Labor Day weekend in Tehachapi - ESA Western Workshop - all arewelcome...

Experimental Soaring Association 2009 Western Workshop

Friday evening Sept. 4 – Monday Sept. 7, 2009 (Labor Day Weekend)
Mountain Valley Airport (L94), Tehachapi, California

RSVP and Pre-registration not required –just come and register at the
door
Registration will be $18 for the whole workshop, or $10 per day
NOTES:
• For Potluck BBQs – bring meat and drink for yourself, and something
to share. Utensils, plates, cups, etc provided
• For Saturday night auction – donations of items gratefully accepted
– clean out your workshop and bring that white elephant, which might
be someone else’s treasure…

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday Sept 4 –
5:30PM - Potluck BBQ Dinner at the Byard Hangar (see “notes” above)

Saturday Sept 5 – Registration in Armstrong Hangar, Lectures in Byard
Hangar
8:30-9:20AM – Dan Armstrong –Low Cost Soaring
9:30-10:20 – Mike Sandlin – Airchair Progress
10:30-11:20 – Dean Sigler – Late Breaking Electric Motor Developments
11:30-12:20PM – Al Bowers – Technical Contributions of Soaring to
Aeronautics
1:30-2:20 – Dan Howell – In search of 1 Foot/Second Sink Rate
2:30-3:20 – Brien Seeley – CAFÉ Progress
3:30-4:20 – Greg Cole – Perlan Project: Sailplane Design for 90,000
Ft
4:30-5:20 – Jack Norris – Propellers in Hindsite
5:30PM – Potluck BBQ Dinner at the Byard Hangar (see “notes” above)
7:15PM – Auction – Les King, Auctioneer – bring stuff to donate!

Sunday Sept 6 – Registration in Armstrong Hangar, Lectures in Byard
Hangar
8:30-9:20AM – Phil Barnes – Airfoil Geometry and Analysis
9:30 – 10:20 – Taras Kiceniuk – Perpetual Sailplane Progress
10:30-11:20 – Bob Gaines - The National Soaring Museum and Petrel
Project
11:30-12:20PM –Ray Morgan - Solar Powered Altitude Record
1:30-2:20 – Reserved for international guest
2:30-3:20 – Bob Kuykendall – All Parts, No Charts
3:30-4:20 – Murry Rozansky – Title to be determined
4:30-5:20 – Leo Benetti-Longhini – News from Alisport
5:30PM – Potluck BBQ Dinner at the Byard Hangar (see “notes” above)
7:15PM – “Dessert is on Us” – Free dessert and a presentation by Mike
Redman titled “The Rebirth of Rhonbussard Serial #50”

Monday September 7 – Business Meeting at 9:30AM if we are unable to
squeeze it in during the prior two days

Comments or questions – Contact Dan and Janice Armstrong, in Tehachapi
– 661-821-0346 or .



See you in beautiful Tehachapi!!!!


Lodging (All area codes are 661). Not all motels are listed.

• Camping is available at Mountain Valley Airport (arrange with Jane
Barrett at Skylark North, 822-5267) or at area campgrounds, including
Indian Hills Campground - 822-6613
• RV Park right on the Mountain Valley Airport grounds – 822-1313
• La Quinta (formerly TraveLodge) – closest – 500 Steuber Road –
823-8000
• Holiday Inn Express – 901 Capital Hills Pkwy – 822-9837
• Best Western Country Park Hotel – 420 W. Tehachapi Blvd – 823-1800
• Best Western Mountain Inn – 418 W. Tehachapi Blvd – 822-5591
• Golden Hills Motel – 22561 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd – 822-4488


Mountain Valley Airport’s street address is 16334 Harris Road,
Tehachapi, California. It is located at the southeast end of the
Tehachapi Valley. It is just off Highline Road, and is between
Steuber Road and Dennison Road.

To arrange tows, instruction or sailplane rides, contact Skylark
North, 661-822-5267.