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Farmville, NC - Flanagan Field (N08)

 


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Two New Private Pilots

After several postponements due to rain, wind snow and sickness it was finally time for more check rides at Flanagan Field. Freddy and Sarah Wendland were ready on January 31st, Freddy's 16th birthday, but the weather didn't agree. On Saturday March 6th several members showed up to support them.

The weather was great but just a bit cool out in the breeze. Freddy went first and passed the oral and practical with flying colors. When Sarah got started on her turn the rest of us set up a table and chairs in the sun out of the wind and ordered lunch. Sarah and examiner Ed Holland took a break with us for some Andy's cheese burgers. They got back to work on the exam and the rest of us headed back to the runway 03 for a K7 flight.

Sarah passed her exam with flying colors as well. We now have two new private pilots in the club. Congrats to Sarah and Freddy! Click HERE for more pictures.


Two Fresh Glider Ratings

On Sunday December 6th, two club members added the glider rating to their Private Pilots License. It was cold and the field was wet but with the help of some dedicated club members David Manning and Calvin Mayo managed to get their flights in. The check rides were scheduled for Saturday but were rained out. Congratulations to David and Calvin. The two are pictured below with CFI-G Frank Wendland.


David Manning
 


Calvin Mayo
 


Bob Neil Flies Solo


It was a very cold Saturday, December 12th, but that didn't keep a hand full of club members from flying. Bob Neil first made a few training flights. Bob's third flight turned out to be his first solo. Congratulations to Bob. David Manning removed Bob's shirt tail and we all signed it.

Freddie and Sarah both completed their final preparation flights with their Dad. They should now be ready for their January check rides.
 


Schleicher Ka6-CR Flies Again

We finally got some pictures of the club K6 in flight. There was great weather for flying on the weekend of November 7th & 8th. The prior weekend was a total washout.

We had a few flights Saturday but we got really busy Sunday with a better turnout. There were lots of K6 and K7 flights Sunday. A few members will be going for their Glider add on rating in December so there were several K7 check ride preparation flights.

Click HERE for more pics.


New Soaring Video Posted

In August Bill King showed up with his new 5 mega pixel digital video camera. It's about the size of a pack of cigarettes so we mounted it on the glider wing tip. After initial flights Bill found that it's limited to 25 minute clips regardless of available memory. That was a little disappointing but the 25 minutes it does save are well worth the effort. Not to mention that many of our flights are less than 25 minutes long.  :^) 

One weekend we planned some air to air work with the tow plane. Rick and Calvin loaded up in the Super Cub with another video camera. Bill and Freddie flew the K7. Check out the movie Bill put together from that flight. It can be found on YouTube with the following link. ( Ka7 Soaring #8 081509 )

UPDATE: See Bill's latest creation on YouTube (Ka7 Soaring #9 093009).


 

 

Updated:  Monday March 08, 2010


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