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  • Soaring Report – Sunday, June 9, 2024

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    Hi All, . The day started with several members helping Jeff F assemble his glider.  Jeff returned from a week at the Hinckley Airfield in Illinois where he competed in the ‘Windy City 1-26 Regatta’.  His glider was still on its trailer and needed to be assembled for flight.  Jeff reported that the ‘Regatta’…

  • Soaring Report – Friday, June 7, 2024

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    Hi All, We are back in business!  We completed thirteen sorties to kick off the new soaring season.  Bob A. flew his Annual Safety Flight (ASF) with Steve R., and followed that up with the first solo flight of the season.  Next was Joe C. for his ASF, followed by Jaime A. for his…

  • 2024 Spring Clean-up Day

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    Hello, all: . We had a nice turn-out on Sunday, April 14, for our Spring Clean-up.  Thank you to everyone who showed up and helped. We had a crew of about eight club members working much of the afternoon filling dozens of varmint holes in our grass runway. Most of the holes were small…

  • Annual Safety Meeting – March 9, 2024

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    The Omaha Soaring Club held its 2024 Safety Meeting and March membership meeting on March 9 at the Centris Federal Credit Union headquarters. 17 members were in attendance. Tom welcomed the group to the 2024 safety meeting. Steve reviewed some safety-related articles in recent issues of Soaring Magazine and introduced chessintheair.com as a good source…

  • Board of Directors Meeting – 1st Quarter 2024

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    The Omaha Soaring Club board of directors met at 1:00 p.m. on February 24 at the Swanson Branch of the Omaha Public Library. All BOD members were present, and Steve R. was present as an ex-officio representative. Jeff F. proposed that the club change the club credit card to remove Bob Craig as the…

  • Blair Airport Authority Meeting – First Ground School Class – Winter, 2024

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    Three members of OSCI attended the Blair Airport Authority BOD meeting on Tuesday, January 16th. Club President Bud S. and lead flight instructor Steve R. spoke on behalf of OSCI. Club Treasurer Jeff F. provided moral support from the gallery. Bud and Steve reviewed the 2023 club flight statistics, accomplishments, activities, and future plans.…

  • Annual Membership Meeting – December 16, 2023

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    The Omaha Soaring Club held its annual membership meeting on December 16th at the Millard branch of the Omaha Public Library. 21 members were in attendance. The club by-laws require election of the next year’s Board of Directors in the December meeting. Dave reported that no new volunteers or nominations for Board positions were…

  • Soaring Report – Saturday, November 18, 2023

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    Hi All, Wow, what a great day with 32 sorties and a new student solo. Bob A. started the day before the CAP Cadet Orientation flights started. Then we flew six CAP flights. After CAP, Sean S. was up with Steve R. on pattern flights, getting Sean checked out in the L-23. Sean recently…

  • Soaring report – Wednesday, November 15, 2023

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    Hi All, A real nice day, we will take these all winter. We flew nineteen sorties. I started it off with an L23 flight, followed by Jim D. for a solo flight. Steve R. and Liam S. flew 3 pattern flights in the 2-22. Bob A, Bob D. and Mark B. all did a…

  • Soaring Report – November 12, 2023

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    Hi, all: As it has turned out, we aren’t done flying in 2023. The Pawnee wing struts passed inspection as required for the current FAA Airworthiness Directive, so they’re good for another two years. Since the Pawnee is good to go and the weather is super nice, we flew today. In fact, we flew…