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Written by Web Master
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The Baltimore Area Soaring Society is an AMA sanctioned Club of approximately 60 members, formed in 1980 to enjoy the pleasure of silent R/C flight. BASS is sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics and is recognized by AMA as a Gold Leader Club. Almost all areas of silent flight are pursued within the Baltimore Area Soaring Society. Our members participate Thermal Soaring, Slope, Hand Launch and electric powered R/C. Our main purpose is to promote friendship among modelers and a better understanding of the construction and successful operation of R/C sailplanes and electric aircraft. Members enjoy the use of BASS supplied equipment specific to thermal soaring. BASS maintains both contest and sport winches, retrievers, winch batteries, battery chargers, retriever pole, frequency pins and related supplies. In addition to this equipment, BASS even provides a "Club Trainer" to allow newcomers to experience the thrill of soaring. Members also receive the club newsletter, BASS News. This is published 11 times a year and truly is the "Information Provider to the Glider Guider". |
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Written by Frank Weston
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A topic of great interest on the internet, and in various soaring newsgroups is the dive test. Mostly there has been a lot of confused discussion, with more verbiage than knowledge exchanged. Here for you newsletter readers is our attempt at a simple, straightforward discussion. First, some plain English definitions. |
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Written by Russell Bennett
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If you would like to increase your flying skills there is nothing that makes more of a difference than practice, practice and more practice. For the most part, the better fliers in a group do about the same things that the lesser pilots do, just with a little more skill, finesse and precision. However I have come to the conclusion that there is at least one skill which the best fliers have mastered that the so-so fliers just totally ignore. |
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