[Wot2025] WoT Mailing List Starter

[Stephanie Zilora]

Couple of thoughts in response below in red.  Also recommend doing a
logistics planning Zoom call, like we did last year, a week or two ahead of
time.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM Piet Barber via Wot2025 <
wot2025 at skylinesoaring.org> wrote:

> I've set up this Week of Training Mailing list for all participants who
> have signed up.
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> Please use this mailing list for discussing planning for the WoT.  Please
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> reply-all if you have something useful to share.*  If you just respond to
> me, your awesome idea might get lost.
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> Please refer to the WoT Bible on the WoT website. I've updated it with the
> latest information, and it's a constantly-evolving document.
>
> Piet's concerns and thoughts, no particular order:
>
>    - I have a feeling that we are short a few trailer hitches
>    - Chris Norris isn't going to be at this WoT, his job very rudely
>    ignored his vacation request.  This is a problem because he's a ferry pilot
>    for one of the two seat gliders.  That means I need a very-qualified pilot
>    to ferry the other glider over from FRR to W99 and I need a ferry pilot
>    from W99 back to FRR.  (Chris Carswell?  Chris Zaboji?)
>    - I don't think we have a trailer suitable for transporting the Gator
>    and all the crap that we usually bring to W99.  I suppose we could rent a
>    nice UHaul trailer, or maybe Shane could score one. I'll try to
>    remember to measure the Gator when I'm at KFRR this Saturday so we know how
>    much room we need.  The enclosed trailer was nice, because there was less
>    stuff that we had to worry about strapping down.  Could also put out a call
>    to the membership list to see if anyone has a big enough trailer.
>    - If we can't find a UHaul trailer big enough for the Gator, maybe we
>    don't need the Gator after all.  We've always had a Gator for towing
>    gliders around, and sometimes a glider lands short on the grass runway, and
>    there's not enough manpower to push that glider back to the starting
>    point.  Gator is also useful for if we have to operate off of 13, for
>    bringing everything down there
>    - At present, it doesn't seem like we have enough interest for the
>    Discii to go to W99. Rob Jacobsen? Is this true?
>    - We've never aerotowed the PW-5 over, but I don't see why not.  Seems
>    easier than tearing it down and putting it into a trailer, especially since
>    I'm short a few trailer hitches for this WoT.  Counterpoint is that
>    you need another very-qualified ferry pilot, and you add an additional
>    person to the cannibal/missionary problem
>    - If your vehicle has a trailer hitch and you didn't indicate it on
>    the WoT Application, please let me know right away!
>    - If you don't have a trailer hitch, but you do have a roomy SUV and
>    you don't mind driving the ferry pilots, I could really use you as the
>    ferry-pilot-migrator. Please volunteer!  This means you drive to W99 on
>    Sunday evening, wait for us to ferry over, the ferry pilots get into your
>    SUV, and you drive back to FRR.  Then you have to drive back to W99 again. I
>    still think you guys should take all your stuff and your cars over to W99
>    Sunday morning, set up your tents, then get ferried/driven back to KFRR,
>    and do the ferry flight Sunday afternoon, so that you're not having to set
>    up tents at midnight.  Same number of trips, different order and timing.
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