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ASCent (1990-1999)

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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1999


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Cowley - the view from England, the “eh-team” wins the Region 8, 802.6 km (great run at Invermere), summer Cowley (not summer weather), I wanted to be an instructor, soaring the summer away (teenager in Germany), ASCs website, instructor endorsements paid by ASC, Michael Cook obit, treasurer's highlights.

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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1998 (Summer - Fall)


External link opens in new tab or window20 pp - Cowley in 1998, the challenge of learning (a case of mind over matter), Wasserkuppe revisited, Alberta soaring contest, The first adventures of GEV (HP-18), Hard thoughts on an accident at ESC, do your spring inspection in the winter, soaring simulator, 33 knots up!, remember the Gemini?, de-certifying gliders, Willi Mueller obit, the effect of paper weight on X-C, exec meeting summary, Treasurer's update.

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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1998 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window8 pp - Soaring seminar a super success, 98 ASC AGM, the sport report.


External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1997 (Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window8 pp - Exec and planning meeting reports, 97 Cu Nim and ESC club trophy winners.

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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1997 (Summer)


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External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - High sky-big lift - great camp, Starbuck to ridgetop (Cowley reflections of a Winnipeg pilot), reflector reflections (passing the hat to get the lead pilot to sniff!, the 3 in 1 shot (all 3 Diamonds in one flight including a Death Valley turnpoint for the altitude!), the Provincials, a letter from Scotland, SAC instructor course, Alberta soaring ladder.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1997 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Test-flying "Sweetie" (Cu Nim’s Blanik), introduction to the winch launch, airspace update, Alberta soaring ladder, ASC AGM, 1996 annual reports, training barometer (graphical test for currency), Alberta team squad for 1997, Red Deer OO course, new ASC plans cost or deliver $$, I thought I was covered - I wasn't (insurance).


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1996 (Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window8 pp - The long long wait (a first wave flight), rewarding our best in 96 (Cu Nim & ESC club trophy winners), meeting notes.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1996 (Summer)


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External link opens in new tab or window20 pp - Cowley summer camp ( bad example?), fall camp addendum (was great), shot down in Aspen valley (Blanik landout north of Centre Peak), doctor’s orders (a dangerous passenger flight), Airspace grab – Calgary chapter, Still at 11,000, another item on the cockpit checklist, did the wind stop blowing?


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1996 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Big changes at Cowley (ASC as operator), 95 annual reports, Red Deer soaring seminar, 96 ASC AGM, impressions of the SAC AGM, ASC awards presentation, your spring wake-up call [a bent Blanik], Terry Southwood SAC instructor of year for 1995, Cold Lake CFI's corner, looking for the perfect rock, Cowley admin, the Young Eagles program, sporting update.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1995 (Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Onward and upward (a small fall camp), flight for a Diamond, decompression sickness in high altitude glider flight, club news, the parable of Joe [old RAF verse on the plight of ground crew], letter from Lotusland (Comox), sports politics, no transponder needed at Cowley, "Leaning on the Wind" – book review


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1995 (Summer)


External link opens in new tab or window20 pp - 95 May meet, my lucky day (500 in Austria out of ESC), best flights of 95, US Sports class nationals, Cowley finale, club news, the annotated "high flight" (funny), the kite record project, soaring on Discovery channel, new club at Cranbrook, Cowley campground maintenance, cairn replica project.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1995 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window20 pp - Picking the day (across the rocks from Golden), 94 annual reports, 95 ASC AGM, club news, sporting update, Cu Nim soaring seminar, missed Diamond


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1994 (Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window12 pp - Letter from Buenos Aires, wave camp 94 (great), Exec meeting summary, notes on SAC insurance and Cowley operations, Cold Lake soaring club - 1959, some ESC heros, and some Cu Nim heros, notice of motion for bylaws amendments, Western regional sports contest.

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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1994 (Summer)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Cu Nim cross-country week, 94 Provincials, the phantom retrieve, the smoke (summer) camp, across the Rocks by Mamini, my excellent adventure (Mercer's 500 in Cold Lake), my 2nd 500 (the 4th attempt by Buzz Burwash), safety corner, club news, things done and to-dos at Cowley.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1994 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Test driving 54 (excellent story of a first out-landing, winter soaring seminar, 93 annual reports, 94 AGM report, Cowley under new management, club news, current Canadian records, 1994 Alberta Team Squad, contest must move from Innisfail this year


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1993 (Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window8 pp - Letter from Moose, Cu Nim & ESC trophy winners for 93, Cowley wave camp non-gathering, Grob is sold, draft proposal for allocation of sailplane fund.

