Was a beautiful day but absolute zero lift. Got in 5 flights with Tom Schaap starting off in the L-23 solo,  followed by Pat Greenwood in the L-23 solo. We got the L-33 out and Steve Stevens launched in it next. We found out what a hazard the uncut tall grass can be and…

A lot was accomplished today.  Pat Greenwood got in three pattern tows to start the flying with Dan Peterson towing.  Tom Schaap was next up in the L-23 for two solo flights.  Next it was checkride time for Paul Jelinek who flew with Bert Aagesen. They made three flights ending with a spot landing…

Hi all, It was a poor day for soaring, but a red-letter day for advancing students in the club. We had two first time solos, Tom Schapp and Bob Arant. We started early, arriving at 10 AM and getting the first tow off at 11. Tom took a pattern tow, a simulated weak link…

Turned out to be a decent day with spotty lift. Nothing to write home about though. It looked better than it was, although Bob Craig made the best of it. He was still up when the gang left. First flight was Whit flying with Bob Craig for his safety flight. Jamie then flew with…

After the ground school we moved to the hangers to discuss the possibility of flying even with the low ceilings. At that time, ceilings were being reported about 2000’ AGL. After some discussion we decided to fly since we had two instructors and two willing students. We launched off RW 31 and landed back…

Was  a day when there was no lift and plenty of liquids were consumed. But we managed to get in 7 flights operating on runway 13. Had some crosswinds to contend with but was good for the student training. Our priority was to fly with students to get some ready for their practical test.…

The soundings were promising and a beautiful day developed. Folks showed up at noon and some skipped out of work to take advantage of a day squeezed in between many rainy days. Jamie launched with Steve Davis for a training flight using runway 31. Winds were rather light and across the runway so we…

index up to at least 9000ft and forecast cloud bases at 8500ft.  Well I decided I would work to 230pm then head out to the airport and hope for the best.  The rest of the crew had arrived much earlier and started flying at 1:15pm.  The first tow was Whit Bonifant and Jaime Alexander…

Hi OSCI Members   Ground School wrapped up about 11:30 and most went to the hangars to start preparations for flying.  Steve Davis and I cleverly delayed a bit to clean up the room and eat lunch.  By the time we joined the fray, the Pawnee had completed the pattern flight and everything was…

I got to the field about 9:00 and built a shelf on the west side of the Pawnee hanger to get the small stuff off the floor. More room to walk around the Pawnee. Then went out and mowed a separation line between the two runways and put a good amount of chalk down…