Friday, June 4th

What a beautiful day of spring soaring! Bob, Jim M, Fred, Mike, Cindy, Robert, Lori, Yves and I all flew in a sky full of cumies (at least until late in the day, that is). I was up for three hours, topping out at 6,400' msl. Climb rates reached 940 feet per minute. I love our new single place glass ship, the Grob 102! Thanks for towing, Jim, Cindy, and Fred!

Sunday, May 23rd

Chicken one day, feathers the next. Yesterday we all struggled to stay up for 20 minutes. Today I flew for 3 hours and 45 minutes in a sky full of cumies and gliders, and came down voluntarily. I love this sport!

Grob 102

Saratoga Soaring's newest addition, Bob DeFabio's Grob 102, had its first two flights as a club ship today. John Chambers had the first flight followed by Darren Danielsen. With great conditions thoughout the day both pilots had great flights. I1, XX, and 68E also flew for hours and, of course, the Grob 103 was busy with Doug in the back seat and Pam, Richard, and Robert in the front. Thanks to Jim, Jim, and Cindy for the tows.

Tuesday, April 20th

Operations started around 1:30 PM with John and Jim M. enjoying a flight in the Grob 103 that lasted over an hour. Cindy then took a short flight in I1 to refamiliarize herself with the ship. Training then began with Robert, Richard and Pam taking lessons with Jim M. During this period, Cindy took a second flight in I1 and got to 7,500' (she thinks). We packed up and left the field around 7 PM.

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.