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[Andrew Neilson]

Just spoke with Shane.  His 8' x 16' enclosed trailer is available.

If we aerotow the PW-5, use the Husky.  It will have an open seat.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM Stephanie Zilora via Wot2025 <
wot2025 at skylinesoaring.org> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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
>> don't send email to members at skylinesoaring.org for this content.   *Please
>> reply-all if you have something useful to share.*  If you just respond
>> to me, your awesome idea might get lost.
>>
>> 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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