The forecasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday kept changing. I was looking for an opportunity to complete my FAI Silver Badge for soaring with a 50 km flight. The requirement is to get anywhere that is at least 50 km away from both the point of takeoff and the point of release from the tow […]
The plan for the day started as Bart and I swapping off between the L-33 glider and a tow plane. Bart was gracious enough to let me fly the glider first to make a 2nd attempt at a C badge 1 hour flight and, if things went well, one of the needed 2 hr Bronze […]
Tyson visits a few airports and landmarks on his way through Colorado to Salt Lake City.
Tyson flies out to Utah with the Bearhawk in preparation for a backcountry flying and backpacking vacation.
It took me 3 days to ski St. Mary’s Glacier. I managed to fly out to Colorado ahead of Emilie and Isaac so that I could acclimate to the altitude. I arrived in Colorado on Sunday and drove up to my rented apartment located next to St. Mary’s Glacier at just over 10,000 ft. The […]
In early November, one of the local glider club members proposed a trip to the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, NY. The trip was delayed repeatedly due to weather, personal schedules, holidays, oh… and weather. The first weekend in February, enough stars finally aligned. Emilie was unable to join because of recovering from a flu […]
I am starting to prepare for a check ride to get my glider rating. The trick to passing a check ride isn’t proving all the amazing things you can do. It is focusing on doing just the required things well. That often includes selecting a single glider to do most of your flying and making […]
Emilie had installed a pair of EV chargers at her Air B&B property in The White’s and needed to test them; but we don’t have an EV. Our friend Benoît from Montreal has an EV. We were overdue for getting together. So this weekend we met up in Bethlehem to test the chargers and go […]