The Arizona Soaring Association is a group of about 50 pilots who fly sailplanes at all levels of the sport; some pilots are
new to soaring and just learning to fly, while others compete in national and regional competitions, in addition to the ASA's
own well-known contest series that runs from March to September each year.
We fly from several locations across the state. These include commercial operations at
Pleasant Valley Airport (P48 - currently not operational),
Arizona Soaring at Estrella Sailport (E68),
private clubs like Tucson Soaring Club at El Tiro (AZ67) and
Prescott Soaring Society at A.C. Goodwin Memorial (AZ86),
as well as airports in Sedona (SEZ) and Sun Valley (A20). During our race schedule, we also fly
from Cochise County Airport in Willcox (P33) and Sampley's (28AZ) in Aguila.
Come out and see what the excitment's all about !
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2017 Contest by Cliff Hilty
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Howdy fellow ASA'ers I have been tasked, or should I say Howdy fellow ASA'ers I have been tasked, or should I say I volunteered
to run the ASA contest series. To that end I have come up with a tentative schedule and NO RULES!
First of all it's main purpose is to get together and fly. If you want to fly around the flagpole then do so, if you want
to race, I will call a task (or let someone do it) and who ever wants to race can. If you want to fly all day and put up
some OLC points so be it!
We will plan on a BBQ and pot luck each Saturday of the schedule. BYOB of course. The ASA will provide the meat. So
bring your crews and significant others and tell some lies about your flight!
The board has decided not to collect contest fees this year as we did not use last year's money on prizes and has
refunded any fees already collected. I will try and come up with daily awards, but not necessarily for performance.
Perhaps for the longest air time or highest altitude gain. This is still under consideration and any input will be helpful.
The schedule is as follows:
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April 28, 29, 30
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Sampley
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May 26, 27, 28, 29?
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El Tiro
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Sept 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Sampley
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Sept 22, 23, 24.
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Lake Pleasant
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Other dates are open if desired.
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Note: I have included Fridays in all the weekend schedule but that will depend on participation. Also the weekend of
Memorial day is in conjunction with El Tiro's OLC camp which starts the 19th Friday before and continues thru Memorial
day. They may not have a crew set up for memorial day and TuSC guest membership rules apply.
In summary: Let's all come out and fly together have fun and be safe!
CH
[Webmaster]: Please post any comments and/or suggestions in the "2017 Contest" Discussion Forum thread to the right.
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Decency Guidelines by Joe Silvasi
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Over the years, there have been instances where posts to the Discussion Forum have swayed from topics promoting soaring and
ASA activities and have instead degraded to places we don't really want to go.
While there has been a sort of implicit guideline that has been followed with regard to content and the occasional moderated
reminder, the last several years have shown the Board that something more formal needs to be
in place so that the "ground rules" are known to everyone so there are no surprises.
The advent of social media on the world wide web has made this needed even more.
To that end, the Board has recently posted Decency Guidelines under the Documents tab above which are meant to provide a solid
foundation as to what content is and is not appropriate for both the ASA Discussion Forum and ASA Facebook group.
The Board expects everyone who posts messages to be aware of and follow these guidelines in the interest of fairness to all and
decency to anyone who might stumble upon our Discussion Forum and/or Facebook group posts.
Your cooperation would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or comments, please address them to any member of the Board.
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The OFFICIAL Facebook page of the Arizona Soaring Association.
