Author Archives: Post Mills Soaring Club

Assembly Day a Success (in Springfield)

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

While NESA kept busy with assembling their gliders and giving their members season check rides Tim (PM), Tom Hopper (TH) and myself (PM) all had nice glider flights. The wind finally died down and conditions were actually quite good. Tim … Continue reading →

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Springfield Report – March 30, 2013

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Saturday turned out to be a spectacular day in Springfield.  Thermals went to 9,000 feet!  Visibility was severely clear.  Mt. Washington, the Adirondacks, and hills of Massachusetts were all clearly visible. Greg flew his new (to him) 304CZ (JD) for … Continue reading →

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Tailwind Takeoff and Landing

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Here is an interesting article describing the effects of tailwinds: The summary is: While each one knot of headwind component improves landing/takeoff performance by about one percent, each knot of tailwind component degrades landing/takeoff distance by about three to five … Continue reading →

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Breakfast at Eatons Sugar House

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Hey don’t forget that breakfast is at Eatons Sugarhouse tomorrow. It’s exit 3 off 89. Please comment if you plan to go. Andy

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Breakfast @ The Whistlestop

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Last week there was eight of us for breakfast with Eggs Benedict w/smoked Salmon being a huge hit. Food there is great, we meet at 9:30, come join us. Andy

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Flying today at Springfield

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Not a banner day for flying but worth the effort, at least for me as I managed to stay up for a little over one hour from a low tow of only 5000 or so feet. Okay maybe it was … Continue reading →

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Soaring at Franconia

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Willem soars the thermals with Peter Stauble, chief pilot of the Franconia Soaring Association.

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Breakfast today

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

We are meeting for breakfast today but flying looks unlikely to Alton Bay and or Lake Memphramagog.

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Breakfast

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Breakfast tomorrow is at the Whistlestop.

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Search for a two seat glider

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Post Mills Soaring Club

Dennis has taken the lead on finding us a medium performance 2 seat glider but we won’t let him do this all on his own now will we. The plan is to contact all the clubs in the U.S (already … Continue reading →

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