Soaring Reports

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…

Hi All Beautiful day. Dan flew his P-Barron out to Blair to play with us today. Cool departure.  We saw Paul take off in the Conquest that is now based at Blair.  A quick trip to Valentine and back and he stopped in to help put things away.  One fast airplane.  Andy got his 1967…

Hi All We had four flights today including Larry Morgan’s solo!  Larry  and Jaime were up first.  Then Larry went up for 21 minutes for his first solo flight.  Congratulations Larry!  His wife Patty and daughter Kayla watched and will hear about it all evening. way to go Larry!  Next up was Stoner and…

Hi All, Beautiful day, wind pretty much down the runway. Total of 7 flights.  Larry was up first with Jaime followed by Don in the L33. Steve Stevens took up a friend followed by my solo flight. Don then did a second flight. Jaime did a back seat write off for Pat followed by a…

Hi All A total of 8 flights today.  Steve R. was up solo first, followed by Dave and Jaime. Next up was Larry and Bob Craig followed by Andy and Jaime.  Andy and Jaime were finding lift so Bob jumped in his Russia and had a 1:34 hr flight.  I did a solo flight…

Hi All, Only 5 flights today.  The clouds finally moved out late morning so only some wind to deal with, but it was pretty much down the runway to 20 degrees off, so not too bad. A wind breaker felt good though. First up was Andy with Whit followed by Steve R. for a…

Hi All, Another real nice fall day.  We did only 5 flights today.  Larry did two in a row with Whit followed by a ride for Bob A. friend.  Next up was me followed by Bob A. for the hangar flight. We all found a little lift, 19-22 minutes. Steve Stevens did 4 tows…

Hi All, Too bad we didn’t have yesterday’s weather today.  A little windy but not too chilly.  Runway 13 ops from the north end today. The HyVee chicken, fruit and salad, along with the deserts from many of the members was great. After lunch I did the first flight. Those who could not make…

Hi All, Another nice day to be out flying.  Total of 10 fights.  Pat did a solo flight first followed by none other than Perry Mitchell with Jaime, welcome back Perry (Perry’s last flight was summer of ’14). Larry took 2 in a row with Jaime, the first was a simulated rope break. Paul…

Hi All, What a beautiful day to be out gliding.  We did 10 flights today.  Jaime was up first with a gentleman that was in a wheelchair. He is in rehab and always wanted to go gliding.  There was 4 or 5 people with him and three kids.  A couple of his helpers lifted…