May 2025

Hi, all: . The Omaha Soaring Club flew Tuesday, May 13th, with five gliders and six pilots completing nine flights. We don’t fly on many Tuesdays, but the soaring forecast indicated it’d be a good day, so we flew.  With the winds blowing down the runway from the southwest, we were again forced to…

Hi, all: . We decided to fly on a Monday because the soaring forecast was so good.  The soaring wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anywhere near as good as it had been on Saturday the 10th.  As it was, we had five pilots and five gliders out to soar.  The winds were blowing from…

Hello, all: . The day started off with clear skies, smooth air and no lift.  Winds were from the East and the forecasted high for the day was 84 degrees.  It was looking like a sled ride day until a little after 3PM when the lift suddenly exploded.  Steve flew through the same airspace…

Hello, all: It was a good Thursday to fly!  The winds were light and blowing from the northeast, and the temps were in the mid 80’s.  We looked for and found thermals to the north and northeast of the airport.  They were small, and it wasn’t easy to find where their centers were.  The…

Hello, all: It was another brilliant spring day in eastern Nebraska!  And, there was lift to about 5,000′ MSL, exactly what was predicted.  We had multiple flights that could have stayed aloft for at least an hour, but most everyone came back and landed after 30 minutes, as they knew others were waiting their…

Hello, all: We’re back!  The first day of soaring operations for the 2025 soaring season was today.  For the first day of flying, we focused on our club members annual safety flights, which are used to reacquaint our pilots with flying a glider.  Most of our members haven’t flown a glider since last November,…