Soaring Report – Saturday, October 22, 2022

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...

Soaring Report – Friday, October 21, 2022

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...

Soaring Report – Sunday, October 2, 2022

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...

Soaring Report – Saturday, October 1, 2022

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...

Annual Millard Airport STEM Day – Saturday, September 24, 2022

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...

Soaring Report – Sunday, September 25, 2022

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. ...