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From the President Taming the SSC Logsheet Program MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF SKYLINE SOARING CLUB,INC NOVEMBER 2011 Masthead photo by Dick Otis From the President uploaded to the Club web site a lot of things happen. All members’ flight data and training data is automatically updated, The Instruc- Curtis Wheeler tors for the day are sent reminder to fill out the electronic training folders for each of their instruction flights, the treasurer gets a e are in the process of wrapping up a very successful flying copy of the file for updating the club financial records, the mem- season and I want to commend you all for the accomplish- bership officer is provided information on any new Club members, Wment of another safe and productive year. John Noss has The aircraft Meisters are provided information on aircraft dis- reported that this year we have surpassed 1300 flights for the first crepancies, and the data is collected on aircraft hours, fuel used, time. Through his data mining efforts he has uncovered a great number of tows and much more. For the above items to happen deal of useful information that we must analyze. But what struck properly all the information needs to be recorded in the program me is the tremendous amount of hard work by the members that and the logsheet uploaded to Club web site by the end of the day. has made this possible. Thank you for your contributions and For this to happen every time it requires you, the Club members congratulations! (not only the DOs), to be fully familiar with the software and take See you at FRR, the extra time to make sure all the information is loaded. Curtis How can I learn how to use the program, you might ask? Well it is easy to do by downloading the latest version to your Taming the SSC Logsheet Program home computer and playing with it. This is done by going to the Members-Only section of the Club website (use the button on the Craig Bendorf, Chief Duty Officer bottoms of the blue field on the left side of the Club web page). Once inside the Members only area, click on LOGSHEETS (in blue ne of the most important tools for managing all of the Club’s area on left), click on the DOWNLOAD/ directory and then select operations, training, finance and membership is the SSC the appropriate software version for your computer and click on it Ologsheet program which is loaded on the Club field comput- to download. er. Many of you probably only think of it as the program that tracks Once you run the software and it opens to the main page you your flight, records your flight time and tells you how much you will see that the logsheet window is organized into five folder tabs, owe. Yes, it does do that, but it also does much more. each of which is subdivided with smaller tabs. The main tabs are: Once the logsheet is completed at the end of the day and STARTUP, MEMBERS, OPERATIONS, FINANCES, SHUTDOWN 1 The Valley looking its best—Shane on his weather thwarted Boomerang attempt about 10 miles south of Luray photo by Mike Ash During a normal day, most of the time will be spent in the “Opera- (almost all the member’s aircraft are listed). The entry “Private” tions/Glider Flights” page, where flight information is entered. should only be used for new aircraft or visiting aircraft from other The “Finances” page is where the flight charges are tabulated for Clubs. each Pilot/Student, payments recorded and where miscellaneous 6. If someone, other than the pilot/student, pays for the purchases (e.g., introductory member fee, book sales) are charged. flight use the “Alternate Payer” box at the bottom of the “Glider The “Members” page allows new members to be added to the Flights” page. This is very common when the husband or father of popup lists used in the Operations and Finances sections. On the the student is paying for all the flights for the day. Photo by Jim Percival “Startup” Page there is a sub-tab labeled “Help” that contains more 7. On the “Finance” pages use the comment box to help detailed instructions for using the program. make things clear for the Treasurer. If there is anything unusual The only way to really learn the program and stay proficient is like a different payee, additional items bought, someone buying a to practice with it at home, especially before you show up for duty. FAST package as a gift for someone else just put in a comment. For those with experience with the program, reading through the 8. The current program does not recognize paying with help screen is also a quick way of reminding yourself of many of a credit card, so if this happens you need to be marked as cash the features. However even those with extensive experience are transaction with a note in the comment box that it was a credit making some mistakes that cause significant problems with the card transaction and the name on the card. data that results in a lot of confusion and additional work by those 9. When person joins the Club as a member and fills out an who use the data, particularly the Treasurer, Membership officer, application form, all their information needs to be added to the and our Web Master. The following are a few pointers that can “Shutdown/Contact Info” page by the end of the day. significantly help everyone. 10. Any general comments on anything that happened 1. When using the program always use the pull down during the day that could be of interest to the Board or any of the menus by clicking on the down arrows on the right side of many of Club Officers should be recorded on the “Shutdown/Comments” the data entry boxes (i.e., name, items etc.) page. 2. If a name is not in a pull down menu you need to add it 11. The completed logsheet needs to be uploaded to the in the “Members” tab under the appropriate category. Please note Club web site by the end of the day. This can be done from the that FAST and temporary members names are in alphabetical or- field computer if connected by Wi-Fi to the network, The Airport der at the bottom of the list, after all the regular member names, computer or by putting the file on a flash drive and loading it up so look there first before adding a new name. once you get home. 3. If you add a name make sure it is spelled correctly. Mis- The SSC Logsheet has proven to be an outstanding tool to spelled names cause a lot of problems and additional work for the help the Club manage all aspects of its operations of over 90 Club officers. members, four gliders, two tow planes and over 1300 flights per 4. On the “Operations/Glider Flights” page fill in all the data year. However if everyone took the extra effort to make sure they possible (yes it really is used). know how to use it and ensure that all the data is recorded, you 5. If the glider is a Club member’s aircraft please check the will make the workload for your volunteer Club officers a lot easier list for its contest number or all or part of the registration number and help them make better decisions for the members. 2 Soaring 100 In the footsteps of Orville, Bill Vickland settles his 1-26 on the same sands that nurtured the birth of soaring. Photo by Dan Ernst Dan Ernst n October of 1911, Orville Wright returned to Kitty Hawk and tion among others, developed a celebration to mark this milestone the site of the brother’s great triumph in 1903 to find the in flight. Ianswer to a troubling problem: their recent designs exhibited One of the main events in the celebration was a fly-in of gliders dangerous instability problems that had killed several pilots and to the Wright Memorial grounds. Skyline Soaring Club was asked to threatened their business. The army and navy had banned flights contribute the ASK-21 to the Cavalcade of Gliders as a representa- in their aeroplanes. Because Wilbur was embroiled in on-going tive model of a modern two-seat training glider. (Side bar list of glid- legal battles over their patents, Orville returned to North Carolina ers?) SSC’s participation was led by Shane Neitzey and included Paul with a new glider that was essentially their latest aeroplane with- Seketa, Mike Christensen, Mike Peterson, Robb Creedon and Dan out an engine. Orville used the sloping dunes and steady winds as Ernst. SSC member Bill Vickland was invited to fly his 1-26 serial 238 a laboratory for testing changes to the glider. The location proved (with open sport canopy) as the representative airplane of the 1-26 to be an excellent choice as Orville crashed the glider three times type. without injury. The trek to Kitty Hawk began on Tuesday, 18 October as Shane In stark contrast to the first flight at Kitty Hawk, there were and Mike Christensen trailered the ASK-21 to Dare County Airport numerous journalists and photographers present. On 24 October on Manteo Island where the K had a hangar reserved. Wednesday they witnessed Orville fly the glider in the face of a 50 MPH wind dawned cool and rainy and Shane and Mike busied themselves as- several times, the last for 9 minutes and 45 seconds.
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