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    • Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 at 11:31 am #9317
      Anonymous
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      Can we get something up in the air on Friday or Saturday?  Somewhat sunny on Friday… cloudy Saturday.

       

       

       

    • Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 at 11:43 am #9318
      Steven SnyderSteven Snyder
      Participant

      I will be out on Saturday. 

      Steven Snyder224-628-2871
    • Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 at 12:01 pm #9319
      Anonymous
      Inactive
      tow pilot?

    • Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 at 2:54 pm #9320
      Nicholas LegenzaNicholas Legenza
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      I’ll be out on Saturday for a couple of flights if we can get those in

      Sent from my iPhone

    • Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 at 7:17 pm #9321
      Rich WalendaRich Walenda
      Participant

      Hello:

      The forecast for Saturday is:  A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.

      If possible, I would like to take one solo and one dual flight Saturday morning.  I appears that reservations are not being made on BookOurPlane so I can not gauge the interest of potential flying.  I see a CFI and some others wanting to fly.  Can we get a tow pilot?

      Thanks.

      Regards,

      Rich

    • Thursday, October 1st, 2020 at 8:23 pm #9326
      John LincolnJohn Lincoln
      Participant

      I would like to fly on Friday if we can get a tow pilot and wing runner. Also I put some orange cones 30 feet north of the north side of our runway to mark how far a ship should be off the runway. I will remove them tomorrow. John Lincoln

    • Thursday, October 1st, 2020 at 8:35 pm #9327
      Erik SchnaubeltErik Schnaubelt
      Participant

      Sky Soarings very own CFI/CFII is pack in town! I’ll be out tomorrow to tow starting at 10👍

      -Erik Schnaubelt

    • Thursday, October 1st, 2020 at 8:37 pm #9328
      John DeRosaJohn DeRosa
      Participant
      John L – Additional cones seems like a good idea to delineate our safety boundaries.  Why are you thinking of removing them?
      John H DeRosa
    • Thursday, October 1st, 2020 at 11:55 pm #9329
      Larry MoyLarry Moy
      Participant

      Thanks Erik for offering to tow on Friday.  Do we have a CFI for some dual time?  I’m 190 lbs so I think the CFI needs to be 180 or less.

    • Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 at 1:53 pm #9340
      John LincolnJohn Lincoln
      Participant

      Friday was nice. 2 to 5 knot lift under cumulus up to 6500 msl. Flights in Stars and Stripes. Thanks to Erik and Austen for towing, Andy for wing running. Good soaring from Harvard down to DeKalb. Thanks to Erik for the help in derigging.

    • Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 at 6:57 pm #9341
      Erik SchnaubeltErik Schnaubelt
      Participant

      I got up to 7000 AGL. With a standard lapse rate that makes it something like 20 degrees? BURR!

      I was in a thermal north of the field yesterday at about 4000ft and I noticed a corn husk! I looked upwind about 3 miles and noticed a field being harvested!

      So then it became a competition. Who could thermal better? the corn husk or the 1-26. To my surprise the 1-26 can out climb a corn husk.

      Thanks to all who came out and congratulations to Nick on his first solo today!

      Erik Schnaubelt

    • Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 at 7:01 pm #9342
      Don GrilloDon Grillo
      Keymaster

      Ahah! Erik, you’re account is awesome.

    • Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 at 7:26 pm #9343
      Don GrilloDon Grillo
      Keymaster

      If anybody can out thermal a corn husk it would be Erik.  It’s time to Erik into a soaring contest. 

      — Don 
    • Monday, October 5th, 2020 at 12:04 pm #9355
      John LincolnJohn Lincoln
      Participant

      To be sure corn husks can be hard to beat, but Erik did it. I saw a couple up around 4500 agl but didn’t think of trying to out climb them. I have old-guyitis and looked upon them as semisolid objects that I wanted to avoid. Congratulations Erik for out-thermaling our local silage. John L

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