May 2004 Newsletter
Activity: 1 Pilot flying 8.85 Hours.
Pilots from
other divisions are flying Air Mail flights, but we don’t track visiting pilots
any longer.
Ron Jorgensen
has submitted the Toughman Challenge
#3 Phase 3 of 3. This challenge
takes place in
Welcome to new
pilot Ron Snead Sr.
Activity. 11 Pilots flying a total of 229 hours in April.
Archie bgak050
recently asked in a pirep “Can you also tell me
how I can become more involved with Blue Grass?
Well it all
depends on what your interests are, and what talents you have. We need a Bush Pilot Division Director, you
should be able to modify the web-site and communicate with the pilots. It used to be required to update the roster,
but we are moving to a real-time automatic system soon.
You could
contribute articles or monthly features.
Or you might have the ability to create scenery or paint aircraft. Give some thought to where your talents/interests
lie and email me. bill@billvons.com
Australian Division
The Great Aussie Air Rally is over. 179 pilots have flown 9,282.77 hours, and 127
completed all 41 sectors.
I am particularly
appreciative of the low drop out rate of Bluegrass Pilots.
High performers
finishing in the top 50, were William (Bill) Agee 8th place, Dean
Johnson 9th place, Ed Burke 28th place, Terry Murphy 29th
place, Sid Tatton 41st place, Bill Hendrix 42nd place and
Tony Brown 49th place
Welcome to new
pilot Frank van Tongeren.
Activity: 143Pilots flying a total of 423.87 hours in April
Job
opening: Division Director
Northern Division
Activity: 5 Pilots flying a total of 241.77 hours in April.
Southern Division
Activity: 12 Pilots flying a total of 500.93 hours in April.
Job
Opening: Division Director
From the C.E.O.
Web-Statistics: In April we had 10,099 visitors.
One of the most
remarked on parts of the Great Aussie Air Rally was the “real-time” Roster,
Flight Report and Scoring System. These
were all created and maintained by Todd Whitehead on of the G.A.A.R. pilots. He is currently working on an automated
Flight Report system for
That’s all for
now,
Bill Von Sennet
P.S. Don’t forget to check out the forum and screen
shot pages.
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