This Year's
Accomplishments
Soar Minnesota
Minnesota
Soaring Club
Accomplishments
and Fun Flights
of Minnesota Soaring Pilots
1999
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 - 1999 | ||||
| Date | Pilot | Glider | Description | Write-up |
| Oct. 11, '99 | Red Haines | Ka-7 | Passed C.F.I.G. at Stanton Airport | |
| Sept. 29, '99 | Nile McAdams | Blanik L23 | Silver Altitude Gain (3,281 ft, 1000 m), flying from Benson Airport | |
| Sept. 29, '99 | Dick Huber | Pilatus | Silver Altitude Gain (3,281 ft, 1000 m), flying from Benson Airport | |
| Sept. 29, '99 | Don Ingraham | Discus CS | 200K
triangle at 54.19 mph. No ballast, so it should be a Standard, 15M and Sports Class record. |
dons_200km.txt |
| Sept. 29, '99 | Chris Cooper | Schweizer 1-35c | First Cross Country and Silver Distance, Stanton to Caledonia, 100sm and Silver Altitude Gain | |
| Sept. 29, '99 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Boscobel WI, 149.40 miles | |
| Sept. 25, '99 | Danny Whitt | ASK-21 | First Solo | |
| Sept. , '99 | Tom Rent | First 5 hour duration flight | ||
| Sept. 16, '99 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton-Dodge Center-Waseca-Stanton, 107.37 mile triangle | |
| Sept. 16, '99 | Red Haines | Achieved his Commercial Glider rating | ||
| Sept. 4, '99 | Bill Schuessler | Achieved his Private Glider rating | ||
| Sept. 4, '99 | Dick Huber | Achieved his Private Glider rating | ||
| Aug 8, '99 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Benson's to Mondovi, WI and return, 151.00 mile O&R | |
| July 17, '99 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Delbert flight from Benson to Stanton on a very, weak day. | |
| July 10, '99 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Ames Iowa, 180 miles | |
| July 10, '99 | Don Ingraham | Discus CS | 606 km
(375 mile) triangle - Almost! Check out the excellent write-up! --> |
doningra606.txt |
| July 10, '99 | Tom Kuhfeld | PW-5 | Delbert Flight from Stanton to Benson | tomkdelbert.txt |
| June 29, '99 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Clintonville WI, 211.20 miles to a goal | |
| June 27, '99 | Debra Smith | ASK-21 | First Solo, Stanton Airport | |
| June 25, '99 | Chris Cooper | Schweizer 1-35c | Altitude Gain leg for Silver Badge, 1000 m (3,281 ft) | |
| June 24, '99 | Tom Kuhfeld | PW-5 | Silver Distance, 32.91 miles (52.96 km), Stanton Airport to Dodge Center Airport | tom_kuhfeld_silver.txt |
| June 23, '99 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Bottineau ND to Hallock MN, 153.14 miles | |
| June 19, '99 | Dan Smith | ASK-21 | First Solo, Stanton Airport | |
| June 17, '99 | Don Ingraham | Discus CS | From Faribault MN, 314.59 mile (506.26 km) triangle flight. Current leader in Hilton Cup, several MN State Soaring Records (15m & Standard Class Triangular Distance, 15m & Standard Class Speed around a 500 km triangle) | dons_506km.txt |
| May 26, '99 | Tom Kuhfeld | PW-5 | From Stanton, MN, 5 hour duration and 1,000 meter (3,281 feet) gain toward Silver Badge (actual gain of 1,300 meters) | |
| ???, '99 | Steve Adkins | ??? | Silver Altitude?, Stanton Airport | |
| May 24, '99 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | From Stanton, MN to Bloomfield, Iowa, 263 miles, New Minnesota State feminine distance record (paperwork submitted) | |
| May 18, '99 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | From Osceola, WI to Ft. Atkinson, WI, 251 miles, New Wisconsin State records for straight distance in the following categories: sports class, 15m and standard. (records approved) | |
| May 3, '99 | Chris Cooper | L-23 Super Blanik | Achieved his Commercial Glider rating. Flying out of Faribault Airport. | |