Soaring Reports

Hi All Another nice Day to get to fly. Total of 8 flights. First up was Don M. with Jaime for a rope break then he went up for some fun alone. Don is going to Florida soon the finish his private and commercial. Next was Larry with Jaime for some dual, followed by...

Hi All, A nice day to fly and solo.  Dave Leslie soloed today! Congratulations Dave!  Dave was up first with Jaime then a quick pattern tow and then he soloed. Then Bob A. was up for the longest flight at 17 minutes and I took the hanger flight.  Temps upper 40's and...

Hi All, We managed 8 flights today despite the low clouds. The hanger flight was the longest flight at 12 minutes, as the sun finally started to shine. All flights were 1500 to 1900 foot tows except the first flight with Dave and Jaime doing a rope break sim. Jaime...

Hi All Beautiful day. Dan flew his P-Barron out to Blair to play with us today. Cool departure.  We saw Paul take off in the Conquest that is now based at Blair.  A quick trip to Valentine and back and he stopped in to help put things away.  One fast airplane.  Andy...

Hi All We had four flights today including Larry Morgan's solo!  Larry  and Jaime were up first.  Then Larry went up for 21 minutes for his first solo flight.  Congratulations Larry!  His wife Patty and daughter Kayla watched and will hear about it all evening. way to...

Hi All, Beautiful day, wind pretty much down the runway. Total of 7 flights.  Larry was up first with Jaime followed by Don in the L33. Steve Stevens took up a friend followed by my solo flight. Don then did a second flight. Jaime did a back seat write off for Pat...

Hi All A total of 8 flights today.  Steve R. was up solo first, followed by Dave and Jaime. Next up was Larry and Bob Craig followed by Andy and Jaime.  Andy and Jaime were finding lift so Bob jumped in his Russia and had a 1:34 hr flight.  I did a solo flight as did...

Hi All, Only 5 flights today.  The clouds finally moved out late morning so only some wind to deal with, but it was pretty much down the runway to 20 degrees off, so not too bad. A wind breaker felt good though. First up was Andy with Whit followed by Steve R. for a...

Hi All, Another real nice fall day.  We did only 5 flights today.  Larry did two in a row with Whit followed by a ride for Bob A. friend.  Next up was me followed by Bob A. for the hangar flight. We all found a little lift, 19-22 minutes. Steve Stevens did 4 tows and...

Hi All, Too bad we didn't have yesterday's weather today.  A little windy but not too chilly.  Runway 13 ops from the north end today. The HyVee chicken, fruit and salad, along with the deserts from many of the members was great. After lunch I did the first flight....

Hi All, Another nice day to be out flying.  Total of 10 fights.  Pat did a solo flight first followed by none other than Perry Mitchell with Jaime, welcome back Perry (Perry's last flight was summer of '14). Larry took 2 in a row with Jaime, the first was a simulated...

Hi All, What a beautiful day to be out gliding.  We did 10 flights today.  Jaime was up first with a gentleman that was in a wheelchair. He is in rehab and always wanted to go gliding.  There was 4 or 5 people with him and three kids.  A couple of his helpers lifted...

Hi All, Total seven flights today. Jaime and Donna were up first and the longest flight at 21 minutes. Then Stoner with Jaime followed by Larry and Jaime. Dave was up with Whit followed by Bob A. with Whit. Pat did a solo followed by my solo hangar flight. No thermals...

Hi All, Only four flights today. Really nice day but no thermals until the hangar flight. I was up first, Steve R. next, each 16 min. Jim took the L33 up for 21 minutes followed by Paul in the L23 for 52 minutes, he could have stayed up longer but Friday afternoon ya...

Hi All, We managed to get 9 flights in today before 4:30.  Larry was up for the first two with Whit followed by Stoner for two with Whit. Whit got a break when Pat did a solo flight. Next up for two in a row with Bob Craig was Steve R., the second was a rope break...

