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... from October 2001 to date

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Issue Topics in Newsletter
2009-2010 Newsletters
Apr/2010 To Be Released
Mar/2010 To Be Released
Feb/2010 Glider Repair For Non-Mechanics ~ 2010 SSA Convention Report ~ Identification Plate Exemption # 4988 for Gliders
Jan/2010 Cochrane Worlds ~ FAA Paper Certificates ~ Aviation Videos ~ Chicago Aviation Expo ~ Angle of Attack Stall Indicator
Dec/2009 Soaring Christmas Carol ~ Soaring Mail Lists & Newsletters ~ Good Morning America Soaring Video ~ Golf is Harder Than Flying a Glider
Nov/2009 NTSB Report ~ High Tech Yaw String ~ BGA Alert Tug Upsets ~ Senior National Video ~ Sky Soaring Mini-Contest
2008-2009 Newsletters
Apr/2009 Aerobatics (Molidor) ~ Gene Hammond Illinois Hall of Fame ~ Pilot's 10 Commandments
Mar/2009 ORD Class B update ~ NISC Mini-Contest ~ Ground School ~ LITH Tower ~ Kolstad Scholarship
Jan/2009 CLGC Seminar ~ 99's FAA Safety Seminar ~ 2008 Badge Results
Dec/2008 The FAA's Bill O'Brien on Owner Performed Maintenance
Nov/2008 Dick Johnson (1923-2008) ~ 2008 NTSB Report ~ What Soaring Means to Me (Justin Frazier)
2007-2008 Newsletters
Mar/2008 PASCO "Complacency "What me worry?"" ~ ORD Class B Airspace update
Feb/2008 ORD Class B Airspace update
Jan/2008 ORD Class B Airspace update
Dec/2007 Lift is Where You Find It
Nov/2007 Twelve Commands for Soaring Pilots ~ Effects of Horizontal Gusts on Total Energy Variometers
2006-2007 Newsletters
Apr/2007 99's Seminar Review
Mar/2007 2007 CLGC Spring Seminar Re-cap ~ Fritz Compton (1915-2006)
Jan/2007 Ten Rules of Aviation
Dec/2006 Tom Knauff "Questions for Glider Pilots"
Nov/2006 CGC Charity Glider Rides   -   NTSB Glider Accident Reports from Past Year - "What Soaring Means to Me" Essay by Mark Ziebinski - 2007 CLGC Youth Grant
2005-2006 Newsletters
Mar/2006 CAP Glider Encampment at MTO ~ Sylvania Soaring Adventure's 2nd Annual 1-26 Regatta Announcement
Jan/2006 Rudy Kunda Remembered ~ Sky Soaring 2005 Season Review
Dec/2005 "Illinois Aviation" IDOT Dale Rust ~ Memorium:Dr. William F. Cahill   -   Your CLGC Dues at Work ~ Understanding IGC Files by John DeRosa ~ Soaring Translations ...excerpts from "On Quiet Wings - A Soaring Anthology"
Nov/2005 * "Thermals & Thermalling" - Thomas Knauff ~ "What Soaring Means to Me" - Trace Lewis ...2005 CLGC Scholarship Awardee ~ NTSB 2005 Glider Accident Report Summary
2004-2005 Newsletters
Apr/2005 * CLGC Safety Seminar Recap  * Rudy Kunda Memorial  * Gunther Voltz Hall of Fame  * Letter from Dennis Wright  * NISC Update  * WCS Frequency Change  * 1-26 Regatta  * Electronics for Sale  * 2005 Glider Accident Reports  * World Distance Award
Mar/2005 CLGC Youth Scholarships Program  -  SSA 2005 Ontario, CA Convention Report by John DeRosa  -  2005 Seminole Lake Florida Senior Nationals Report
Feb/2005 CLGC Spring Seminar Details  -  CLGC Youth Scholarships Program  -  McHenry County College "Glider Pilot Ground School"
