Soaring Report – Monday, October 14th, 2024

Hi all: Another chilly morning today! We’re expecting our first frost and freeze this week. And yet, there were thermals popping late this afternoon. I took Will M. along for my flight, and we were up for 45 minutes and reached 4,900′ MSL. Not bad!...

Soaring Report – Saturday, October 12, 2024

Hi, all: A chilly start today! And, still no rain in weeks. The runway is very dusty. The badgers and ground squirrels can’t keep their holes open, because their dirt tunnels just collapse on them. There’s no moisture in the soil to hold the dirt together....

Soaring Report – Friday, October 11, 2024

Hello, all: It was yet another nice, early fall day. We decided it was far nicer to be at the airport vs. at home doing fall yardwork. There’ll be plenty of time for yardwork! There wasn’t much in the line of thermals until late in the afternoon. The...

Soaring Report – October 6, 2024

Hi, all: The fuel pumps at Skywerx are still not functioning. So, we only had enough fuel for four tows. We checked into buying fuel at the North Omaha Airport, and we can’t. We talked about sending the Pawnee to Tekamah to buy fuel, and decided it’d take...

Soaring Report – Friday, October 4, 2024

Hello, all: What a nice day to fly unpowered aircraft in Nebraska! It was a fun day, even though we didn’t fly many sorties. Today’s flights: – Beth C. flew two flight lessons with Eric H. – Jonathan F. flew two flight lessons with Eric H....