Nephi, UT just got a tow plane from April - Aug!

awesome, the old Durango soaring gang will be there as soon as we all get
together and set a date. Will be in contact. We also have a plane in Aztec,
N.M. now. Soooo kooool.

Loye - Excited to have you all come back and fly with us!!! I sure hope to join you.

Bruno - B4

That's great news about the tow plane and the winch is a real bonus.

For those who don't know, the Great Basin from June to September has some of the best soaring conditions in the USA - the closest we get to Namibia. When the monsoon moisture sets in, you can have cloud streets to die for. Southern sites (like Parowan) can get zapped by storms at the height of the season, while things are usually better to the north.

I lived in Utah and flew from Cedar Valley, just north of Nephi for several years. The Great Salt Lake can have a negative influence on soaring conditions at surprising distances south, but Nephi is sufficiently far away to rarely suffer and may be the optimum location for mid-monsoon soaring.

The only issue that may need addressing at Nephi is the number of pilots (like me) who like to bring an RV or camper and stay near the field. Nephi Airport is a secure facility and not really a suitable camping location. The available RV parks in town are small, expensive and not that great. The laundromat in town needs a couple of sticks of dynamite! Bruno - any plans to address these?

Oh yes, and bring your own beer. This is still Utah!

Mike

Oh yes, and bring your own beer. This is still Utah!

Mike

A few of us from the Pacific NW were thinking of bringing a couple kegs of proper beer (from Portland and Seattle) to the Nationals for you "heathens" that only drink swill, but sadly, Utah state law prohibits the import of beer.
The main idea, of course, was for everyone (but us) to have a hangover the next day so we could waltz to the top of the leader board ;-)

On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 8:06:26 AM UTC-7, Mike the Strike wrote:
That's great news about the tow plane and the winch is a real bonus.

For those who don't know, the Great Basin from June to September has some of the best soaring conditions in the USA - the closest we get to Namibia. When the monsoon moisture sets in, you can have cloud streets to die for. Southern sites (like Parowan) can get zapped by storms at the height of the season, while things are usually better to the north.

I lived in Utah and flew from Cedar Valley, just north of Nephi for several years. The Great Salt Lake can have a negative influence on soaring conditions at surprising distances south, but Nephi is sufficiently far away to rarely suffer and may be the optimum location for mid-monsoon soaring.

The only issue that may need addressing at Nephi is the number of pilots (like me) who like to bring an RV or camper and stay near the field. Nephi Airport is a secure facility and not really a suitable camping location. The available RV parks in town are small, expensive and not that great. The laundromat in town needs a couple of sticks of dynamite! Bruno - any plans to address these?

Oh yes, and bring your own beer. This is still Utah!

Mike

Mike,
You probably don't remember me but we parked our ships next to each other at a contest years ago. I have flown at CV for over a decade and I was wondering what time frame you were there. I need to take issue with the Booze situation. Sure, the State store in Nephi blows but Utah does have 3 good Micro breweries, An excellent Whiskey distillery, and several good wineries. Best to stock up at a State store other than Nephi.
As for the winch, I think I see what is happening (Finally). Apparently the winch was purchased with the intent of using it as a commercial venture. The club structure and bylaws does not support this and there may have been an assumption that we could make substantial changes later. Obviously, we should have made changes to the Corporate structure of the club FIRST, and then pursued a winch.
As for the winch itself, we have not had alot of days between failures, and right now the winch is a pile of parts in a members shop awaiting upgrades.. Stay tuned for further updates.
I felt that advertising to open the club as a commercial venture was premature, especially when the club has no infrastructure to support it. Nonetheless, Bruno ask me to remove my earlier port and out of respect it is gone.
Kirk U.
USA Secretary/Safety Officer

On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 8:06:26 AM UTC-7, Mike the Strike wrote:
That's great news about the tow plane and the winch is a real bonus.

For those who don't know, the Great Basin from June to September has some of the best soaring conditions in the USA - the closest we get to Namibia. When the monsoon moisture sets in, you can have cloud streets to die for. Southern sites (like Parowan) can get zapped by storms at the height of the season, while things are usually better to the north.

I lived in Utah and flew from Cedar Valley, just north of Nephi for several years. The Great Salt Lake can have a negative influence on soaring conditions at surprising distances south, but Nephi is sufficiently far away to rarely suffer and may be the optimum location for mid-monsoon soaring.

The only issue that may need addressing at Nephi is the number of pilots (like me) who like to bring an RV or camper and stay near the field. Nephi Airport is a secure facility and not really a suitable camping location. The available RV parks in town are small, expensive and not that great. The laundromat in town needs a couple of sticks of dynamite! Bruno - any plans to address these?

Oh yes, and bring your own beer. This is still Utah!

Mike

Hey Mike - We are excited with all the progress being made at Nephi. You are correct, Nephi has a fence around it and is not set up to accommodate RV's like Ely...yet. We are really just getting ongoing operations up and running so we don't have everything in place like camp spots, RV hook up, etc.. Those will come in future years. That said, just outside the gate is a big parking lot and grass area for the RV/camping overnight.

As for beer? Sorry I can't help. Been here in Utah too long. I have heard that we are now starting to allow dancing though!
Bruno - B4

At 16:20 12 February 2016, Craig Reinholt wrote:
Oh yes, and bring your own beer. This is still Utah!

Mike

A few of us from the Pacific NW were thinking of bringing a couple
kegs of
proper beer (from Portland and Seattle) to the Nationals for you
"heathens"
that only drink swill, but sadly, Utah state law prohibits the import
of
beer.


Just bring it to EPH.

LS4a

Dancing??? Now I'm really regretting making it to Nephi this year!