Weather Balloon Launch!
It's exciting, it's fun and it is balloon season! The National Weather Service has agreed to host us starting at 430PM on Thursday October 10th for a tour. This tour will feature a balloon launch and an overview of how we get the foundation for our soaring weather forecasts. They will also cover new satellite feeds and tools for us glider pilots. You may also hear some people and see some phrases that get repeated on METARs, TAFs and your TV channels. This was a lot of fun last year. The event i ......continued...
posted on: Oct 1, 2019

07/13 Parachute Session - 0900 Clubhouse
Our new 1-26 has been checked out and flown, 10Z is making tows and we have an exciting safety session for you on parachutes that just might save your life. Please join us at 0900 in the clubhouse on Saturday to learn more and hear about our plans for instruction going forward.
posted on: Jul 12, 2019

07/06 Ground Ops for You!
If you missed the pancakes, don’t despair. We have another exciting event for you this Saturday starting at 0900 in the club house. Connie Buenafe will be leading our ground ops training and kicking off this Summer’s Saturday Safety Sessions. We will be standing down Ground Ops and need you to attend for this informative hour session followed by Q&A. If you cannot make it, we will send you some less fun slides. Please do not miss! The following week will be on parachutes and survival. These ......continued...
posted on: Jul 1, 2019

Saturday Morning Pancakes!
This is just a reminder to join your fellow members for pancakes at the clubhouse tomorrow morning (06/29) starting at 0930. Do we have a new aircraft? Is there a new propeller on 10Z? Do we have some exciting Saturday sessions planned for you? Come check things out for yourself. This will be our second general membership meeting of the year. Maybe even vote on stuff!
posted on: Jun 28, 2019

2019 ASC Gala on February 16th Featuring Maj. Gen. Brian Bishop EDIT
Join us at the Courtyard Marriott Albuquerque for drinks starting at 6PM followed by dinner at 7PM. We will update you on the status of the club and present awards with nostalgic pictures. We had SR-71 pilot and author, Col. Rich Graham booked as our gala speaker. Unfortunately, Col. Graham had emergency eye surgery this week. He will be on motion restrictions for several weeks and can't make the event. Bob and Laurie put the word out to the airshow community and we now have another A-list sp ......continued...
posted on: Feb 5, 2019

Gary Rubus Gone West
Today our fellow club member Gary Rubus died. Rubus was an incredible man and a great club member that brought much thought and insight into everything from planning his flights to standardizing search and rescue operations. I am having a hard time imagining coming to the flight line without him already there on a good day. This hero's achievements in the USAF, his career with critical space travel components and sailplanes are nothing short of legendary. We will miss him very much.

Gary Rubu ......continued...
posted on: Jan 31, 2019

2019 ASC Board Members
The elections for our 2019 ASC Board Members were held at the December 1, 2018 General Membership Meeting. Here is your new club board-

President – Geoff Aiken
Vice President – Wick Wilkinson
Secretary – Connie Buenafe
Treasurer – Eric Bick
Director at Large 1 – Bill Hill
Director at Large 2 – Jim Cumiford

posted on: Jan 15, 2019

SSA CFI-G Scholarships available
The SSA is pleased to announce a new scholarship program for CFI-Gs. This program was kick-started by an initial generous donation from John Weber and others. The goal is to generate more CFI-Gs at clubs, which will then help foster club growth.

The basic elements of the program:
· SSA will offer 13 scholarships for $1500 each to be used to offset applicant’s expenses in becoming a CFI-G.
· The scholarship can be applied toward an initial CFI-G certificate, or an add-on ......continued...
posted on: Nov 1, 2018

2018 OLC Results - Moriarty Soaring Wins Gold League!
Congratulations to our pilots for taking back first place in the Gold League after losing last year to Boulder! There were some tough weeks with our weather (wind, rain...smoke) as usual but our fast pilots (helped by those willing to travel) put us in first place right off the bat and held that position for the entire season. Boulder slotted in second mid-season while TSA and the rest of the 17 clubs were swapping positions throughout.

To put our team's speed into perspective- My fastest fli ......continued...
posted on: Sep 25, 2018

Live Aircraft Tracking - September 22 Safety Training Session
We are very excited about the work that Mark Hawkins and Mike Abernathy have done so that we can track flights in our valley. They will be discussing the current tracking system and the future starting at 0930 in our clubhouse at Moriarty this Saturday. This has major implications for our ground and flight operations.

We will see you on Saturday and safe flying out there!
Prez Geoff Aiken (MQ)

Please also RSVP to Mary for Oktoberfest on the 6th! This social event will be $20 at the door ......continued...
posted on: Sep 18, 2018

Survey Results
Here are the main takeaways-
1. We have gained our members by word of mouth/friends and rides.
2. You really want us to invest club resources for recruiting new members and offer primary training.
3. You want us to look at modernizing equipment/the fleet.
4. There is support for a reduction in Ops November through April.

The majority of our membership has spoken and our board is listening (and has already taken some action). We have placed the survey results in the members section along w ......continued...
posted on: Mar 29, 2018

Upcoming events:

Oct 29: General Membership Meeting 530PM

Nov 12: ASC Board Meeting 6:30PM

Nov 16: 2019 Turkeyfest Alamogordo

Dec 10: ASC Board Meeting 6:30PM

ASC Aircraft Status:

62Y	Grounded
The Spirit	OK
1-26	OK
Real Ugly	OK
Grob 103	OK
10Z	OK

See the members section for more information on aircraft