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  • Soaring Report Thursday 5/17/18

    Hi All, Busy afternoon today, 10 flights, five with the L33 and five with the L23. Jim was up first in the L33. Bob Dyer took up Jaime followed by Don taking an L33 flight followed by Stoner. Jim took the L33 up again followed by Bob Arant. Then Don took a second flight.…

  • Soaring Report Sunday 5/6/18

    Hi All We had 7 flights today.  Don Meyer drove over from Des Moines for his safety flight with Dan.  Next up was Jeff Friend for his second FAST flight with Dan followed by Jake with Dan.  Then Stoner took up Dylan, an exchange student from South Korea.  Then Larry went up with Dan. …

  • Soaring Report Saturday 5/5/18

    Hi All, We had 11 flights today. It ended up a pretty nice day with lift to be found. First up was Whit with Jake for his second FAST flight. Then Larry and Jaime followed by Steve S. taking a friend, Dave Koukol, up for a ride. Dave is a current power pilot and he…

  • Soaring Report Sunday 4/22/18

    Hi All, It turned out to be a nice day for once! A Total of 7 flights. First up was Bob Craig for his safety flight with Whit. Next up was Larry and Jaime for some dual time and a 30 minute flight. Bob A. did his safety flight with Bob C. followed by Paul…

  • Flying with Mack McKain

    Let’s go along for a ride with Irvin “Mack” McKain! The sun is out and you can feel it heating your skin. The air seems dry. Two conditions most often leading to good soaring potential. You drag the single seat sailplane out of the hangar and to the runway. The tow plane is in…

  • Soaring Report Thursday 3/22/18

    It turned out to be a nice day for March allowing us to get some Safety flights done.  Jaime got his bi-annual flight review done with Dan.  Whit and Dan both got safety flights done and some CAP requirements. Dan was the busiest instructor and managed to get in a couple tows at last.…

  • Soaring Report Sunday 12/10/17

    Hi All, A total of 4 flights today and one was Mark (Stoner) Oberg with his first solo flight. Way to go Stoner, congratulations! The first up was Larry with Jaime then Larry also did a solo flight.  Next up was Stoner for his first solo.  Jaime and I did the hangar flight.  Bob…

  • Soaring Report Saturday 12/2/17

    Hi All Another nice Day to get to fly. Total of 8 flights. First up was Don M. with Jaime for a rope break then he went up for some fun alone. Don is going to Florida soon the finish his private and commercial. Next was Larry with Jaime for some dual, followed by…

  • Soaring Report Sunday 11/12/17

    Hi All, A nice day to fly and solo.  Dave Leslie soloed today! Congratulations Dave!  Dave was up first with Jaime then a quick pattern tow and then he soloed. Then Bob A. was up for the longest flight at 17 minutes and I took the hanger flight.  Temps upper 40’s and light wind…

  • Soaring Report Saturday 11/4/17

    Hi All, We managed 8 flights today despite the low clouds. The hanger flight was the longest flight at 12 minutes, as the sun finally started to shine. All flights were 1500 to 1900 foot tows except the first flight with Dave and Jaime doing a rope break sim. Jaime stayed in and next…