
  • The Full Circle
    Anonymous story regarding perspectives of aviation
  • I was mighty high..." or was that high and mighty?
  • Any one you can walk away from...
  • A 1-26 in Italy
  • Mo Better One Twenty Six Stories
  • Repainting A Living Legend
  • Log this...
    • Linn Buell in 1999 Calendar
    • DO sheet notes from the Treasurer
    • Missing ballast pin for 2-33
    • New member: R. Ben Adams
    • New member: R. Gary Shepherd
    • Dave Weaver Moves
    • SSA Calendar Sales to Club Members

September 1998
  • President's Prerogative
  • Maintenance Stuff...
  • Meet the Member- Gregory (Greg) Ellis
  • Meet the Member- David Brunner
  • The duPont Regatta
  • Every Member Please Note:
  • "Going Solo"
  • Maintenance Issues
  • New Tow Pilot Procedure
  • Reminders...
  • Log this...
    • New member: Tom Brice
    • Lots of e-mail changes
    • New plane purchase for James & Sergent
  • Chicken Little Syndrome

August 1998
  • An extraordinary gift-Gogos Scholars
  • Carl Rohmann
  • Lorne Welch
  • The duPont Regatta
  • Meet the Member - Ed Lehr
  • SAFETY CORNER
  • 1-26 for Sale
  • Skyline Students
  • The Firmament WILL rise up and smite thee...
  • Log this...
  • The Badge Board
  • Starting Soaring -
    Day 1: Flies, Flys, Pilots and Palm Pilots

July 1998
  • Minutes Board of Directors Meeting
  • Maintenance Report
  • A Day at New Market
  • Possible revocation of Kellett's Laws
  • http://www.they'lltakecareofit.com
  • Log this...
  • New Members:
    • Dick Feierabend
    • Richard A. Otis
    • Ed Lehr

June 1998
  • Now is the time for all persons to come to the aid of their Club...
  • On a Related Note...
  • The Pawnee and The Lady
  • Blanik Fun Fly Meet
  • Atlantic Soaring signs first Affiliated Club Agreement with Skyline!
  • Wake up call
  • SAFETY CORNER
  • ..Mmmm, Mmmm, Good...Part I
  • ...Mmmm, Mmmm, Good...Part II
  • ...but wait-there's more!
  • Log This...
  • Roster Notes
  • Feature article:
    The Hole
    © by R. Spencer Annear

May 1998
  • Let's start out on a light note...
  • ...Then go to a darker one.
  • Birds Fly-Men Perch?
  • Bird-Poop Warriors-Unite
  • Meet the Member...Norm Crump
  • Maintenance Report
  • Safety Corner
  • Kellett's Law Vindicated!
  • Log this...
  • A couple of new changes at the airport:
  • Important Roster note-
  • Just in time for Mother's Day
  • Editorial Note

April 1998
  • Wave Camp Wrap-up
  • Wave Camp -- I get around!
  • Report from Portland
  • My First Flight
  • DuPont Regatta
  • Skyline's Examiner is Ready to Go!
  • Wanna See Your Name in Lights?
  • Safety Corner
  • Maintenance Note
  • Log This...
  • and finally, this note of caution

March 1998
  • Between the Lawyers and the IRS
  • Wave Camp Update
  • Meet the Member (Robert Michael)
  • My First Flight (G.Norman Crump)
  • Log This...
  • The Rostermeister Speaks... We listen
  • Final Note from Jim [Kellett]
  • Editorial Comment
  • Off we go...one more time...

February 1998
  • Membership Meeting
  • Mark Your Calendars!
  • Linda Needs Help
  • Safety Corner
  • Wave Camp
  • Just in the Nick of Time
  • Download This...
  • Painting Party
  • The Case for Kevlar...
  • My First Flight (Linn Buell)
  • Log This...
  • New Member (Ken Zugel)
  • From the Prologue to The Glider Gang

January 1998
  • President's Prerogative
  • Safety in Soaring
  • Small World
  • My First Flight (Jim Kellett)
  • Log This...

