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Woo Hoo! Glider Pilot!!

By On September 7, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Rants & Raves, Soaring

Woo hoo! This afternoon, I passed my glider pilot checkride in N5751S, a Schweizer 2-33A! I am now officially allowed to fly airplanes with either one or zero engines.

I owe it all to the Silver Creek Glider Club and the good folks there.

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Plummeting Pumpkins Pound Perimeter

By On November 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Fun, Soaring

The Silvercreek Glider Club returned to the battlefield on the Saturday after Halloween to make another attack on a target in the middle of a farm field. The weapon of choice: pumpkins!

You have to hear it to believe the noise a pumpkin makes when it hits the ground after [...]

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Second Solo Flight

By On August 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Aviation, Soaring

I went back to the gliderport on Sunday and got the ride of my life I took the 2-33 up solo again, fully expecting a sled ride back down to the field because I am such a newbie and would not be able to find any lift or capture a thermal. I released from tow [...]

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Second Solo

By On August 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Aviation, Fun, Soaring

Whoo hoo, I soloed a glider yesterday! Gene, trusting soul and incredible instructor that he is, entrusted SWS2-33A N5751S to me for solo flight at the Silver Creek Glider Club. I got a tow up to 3,000′ AGL and actually caught a bit of a thermal. That got me up to 3,500′ where [...]

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Woo Hoo! Soaring!!

By On August 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Aviation, Fun, Soaring

I went for my first soaring flights today and the only reason my head is not in the clouds is because there were not any clouds. Gene, one of the instructors as the Silver Creek Glider Club, took me up in this Schweizer 2-33.

Gene handled the take-off and then let me [...]

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