Come Fly With Me!

Last week, I volunteered to be Base Manager for today, so I asked LOTS of questions about what that entailed (sorry Doug!) since I don’t want to mess anything up!

Doug (the club president) was great about answering my questions and I soon felt comfortable about what my role would be for the day.  Lifting weights was involved, too.  I may be able to cancel my gym membership this summer – more $ for soaring! 🙂

Today an audible variometer (shows you when you’re in rising and falling air) was installed in the glider while we waited for it to warm up and for the wind to die down – neither of which happened.  Thus the sporty term…

Someone decided that I would go up first – with another instructor (Ken) to test the skies!  Gee thanks, guys!  Just remember…paybacks!

After some ground school, Ken and I headed up – again, with LOTS of help on the tow!  (I also learned when to make the 200′ call.)

Tow was rough – sporty; the air was rough – sporty; thermals weren’t very strong – sporty; and the landing – you guessed it, sporty!

Now, sporty doesn’t mean you can’t soar…sometimes the sporty days are some of the best thermalling days – or so they tell me! 🙂  The cool thing about the sporty weather and the new variometer is that the audible variometer sounds tones as the air movement changes.  Higher tones indicate rising air and lower tones indicate sinking/falling air.  We had quite the song going since we were rising and falling a lot.  I think we ended up with an entire song before we landed!

We also hit one huge pocket of sink that both of us actually raised off our seats despite being strapped in!  I started giggling and couldn’t believe that instead of being scared, I LOVED it! (Big Grin!!!)

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I set up in the pattern and wouldn’t you know we hit some rising air!  It wasn’t enough to chase, though, so we (okay…Ken) continued with the landing and finished our flight.

I learned lots of little things with Ken that is helping to piece the bigger picture together – and he likes to laugh!  That’s important since I do lots of that – especially at myself!

Two of the other members went up for flights and managed to find some lift – they weren’t students.

After fighting the cold and the wind, we wrapped up operations and closed everything up.  We filled out logbooks, chatted about gliders and said our goodbyes until tomorrow.

Oh, two quick thanks to Rick – for the ‘drink’.  Now you know one of my weaknesses…and to Yves – thanks for lending me your glider catalog.  I’m going to have fun finding my future ride! 🙂

Lesson(s) from today:  First, when I have difficulty, I can say it was due to the sporty weather! 😉  Second, when you think you’ve got your straps tight enough, tug on them ONE MORE TIME – right Ken?

Thanks, honey!

 

YES! 

The family who previously owned the cottage colony where my husband and I stay every fall is brother to the owner of the cottage colony where the first US gliding school was located! 

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So the mystery is solved…for now…stay tuned for more information!

Happy Easter – all!

Today found Al and I childless – more or less – so we took advantage of the warm weather and headed to the airfield.

Because it was a holiday, there were very few of us there and I got to fly with a different instructor, Roy Busse.  He used to be a commercial pilot, so I was a bit nervous.

My fears were unfounded, however, and my close to an hour flight proved to be exhausting but FULL of wonderful information and LOTS of learning!  Thanks, Roy!!

While it wasn’t quite as warm today as it was yesterday, it turned out to be a beautiful day for thermalling!  Right off release, I found a thermal and rode it up 2,000 feet!  WooHoo! 🙂  That’s the highest I’ve been since beginning training – 5,400 feet – and I found it on my own!  (Actually, I got VERY LUCKY…but only Roy and I know that! ;-))

Today I worked on takeoff (did it on my own), tow (not so much on my own), thermalling (again, LUCKY!), trim usage (now put your hands up!) and speed to fly while learning more about pattern entry, and pattern crosswind landings.

WHEW!  See why I was tired?
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Only two of us went up today, so it was a short day.  After closing up, we hung around a bit and enjoyed the sunshine.

Looking forward to learning more about each member, reading/studying my glider manual (thanks, honey!) and of course, soaring!