Skylines
1997 Issues:
November, 1997
  • President's Prerogative
  • Excerpts from the Board Meeting
  • From the Halls of Illini...
  • Bank on a Healthy Attitude
  • Log This...
  • New Members
October, 1997
  • Richard C. duPont Regatta
  • Another 1-26 in the Trees
  • Fred Cuny-The Lost American
  • Walk On Temporary Members
  • ...and Furthermore
  • A Few Maintenance Notes
  • Lesson for the Learning
  • Log This...
  • K in a Box
September, 1997
  • Richard C. duPont Regatta
  • 1997 1-26 Championships
  • Safety Message
  • How to Fly Cross Country
  • How to handle New Member Prospects
  • (correct) DuPont Regatta Dates
  • Log This...
  • duPont Regatta: A Personal Viewpoint
September, 1997
  • A Wright-Pat on the Head...
  • Silent aircraft found home...
  • Roster Open Season
  • BYOP
  • From Gary Rubus
  • When The Student is Ready...
  • First Things Last
  • Log This...
July, 1997
  • President's Prerogative
  • Confessions of Cross-Country Neophyte
  • While we're on the Subject...
  • Our Own Media Star
  • Hey, I was cross country when cross country wasn't cool
  • New Pilot and Plane on the Block
  • Log This...
  • Final Note (Quote) from the Editor...
June, 1997
  • Cross Country Introduction
  • A Good Sunday at the Airport...
  • Silver and Diamonds...
  • Operational Note
  • Important Notes on the Roster
  • Log This...
April, 1997
  • The Wait Was Worth It
  • Lessons in Time for the Learning
  • Soaring News Group
  • Maintenance Update
  • New Pawnee Preflight Procedures
  • From the Back Seat
  • Log This...
  • Yuk, Yuk, Yuk!
  • Duty Officers
  • New Member
  • New Member Responds to the Scribe
  • A Journal of Food and Flight
March, 1997
  • Technology Triumphs Again
  • Board Meeting
  • Surf's up...
  • The Flight
  • New Book by Bob Wander
  • Aloha, Rob Shallenberger
  • The Third Annual Petersburg Wave Camp...
  • Maintenance Report
  • Roster Changes
  • Address Book Changes
  • First Annual Guano [Removal] Award
  • Safety Video
January, 1997
  • Annual Meeting Highlights
  • 1997 State of the Club Address
  • The President's Prerogative
  • Safety Meeting
  • From the Back Seat
  • Wave Camp
  • Meet The Member
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • Log These Notes
  • Corrections...
  • Membership Form
  • Nag, Nag, Nag...
  • Editor's Note

Skylines
1996 Issues:


December 1996
  • President's Message
  • Change of Venue
  • On the Nature of Leadership
  • The ABC Program
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • We need more CFI's
  • Did you Fly on October 13??
  • Reminder
  • SSA Convention
  • Cadet Youth Flight Scholarship
  • Meet the Member
  • A Belated Congratulations to...
November 1997
  • Duty Roster Notes
  • Planning Meeting
  • Meet The Member
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • Welcome Aboard!
  • Classifieds
  • End of Season
  • All the News that Fits Print
  • Minutae
October 1996
  • Duty Roster Notes
  • Meet the Member
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • Towplane Crisis!
  • New Member
  • New Editor!!!
  • The Safety Corner
September 1996
  • Duty Roster Notes
  • Meet the Member
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • Towplane Crisis!
  • New Member
  • New Editor!!!
  • The Safety Corner
August 1996
  • Duty Roster Notes
  • Special Rostering Solicitation
  • Airport Status Meeeting
  • An Offer you Can't Ignore!
  • Meet the Member
  • The Safety Corner
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • Welcome Aboard!
July 1996
  • Duty Roster Notes
  • We're Dry!
  • More Hangar Stuff
  • Meet the Member
  • Welcome Aboard
  • Pegasus Ponders
  • Make it Hot
June 1996
  • I'm back!
  • Diamonds may be a girl's best friend...
April 1996
  • Mandatory Meeting
  • News in and Around the Club
  • Maintenance
  • New Member
  • 5F for Sale
  • Spring Fun Rain Day
  • Meet the Member
  • We've Run Out!