Soaring Report – Saturday, May 10, 2025

Hello, all:

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The day started off with clear skies, smooth air and no lift.  Winds were from the East and the forecasted high for the day was 84 degrees.  It was looking like a sled ride day until a little after 3PM when the lift suddenly exploded.  Steve flew through the same airspace that Bud had flown through just minutes before and hit a thermal that carried him up over 10,000′ MSL.  We don’t get days like this very often!  We think that because it had been a cool morning and the temps actually climbed about four degrees higher than what was forecast, great thermals formed.  The thermals got strong around 3PM and they were still going strong at 6:30PM.  Today’s flights:

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– Steve R. took a gift certificate recipient for their ride.

– Mark B. flew four pattern tows for practice.

– Sean S. flew his Jonkers JS3 for a flight that lasted a little over one and a half hours.

– Eric H. took Trevor F. up for his second FAST Kit flight.

– Eric took Sean F. up for his second FAST Kit flight.

– New club member Adam P. took his first FAST Kit flight with Eric.

– Steve took a guest for a flight.

– Dave L. flew with Annual Safety Flight with Eric.

– Adam flew his second FAST Kit flight with Eric.

– Tom flew a flight from the rear seat of the L-23 with Steve riding along.

– Bud took his Grob 102 up for an hour and a half long flight.  This is when the lift began to develop, and Bud reported there were thermals everywhere.

– Bob A. took the L-23 up for a little over two hours reaching 9,200′ MSL.

– Steve brought out his legendary (it’s legendary because it’s flown so rarely) 1-26E.  He flew for just over 3 hours and reached 10,400′ MSL.  That could be the Nebraska altitude record for a 1-26.

– Bud took his Grob 102 up again, which was the hangar flight for the day.

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