Hello, all:
What a gorgeous September day! It reminded me of the Earth, Wind, and Fire song ‘September’ (with a slight modification):
Hey, hey, hey, ba-de-ya, say do you remember?
Ba-de-ya, flying in September
Ba-de-ya, never was a cloudy day!
It’s a joyous song, and it was a joyous day to fly!
We started the day at approximately 7:45AM, with Bud S launching Tom S and Sean F in the L-23 so it could be towed to the Millard Airport for their Aviation STEM event. Frank M towed them the 16 miles to KMLE, where the L-23 released, landed and was met by Dave L, Jeff F, Sean S, and Jonathon F. They manned our club display during the event and spoke with a nice group of visitors. The glider left Millard at around 12:00 noon to return to KBTA for afternoon flight operations.
We flew six sorties in the afternoon. The high temp was 67 degrees, winds were blowing from the northwest at about 8 to 10 knots, the humidity was low, and there were un-forecasted puffy cumulous clouds floating overhead in streets. It looked like a good day for thermals to form northeast of the airport. Today’s flights:
– Dave L flew a solo flight in the L-23.
– Liam S flew a solo flight in the 2-22.
– Mark F flew a solo flight in the partner owned 1-26B (S/N 379).
– Jeff F flew a solo flight in his 1-26B. He found good lift near Blair and flew for over an hour.
– Mark flew a second solo flight in S/N 379.
– Jeff took prospective member Imanol S for a ride in the L-23. Imanol is an active duty meteorologist with the USAF, and he’d like to earn his glider rating. We can help!
It was a long day for most of us, and there were a lot of yawns by 5:30PM when we finally left. We’ve got a month or two of good soaring weather ahead of us, and we hope to take advantage of the good days. Come out and fly!
Safe soaring!
OSC
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