Summary of RWSA Soaring Accomplishments for 2008
Badge flights
Date Badge Pilot Glider Accomplishment 5/9/08 Silver Altitude Richard Weil Pilatus B4 B Dick Beggs L-13 C, duration Kelsey Campobasso L-13 B Kelsey Campobasso L-13 6/15/08 A Steve Kennedy L-13 6/1/08 Silver Distance Paul Esser Ka - 6 Completed Silver Badge; 101.61 km (OLC Classic) 6/26/08 C JD Teter Blanik L-13 and Pilatus B4 A Troy Pongratz L-13 A Tom Binger L-13 6/21/08 B Steve Kennedy L-13 7/4/08 Silver Duration Richard Weil Pilatus B4 5:15 hrs 7/13/08 Diamond Distance Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 10/11/08. C Craig Cowell L-13 10/19/08 A Tom Moore L-13 10/19/08 C Steve Kennedy L-13
WI State Records
Date Record Pilot Glider Accomplishment 5/11/08 General, Straight Distance to a Goal -- 15-meter Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 283.53 miles 5/11/08 General, Straight Distance to a Goal -- Sports Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 287.22 miles 6/17/08 Feminine, Free Distance -- Open Class Single Place Kathleen Winters Libelle 201 253.23 miles 6/17/08 Feminine, Free Distance -- 15-meter Class Kathleen Winters Libelle 201 253.23 miles 6/17/08 Feminine, Free Distance -- Standard Class Kathleen Winters Libelle 201 253.23 miles 6/17/08 Feminine, Free Distance -- Sports Class Kathleen Winters Libelle 201 256.52 miles 7/4/08 General, Free 3-Turnpoint Distance -- Open Class, Single Place Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 243.02mi 7/4/08 General, Free 3-Turnpoint Distance -- 15-meter Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 243.02mi 7/4/08 General, Free 3-Turnpoint Distance -- Sports Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 246.18mi 7/4/08 General, Distance up to 3 TPs -- Open Class, Single Place Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 189.44mi 7/4/08 General, Distance up to 3 TPs -- 15-meter Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 189.44mi 7/4/08 General, Distance up to 3 TPs -- Sports Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 191.86mi 7/13/08 General, Free Distance -- Open Class, Single Place Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 327.60mi 7/13/08 General, Free Distance -- 15-meter Class Chris Prince Schweizer 1-35 327.60mi
MN State Records
Date Record Pilot Glider Accomplishment 8/7/08 General, Open Multiplace Free Out & Return distance Fred Hewitt, Jim Hard DG-1000 140.4 miles
Region 7 Online Soaring Contest 2008 (Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Ranking Pilot #1 Jim Hard #2 Chris Prince #14 Kathleen Winters #27 Leon Zeug #33 Paul Esser
Licenses
Date Pilot Glider Accomplishment 9/21/08 Woody Minar L-13 Commercial Glider 10/4/08 Tom Binger L-13 Commercial Glider 10/4/08 Steve Kennedy L-13 Private Pilot Glider 10/4/08 Dick Beggs L-13 Private Pilot Glider 10/18/08 Troy Pongratz L-13 Private Pilot Glider 11/17/08 Kelsey Campobasso L-13 Private Pilot Glider; 16th Birthday!
First solo
Date Pilot Glider 6/7/08 Tom Binger L-13 6/15/08 Steve Kennedy L-13 10/19/08 Tom Moore L-13
Other accomplishments
Jim Hard: Sub Divo 2008, for longest distance flight by a RWSA pilot.
Jim Hard: May 18, 2008: 1-26 Association Marshall Claybourn Trophy for 2008 for the longest straight-out flight of the year in a 1-26.
Jim Hard & Chris Prince: The Henry Combs Trophy 2008 Recipients for the Central Zone, for most Diamond Distance straight out flights.
Kathleen Winters: Anne Morrow Lindbergh Challenge Trophy for flight on 9/14/07, for the longest soaring flight other than record and contest flights by a female glider pilot in the USA.
Chris Prince: 4/27/08, Delbert retrieval from Stanton.
Don De Pree: 7/26/08, Delbert retrieval from Stanton.