The soundings were promising and a beautiful day developed. Folks showed up at noon and some skipped out of work to take advantage of a day squeezed in between many rainy days. Jamie launched with Steve Davis for a training flight using runway 31. Winds were rather...
index up to at least 9000ft and forecast cloud bases at 8500ft. Well I decided I would work to 230pm then head out to the airport and hope for the best. The rest of the crew had arrived much earlier and started flying at 1:15pm. The first tow was Whit Bonifant and...
Hi OSCI Members Ground School wrapped up about 11:30 and most went to the hangars to start preparations for flying. Steve Davis and I cleverly delayed a bit to clean up the room and eat lunch. By the time we joined the fray, the Pawnee had completed the...
I got to the field about 9:00 and built a shelf on the west side of the Pawnee hanger to get the small stuff off the floor. More room to walk around the Pawnee. Then went out and mowed a separation line between the two runways and put a good amount of chalk down for...
Another great soaring day with a twist. Since I came out after working a half day, all the equipment was already out and Jaime and Donna were up in the L-23 on an instruction flight. CUs were popping but they didn’t extend very far to the north of the airport. ...
The forecast for soaring was generally good with a high buoyancy to wind shear ratio ( 3rd chart on the Dr Jacks page). And the thermal index that morning was very good with lift up to above 9000ft based on 78 degrees. The high reached 80. I got out late from work...
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