Hi, all:
Another nice, but warm, day with eleven sorties flown. The local farmers are busy harvesting their bean and corn crops. Once the crops are harvested, the mostly bare ground will be heated by sun. When the sun heats the bare ground, thermals will form. When thermals form, glider pilots will fly! Today’s flights:
– Ryan K flew three Check Ride practice flights with Steve ‘More right rudder!’ Rasputin acting in the role of Designated Pilot Examiner. Ryan also flew a solo flight in the L-23.
– Sean S was launched via an aerotow in his Jonkers JS-3. A little later he flew a self-launch.
– Bud S flew two sorties in his Grob 102. He was gone for more than an hour for the second sortie, which was the longest flight of the day.
– Jeff F and Steve flew three Check Ride practice flights. The third flight was a ‘Rope Break’, which was the hangar flight for the day.
Ryan and Jeff have their exams coming up soon. Ryan is testing for his FAA Private Pilot – Glider certificate, and Jeff is testing to add a Commercial endorsement to his existing PPL certificate. Ryan and Jeff have been meeting early with Steve on the last three Sunday mornings for several hours to review and prepare for their Oral exams and Check Ride flights.
Of interest was that for the last couple of weekends we’ve been sharing the airspace at KBTA with ‘Jump Omaha’, a commercial sky diving outfit. They’ve been taking clients up for tandem jumps. Most recently, they were landing near the lone tree on the north side of the community hangars, so we enjoyed watching them ‘slide’ to a sitting stop. The ‘Jump Omaha’ folks were nice people, and we enjoyed visiting with them.
Tom
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