Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club

a f-l;w letters from indignant landowners
in the Farmers' Weekly or the National
Press might easily produce an avalanche
which could bury us all.
We discussed this at the July Council
Meeting, and made the following decisions
and recommendations:
1. Landing' Certificates at future competitions
will include a space for tbe
name and address of the landowner (or
agent) which, in the event of outlanding,
must be filled in, or the Certificate will
be invalid, and a nil score will result.
2. The pilot will be asked to enSUre
that. if available, the landowner will be
contacted before leaving for base.
3. We must recognise that, if we land
unasked in somebody's field, the owner
is our unwilling host-apart from the
fact that we are technically trespassing
on his land. When we go and stay with
a friend, we afterwards write a "thank
you" letter. It is suggested we do the
same to tbe owner of any field we may
happen to land in. A gliding postcard
might well fill the bill.
4. Any justified complaint from a landoWTIer
will, in future. result in the withdrawal
of the Competition Licence of
the pilot concerned for a period of up
to one year.
The Chairmon.
O.S.T.I.V. COURSE FOR FORECASTERS
T
HE pr~gress of soaring flight. particularly
ID the field of high performance,
depends to a considerable degree
on good special weather forecasts, which
should be worded so that they are easily
'understood and used by pilots. OSflV.
in close collaboration with individuals.
national associations and institutes, therefore
has it in view to organize a special
course for weather forecasting in the
field of soaring. It should take place
from 16th April to 7th May. 1967, at
Calcinate del Pesce (Varese), Italy.
Applicants should preferably be recruited
from people employed in the
meteorological services of their respective
country, or working in close cooperation
with them. They should be
chosen with a view to their working
later in forecasting for soaring flight. or
giving lectures in soaring meteorology to
a national association of soaring pilots.
They should be able to understand at
least one of the following languages:
English, French or German.
The fee for the whole course will be
5220 for each participant. It wil! include
accommodation and full board, theoretical
and practical instruction, and the
costs of the organisation, including flights
as a passenger in a powered aircraft for
soundings, and a two-seater sailplane.
Applications shol!1ld be sent not later
than Ist December, 1966, to: OSTlV
Secretariat, NLM Atoomgebouw, Schiphol
Airport, Holland.
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Co.ne Prognmme
The first week will include the majority
of the theoretical lectures, and in
the two following weeks there will be
full opportunity for practical participation
in meteorological forecasting for
soaring flight.
The lectures will be given by wellknown
s:pecialists in soaring meteorology
from different countries and will include
the following general items:
Synoptical meteorology, analysis of air
masses, climatology, as far as they are
useful to soal'ing forecasting.
:rheories on thermal currents and
waves.
Knowledge of the different methods of
atmospheric soundings and their evaluation
for soaring.
Familiarisation with forecasts and
briefings for soaring pilots; choice 0.£ a
competition according to the meteorological
daily situation. -
Aerodynamics of sailplane flight; will
provide each day an opportunity for
evaluation of the general and local
meteorological situation and of the
soundings: and individual and collective
work on forecasting and briefings. Flights
made by a team of experienced soaring
pilots will also be discussed. Meteorologists
who are interested in making
observations in flight will have the opportunity
for passenger flights in a
powered aircraft for soundings and of
several two-seater sailplanes.