Soaring report 5/27/15

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...

Soaring Report 21 May 2015

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...

Saturday 5/9 Soaring Report

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...

Soaring report for 4/30/15

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...

Soaring Report 29 Apr 2015

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. ...

Soaring Report 31 Mar 2015

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...