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…

Hello, all: Today was a Practical Test flight practice day.  Warren P, Jeff F, Bob A, John H, and Liam G all flew with Steve, who played the role of the DPE (Designated Flight Examiner).  Steve had the five OSCI members who are preparing for their Practical Exam go thru the flight maneuvers in…

Hi All,   Today may have been a new single day record for the number of flights; there were 37 total flights.  There were 15 pattern tows and 5 simulated rope breaks.  The remaining flights were 2,000′ or 3,000′ tows.  John, Bob A., Jeff, Liam and Warren arrived at 9:00 to get some more…

Hi All, – We did some flying today, with a total of twenty flights.  First up was Liam G. for three solo pattern tows, and one solo flight to 3,000′.  These four solo flights were followed by Mark D. and his nephew Kent M., who flew their second FAST Kit flights, Jim C. instructing. …