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 […]
Kelly Cooper: Well yesterday turned out to be a fun day soaring around our playground. Brett, Tim and myself found a little patch of wave near Mount Hood topped out at 7500 ft. We got a call on the radio from Greg that he was in the Underwood wave climbing through 8000 feet. Tim flew
One Goal, Two Gliders, and Seventy-Five Hundred Feet If I had to sum up this flight in three words, they would be: Lead, Follow, Thermals! I arrived at Ken Jernstedt Airport on Thursday at noon. The sky was robin’s egg blue with no clouds in sight, and wind was barely a breeze, but I was
“Three hours in the sky, and only 30 minutes to tell the tale.” When I arrived at the airport, Banyan and Brian were already busy preparing the 2-32. The wind was whipping from the NW—exactly the kind of conditions I’d hoped for when I signed up for the L-33, eager to chase some waves. Once
The Saturday Academy is officially happening. This morning, myself, Ori, Isabel, Banyan, Jacob, and Brian met at the clubhouse bright and early. We had a great time discussing lift, pre-solo tests, and just flying in general while eating breakfast/brunch. We headed to the airport at about 12 o’clock and began preflighting the gliders. Every airworthy
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
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