Mark your calendars: Next SDHGPA Topic:  "History San Diego Gliding & Flight – The John-Montgomery Story " (Guest Speaker:  Dr Gary Fogel)  - Nov 12th

6:30 Mixer & BBQ ($5 & BYOB) 
7:30 Meeting & Topic: 
1. Club Info & Updates: 

• Board Nominations are open: Please email nominations to SDHGPA@gmail.com
  
• SDHGPA Board Nominations Open until Elections on Dec 17th
  

2. Topic: History of Aviation & Gliding in San Diego 

• "Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West" (Guest Speaker:  Dr Gary Fogel)

Location: 127 S. Rios Ave, Solana Beach CA 92075 (Greg's SDHGPA Club House, down side driveway)

Gary will have a few copies of his books for signing available:
http://www.amazon.com/Torrey-Pines-Gliderport-Images-America/dp/1467131369 
http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Flight-John-Montgomery-Aviation/dp/0806142642

The Fly-in that was on the Calendar for this weekend 10-25-14 will be changed to an Informal Site Flying Day with no club sponsored BBQ due to other event conflicts this weekend and for the next month. 

Many will be flying Palomar on Sat as it is most likely best site call for the day. With the weak system moving in, the forecasts are calling for higher winds at higher altitudes and further east. Horse is looking to have a high probability of being blown out with Laguna blowing down this Saturday.

The Next Official SDHGPA Fly-in will be the Annual Holiday/ New year fly-in scheduled (weather dependent) the 1st or second weekend in Jan.

The WX Dashboard has been updated to show and provide two NOAA based wind map products and links vs the Weather Underground Wind map for testing to see which product is preferred by most members.

This was done due to the WX underground map starting to contain video ad feeds that were just too high in band width and the large ad window not being movable or collapsible for non subscribers.  Note that the Socal Snapshot page has not been updated yet.

Another added benefit, is that all of the NOAA METARs are in clean air and representative of actual conditions with-out second guessing the validity of WX underground data.

The two are the NOAA Aviation Center Product and the MesoWest Product. The profile displayed contains only stations in cleaner air vs all shared network stations. Both maps look best when displayed full screen in the frame or menus hidden.

Let us know what product you like, and we will remove 

If anyone has other better Live conditions METAR Map solutions they like, please let us know, and we will test that out as well.

6:30 Mixer & BBQ ($5 Donation & BYOB) 
7:30 General Meeting: 

1. Club Info & Updates: 
   
2. Topic: Movie Night - From Nowhere to the Middle of Nowhere

• On the Big Outdoor screen!

The first paraglider crossing of Western Nepal
John Silvester & Alun Hughes

Winner of 8 International film festivel awards
Voted best film by pilots, St Hilaire

"An adventurous quest to far-off inaccessible lands, giving a beautiful glimpse into the lives of the people who live there. Original. inspiring. Exciting. A truly remarkable achievement." Leo Houlding

2 PILOTS - 1 PARAGLIDER
No roads. No hotels. No phones. No electricity. No support.
Western Nepal, & the first paraglider crossing.

This film, by Alun Hughes, documents a 300km aerial trek over the high Himalayas, starting on a hill top near the Nepal/Indian border, and ending in Jumla amidst a cloud of dust in a dangerously strong pre-monsoon valley wind. 46min.

P.S.  Bring a Lawn Chair for the Movie. 
Also bring your suit & towel if planning to jump in the hot tub

More HG & PG movies on small screen inside.