Soaring Reports

Hi All,   We flew fifteen flights today.  We started with Steve R and Dave O, our latest tow pilot addition.  Welcome to the club, Dave!  Dave had to have a flight in a glider as training.  Steve then took Frank M up to observe Dave towing.  All was good, so normal flights started. …

Hi All,   Today we successfully flew another twenty flights.  For the year, we’ve flown a total of 552 flights, which is 69 more flights than last year at this same time.  That’s extraordinary, because last year we flew about 70 more CAP flights than we have flown this year, and last year was…

Hi All,   We were hopping today, with another twenty-one flights completed!  We also soloed new student Matt R – congratulations, Matt!  To fly with us, Matt and his wife Denise ‘commute’ from Red Oak, Iowa in their Cessna 210.  Also, Bud S earned his aerotow endorsement with a solo flight in the L-23. …

Hi, all:   Wow, a beautiful day today, with a lot of flights and club accomplishments.  We flew a total of twenty-five flights today, and two were the first solo flights for two of our youngest members.  Congratulations to Lexy H, age 15, and to Liam S, age 14, for successfully completing their first…

Hi All,   Today we flew twenty-one flights – not bad for a Sunday.  We flew thirteen flights in the L-23 and six flights in the 2-22.  Steve flew six flights and Bob Craig flew another four flights.  John flew five solo pattern flights (he’s decided to begin working on his Commercial Glider Rating)…

Hello, all: Before starting the latest Soaring Report, I’ll talk about what a nice Friday evening we had as we celebrated numerous achievements so far this year.  We rehabbed the Omaha Soaring Club meeting room at KBTA.  We soloed a new member.  We had five members pass their Practical Exams, earning their Private Pilots…

The Omaha Soaring Club participated in the Omaha Aviation STEM Day at the Millard airport yesterday. I believe this was the fifth occurrence of this event, and that we have participated in all five.  Bud Shaw contributed his Pipistrel Taurus as our display aircraft again this year This seemed to be a smaller event…

Hi All,   We have one more Private Pilot (Glider) and one Commercial Pilot (Glider) pilot added to our club.  Congratulations to John H (Private Pilot) and Liam G (Commercial Pilot).  It took all day and into the evening to get it done because of the afternoon winds.  We actually had to put the…

Hi All,   We have 3 new Private Pilot’s (Glider) as of today.  Congratulations to Warren P, who was up first, Jeff F, and Bob A.  It was a gorgeous day, except for the winds.  Jeff flew during the windiest part of the day.  It was so windy during his three-flight exam that his…

Hello, all: There were fourteen flights today.  Between more Practical Exam practice flights, Graydon got in two lessons with Steve R, along with Jim C-ing, Francine Jenny, Will M, and Matt R.  Matt is a pilot from Atlantic, Iowa.  He works with the Civil Air Patrol and would like to bring some of their…