Hi All, What a thrilling opening game! Go BIG RED! We had a pretty busy day of flying today. A total of 9 flights. We were going to just do pattern flights with a 1700 foot broken to scattered cloud base. We managed to get on top for the first flight with Steve R. and...

Hi All, A total of 9 flights today. No thermals but light winds and a not too hot day, a catch 22, more heat, probably some thermals. First up was Pat with Jaime for a spot landing, they made 19 minutes. Pat then took a solo. Don Meyer was up next in the L33, up for...

Hi All, Wow, 14 flights today, and what a beautiful day. Lift was plentiful, the longest flight was Bob Craig at 2 hours followed by Paul in the L33 with 57 minutes. We had to limit the L23 to 25 to 30 minutes. Steve R. was up first with Jaime. He and Jeff each had...

Hi All, Busy day today. Total 11 flights, good thermals all day, we had to limit flights to 30-35 minutes. We started at 12:45 with Jim up in the L33. Jaime took James S. up for a 30 day sign off. Don Meyer took the L23 for a solo. Jaime did 5 more check out/lessons,...

Hi all A real nice afternoon to be out soaring. Five flights. There was plenty of good lift around. Andrew was first up and had to come back down for the next flight, 38 min. I went up with Dan for a 30 day check flight then next Larry with Dan. I followed with a...

Hi All, A total of 9 flights today. First up was Larry with Bob Craig then Paul took the L33, smashed a few bugs for 25 minutes. Pat Greenwood completed his BFR with Jaime including a simulated rope break. Bob C. took up Dave, Bob A. did a solo as did Andrew. Paul did...

Hi All, We had a busy day today with 9 flights, 5 students and four solo.  Michelle was first up with Whit for her third lesson, good to see you back Michelle!  Bob A. was second up, then Jacob Moore with Whit, Jacob is a new student, welcome Jacob!  Don was up next,...

Hi All It was a busy day today. Total 9 flights but the longest was only 32 minutes with the rest 20 minutes or less, and it was a good 'sounding' day. Jackson  had a lesson with Whit, Dave and then Larry went up with Dan followed by Michelle and then Pat with Jaime. ...

Hi All, Only five flights today.  Dave and Jaime were up first and the longest at 29 minutes, then Larry and Jaime, 21 min. then Michelle and Jaime for 19 min. I was up next for 19 min and Bob A. had the hanger flight with Jaime at 17 min.  It got cloudy cooling...

Hi All, What an awesome soaring day. BOOOOOOMing soaring! Some thermals were giving us a 1,000 fpm at times! Bob Craig got to 10,500 and was north of Fremont heading to Scribner but because the headwind was so strong it was taking for ever so he gave up and settled...

Hi All, We did nine flights today. No lift as the longest was 20 minutes (Jaime and Larry). Pat was first with a solo flight, Don Meyer was next, James went up with Whit for a 2,000 then a 1,000. James then did a "formal" solo flight and was given his A badge and...

Hi All, We had a great soaring day today.  A total of 12 flights. I was up first for 40 min. then Dan launched in the L33, up for 2:31 and completed his Bronze badge, congrats Dan! Don Meyer was up after me, Bob C. waas up almost 2 hours, went to Fremont down to Wahoo...

Hi All A nice day to fly, a little windy and gusts but not too far off the runway. Total 6 flights, Jaime and Pat for 18 min, Whit took a friend from church, 29 minutes, Paul took the L33 up for 44 min, Larry and Jaime had 32, and I think 6,500 feet, Bob A. solo the...

Hi All We had 9 flights today, fortunately the wind stayed down the runway plus or minus 10 degrees. Bob Dyer had a BOOOOMer flight of 1:22 and 9,500 MSL, we thought we might have to request a wave window! Congrats Bob! Other flights 15 to 27 minutes (Jaime with a new...

Hi OSC We had nice afternoon temps, some cross wind but a good day of flying. Total of 6 flights. Andrew went up with Whit, David and Larry with Jaime, Bob A. and myself with Whit and Paul took up the L33. Not much for lift, no 20 min. flights, but good to get back...