LVVSA Roach Dry Lake Fall Auto-Tow Extravaganza

Can't make "reply to sender" work with my mail reader.

Great! We'll see you there. Having just camped for a weekend at Truth or
Consequences with the sky dive club's annual Water Boogie, we elected to get
a motel room.

Dan


"Uncle Fuzzy" wrote in message
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On Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:25:32 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
I've emailed over a week ago to two addresses on the LVVS website and
gotten no response so I'll post my questions he My wife and I plan to
bring my LAK-17a to Roach Dry lake for the ground launch activities and I
want to know if there are any special requirements to participate. I'm
ground launch qualified with both winch and auto tow. I'm also qualified
to self launch (if I had one!) and aero tow. I'm an SSA member and fully
insured and I hold a Diamond Badge. So... Will we be welcome and will I be
able to ground launch with you? Dan "Uncle Fuzzy"
wrote in message
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Excellent! I'll try to remember to update this thread if
conditions change at Roach. Here's a map to the dry lake from the Jean
airport. http://lvvsa.org/Pictures/Events/RoachDryLakeMapNew.jpg

You will absolutely be welcomed! You must be an SSA member, and pay the
whopping $10.00 guest membership fee (per day). Auto tows will be $10.00
each, with aero tows available at current club (cheap!) rates. Bring
sunscreen, lots of water or whatever you use to maintain hydration. I'm
going out weekend after next to drive our line and check conditions. If we
get significant rain, and the dry lake is un-usable, we'll camp at the
airport and do aero tows.
Feel free to email me directly from here, or at
griderpirateatyahoodotcom
Cheers,
Jim

Okay on the Hotel, but you really need to stick around long enough for dinner. There's always WAY too much food! We also do breakfast Sunday morning.. G


On Monday, September 24, 2012 9:26:21 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Can't make "reply to sender" work with my mail reader. Great! We'll see you there. Having just camped for a weekend at Truth or Consequences with the sky dive club's annual Water Boogie, we elected to get a motel room. Dan "Uncle Fuzzy" wrote in message ... On Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:25:32 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote: I've emailed over a week ago to two addresses on the LVVS website and gotten no response so I'll post my questions he My wife and I plan to bring my LAK-17a to Roach Dry lake for the ground launch activities and I want to know if there are any special requirements to participate. I'm ground launch qualified with both winch and auto tow. I'm also qualified to self launch (if I had one!) and aero tow. I'm an SSA member and fully insured and I hold a Diamond Badge. So... Will we be welcome and will I be able to ground launch with you? Dan "Uncle Fuzzy" wrote in message ... Excellent! I'll try to remember to update this thread if conditions change at Roach. Here's a map to the dry lake from the Jean airport. http://lvvsa.org/Pictures/Events/RoachDryLakeMapNew.jpg You will absolutely be welcomed! You must be an SSA member, and pay the whopping $10.00 guest membership fee (per day). Auto tows will be $10.00 each, with aero tows available at current club (cheap!) rates. Bring sunscreen, lots of water or whatever you use to maintain hydration. I'm going out weekend after next to drive our line and check conditions. If we get significant rain, and the dry lake is un-usable, we'll camp at the airport and do aero tows. Feel free to email me directly from here, or at griderpirateatyahoodotcom Cheers, Jim

We love dinner at the field...! ...And beer, and telling lies!


"Uncle Fuzzy" wrote in message
...
Okay on the Hotel, but you really need to stick around long enough for
dinner. There's always WAY too much food! We also do breakfast Sunday
morning. G


On Monday, September 24, 2012 9:26:21 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Can't make "reply to sender" work with my mail reader. Great! We'll see
you there. Having just camped for a weekend at Truth or Consequences with
the sky dive club's annual Water Boogie, we elected to get a motel room.
Dan "Uncle Fuzzy" wrote in message
... On Sunday,
September 23, 2012 6:25:32 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote: I've emailed
over a week ago to two addresses on the LVVS website and gotten no
response so I'll post my questions he My wife and I plan to bring my
LAK-17a to Roach Dry lake for the ground launch activities and I want to
know if there are any special requirements to participate. I'm ground
launch qualified with both winch and auto tow. I'm also qualified to
self launch (if I had one!) and aero tow. I'm an SSA member and fully
insured and I hold a Diamond Badge. So... Will we be welcome and will I be
able to ground launch with you? Dan "Uncle Fuzzy"
wrote in message
...
Excellent! I'll try to remember to update this thread if
conditions change at Roach. Here's a map to the dry lake from the Jean
airport. http://lvvsa.org/Pictures/Events/RoachDryLakeMapNew.jpg You
will absolutely be welcomed! You must be an SSA member, and pay the
whopping $10.00 guest membership fee (per day). Auto tows will be $10.00
each, with aero tows available at current club (cheap!) rates. Bring
sunscreen, lots of water or whatever you use to maintain hydration. I'm
going out weekend after next to drive our line and check conditions. If we
get significant rain, and the dry lake is un-usable, we'll camp at the
airport and do aero tows. Feel free to email me directly from here, or at
griderpirateatyahoodotcom Cheers, Jim

On Monday, September 24, 2012 8:43:29 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote
Dan,
BTW I did reply to your email on the 18th but you failed to allow incoming messages from me so you never got it.
SoaringJay AT Cox Dot Net


We love dinner at the field...! ...And beer, and telling lies!

