On a day where the morning fog took time to clear, MSA was able to get glider activities going! With the season headed towards winter break, good soaring days are limited. However several members pulled out their personal gliders and two more checkrides were administered. Courtney passed his private pilot Read more…
Today the Midwestern Soaring Association had 2 checkrides lines up with DPE Van Wormer. Mike Ketteman passed his Private Pilot Glider checkride and Sam Samarasinghe passed his Commercial Pilot Glider checkride. Congratulations to both! There was plenty of work for the 2-22 today as there were instruction rides between the Read more…
These times are challenging as we all know. But with proper regulations and safety measures, gliding is perfectly socially distant. What is even more exiting is that one of our members, Bruce Casolari got his first solo flight in the 2-22 today. Congratulations Bruce on this major accomplishment and more Read more…
With our social distancing new normal probably being in effect for quite some time, some glider field procedures to follow: Stay six feet apart as much as possible. If helping someone assemble a ship, one person on the root and one on the tip Try to bring your own wipes Read more…
We had the pleasure to host Mark Honer for a day at the midwestern soaring association. He took some amazing footage of our operations, doing what we love to do: flying gliders. Enjoy the video!
Even though the number of days remaining we will fly this season may be limited, we still take all opportunities to get out and go flying! Today we flew 17 glider flights, there was CAP operation in the morning in both the L23 and the 2-22 and the MSA went Read more…
September has already started and midwestern soaring association is still active. The towplane got fixed on Labor Day so September 7th we were good to fly again! The forecasts were blue skies and a limited mixing height. A good day to do some training flights, but also some fun flights Read more…
The gliding season started late this year. Nevertheless we have been flying almost every weekend since! Here is a collection of pictures I took or that got send to me. I will try to post the pictures more frequent and get more frequent updates on this website. Enjoy the pictures Read more…
Even with the late start this summer, Midwestern Soaring Association has been flying a lot! Part of this are the flights for the Civil Air Patrol. A handful of MSA members are also part of the CAP. Gliding operations at Richter Airport include O-Rides for the CAP Cadets as part Read more…
Saturday was a great day with many accomplishments within the club. The skies were blue, but Mike Ketteman was able to stay away all afternoon in his Libelle! There were quite some flights and thermal activity was present. Both Courtney and Tucker flew for the first time in the Schweizer Read more…