Jan/2005 CLGC makes donation to SSA Eagle Fund and the SSA Building Repair Fund  -  CLGC Youth Scholarship Program announced  -  Speaker Simine Short Bio  -  Panel Mount Voltmeter Product Review  -  2004 Season Operation Stats for WCSA and Sky Soaring
Dec/2004 CLGC Work Recap - CLGC Spring Safety & Soaring Seminar - McHenry County College Ground School Details
Nov/2004 Paul Remde Biography - Recent Glider Purchases - Local Racers Results - Sky Soaring 2004 Season Review - Glider Accident Report for 2004
2003-2004 Newsletters
Apr/2004 Mar/04 Meeting... Curt Lewis "Letting Go of the Start Cylinder" Intro to XC Racing   -   James Barna Scholarship Winning Essay by Logan Weck
Mar/2004 Feb/04 Meeting... Octavio Gutierrez Hang Gliding Presentation    -   Notes on "The Inner Art of Airmanship" by Dave Inglish
Feb/2004 Jan/04 Meeting...A Tribute to Rudy Kunda   -   Sequatchie Soaring - Bob Quaz   -    Great Aviation Quotes - Dave English
Jan/2004 ATC Response to 9/11 Presentation by Dave Vogesser - American-Polish Glider Club receives SSA plaque - Sylvania Soaring Ground School Planned - Hinckley Soaring, Inc. Closes - James Barna 2004 Award Application - The Passing of Rudy Kunda
Dec/2003 November meeting review - Sequachie Ridge Flying by John Harrison - CLGC Officers - Newsletter Contacts
Nov/2003 APIS visits CGC by Duane Eisenbeiss - Sinus/Virus Review - Meeting Schedule
2002-2003 Newsletters
Apr/2003 Season Openers - CLGC Officer Nominations - Gerry Plice - Director Steve Wasilowski Region 7 Goals - SSA "Soaring Site Survey" - James S. Barna Memorial Scholarship Essays
Mar/2003 Request for CLGC President and Secretary Nominations - Summary of CLGC Officer Roles & Responsibilities - Charter Club Spring Safety Seminars Planned - SSA Update from Jim Short
Feb/2003 Region 7 Contest Planning & American-Polish Aero Club Details - Sky Soaring to be viewed on WTTW - James Barna $750 Scholarship Application - SSA Convention Photos
Jan/2003 Hinckley Soaring, Inc. 2002 Accomplishments - Sky Soaring Civil Air Patrol - SSA Region 7 Steve Wasilowski - "SOAR" Soaring Site Security Program - Kimobear Ely, NV Journal
Dec/2002 Windy City Soaring Assoc. - American Polish Aero Club to Host 2003 Region 7 Contest
Nov/2002 CLGC Online - 2002 Season Reports (Sky Soaring, CGC, Hinckley)
2001-2002 Newsletters
Apr/2002 New VP John DeRosa & Treasurer John Harrison - Song "The Daring Glider Pilot" circa 1937
Mar/2002 CLGC Derek Piggott Seminar Review - 2003 Region 7 Contest Organization - Silver Creek Soaring Club XC Camp
Feb/2002 Derek Piggott Bio Brief - WWII "Colditz Cock" Replica Flies
Jan/2002 CLGC Donation to SSA Eagle Fund Drive - MS Flight Simulator 2002 Presentation (Trace Lewis)
Dec/2001 George Hess (WWII Glider Pilot) - Dr. Tom D. Crouch (Flights Before the Wrights) - A Gliderport in Sweden (Robert Rydin) - On The Lighter Side (Sandy Konrath) - WCSA Chili Fest - Mike Shakman wins the 2001 NISC
Nov/2001 Octave Chanute Exhibit (Flights Before the Wrights) - Linda Copley wins the James S. Barna Memorial Scholarship - On The Lighter Side (Kimobear)
Oct/2001 CLGC Financial Awards Program - NISC Season Review - Glider Aerobatics - Custom welding