Bay Area Soaring Associates (BASA)

The January 2009 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Refinish Work on 1LV
Maintenance Updates
Collecting My Three Diamonds, Part Three (by Wolf Weber)
Which Soaring Camp Do I Recommend (by Jeremy Zawodny)
Vacation Reservations for 2009
…and more

The next regular BASA meeting will be on Wednesday, January 28th. There will be a discussion of this year’s Wave Camp […]

The November 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
BASA/Hollister “Winter Currency” Days
Maintenance Updates
Collecting My Three Diamonds (by Wolf Weber)
PASCO Seminar Highlights
…and more

The next regular BASA meeting will be in late January 2009.

The October 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Canopy Reminders from the Flight Committee Chairman
Maintenance Updates
Election Results
Panoche Airstrip Status
Truckee to Hollister in 1CH (almost)
PASCO Seminar in Alameda on November 1st
…and more

The next regular BASA meeting will be Wednesday October 29th. We’ll have some video entertainment this time–how about the video about the […]

The September 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Reminders from the Flight Committee Chairman
Maintenance Updates
BASA By-Laws Changes
Family Membership Proposal
…and more

The next regular BASA meeting will be Wednesday September 24. This is our regular annual meeting, with election of directors and officers for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, plus votes on revised By-Laws and […]

The August 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Several reminders from the Flight Committee Chairman
Maintenance Updates
Salinas Airshow and AOPA Expo
Learning From Others’ Accidents
…and more

The next regular BASA meeting will be Wednesday August 27th. Nomination of officers for the next year will be on the agenda. Other topics for discussion include whether […]

The June 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Maintenance Update
Ground Handling 101
BASA Officers for Next Year
Salinas Air Show and AOPA Expo
Parowan Safari Report
Upcoming Events
…and more

There is no BASA meeting in July, but there will be the Truckee Bash barbeque at Soar Truckee on July 26. The Silverado club is organizing the Bash this […]

The June 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Maintenance Update
Complacency and Staying Current
Tie-Down Knots
When to Pull the Tow Release?
Thermaling Camp Report
Upcoming Events
…and more

The next BASA meeting will be Wednesday June 25th, 2008 at the IHOP in Santa Clara as usual. We’ll be discussing membership issues, including the addition of a “family membership.”

The May 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Maintenance Update
Positive Control Check Tips
Tunnel Vision
Where to Store Parachutes, Canopy Covers, etc.
Wave Camp Report
Upcoming Events
…and more

The next BASA meeting will be in June.

The April 2008 Bugle is now available. It includes:

Membership Update
Maintenance Update
Spring Currency Reminder
Soaring Weather Forecasting Tips
Upcoming Events
…and more

The next BASA meeting will be Wednesday Wednesday April 30th, 2008. The meeting will be at the International House of Pancakes, 5403 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Santa Clara (just off Hwy 280). We have the room […]

Just a quick note to belatedly announce that the February Bugle and March Bugle are available (and have been for a week or so on the newsletter page).
Your VP and webmaster is now recovering from a broken finger, so I’m a bit behind on typing…
Meanwhile, here’s a great video from Kurt of the recent wave […]