Soaring Reports

Hi All, . We flew twenty-four flights today.  The first ten flights were CAP Cadet Orientation flights.  Then, Matt R. and Jim D. flew a total of five flights with Steve, doing final practice flights for their Check Rides tomorrow. John H. flew a twenty-seven minute...

Hi All, A real nice day today with some lift too.  July is normally hot and humid, but we've had some really nice days recently.  We flew sixteen flights today.  Matt R. started it off with Steve R. for two flights, followed by Jim D. who also flew two flights with...

Hi All, We had a slower day today with only thirteen flights.  Matt R. was up three times with Steve R., finishing his Check Ride preparations.  Then Ryan K. was up for two flights with Steve.  Steve then did a ride for Dave K's relative from Prague (Czech Republic,...

Hi All, We flew eighteen flights today.  Starting before noon, Jim D. flew five flights with Steve R. while practicing for his upcoming Check Ride.  Following Jim's flights, Steve flew a paid ride, and then Steve flew two flight lessons, one with Ryan K. and one with...

Hi, All: What a beautiful day to be out flying!  Low humidity, light winds, and the high temperature was 78 degrees.  It was a Top Ten day, and it's JULY.  Crazy weather.  We flew a total of twelve fights today.  Jim D. was up early for the first of six flights.  Bob...

Hi All, We flew eighteen flights today.  Ryan K. started off with Steve R. for an instruction flight.  Next, Matt R. flew two flights with Steve as Matt prepares for his upcoming Check Ride.  Steve then flew two paid rides.  Will M. was up next for a lesson with...

Hello, everyone: We flew fourteen varied flights today. We started Saturday morning with six CAP Orientation fights. After CAP, James D. flew four flights, one with Steve R. and three solo. Steve and Bob D. flew three rides for a dad and his two kids, who flew in from...

Hi All, We had a quiet day today with only four flights. Bob C. took a friend for a flight. Bob A. flew a solo flight and found some good lift; he flew more than 45 minutes. Bud S. flew two flights and then we called it a day. Frank towed for us. Tom

Hi All: It was a warm weekday for flying - it got up to 90 degrees. There were a lot of sunburned faces; more sun-screen needs to be applied on a day like today. We started flights at approximately 10:00AM, and until the cumulus clouds started forming at around...

Hi, All: We had an early shut down today because of rain. We did complete 6 pattern flights for Jim D. before the rain arrived, but we had to call off flight ops once the rain started. We got a lot of rain in a short amount of time, and the runway was too wet for...

Hello, all: We flew fourteen flights today, beginning with 10 CAP flights in the morning. We flew four club flights in the afternoon, with Bob D. taking up a friend, followed by Lexy H. for a solo flight. Warren P. did a quick solo pattern flight and then took a...

Hello, all: Nine flights were flown today. Bob C. checked out Liam G. on flying the L-23 from the back seat. Then, Liam took a fellow Air Force pilot up for the first of two rides. Jim D. took a flight with Bob C., and then Bob C. took a visitor up for a ride. At...

Hi, All: Another great day to fly! The thermals were strong today, but so was the sink between the thermals. The sink messed up the timing on at least one pattern tow. It took a lot longer to reach 1,000' than it normally does, so the glider release occurred later...

Hi, All: What a nice day to fly! We completed nine flights today. Lexi H. flew one flight with Jaime and then flew a solo; she found some lift on her solo flight. Jake K. and Bob D. did a couple of pattern tows. Bud S. flew twice, and Bob A. and I each flew once. The...

Hello, Club Members: Today was a little unusual. We flew twenty-one flights, but a single member flew seventeen of those flights. Jim D. flew multiple pattern flights and a rope break while preparing for his first solo flight. Not only did Jim fly his first solo, he...

Hello everyone: We flew nineteen flights today - not too bad for a day with lower clouds. We started flight ops a little earlier than normal. We knew going in that it wasn't going to be a good day for thermals, so we planned to fly more training flights and FAST Kit...

Hi All, We had a busy day today with a total of 24 flights flown. There were three rides, three Annual Safety Flights (John H, Mark B, and Jake K), and eighteen normal club flights. Lexy H flew three pattern flights with Steve and then flew a solo flight. Jim C flew a...

Hello, OSCI Members: We had a busy day with 16 flights, plus there was good lift. First up twice with Steve R. was Joe C. Then Warren P. flew his annual safety flight with Steve. Later on, Warren flew a solo flight and just missed completing the hour-long flight...

Hi, OSCI Members: We completed eight flights today, before the winds exceeded our club safety limit. Our short-term goal the past couple of weeks has been to have OSCI members complete their Annual Safety Flights. This is a club requirement for safety purposes, where...

Hello, OSCI Members: It was a little chilly today, but there was good lift! A little sun on the bare farm fields works wonders! Most of today's flights (not the pattern tows) reached between six to seven thousand feet in altitude. In total, we flew eighteen flights...

Hi, OSCI Members: It was another great Monday to fly. Flight operations started with Steve R. and I going up. I took the rear seat for a rear seat refresher flight. Second up was Jeff F. in the first of three flights with his 1-26. Bob A., Bud S. and I all flew solo...

Hello, all: The 2023 Soaring Season is underway! We flew eight flights today, on what turned out to be a beautiful spring afternoon. The winds were steady but light, the temps ranged from the mid 60's to the low 70's, and the cumulus clouds started popping at around...

Hi All,   We flew fifteen flights today.  We started with Steve R and Dave O, our latest tow pilot addition.  Welcome to the club, Dave!  Dave had to have a flight in a glider as training.  Steve then took Frank M up to observe Dave towing.  All was good, so normal...

Hi All,   Today we successfully flew another twenty flights.  For the year, we've flown a total of 552 flights, which is 69 more flights than last year at this same time.  That's extraordinary, because last year we flew about 70 more CAP flights than we have flown...

Hi All,   We were hopping today, with another twenty-one flights completed!  We also soloed new student Matt R - congratulations, Matt!  To fly with us, Matt and his wife Denise 'commute' from Red Oak, Iowa in their Cessna 210.  Also, Bud S earned his aerotow...

Hi, all:   Wow, a beautiful day today, with a lot of flights and club accomplishments.  We flew a total of twenty-five flights today, and two were the first solo flights for two of our youngest members.  Congratulations to Lexy H, age 15, and to Liam S, age 14, for...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...