Hello, all:
We flew a lot in October! We flew a total of seventy-seven sorties over eight days. Most of the flights were sled rides, but we also had two days where flights were more than an hour long. The longest flight was Bob A flying the club’s Grob 102 for two hours and thirty-five minutes, the second longest flight of the year. We have three student pilots who we hope to solo before the end of our soaring season, which will be November 15th. We need the weather to cooperate, and so far, it’s been too windy to fly.
Other than flying, two club members attended the monthly board of directors meeting for the Blair Airport Authority. They’re proceeding with their runway lengthening project, and it will affect our flight operations. They plan to begin the dirt work next spring. Part of that work will involve removing dirt from the west side of the northern half of the grass runway. What’s now 200’ wide will become 100’ wide. While the contractor is removing all that dirt, we were told the grass runway will be not be available to us. Every major airport in the US has had expansion projects and those airports have remained open. Yet, a small airport like Blair will be closed, at least temporarily. We don’t know when this will happen. A contractor hasn’t been selected, and a work schedule doesn’t exist. We are discussing options such as road trips to other nearby airports where we can fly.
That’s all the news for now.
Safe soaring!
OSCI
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