When I found your message in my spam folder, I allowed it and future
messages to pass. It's all good now.


"JayM" wrote in message
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On Monday, September 24, 2012 8:43:29 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote
Dan,
BTW I did reply to your email on the 18th but you failed to allow incoming
messages from me so you never got it.
SoaringJay AT Cox Dot Net


We love dinner at the field...! ...And beer, and telling lies!

On Aug 24, 7:59*am, Grider Pirate wrote:
The date has been set for the weekend of 27/28 October *(weather
permitting) for theLVVSAFall Auto-Tow event. The location is Roach
dry lake, off Interstate 15 just north of the California/Nevada
border. *Directions can be found on theLVVSA.org website.
Auto and Aero tows, great food, lots of fun. *We will have a rope
capable of towing the big two-place gliders (G103 and Janus C) this
year.

We had some really BIG rain out here last week, and the dry like
currently isn't. I'll check again next weekend, and report what I
find.

We can still cancel the motel reservation. Please keep us informed.


"Grider Pirate" wrote in message
...
On Aug 24, 7:59 am, Grider Pirate wrote:
The date has been set for the weekend of 27/28 October (weather
permitting) for theLVVSAFall Auto-Tow event. The location is Roach
dry lake, off Interstate 15 just north of the California/Nevada
border. Directions can be found on theLVVSA.org website.
Auto and Aero tows, great food, lots of fun. We will have a rope
capable of towing the big two-place gliders (G103 and Janus C) this
year.

We had some really BIG rain out here last week, and the dry like
currently isn't. I'll check again next weekend, and report what I
find.

I'll post here whenever I have an update.

On Monday, October 15, 2012 5:53:36 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
We can still cancel the motel reservation. Please keep us informed.





"Grider Pirate" wrote in message

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On Aug 24, 7:59 am, Grider Pirate wrote:

The date has been set for the weekend of 27/28 October (weather

permitting) for theLVVSAFall Auto-Tow event. The location is Roach

dry lake, off Interstate 15 just north of the California/Nevada

border. Directions can be found on theLVVSA.org website.

Auto and Aero tows, great food, lots of fun. We will have a rope

capable of towing the big two-place gliders (G103 and Janus C) this

year.



We had some really BIG rain out here last week, and the dry like

currently isn't. I'll check again next weekend, and report what I

find.

I was unable to make the time to get out to the dry lake over the weekend. I will try tomorrow after work.


On Monday, October 15, 2012 9:16:44 PM UTC-7, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
I'll post here whenever I have an update.



On Monday, October 15, 2012 5:53:36 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:

We can still cancel the motel reservation. Please keep us informed.











"Grider Pirate" wrote in message



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On Aug 24, 7:59 am, Grider Pirate wrote:



The date has been set for the weekend of 27/28 October (weather



permitting) for theLVVSAFall Auto-Tow event. The location is Roach



dry lake, off Interstate 15 just north of the California/Nevada



border. Directions can be found on theLVVSA.org website.



Auto and Aero tows, great food, lots of fun. We will have a rope



capable of towing the big two-place gliders (G103 and Janus C) this



year.







We had some really BIG rain out here last week, and the dry like



currently isn't. I'll check again next weekend, and report what I



find.

The surface of Roach Dry lake is good. The road to it suffered from
the recent hard rain. It is safe, and there are no places where a
normal car would get stuck, but 10-ish mph is about as fast as you'd
want to go. Rigging at Jean and taking a short tug to get the glider
there is an option.

On Oct 22, 2:09*pm, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
I was unable to make the time to get out to the dry lake over the weekend.. *I will try tomorrow after work.



On Monday, October 15, 2012 9:16:44 PM UTC-7, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
I'll post here whenever I have an update.

On Monday, October 15, 2012 5:53:36 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:

We can still cancel the motel reservation. *Please keep us informed..

"Grider Pirate" wrote in message

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On Aug 24, 7:59 am, Grider Pirate wrote:

The date has been set for the weekend of 27/28 October (weather

permitting) for theLVVSAFall Auto-Tow event. The location is Roach

dry lake, off Interstate 15 just north of the California/Nevada

border. Directions can be found on theLVVSA.org website.

Auto and Aero tows, great food, lots of fun. We will have a rope

capable of towing the big two-place gliders (G103 and Janus C) this

year.

We had some really BIG rain out here last week, and the dry like

currently isn't. *I'll check again next weekend, and report what I

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