Hi all of OSCI,   We had a beautiful day of sled rides at BTA. No lift, but taking a ride in the skies was still worth the effort. We started pulling out the ships at about noon. First Daryl went up in his Schweizer 1-35 for its first flight since having the wing…

Hi All of OSCI, This is the last of the overdue soaring reports. The series of very nice days in October continued. Light winds allowed us to set up for 31 takeoffs and for the most part land on 13. I had called a noon start and when I arrived it was apparent that…

Hi All of OSCI, I’m catching up on Soaring Reports and now up to last week. I wasn’t there on Friday but inherited the flight sheet from the clip board on Saturday. This was another beautiful day apparently lacking lift. Tows varied from 2000 to 3000 AGL. Flight times varied from eight minutes to…

Hi All of OSCI, This is being written now because my computer was in the shop for eleven days. We did twelve flights(ten in the L23 and two listed in “Russia”). 1) Kaelyn O’Rourke (Sally’s granddaughter) FAST 1 with Dan 2) Sean O’Rourke (Sally’s grandson) FAST 1 with me 3) Tyson O’Rourke (Sally’s grandson)…

I’ll attempt to provide the soaring report for Thursday. Steve Stevens had 7 tows and Don Meyer hogged the L23 with 3 flights! Don and Daryl, 15 min Pat and Daryl, 16 min Don and Daryl, 3 min simulated tow line break Pat and Daryl, 2 min simulated tow line break Anders, solo 24…

Hi All of OSCI, It was a light jacket pleasant day with a SE wind. We set up for 13 and got the first flight off a 12:49. All flights were in the L23 except for Mike in his Russia. 1) Pat G. / Daryl :25 dual 2) Jerome :14 solo 3) Donna /…

Hi All of OSCI, Saturday was a nice day to be at the field with nice temperature and just enough wind to pay attention and require a 13 operation. In another way it seemed to me to be very weird. There were no one needing dual instruction or even an intro ride! And we…

The winds were forecast to be brisk but the thermal index looked good up to 6000ft. I arrived at the field to find Frank Mitchell pre-flighting the Pawnee and Patrick Greenwood opening up the hangers and CU were dotting the sky. Winds were strong out of the Northwest but close to down the runway…

Hi All of OSCI, The day started for some of us (about 14) with the club quarterly meeting at 9:00 with enough to talk about to last until about noon. Then: It was a pleasant day with light WNW winds allowing a mostly 31 operation. There was enough lift for most flights to get…