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Wave Camp

March 30-April 3, 2010

 Smiling Wave Camp 2010 Participants after the first day of lectures from Fred Lasor, Gordon Boettger and Dwayne Thornton of the FAA.  It rained and snowed all day--we are looking forward to good flying later in the week, maybe even some WAVE!

 

 

Schedule of Events

Daily Schedule              9:00 Check-in

                                         9:30 Weather Briefing

                                         9:45-11:30 Morning Program: "Can be Postponed if Wave is Working"

                                        11:30-1:00 Q & A, Lunch, Prep to Fly

                                        1:01-Sunset Fly…

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Morning Programs (subject to change)

Tuesday: 
Fred - Operational Safety Issues
            Minden Airport Traffic
            Wave Window Operations & Oxygen Briefing
            Communications with Reno TRANCON
            What Makes Wave?

Wednesday:
Harlow Vorhees, Donald Brooks, Fred - Safety Issues
Dr. Morgan McCarroll - Aeromedical Factors - Oxygen & Hypoxia
Mike Moore - Local Wave Flying

Thursday:
Rick Walters - Using Rotor to Climb Into Wave
Pete Alexander - Wave Soaring, US and NZ

Friday:
Gordon Boettger - Cross Country in Wave

Saturday:
Kempton Izuno - Planning and Executing a Long Wave Flight 

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Social Activities

3/30: No Host Dinner at The Tail Dragger (Minden Airport)
3/31: BBQ in the Hangar (SoaringNV, Minden Airport)
4/1: Stower Brothers Dinner (Pizza Barn, Minden)
4/2: Basque Feast (Carson Country Club, Gardnerville)

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Keep it simple pricing:

Lectures, Wave Camp notebook, tee-shirt: $100.00

Hanger Barbaque $15.00

Basque Banquet $40.00

Duo Discus flight time $100/hr*

Instructional time in Duo $60/hr*

Tow $40 for the first 1,000 feet
         $1.50 for each additional 100 feet

*For glider rental information check out the Rent-a-Glider Page.6