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The sounding for the day was pretty good up to 6000ft.  Arriving at the field, there was a cumulus filled sky so it looked good even with the winds having a significant cross wind component.  Whitt had the Pawnee out ready to fly and the L-23 was on its way to the northwest end…

Hi All of OSCI,   It was just another glorious day to be at BTA.  Well except for not much lift, for most of us.  We did ten flights, eight in the L23 and two flights by Mike and Anders in their Russia.  All flights were in the :16 – :23 range except for…

Hi All of OSCI, Labor Day was a lot like Saturday without the morning low clouds.  The similarities were some puffy clouds, light NW winds, rain the previous night, and no significant lift.  That wasn’t all bad because we  had a good turn out and short flights kept the sequence moving along.  All flights…

Hi All of OSCI,   The forecast clear day had fog and lingering low clouds.  We didn’t get the first flight off until 13:47.  We then did get six flights: 1)  Tom Schaap / Whit on a dual flight 2)  Gift Certificate holder Debbie Galusha / Jaime on an Intro 3)  Visitor from Lincoln…

  Giving rides to the antique aircraft assoc had been scheduled for months so a bad weather forecast was disappointing.  A call to the group representative said they were still coming despite the wet forecast.   The weather radar showed a break in precip so there was a chance.  I went out to the field…

Hi All of OSCI, My urging to come a bit early, push out at noon, fly, and get out of the heat, resonated.  I arrived about 11:40 to find the ships ready to move up to the far end for a 13 operation.  We did nine flights with the first off at 12:39 and…

A check of the sounding held out hope for some weak thermals with cloud bases around 5000ft.  Winds were out of the south and light so we elected to takeoff on 13.  We started a little later than normal with the first launch at 1330 and that was Steve Davis with Whitt Bonifant.  Frank…

Hi All of OSCI, A half dozen showed up at Skywerx for the ground session I proposed:  Don Meyer, Paul Jelinek, Steve Davis, Bob Arant, Tom Schaap, Tom Ostlund.  We mostly talked about basic glider flying stuff wherein each commented on their impressions of how they thought they were doing.  Good discussions resulted.  We…

Hi All of OSCI,   Tuesday’s flying was primarily arranged because of Ken Costello’s email that he would be in town for one day and asking if we could do his Flight Review.  I’m glad we could! Ken handed me his Safety quiz and we were good to go.  Again we set up for…

Hi All of OSCI,   With the wind from O60 but forecast to become SE (it did) we set up for a 13 operation having the possibility of some 31 landings.  Then: (all two place flights are in the L23) 1) Paul flew solo in the L23, :28, signs of lift? 2) Jerome and…