After the ground school class ended, the following club members moved the gliders and towplane out to glider grass 13: Tom Schaaf, Jaime Alexander, Mike Boska, Paul Jelinek, Bob Arant, and myself. We also had a pilot from England who wanted to try aerotow for the...
Another great soaring day. The sounding for today was quite good with thermals indicated to 8000ft. Winds were strong however out of the northwest with some crosswind. I missed the ground school and arrived in time to move the gliders out to 31. Steve Stevens,...
I worked half day and didn’t make it to the airport to until 1 pm. The Blanik and Jerry Adam’s Russia were already out and being prepped for flight. The winds were light out the north so takeoffs were on 31 and landings were on 13. The first flight of the day was...
Sunday (today) was a bit brisk. Whit arrived at BTA early and he and Mike got the “stuff” out of the hangars. Dan arrived about 1145 and took the Pawnee up for the initial warm up. The winds were a bit sporty–about 15 knots cross. Two brave intro...
Six of us showed up to brave the brisk winds and temps and had a successful day of it. Potential new member Chris Schwartz showed up for a couple of FAST flights with Whit as instructor and Dan towing. Chris is a retired Air Force pilot who did some glider flying at...
Was another beautiful day to get the safety flights completed. Light winds from the NE so we could launch on 31 and land back on 13. Jamie showed up so he could tow while I gave Bob Dyer his safety flight and Jamie towed once more as Jerry Adams completed his. Bob D....
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