General Membership Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2023

The Omaha Soaring Club held its quarterly membership meeting on June 17th at the Blair Municipal Airport. 15 members were in attendance. Tom reported that there are currently no significant safety issues. Mark is compiling a list of members’ safety concerns...

Soaring Report – Saturday, June 17, 2023

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...

Soaring Report – Thursday, June 8, 2023

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....

Soaring Report – Wednesday, June 7, 2023

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...

Soaring Report, Sunday, June 4, 2023

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...