Soaring Report 21 Sep 2014

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...

9-20-14 Saturday Soaring Report

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...

Soaring Report 13 Sep 2014

The sounding for the day was pretty good up to 6000ft.  Arriving at the field, there was a cumulus filled sky so it looked good even with the winds having a significant cross wind component.  Whitt had the Pawnee out ready to fly and the L-23 was on its way to the...

9-6-14 Saturday Soaring Report

Hi All of OSCI,   It was just another glorious day to be at BTA.  Well except for not much lift, for most of us.  We did ten flights, eight in the L23 and two flights by Mike and Anders in their Russia.  All flights were in the :16 – :23 range except for...

9-1-14 Labor Day Soaring Report

Hi All of OSCI, Labor Day was a lot like Saturday without the morning low clouds.  The similarities were some puffy clouds, light NW winds, rain the previous night, and no significant lift.  That wasn’t all bad because we  had a good turn out and short flights kept...