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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1993 (Summer)


External link opens in new tab or window20 pp - The "boutique" provincials, "Real" landouts (adventures in Ephrata), A very fine weekend (the out-and-return record into Sask), Contemplating competing (another small step by a newcomer), the Cowley gathering of '93 (wet!), great moments in soaring history (PM's adventures at the Swift Current Nats), mountain outlanding! (the Lark accident), Swift Current Nationals wrap-up, club news.



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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1993 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Deja vu (some history), Flying for the fun of it (by a CF-5 pilot), so you think you're current?, a mere coincidence (age = glide angle?), 92 annual reports, club news, a simpler ASC trophy form, the best flyer (a crow), misc meeting reports, insurance on trailer accidents, PCK has new engine, what to do with sailplane fund?, Swift Current Nationals planning, Peter "Masak's Scimitar"


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1992 (Fall - Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window16 pp - Mike Morgan's first season of gliding, wave camp story, bailed out by the bail-out bottle (excellent article), club news, oxygen analysis report, various meeting minutes/notes, '93 Nationals slated for Swift Current


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1992 (Summer)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - May Meet, BC safari, US Sports class nationals, derigging a Lark (!), Cowley mosquito camp, remember our laughter (Cowley in verse), first outlanding of ESC Puchacz, cumulo-nimbus flight, club news, David Woodcock obit, great cartoon by Hans König.



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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1992 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Lost - never with GPS, Being ready will get you through the day, ASC 91 annual reports, photo of the Glasflugel concept 'glass' cockpit, summary of exec meeting and 92 AGM, ASC funding - how we get it and how we spend it, Inertial hamsters (funny), club news, new ASC tickets, new 1/2 tow stickers, BC soaring safari plans, ASC video library, '92 provincials, aviation book library, 123.4 soaring frequency, notes from sailplane manager, preliminary survey results on future ASC sailplane, record courses out of Golden, more excerpts from the DoT medical handbook.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1991 (Fall - Winter)


External link opens in new tab or window24 pp - Yahoo cu!! (one of those flights that keep you in the sport), a decent fall camp, on going into the mountains (tactics from three pilots), another first (a local landout at Cold Lake), a short history of the ASC (based on 25 years of executive minutes), Silver Cloud – 7A (going XC as a passenger at a California regionals), club news, executive meeting.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1991 (Summer)


External link opens in new tab or window16 pp - Back to back 700s (in Invermere - and the world's worst farmer), waves beyond reach in Alaska, 13 more badge questions, soaring in the mountains (first XC from Invermere), class 4 medical, executive meeting, odds & ends, the Viking 104 (early use of glass in late 50s), annual maintenance requirements - sailplane owner's responsibilities.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1991 (Spring)


External link opens in new tab or window20 pp - Glider exhibit opens at Aviation Hall of Fame, no notch - no diamond, Innisfail meet is back! a glider pilot's dream (poem), '91 ASC sporting programs, fly for the "XC-100" trophy, Alberta winners (of 1990 ASC & SAC trophies), 91 AGM report, '90 annual reports, 13 badge questions.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1990 (November)


External link opens in new tab or window21 pp - The 1990 Cowley camps, Blue Bird’s last cross-country (ASC bus), the best stories are always retrieve stories, ASC planning workshop notice, adventures with Bravo Yankee ultralight – Kneier.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1990 (July)


External link opens in new tab or window29 pp - Western Interprovincial contest results, contest in brief, Burton breaks national record (200 kt speed to goal), Cowley toughest retrieve contest, Oxygen emergencies checklist, 1000 hours in an RS-15, book reviews: Stalking the Mountain Wave, Trying their Wings.


ASCent 1990 (April Part 1 & 2)


External link opens in new tab or windowPart 1 - 27 pp - 1990 event calendar, 1989 ASC & SAC award recipients, “Winners” – the detailed history of ASC soaring achievements/ trophy winners by Ursula Wiese.


External link opens in new tab or windowPart 2 - 25 pp - ASC Annual General Meeting and reports 17 Feb 1990.


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External link opens in new tab or windowASCent 1990 (January)


External link opens in new tab or window25 pp - ASC 1990 event calendar, ASC funding facts, learning to live with a Pawnee, AJ flies part way across Canada (Claresholm to Regina), minutes ASC Council and Executive meetings Nov 89, a hard look at the mission of the ASC.

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