ChicagoLand Glider Council 

General Meeting's Schedules

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Announcement of CLGC Grant Awardees

2024-2025	CLGC Monthly Meetings (3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00PM at Schaumburg Airport meeting room - unless otherwise noted)
Thursday, Dec 19	World Glider Championship in Uvalde Texas [Speaker: Ron Ridenour] What Did You Do Last Summer? [Speaker: EVERYONE!]
Thursday, Jan 16	Overview of Emergency Location Devices [Speaker: John DeRosa]
Thursday, Feb 20	Parachute Training for Glider Pilots [Speaker: TBD]
Thursday, Mar 20	Diamond Goal 500K Flights [Speaker: Geoff Weck]
Thursday, Apr 17	Letting Go of the Wind Sock [Speaker: Curt Lewis]

Previous Year's CLGC Monthly Meetings Dates and Topics

2023-2024	CLGC Monthly Meetings
Monday, Nov 20	Condor Soaring Simulator [Speaker: Davis Chappins]
Monday, Dec 18	Meeting Topic To Be Announced
Monday, Jan 15	Meeting Topic To Be Announced
Saturday, Feb 18	Meeting Topic To Be Announced
Monday, Mar 17	Meeting Topic To Be Announced
Monday, Apr 15	Meeting Topic To Be Announced Announcement of CLGC Grant Awardees

2022-2023	CLGC Monthly Meetings
Monday, Dec 20	What did you do last summer? [Speaker: You!] Installation of Trig ADS-B in an ASW-27 [Speaker: John DeRosa]
Monday, Jan 16	Recovering Pawnee Wings [Speaker: Don Kroesch]
Monday, Apr 20	Announcement of CLGC Grant Awardees

2021-2022	CLGC Monthly Meetings
Monday, Nov 15	What did you do last summer? [Speaker: You!]
Monday, Dec 20	OGN Networks [Speaker: Doug Tarmichael]
Monday, Jan 17	Generation of Thermals [Speaker: Herb Kilian]
Saturday, Feb 21	Condor Glider Simulator [Speaker: Scott Manley]
Monday, Mar 21	FAA FAASTeam WINGS Seminar - 2021 Glider Accident Review
Monday, Apr 18	How to Build a VASI for Your Gliderport [Speaker: Don Kroesch] Announcement of CLGC Grant Awardees

2020-2021	CLGC Monthly Meetings
Monday, Nov 16	What did you do last summer? [Speaker: You!]
Monday, Dec 21	Meeting cancelled
Monday, Jan 18	Water Ballast in a Glider [Speaker: Kilian]
Saturday, Feb 27 (9AM-5PM)	No regular meeting this month. We had the All-Day Seminar on Saturday, Feb 27, 2020 !
Monday, Mar 15	Roundtable discussion with local Chicago area clubs and SSA representatives
Monday, Apr 19	Chicago Approach TRACON Interactive Discussion Announcement of CLGC Grant Awardees

2019-2020	CLGC Monthly Meetings
Monday, Nov 18	What did you do last summer? [Speaker: You!]
Monday, Dec 16	Parowan Soaring, Safety and Natural Beauty [Speakers: Mark Akerly and Herb Kilian]
Monday, Jan 20	Open Glider Network [Speaker: DeRosa]
Saturday, Feb 15 (at 1PM)	Jenny JN4 Project Tour [Speaker: EAA 1414 Staff] IMPORTANT: Pre-registration is required due to the limited seating Contact John DeRosa (jhderosa@yahoo.com) to register
Monday, Mar 16	Overview and Comparison of Emergency Location Devices [Speaker: DeRosa]
Monday, Apr 20	Overview of Available Soaring Weather Forecasting Tools [Speaker: Grillo] Announcement of CLGC Grant Awardees

2018-2019	CLGC Monthly Meetings
Monday, Nov 19	PAROWAN! [Speaker: Kilian]
Monday, Dec 17	ADS-B Update [Speaker: Erik ??]
Monday, Jan 21	General [Speaker: Everyone!]
Monday, Feb 23	No regular evening meeting this month. We will have the all day Seminar on Saturday, Feb 23, 2019 !
Monday, Mar 18	Winch Operations at Sky Soaring [Speaker: Mallamo]
Monday, Apr 15	Over the Counter Drugs Impact to Aviation [Speaker: Grillo]

2016-2017	CLGC Monthly Meetings (2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 unless otherwise noted)
Tuesday, Nov 8	What did you do last summer? [Speaker: You!]
Tuesday, Dec 6 - FIRST TUESDAY!	Motor Gliders [Speaker: Roderick Read]
Tuesday, Jan 10	Ballooning [Speaker: Chad Morin]
Saturday, Feb 25	No regular evening meeting this month. We will have a Seminar on Feb 25th !
Tuesday, March 14	Northern Illinois Soaring Contest [Speaker: Kilian]

