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The Convention Schedule

Last updated: 12/19/2006

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Day:		All Tuesday, February 6 Wednesday, February 7 Thursday, February 8 Friday, February 9 Saturday, February 10
Event Type:		All Clinic Open Meeting Registration Seminar Software/Product Training Speaker Special Event

Tuesday, February 6
8:00AM	6:00PM	CFI Revalidation Clinic Bob Wander	Convention Center Room 205
Wednesday, February 7
8:00AM	5:00PM	CFI Revalidation Clinic Bob Wander	Convention Center Room 205
10:30AM	11:25AM	WinPilot 3D Richard Pfiffner	Convention Center Ballroom D
11:30AM	12:25PM	WinPilot ADV & PRO Richard Pfiffner	Convention Center Ballroom D
12:30PM	1:25PM	StrePla Lee Kuhlke	Convention Center Ballroom D
1:30PM	2:25PM	Pocket StrePla Lee Kuhlke	Convention Center Ballroom D
2:30PM	3:25PM	SeeYou Roy McMaster	Convention Center Ballroom D
3:30PM	4:25PM	LX Navigation Colibri Paul Remde	Convention Center Ballroom D
4:30PM	5:25PM	Cambridge 302, 303 and 300 Utility Paul Remde	Convention Center Ballroom D
6:00PM	8:30PM	Soaring Safety Foundation Seminar Rich Carlson - SSF Update Burt Compton - Safety Officer Training Steve Dee - Self-Launch Training Bob Wander - Safer Soaring	Convention Center Ballroom C
6:00PM	9:00PM	Convention Registration Beat the Thursday morning rush Cash Bar Available	Memphis Marriott Downtown Hotel Hotel Lobby
Thursday, February 8
9:00AM	10:00AM	Charlie "Lite" Minner The Care and Feeding of a Soaring Contest	Convention Center Ballroom C
9:00AM	10:00AM	Shawn Knickerbocker Cloud Flying	Convention Center Ballroom E
9:00AM	10:00AM	Historical Soaring Lecture	Convention Center Ballroom D
10:15AM	11:15AM	Historical Soaring Lecture	Convention Center Ballroom D
10:15AM	11:15AM	Paul Remde Soaring Instrument and Software Market News	Convention Center Ballroom C
10:15AM	11:15AM	Cindy Brickner Landing Variations	Convention Center Ballroom E
1:30PM	2:30PM	Gordon Boettger 2061 KM in the Sierra Wave	Convention Center Ballroom C
1:30PM	2:30PM	Major Mark Stuckey USAF Test Pilot School Dynamic Soaring	Convention Center Ballroom E
1:30PM	2:30PM	Historical Soaring Lecture	Convention Center Ballroom D
2:45PM	3:45PM	Historical Soaring Lecture	Convention Center Ballroom D
2:45PM	3:45PM	Charles Peterson Doing Well By Doing Good The Freedom's Wings Program	Convention Center Ballroom C
2:45PM	3:45PM	Dave Raspet and Mel Swartzberg Beginning of Flight Research at Mississippi State University 1949 to 1960	Convention Center Ballroom E
4:00PM	5:00PM	Frank Pascale Sailplane Batteries - How to Know You'll Never Run Out of Power	Convention Center Ballroom C
4:00PM	5:00PM	John Campbell 100 Years of Soaring	Convention Center Ballroom E
4:00PM	5:00PM	Historical Soaring Lecture	Convention Center Ballroom D
Friday, February 9
9:00AM	10:00AM	Heini Dittmar Builds the Condor Bob Gaines	Convention Center Ballroom D
9:00AM	10:00AM	Hank Nixon How To Prepare For And Fly Your First Contest	Convention Center Ballroom C
9:00AM	10:00AM	Tom Rent Building The Ensign Sailplane Hangar	Convention Center Ballroom E
10:15AM	11:15AM	John Murray Trailer Maintenance and Repair	Convention Center Ballroom C
10:15AM	11:15AM	Dave Seymour How To Pass The FAA Writtem Exam	Convention Center Ballroom E
10:15AM	11:15AM	Early West Coast Soaring Jeff Byard	Convention Center Ballroom D