Lesson from today: When the glider is trimmed, you can let go of the stick and it won’t do a nosedive! 

Thanks so much for that lesson, Roy and…

Thanks, honey!

ANOTHER NOTE:  We found out the name of the owners of the cottage colony where the first gliding school was located in South Wellfleet is the same as the previous owners of the colony we stay each October…are they be related?  We’ll let you know…

Today started out beautiful!  T-shirt weather, even – and we all know what that means, right?  If not, keep reading…

I packed up my soaring bag last night complete with water and snacks like Jim told me.  I added my logbook, a small notebook, my soaring book to study in case I had time, and other items I thought I’d need for the day, so I was ready to go – or so I thought.

Al reminded me that I had to put on my tattoo from Lisa – thus T-shirt weather was perfect.

I think most of my friends know that I’m simple in what amuses me and putting on a ‘kiddie’ tattoo reminded me of when my kids used to wear them.  It was just fun and I couldn’t wait to show it off so I rolled up my sleeves (minus the pack of cigs) and made sure my ‘cool’ new body jewelry was visible.

Sporting my new soaring cap from yesterday’s trip, and of course my tattoo, Al drove me to the airport for what turned out to be my 2nd and 3rd lessons.

Of course I immediately began showing off my excitement about soaring by showing off my tattoo, which one person thought was real!  Everyone loved it and a couple made sure to get pix of it which you can check out on the pictures page.

Today we used runway 23- the LONG one – which I’m liking, except for the walk from/to the hangar.  I hear walking is good for you, though.  Somehow I think I’ll be doing LOTS of that this summer at the airport!  I may need MORE weights in the glider at the end of the summer – :-).

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After learning a bit more about the ‘jobs’ that we all must do as club members, it was time for lunch, so Al and I headed out for a bite and for some suntan lotion.  Don’t know what I was thinking not packing that this morning!

Upon returning to the field, it was time to do my second flight of the day.  This time we were up for 30 minutes…the weather was definitely choppier than before and I thought for sure I wasn’t going to make it through the tow!  “More rudder, less aileron!”  Easy for you to say, Jim!  I think maybe I’m hoping the stick is really just a joystick for a video game, and I can just hit the power button when I’ve had enough…guess not.

We did more turns – which I’m getting quite good at executing…ok maybe not so good because I learned that spiraling isn’t the same as turning…who knew?  It felt fine to me.  After more speed to fly and thermalling practice, we headed into the pattern, which Jim walked me through.  Turns out I’m quite good at getting us at pattern altitude – or lower – Sorry Jim!

We hung out a little longer before leaving the field for the day.  Great day for soaring…I think I’m going to like this! 🙂

Lesson from today:  The rudder pedals AREN’T like car pedals and the stick ISN’T like the steering wheel!

Thanks, honey!

NOTE: Al and I did more research on the whole Cape Cod soaring history and found it to be quite fascinating.  We learned that the first gliding school in the US was located on land right across the road from our annual vacation cottage!  How cool is that?  We can’t wait to get back there to go ‘tour’ the gliding camp and some of the original buildings that are still there.  Al has also added lots of links here to many articles about Cape Cod’s soaring history, so be sure to check them out when you have time.

Today was a vacation day for Al & I so we planned a day trip in ‘his’ plane to Elmira, NY, to visit the National Soaring Museum.

As a quick aside, my husband has his Private Pilot Certificate and a share in a Cessna 172, so if I finish, we’ll be rated for with and without engine!

Beautiful weather made for a smooth flight down and back.

After arriving in Elmira, we walked a short distance to a local deli and had some great food.  We naturally had to walk back – and even further – to the actual Elmira terminal, to catch a ride to the museum.

What one can’t tell from the picture (although it says Harris Hill) is that the glider airport is on top of a hill!  Not much runway for either the glider or the tow plane, but they manage nicely.