2015-2016	CLGC Meetings (Second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 unless otherwise noted)
Tuesday, Nov 10	What did you do this summer? [Speaker: You!]
Tuesday, Dec 8	How to Fly 70 Hours in 4 Weeks [Speaker: Herb Kilian]
Tuesday, Jan 12	Unmanned Aerial Systems(A.K.A. Drones) [Speaker: Pete Washburn]
Tuesday, Feb 9	Approaches and Landings [Jeff Mack]
Tuesday, March 8	Carbon Fiber Instrument Panels [John DeRosa]
Tuesday, April 12	Accident Scenarios [Ridenour]

2014-2015	CLGC Meetings
Tuesday, Nov 4	300K Diamond Triangle in Chicago [Speaker: Logan Weck]
Wednesday, Dec 10	Parowan 2014 [Herb Kilian]
Tuesday, Jan 13	Powered Paragliders [Arvydas Paulikas]
Tuesday, Feb 10	8AM-5PM, CLGC Seminar ,Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Tuesday, March 10	ADS-B and Gliders Overview [Scicluna]
Tuesday, April 14	No meeting held

2013-2014	CLGC Meetings
Tuesday, Nov 12	Nephi Utah Soaring Cross Country Camp [John DeRosa & Greg Palmer]
Tuesday, Dec 10	Radio Controlled Drones [Mike Garrett]
Tuesday, Jan 14	Aviation Builders Show and Tell [Everyone!]
Tuesday, Feb 11	Supersonic Aerodynamic Analysis [Simon Ho]
Tuesday, March 11	Phoenix Motorglider [Roderick Read]
Tuesday, April 8	Medical "Situations" I have been in ~ SSA News ~ Sky Soaring Mini-Contest [Geoff Weck]

2012-2013	CLGC Meetings
Tuesday, Nov 13	What did you do this summer? [Speaker: You!]
Tuesday, Dec 11	Aviation Wiring [John DeRosa]
Tuesday, Jan 8	Homebuilding Aircraft [Don Kroesch & Kevin Hobbs]
Saturday, Feb 16	8AM-5PM, CLGC Seminar ,Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Tuesday, March 12	Sustainer Engines [Herb Kilian]
Tuesday, April 16	Hang Gliders [Gary Solomon]

2011-2012	CLGC Meetings
November 11	2011 Season Recap
December 13	Soaring 100 (Jim Short)
January 10	Bee Keeping (Larry Krengel)
February 14	Motorgliders (Jim Hopkins)
March 13	Chanute Biography "Locomotive to Aeromotive" (Simine Short)
April 17	Safety Briefing (Ron Ridenour)

2010-2011	CLGC Meetings
November 16	S.O.A.R Chicago (Pat Crosby)
December 7	FLARM (John Cochrane)
January 11	ORD TRACON (Dave Voggesser)
February 12	8AM-5PM, CLGC Seminar ,Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
March 8	Paragliding (Paul Paulikas)

2009-2010	CLGC Meetings
November 17th	Year End Soaring Report (Herb Kilian)
December 8th	2009 Seniors Report (Ron Ridenour, Mike Shakman, Duane Eisenbeiss)
January 12th	Preparing for the 2010 World Glider Championships (John Cochrane)
February 16th	Glider Repair for Non-Mechanics (Don Kroesch)
March 9th	Soaring in Switzerland (Roderick Read)
April 13th	Biannual Flight Reviews (Ron Ridenour) & Grant Award Ceremony

2008-2009	CLGC Meetings
November 18th	What you need to know about ELT, SPOT, PLB Devices (John DeRosa)
December 9th	Winch Launching (Herb Kilian)
January 13th	MOVIE NIGHT - "The Boy Who Flew With Condors"
February 21st	8AM-5PM, CLGC Seminar ,Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
March 10th	Aircraft Maintenance & Inspections (Paul Irvin)
April 7th	Aerobatics (Gerry Molidor)

2007-2008	CLGC Meetings
October 9th	ELT & PLB Review (John DeRosa)
November 13th	WCSA's ASK-21 Pre-purchase Inspection Trip to Germany (Konrath & Short)
December 11th	OLC and NISC (Kilian)
January 8th	Severe Weather Turbulence & Contest Safety Finish - 2007 Sports Class Nationals (Curt Lewis)
February 12th	Discussion on Planned/Proposed Changes to Chicago Class B Airspace (Geoff Weck)
March 11th	Kites and Paper Airplanes (Greenwald)
April 15th	Air Force and Air National Guard pilot (Andy Meyer)

2006-2007	CLGC Meetings
October 10th	World Distance Award (Duane Eisenbiess)
November 14th	Illinois Aviation Museum (Kent Demuth)
December 5th	Predicting Soaring Weather (Mike Shakman)
January 9th	Was Your Flight Instructor Wrong? ... Here's How Wings Really Work (Herb Kilian)
February 24th	8AM-5PM, CLGC Seminar ,Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
March 13th	Flight Computers & Recorders (DeRosa)