11:30AM	12:30PM	Gavin Wills Soaring In The West	Convention Center Ballroom C
1:30PM	2:30PM	Club Resource "Kit" Dave Newill Focus on Clubs and Chapters	Convention Center Ballroom D
1:30PM	2:30PM	Michael Samek WWII Glider Pilots Association	Convention Center Ballroom C
1:30PM	2:30PM	Spence Byrum Pilot Responsibility SSF Training and Safety Track	Convention Center Ballroom E
2:45PM	3:45PM	George Moffatt Landouts - Techniques and Experiences From 50 Years	Convention Center Ballroom C
2:45PM	3:45PM	Richard Carlson Goal Oriented Approach SSF Training and Safety Track	Convention Center Ballroom E
2:45PM	3:45PM	Protecting Access/Buying an Airport Bob Dunn Focus on Clubs and Chapters	Convention Center Ballroom D
4:00PM	5:00PM	Clubs as 501 (c)(3) Foundations David Coggins Focus on Clubs and Chapters	Convention Center Ballroom D
4:00PM	5:00PM	Dr. George Bennett Research Projects at the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory 1961 - 2001	Convention Center Ballroom C
4:00PM	5:00PM	Bob Wander Safer Soaring SSF Training and Safety Track	Convention Center Ballroom E
7:00PM	10:00PM	Silent Wings The American Glider Pilots of WWII World Premiere Movie and Dinner	Convention Center Ballroom B
Saturday, February 10
9:00AM	10:00AM	Lee Kuhlke Leaving the Nest	Convention Center Ballroom C
9:00AM	10:00AM	Paul Moggach Use of Simulators for Flight Training In Gliders	Convention Center Ballroom E
9:00AM	10:00AM	The History of Schweizer Aircraft Bill Schweizer	Convention Center Ballroom D
10:15AM	11:15PM	Wing Surface Deturbulators: A New Key To Higher Flight Performance Dick Johnson and Sumon Sinha	Convention Center Ballroom C
10:15AM	11:15AM	Danny Howell Micro Lift Soaring Category	Convention Center Ballroom E
11:30AM	12:30PM	Dr. David Lawrence The Raspet Flight Reseach Laboratory of Today	Convention Center Ballroom C
11:30AM	12:30PM	Mike Groves and Andy Holmes Winch Launching	Convention Center Ballroom E
11:30AM	12:30PM	American Soaring: The National Landmark of Soaring Program Simine Short	Convention Center Ballroom D
12:45PM	1:45PM	Tom Knauff Preventing Landing Accidents	Convention Center Ballroom C
12:45PM	1:45PM	Kempton Izuno So, About That Cloud Flight of Yours...	Convention Center Ballroom E
1:30PM	2:30PM	Working With Local Airport Commissions Focus on Clubs and Chapters	Convention Center Ballroom D
1:30PM	3:30PM	SSA CAP Youth Glider Program Ray Johnson and John Campbell	Convention Center Room 204
2:00PM	3:00PM	John DeRosa Understanding Soaring Recorders and Computers	Convention Center Ballroom C
2:00PM	3:00PM	Reiner Rose/SSA OLC Committee SSA Online Contest 2.0	Convention Center Ballroom E
2:45PM	3:45PM	Moving to Another Field: Lessons Learned Focus on Clubs and Chapters	Convention Center Ballroom D
3:15PM	4:15PM	John DeRosa Aviation Electrical And Electronic Wiring Basics	Convention Center Ballroom C
3:15PM	4:15PM	Cindy Brickner Generations in Soaring	Convention Center Ballroom E
4:00PM	5:00PM	Panel Session Review Clubs and Chapters Committee Focus on Clubs and Chapters	Convention Center Ballroom D
4:30PM	5:30PM	Richard Kellerman Forecasting Thermal Soaring Weather	Convention Center Ballroom C
4:30PM	5:30PM	Lionel Lavenue Patents in the Soaring Industry	Convention Center Ballroom E
7:00PM	10:00PM	SSA Annual Awards Banquet Fred Smith	Convention Center Ballroom B

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