A full accounting of cross-country camp this year really begins two weeks before camp began. June 15, 2025 was Miss Isabel Ulland’s 16th birthday—which she celebrated by passing her glider checkride, one week before heading off to the Region 8 contest with the L33. Here she is with DPE Robin Reid. My wife, Candida, and […]
Two wave exploration flights Jan 16, ’25, Brian Hart & Banyan Carman The day began with a deep dive into Skysight and other weather tools at the sim room in an attempt to tie out the weather predictions to actual conditions. The goal was to work out a proof of concept for the pure gliders
The Old Man and The Kid The Old Man was not always Old; he had been Young once, and dreamed of Flight. And when he was Young, he had an Old Man of his own that dreamed of flight before him. That Old Man, the first of his line to reach Boyhood in the Aviation
Glider Pilots-Old & New! The scene: Henry Mason has just finished his successful Private Pilot Glider checkride with flying colors, has taken dad and mom for rides, and is making good use of his newfound freedom to call around the community to find out who else wants to take a glider ride with him. The
Hood River Soaring teamed up with the SSA and SGC to host a national junior cross-country development academy to be held at Ephrata the first week of July 2024. Despite a number of mentor pilots having been onsite as contestants at the prior week’s Region 8 Contest, they were ready and willing to stay and
Ephrata Dust-Up Report Here are a few highlights, as best I can remember at what seems like this late date following a whirlwind of a weekend (figuratively speaking, that is): The quash on tent/outside camping at the airport apparently did nothing to reduce participation; all 37 registered glider pilots showed up and apparently found places
Silver Badge Flight Not to torture anyone with more details, but I figured I might as well document yesterday’s flight, since it was as much a surprise to me and a good example of a dissipating inversion ending up behaving exactly as predicted (or at least guessed). “Never give in, never give in, never, never,
Silver Badge Duration Read More »
Ximango Pick-Up Jonathan and I both find more satisfaction in sharing our soaring rides with others than in flying solo, and not having a two-place glider we can take to places like Ephrata for cross-country excursions, we began six weeks ago to consider looking for a two-place glider that we can use for cross-country mentorship