March 20, 2010 - SSA Opening Day

We assembled the Grob and had 10 flights. Doug and Jim M. are now current and ready to instruct. Doug, Jim M., Jim P. and Fred all got reacquainted with the Pawnee. Yves/Doug and Jim P./Jim M. both took advantage of the strong thermals for two good flights.

New Castle Contest

For those of you who may be interested you can view the link below to see how the Region 4 South contest went:

http://www.ssa.org/members/contestreports/ContestResultsDetail.asp?id=357

Mike

Standard Cirrus maiden flight

Yves Nollet and I made our first flights today in our brand new 36 year old Standard Cirrus and wow! What a great ship. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen...our instructors, tow pilots, and fellow glider pilots. And don't forget our wives, Terry and Elaine. As great as soaring is, the people invloved make it even better. We'll see you up there.

Excellent Day

Some pictures from Saturday --

Saturday, July 25th

Fog disappeared mid morning, revealing a low scattered layer. A stable atmosphere didn't result in that great a day for soaring, but we were visited by several new faces and a familiar face from the past. Tim Devine, EAA Chapter 602 member, stopped by to observe the operation. Dusty Grant and his father, Dan, came down from Lake Placid, took introductory rides and left the airport with "perma-grins". Mark Hyland also took an introductory ride. Regina Doi took an introductory flight and seems very excited about the sport. After 18 years, Donna was finally able to convince her sister, Gail, to take a flight, which she seemed to thoroughly enjoy. Roy Busse stopped by and after 3 flights with Jim Morzillo is once again current. Many stayed and enjoyed a cold beverage after the long and enjoyable day.

July 17 and 18: many of "the regulars" were away, but those of us who were around enjoyed two consecutive weekend days without rain. Bradley was able to squeeze an instructional flight into his base manager duties on Sunday -- his progress this season is impressive.

June 6th

Today was another very nice day of soaring. The sky was a beautiful blue and filled with cumies. I flew the Grob for 2 hours, launching and soaring before Noon. Donna and Tony(?) also flew the Grob. Mike and Lori each flew their ship. Doug, Bob, and Jim M. flew their own ships as well. I think that Jim M. probably had the long flight of the day, since he was still up when I left. Cloudbase was at 4,500' msl early, but appeared to rise to over 6,000' msl by the end of the day.