Ridge

Dan and Evan have headed to Mifflin County Airport in central Pennsylvania for some ridge soaring.

The forecast looks good for Sunday. We wish them luck!

It has started

Check out the flights of Dan (EA), Tim (BU), and Greg (JD) from Springfield on the last day of March.  Greg made it to 13000 feet in the Okemo wave.

Bravo Uniform

Congratulations to Tim on his acquisition of a new glider, a Glasflugel 304CZ! He and Dan picked it up in Oklahoma this week, and it was a long drive home for them.

 

Another kind of skiflying

Happy New Year!

Don't let this happen to you - XIV

The days are getting longer

Happy Solstice! Time to go for a bike ride.

That's a wrap

Congratulations to everyone on a successful season.  We made 597 flights, flew 22476 OLC kilometers, and added three new members and a glider. One of three derelict gliders came back to life, and we have high hopes for the other two for next season.

Thanks to Andy, Dan, David, Dennis, Don, Greg, Henry, Josh, Kari, Karl, Lane, Paul, Peter, Sonny, and Tim who made quick work of disassembling and storing the gliders and mothballing the towplane.

PM is headed for Kari's barn for some work, so it won't be flying at Springfield this winter.  There's always skiflying, though.

Left stick, right pedal

Congratulations to Kari Mettinen, who slipped a Private Pilot flight test into our 2017 season at the very end.

And congratulations to Evan on his first flight test recommendation as CFI.

Sugarbush Wave

I had a nice wave flight today.  Lift was rarely over 1.5 kts.  Clouds were few and far between but I did mange to get to 8,300'.  Wind was about 40 kts right from Sugarbush.  Thank you Rick for towing!

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 Sugarbush and Camels Hump.  Adirondacks in the background.

Union Village Dam in the foreground and my neighborhood.

New glider on the field

Congratulations to Gregg on the first flight in his new 1-26!

By my count, this is the 19th glider based at Post Mills.

6Q is back in the air

Congratulations to Kevin for putting 6Q back in the air after an extended time in its box.