Soaring Report – Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Hi All, Today we flew seven flights.  The weather is unseasonably cool, but you won’t hear anyone complaining!  Oh, so nice out!  Jim D. wanted some rear seat time and to log more flight hours, so he did the first three flights, two with Jaime A. in the front...

Soaring Report – Saturday, August 3, 2024

Hi All, Today we flew a total of twenty flights.  First, we flew ten CAP Cadet Glider Orientation flights, and then we flew ten club flights.  The morning was pleasant, but it got hot around noon.  Todays club flights: 1) Jim D. flew a flight in the L-23 with Bob A....

Soaring Report – Saturday, July 27, 2024

Hi All, Today we started with ten CAP Cadet Glider Orientation flights.  These flights were followed by nine club flights: 1) Mike M flew two pattern flights with Steve, and one flight to 3,000′. 2) John H flew a solo flight to 3,000′. 3) Will M flew two...

Soaring Report – Thursday, July 25, 2024

Hello, all: SkySight forecast that there’d be solid lift today.  It was a lie!  First off, there’s a lot of smoke in the upper atmosphere from the ongoing Canadian wildfires.  We never have good soaring conditions when the sky is hazy with smoke.  Secondly, the corn...

Soaring Report – Sunday, July 21, 2024

Hello, all: We are in the summer doldrums!  It’s hot.  It’s humid.  There’s hardly any wind.  There isn’t much lift.  Even the turkey vultures aren’t soaring more than a few hundred feet above the ground.  We flew ten or eleven flights, but the flight conditions were...