The League of Silent Flight

The League of Silent Flight is now an affiliate of the Soaring Society of America (SSA).  The SSA is devoted to full scale soaring and as they and the LSF are " birds of a feather" the relationship seemed natural. The SSA will encourage LSF membership for their members interested in RC soaring and LSF members interested in scale sailplanes will find the SSA a valuable resource.  The affiliation will enable both the LSF and the SSA to explore future shared activities.  A link to the SSA web site may be found on the  "Links" tab on this site.

2011 LSF Election Status
The 2011 LSF Election Committee has collected nominations for officers to serve 2012 – 2013 terms.  As there was only one nominee who accepted the nomination for each position, per the LSF ByLaws, the Election Board declares the following winners without further voting by ballot:
President: Jim Deck  LSF# 4292
Vice President: Ed Franz  LSF# 6289
Secretary: Rob Glover LSF# 6577
Treasurer: Gil Gauger LSF# 6333
They will assume the duties of their offices on January 1, 2012.

Chris Lee, LSF # 7983 is the 131st LSF Level V. Congratulations on your achievement, Chris.

After a thorough scrutiny of his voucher, I'm pleased to announce that Gordy Stahl is officially the League of Silent Flight's 130th Level V.  Please join me and the officers of the LSF in congratulating Gordy on his achievement.

Jim Deck
LSF Secretary

After a careful scrutiny of his voucher, it gives me great pleasure to announce that John Luetke, LSF#7747, is officially the LSF's 129th Level V (and the first from Texas).  Please join me and my fellow officers of the LSF in wishing John congratulations.

Jim Deck  LSF Secretary

largest gaggle of V's ever spotted. Click for full size image. It was taken Sunday October 4, 2009 at Visalia CA after the Fall Soaring Festival. Photo was taken by Valeta Glover.

Left to right, with LSF-V number:

John Erickson-122
Joe Nave-119
Merrill Brady-116
Scott Meador-102
Rob Glover-100
Mike Clancy-92
Keith Finkenbiner-108
George Joy-82
Paul Rose-78
Ian Douglas-71
Jim Thomas-68
Bob McGowan-59
Todd Billman-73
Mike Reagan-29
Keith Kindrick-17
Chris Adams-8
Neil Nolte-4
Fred Weaver-3
John Baxter-1

Above: Bill Curry, LSF V-127 receives his plaque and is christened as one of the three new LSF V's, at the Sacramento Valley Soaring Society's 2010 Summer Challenge at Davis, CA. Attending and helping with the festivities are fellow LSF V's (left to right) Mike Clancy (V-92), Greg Norsworthy (V-89), Jim Thomas (V-68), Scott Meador (V-102), Bob McGowan (V-59, partially hidden), and (safely out of harm's way) Neil Nolte (V-4). Photo courtesy of Dudley Dufort