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Lt Col David McEntire
Last year the only fees charged members for use of the Indiana Wing glider was for the actual tow cost. The understanding was that national HQ would be funding the maintenance expenses of the glider. We got by last year in part due to a combination of NHQ’s policy and some very generous donations of rope, materials etc.
This year things are different. National paid $300 for the annual and those are the only funds guaranteed to us this year. We know many of us have already donated several hundred dollars worth of materials to the program and it has been greatly appreciated and made the program solvent thus far.
We have been thinking about how to fund the program this year and this is the plan we have worked out.
Indiana wing will have a glider club similar to Illinois wing. Persons wishing to join will pay a flat rate of $75.00 per season to be a member. This will provide for unlimited use of the glider (+ tow charges) and/or tow pilot privileges. Persons wishing to take a demo ride or those who do not wish to join the glider club will be charged $10 per flight + tow charges. This fee applies to tow or glider pilots. A glider club application is attached to this letter or it may be downloaded from the files section of the INWG Yahoo!Group inside the sailplane files folder section.
Member & Non‐Member glider pilots will also pay aero‐tow charges based on the actual time of their tow at a rate of $100/hr. For example a tow that takes .3hr will cost $30. A tow to 3000’ should take 3‐5 tenths of an hour. Therefore a typical tow will run between $30‐$50. This rate will be adjusted with any fuel increases at Crawfordsville Airport. All fees will be paid to Indiana Wing where an account will be set up for reimbursement of glider expenses.
Cadets participating in orientation flights IAW CAPP 52‐7 will not incur any costs.
A comparison of this program to a standard club using 20 aero‐tow flights would be as follows:
CAP $75 ANNUAL FEE $0.00 Monthly dues $0.00 Glider rental for 20, 30 minute flights $800.00 ‐‐20 tows to 3000’ averaging .4 each $100/hr *.4 * 20 Total = $875
Central Indiana Soaring society $500 Initiation Fee $408 Monthly dues $34 * 12 months $138 Glider rental 20, 30 minute flights @ 13.80/hour (Blanik l‐23) $660 tow charge @ $33/flight * 20 to 3000’ $1706 total first year, $1206 not including initiation fee the following year
Park Forest South Aviation Group $94.00 Annual Fee $920.00 Tow to 3000’ $46.00 *20 $300.00 Glider Rental $30/hr, $15 min fee per flight * 20 (Schweizer 2‐33) $1314.00
Please contact Lt Col David McEntire with any questions you may have.
The Weir Cook Cadet Squadron took top honors in the Indiana Wing Cadet Competition. The competition was held Saturday, 08-March, at Lutheran High School in Indianapolis. Congratulations to all who participated.
"See More> Top_Story"The Weir Cook Cadet Squadron took top honors in the Indiana Wing Cadet Competition. The competition was held Saturday, 08-March, at Lutheran High School in Indianapolis. Congratulations to all who participated.
Thank you to all who attended this year's conference on Saturday, March 29 2008, at the Clarion Waterfront Hotel and Conference Center in Indianapolis.
A full day of seminars, briefings from National Headquarters staff, workshops and updates from the Wing staff were presented for attendees.
Following the Conference, the 2008 Wing Annual Awards Banquet recognized our outstanding unpaid professionals from across Indiana Wing and featured a keynote address by Brigadier General J. Stewart Goodwin, USAF. General Goodwin is the assistant adjutant general for Air and serves as the deputy joint forces commander-Air for the Indiana National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Indianapolis. He is the principal advisor to the adjutant general on matters pertaining to the Indiana Air National Guard which consists of the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, 181st Fighter Wing in Terre Haute, Atterbury Air to Ground Gunnery Range in Edinburgh, Jefferson Air to Ground Gunnery Range in Madison, and 207th Weather Flight in Indianapolis.
Thank you to all who attended to make this and outstanding 2008 Wing Conference!
Indiana Wing Commander Colonel Mark Reeves said of Ford, "David was enthusiastic and passionate about Civil Air Patrol. He provide CAP a voice in the Indiana Senate and was instrumental in passing two pieces of legislation for the volunteers of CAP. David was a Mission Scanner, Mission Observer and Mission Pilot. He had just completed his Counterdrug screening and was looking forward to helping CAP fight the war on drugs here in Indiana."
Viewing took place at St. John The Evangleist Church in Hartford City on Friday 07-March. A special thank you goes out to the following cadets who took part in the CAP Honor Guard: C/Lt. Col Tristan DeFord, C/Maj Thomas Aaron Redfield, C/SMSgt Donald Puent III, C/TSgt Donald Hathaway and C/MSgt Kendra Clingenpeel.
You can read the Indianapolis Star article regarding the passing of this great citizen.
Indiana Encampment - Updated information for the Illinois and Indiana Encampment - web-site
2008 Johnson Flight Encampment - To all INWG cadets interested in attending a flight academy(encampment). The commander of the ILWG flight encampment known as the Johnson Flight Encampment.
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