        |
      |
|
|
|
| News and Updates
This Sunday (Nov. 20) around 5 p.m. at Bob and Sara Hurlbett's Home For those interested, and you should be, we’re going to have a SBXC half time report at Bob and Sara’s house this Sunday around 5 p.m. We’ll announce the current leaders in all the categories and eat some chow (B.Y.O.Stuff). We’ll have a projector there and be showing pictures from the event and profiling some epic flights; Bo and I are calling this part of the program “Off The Map”. I’ve spoken with Tom Truax, Tony Deleo and Robert Millington (Hammer) and I thought it would be a great idea if they could talk about some of their greatest flights. We’ll be talking about flying through the pass from Santa Barbara to Ojai, flying from Pine mountain East through the Mojave Desert and beyond, and flying in the Owens Valley. With the help of Google Earth, I’ll be able to follow along with the discussions and show the routes on-screen. For those of you new to the XC scene you may want to drop by. It takes a long time to figure out the closely guarded secrets that allow you to fly big distances and it’s a rare occasion to have such experienced pilots show you the way. It’ll be very informative and it should be a lot of fun too. Location Bob & Sara Hurlbetts house Directions First, go to the store and pick something up. Then, after you’ve packed your car with goodies that both Bo and I like; Exit Carrillo West from Hwy 101. After cresting the Carrillo Hill in sight of the ocean turn left on Juanita. Continue one block to the SW corner of Juanita and Roberto and park your car anywhere that doesn’t piss off the neighbors.
11/18 - I swung by the Santa Barbara County Red Cross to drop off the current collected pledges of $895. I didn't get to meet with Peter Wright as he was tied up in meetings, but I did get pulled in to a CPR class! Our article was hung in their office. I noticed the Cabrillo High School Cheerleaders raised $6,000 for Katrina relief. Some of the volunteers were headed out the door to help with the Ventura County fire that has blackened the skies out over the Pacific.
11/18 - We made the Santa Barbara Newspress local paper! "Gliding to Help" Tony De Groot gets a 7 x 15 inch photo in the sports section, taken by event organizer extraordinair - Dean Stratton. Tom Hampton gets a photo as well as he flies from the Skyport. Download the .pdf here. Thanks to Bobbie Bratz for helping create the press release!
Doug Gotthard earns the first 10% Bonus. Doug is our current leader in time aloft in a single flight - Challenge #5. From Doug: 11/17 - Hey guys, This afternoon I made a stop by the tri-counties blood bank (they handle donations for the SB red cross) mobile blood donation bus. Upon leaving I was a pint or two lighter. About half way through I was thinking it would be sooo much easier to just fly for an extra 30 minutes on the next flight (or a few more miles), but it’s for a good cause so it’s all good. Anyway, Bonus me up! See you guys this weekend. -Doug
11/15 - New photos are up in the photogallery. Click here for the fun.
11/13 - Kind of a stable weekend, but I saw a number of pilots driving up the hill looking to post a flight or two and hang out with friends.
Check out the current flightlog stats here. Send me any revisions here. Check out Dean's pictures here. I'll try to post mine tomorrow night. Send Dean your track logs here for categories #3, 4 and 5. Remember to label them properly and indicate which challenge you think your flight best applies. (Use the filename “SBXC” followed by “YRMODAY” and “your name”, example: SBXC051112JohnDoe) Thanks for everyone's participation and I hope you're all having fun with it.
|
Bob Hurlbett
We also have a new leader in the fundraising. 
It looks like 