This Year's
Accomplishments
Soar Minnesota
Minnesota
Soaring Club
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Accomplishments
and Fun Flights
of Minnesota Soaring Pilots
1998
Overview
This page is for announcing the accomplishments and fun flights of
local soaring pilots. Items listed here include: first solos, new
ratings, badge flights, record flights, just-for-fun long flights, etc.
It's just fun to see how many great flights are done from Minnesota.
I'm sure that I am missing many accomplishments in the list below.
Click on the photos below to view larger
versions.
Accomplishments - 1998 |
Date |
Pilot |
Glider |
Description |
Write-up |
Nov. 5, '98 |
Paul
Martz |
ASK-21 |
Private
Pilot-Glider certificate |
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Oct. 21, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Randolph,
MN to Hampton, IA, 125 miles in 5 hours |
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Oct. 1, '98 |
Kathleen
Winters |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Prairie Du Chen, WI, 138 miles |
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Oct. 1, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Randolph,
MN to Manchester, IA, 160 miles |
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Sept. 27,
'98 |
Kathleen
Winters |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Delbert
Flight from Benson to Stanton |
delbert_diehard.txt |
Sept. 27, '98 |
Steve
Metz |
DG-101G |
Stanton-Faribault-Owatonna-Dodge Center-Stanton, 88 statute miles (141
km) |
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Sept. 22, '98 |
Marilyn
Robinson Meline |
Blanik
L-33 |
Silver
Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
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Sept. 22, '98 |
Laura
Hohenshelt |
Ka-6 |
Silver
Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
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Sept. 22, '98 |
Steve
Anderson |
Ka-8 |
Silver
Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
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Sept. 19, '98 |
Tom Rent |
ASK-21 |
Private
Pilot-Glider certificate |
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Sept.15, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Pocohantas, IA, 167 miles |
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Aug. 30, '98 |
Steve
Metz |
DG-101G |
Delbert
Flight from Stanton to Benson |
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Aug. 30, '98 |
Paul
Remde |
Schweizer
1-35c |
Delbert
Flight from Stanton to Benson |
delbert_8-30-98.txt |
Aug. 29, '98 |
Jim
Cunningham |
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Passed
C.F.I.G. |
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Aug. 15, '98 |
Steve
Metz |
DG-101G |
Stanton-Waseca-Stanton, 74 statute miles (119 km) |
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Aug. 15, '98 |
Steve
Adkins |
Ka-7 |
5 Hour
Duration (5.6 hours) |
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July 31, '98 |
Steve
Metz |
DG-101G |
Diamond
Goal (triangle), Stanton to Blue Earth to Austin to Stanton, 195 miles
(314 km) |
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July 31, '98 |
Jim
Cunningham |
Ka-6 |
Declared
Free Distance, Stanton to Faribault to Waseca to Dodge Center to
Owatonna to Stanton, 124 miles (199.5 km) |
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July 30, '98 |
Steve
Adkins |
Ka-8 |
Silver
Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
steve's_silver_
dist.txt |
July 24, '98 |
Mark
Cleare |
Ka-8 |
5 hour
duration |
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July 23,
'98 |
Tom
Curran |
Pilatus
B4 |
Delbert
Flight from Benson to Stanton |
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?????, '98 |
John
Kahler |
ASK-21 |
First
Solo in Glider |
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June 16, '98 |
Timothy
Mattsson |
ASK-21 |
First
Solo |
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June 7, '98 |
Kathleen
Winters |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Rochester, MN and return, 80 miles |
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June 7, '98 |
Mark
Cleare |
Ka-8 |
Silver
Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
mark_cleares_silver_
distance.txt |
June 7, '98 |
Roger
Urban |
PW-5 |
Stanton
to Faribault to Owatonna to Dodge Center, 54.5 miles (87.7 km) |
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June 7, '98 |
Steve
Metz |
DG-101G |
300 km
triangle, Stanton to Blue Earth to Austin to Stanton, 195 miles (314 km) |
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June 7, '98 |
Jim
Cunningham |
Ka-6 |
Diamond
Goal, Stanton to New Hampton, IA to Stanton, 204 miles (328 km) |
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May 31, '98 |
Kathleen
Winters |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Postville, IA, 127 miles |
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May 26, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Goodhue to West Concord to Stanton, 100 km triangle |
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May 25, '98 |
Steve
Metz |
DG-101G |
Faribault-Stanton-Dodge Center-Owatonna-Faribault, 88 statute miles (141
km) |
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May 6, '98 |
Paul
Remde |
Schweizer
1-35c |
Diamond
Goal (triangle), Stanton to New Ulm to Albert Lea to Stanton, 203 miles
(327 km) |
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May 5, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Elgin, MN to Austin, MN to Stanton, 148 mile triangle |
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May 4, '98 |
Mark
Cleare |
Ka-8 |
Awarded C
Badge and Bronze Badge |
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April 22, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Blue Earth to Stanton, 162 mile goal and return |
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April 17, '98 |
Jim Hard |
Schweizer
1-26 |
Stanton
to Clintonville, WI, 211 mile flight to a goal |
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