ASCent (1982-1989)

ASCent 1989 (September)

16 pp - First time wave flight at Cowley, what do you do after your first solo?, critique of POST competition, glider incident reports, midair at Chester.

15 pp - Western Interprovincial contest results, contest report in brief, Burton breaks national gliding record, Cowley to almost-Chipman (God please, one more thermal), Oxygen emergencies guide, 1000 hours in an RS-15, Soaring – CFB Cold Lake style, book reviews on Stalking the Mountain Wave and Trying their Wings.

ASCent 1989 (April)

22 pp - Update on Western Interprovincial contest, let’s get ready (for badges, XC), the ASC by-laws, minutes and reports of the 89 ASC AGM, flight testing the Toyota (taking the Grob for repairs in Washington).

ASCent 1989 (January)

11 pp - ASC events planning update, pills can kill, hypertension and the aviator, the use of flaps, gliding misconceptions.

ASCent 1988 (September)

23 pp - 1988 Provincial contest results, a trophy for your mantle?, ASC Executive meeting minutes, SAC trophies form, Cowley summer camp aircraft movements report, tribute to Alvie Cook, 2-33 crash, mid-air collision avoidance checklist, intentional groundloop procedure, Guidelines for prevention of hypoxia, ASC towpilot hymn.

ASCent 1988 (July)

18 pp - ASC XC clinic personal perspective, ASC news update, Chris Apps goes solo, a pilgrimage to the HOLY mountain, SAC airspace changes report, Security chute AD, ASC 1988 budget, altitude affects below 10,000 feet.

ASCent 1988 (April)

24 pp - High G’s jangle genes, 1988 ASC AGM minutes & committee reports, 1987 financial statement, Manfred Radius comes to Cowley to give unusual attitudes course.

ASCent 1988 (January)

16 pp - Letter to editor re aviation medicals, what is a RASO?, DoT seeks input on glider licensing criteria, Operating rues for (new) ASC sailplane, ASC Council meeting minutes, ASC soaring events planned for 1988.

ASCent 1987 (October)

18 pp - A trip to Cowley – a worst case scenario, guideline for the prevention of hypoxia, a significant line on your ECG?, Cowley aircraft movements, ASC July Executive minutes, Citabria mandatory wing inspection problem.

ASCent 1987 (July)

26 pp - Editorial, 1987 National & Provincial contest results, a trip to Cowley – worst case scenario, Safety is a state of mind, Ask your doctor, soaring prophesy (poem), Are you current?, ASC AGM minutes, to go or not to go (to the club), the Peak of No. 62 (Ursula’s govt award), dirty downwind dash (Zabrodski).

ASCent 1987 (Spring)

19 pp - 1987 ASC event calendar, Ask your doctor, Safety corner, Black Diamond spot landing contest, Minden visit (Tom Schollie), ASC trophy information, Instructor’s corner, ASC News, Crewing down under (George Dunbar).

ASCent 1986 (December)

19 pp - Marty’s last editorial, Towpilot diary of Cowley summer camp, ASC Fall Planning session, Flight safety 10 commandments, Magneto manipulations, Horse of a different stall – T-tail differences, Tis the night before Xmas – aviation version, Provincial final scoring results, Tony resigns as ASC Pres – becomes Program Coordinator.

ASCent 1982 (December)

15 pp - Ursula’s Diamond climb (also fem record), ASC Council meeting, Another dumb move (get-home-it is), ASC advanced soaring camp, odds and ends, ASC sailplane purchase committee, ASC meets with MoT Aviation Safety Bureau, Alberta Provincial sports seminar, SAC instructors committee meeting, AB Rec & Parks meeting on grants, High altitude chamber course being organized.

ASCent 1982 (August)

19 pp - Innisfail May Meet contest results, Tenrag cartoon, high altitude indoctrination course, Cowley 10th anniversary banquet big success, SAC Instructor School at ESC, 803 km triangle record by Werneburg, ESC – the first 50 years, XC soaring course at Cowley.

ASCent 1982 (April)

19 pp - Editorial, Letter panning 82 AGM attendance, Recognizing Mamini on getting the Livingstone Block, New soaring instruction manual & training standards, Yawstring cartoon, SAC 82 Director’s meeting, SAC 82 AGM & ASC AGM notes, a short history of Cowley, Sample letter re radio licence fees.

ASCent 1982 (February)

10 pp - Editorial, History of the GPSS, Tenrag cartoon, odds and ends, Apps VP/Zone director report.