Hi, all:
Today we celebrated Jamie A’s 90th birthday. For anyone who doesn’t know Jamie, he has a long history in aviation. Jamie was a naval aviator back in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. He flew as a pilot for United Airlines for many years. He taught in the aviation program at the University of North Dakota. He’s been a glider pilot and instructor for many years, too. He’s a long-time member and past President of the Omaha Soaring Club. He’s still instructing, even today. Jamie wanted to do a Logbook entry at 90 years old, and Will M. got the honor of a flight lesson with Jamie so that goal could be accomplished. Sean S. stopped by with a birthday cake, which we did a good job of eating most of before the end of the day. A sincere thank you, Jamie, for everything you’ve done for our soaring club over the years!
Today’s flights:
- Steve took Jeff’s teenaged niece and nephew (Cait and Ben) up for a ride apiece. Cait enjoyed the flight, but Steve kept it mostly vanilla for her. Ben was feeling more adventurous, so Steve did some stalls and steep turns. Ben was fine until they got ready to land. It must have been an inner ear issue. Ben kept everything down, but said if there’d been one more turn, he would’ve lost his breakfast. He was still clutching a burp-bag tightly when the canopy was opened.
- Ryan K. continues to practice for his upcoming PPL Check Ride. He did two flights with Steve, practicing boxing the wake, stalls and stall recoveries, and 360 steep turns to the right and left. Ryan also flew a solo later in the afternoon.
Ryan was studying for his A/P History class between flights. He has a test on the Revolutionary War. He was told that if he had any questions about that war, he could ask Tom S., since Tom witnessed it first-hand. 😊 (Joke)
- Dan P. took his friend Grace up for a ride.
- Bob A. flew solo in the L-23. He thought about pulling the Grob out, but we were operating from the north, and that would’ve been a lot of work for one flight.
- Will flew a flight lesson with Jaime for a 3,000’ endorsement. Will is now allowed to do more than 1,000’ solo pattern flights.
- Beth C. flew two lessons with Steve.
- Bud flew solo in the L-23. He also thought about pulling a Grob out, but again, it’s a lot of work when we’re operating from the north end of the runway with iffy thermals.
- Don O. flew a lesson with Steve.
Dave O. did the towing today. An unusual event was that a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster flew relatively low through the KBTA airspace shortly after Dave and the L-23 took off. Dave saw the C-17 coming and adjusted his flight path to be sure they wouldn’t fly through the C-17’s wake. Very unusual.
Thanks everybody.
OSCI
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