Lisa, the woman running the museum, was extremely friendly and full of information for us!  More about her later, though.

The museum is full of gliders of all sizes, shapes and color – along with all of the history, too.

All was quiet until another family entered…now I like kids – I have four…but there’s something unsettling about looking at gliders which are so peaceful and quiet to watch and to fly, so we let them ‘play through’ so we could enjoy our experience.  And boy, did I!  🙂

By the time we entered the gift shop – where Lisa was working – I had already picked out the glider I wanted to buy!  No kidding – after one lesson I’m ready to go shopping for a Schweizer 1-35.

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I finally decided on a cap – yes, I have to wear one in the glider – and a couple of postcards.  Lisa thought it would be funny to give me a couple of tattoos – can’t wait to put them on!  THANKS LISA!

A quick walk to watch the gliders take off ended in our ride arriving and taking us back to the airport to head home. 

Note to self: research more about the gliding school that was located in South Wellfleet since that’s where we vacation every October!

Along with the fun, comes the not-so-fun…you hear many things on plane radios that you never hear on car radios.

As we neared the Syracuse airport on the way to Elmira, we heard a transmission from a Life-Flight helicopter pilot.  He was coming in from the Albany Medical Center (1/2 hour from our home) to the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse (2 hours from our home).  We don’t know why…but can imagine it can’t be good.

I’m not nearly as exhausted from flying four hours as I was soaring for 30 minutes!

Gotta work on my mental stamina!  But that’s part of the reason I’m doing this, right?

Now it’s off to soaring again tomorrow.

Thanks, honey!

Two days have gone by since my first lesson and unfortunately, it’s warmed up and my smile is still there!  Guess it wasn’t just frozen after all… 🙂

Al has written the check and I’ve been added to the list of members…there’s no going back now.  I’m now officially a member of the Saratoga Soaring Association – what have I done?

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Thanks, honey!

Let me back track and share with you my first hand-written journal entry about my new endeavor…

March 9:  Well, Al (my husband) has opened the door to me getting my Glider Pilot Certificate and he suggested I keep a journal to see how my thinking changes throughout the process…so here it is.

After looking at the requirements, I am sure I won’t be soloing!  There’s SO MUCH to learn, do and remember that I’m not confident I’ll ever be able to finish. 

I do look foward to trying, though, and fully enjoying the process.

So for now I’m reading and preparing for lessons that may begin as early as the end of March or the beginning of April – weather dependent, of course.

And I’m off!

March 27:  Who would have thought that you could soar in such cold weather?

After working this morning and getting bundled in layers, I headed out to 5B2 (Saratoga County Airport) for my first gliding lesson.

I actually had an introductory flight near the end of last season and LOVED it, so I spent the winter contemplating actually trying to learn something new.

While working with my students, however, something struck me.  I tell others to stay active and keep trying new things to keep their brains ‘young’, but I wasn’t actually living that way!  While I do keep my brain ‘tuned’ through my work with the kids, I don’t actually do much to stretch or keep it growing. 

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My instructor, Jim Morzillo, gave me a quick briefing and off we went.  He didn’t warn me that he would be handing the glider off to me so quickly…like on tow!  Actually, that turned out to be ok since I didn’t have time to be scared or to over think what I was supposed to do.  We survived!

The gliding wasn’t too bad.  Thermals were few and not too strong and we spent 30 minutes learning some maneuvers and how to read the instrument panel. 

Finally, our time was up and we headed back to earth. 

Back on solid ground, I started learning the ropes of the ground operations like hooking up the glider to the tow plane, getting the glider on the runway for tow in addition to some of the signals used to actually get the glider in the air.

A chilly, but absolutely fun afternoon.

For those of you who heard I had a permanent smile, well, it was just frozen that way from the cold! 😉

Lesson from today:  Gliding, unlike power flying, is “all flying all the time!”

Can’t wait to get back out there next weekend!

Thanks, honey!