Post Mills Soaring

The Post Mills Soaring Club flies gliders in Vermont from April to November.

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Slacker Day in the New Climate: Whatever we think we know about the new climate is probably wrong.

It used to be that we never got a cold front in July, and on the rare occasions that cool air from Canada arrived, we never got Spring-like windy… https://t.co/IC0HHnq0hh

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Wave flight:  Andy Kozak (2R) writes:

May 31, 2024 - My most spectacular flight! 

The Skysight forecast was for strong NNW winds with high cloud bases. I had left my glider in the trailer overnight at Post Mills Airfield and was once again going to fly… https://t.co/jZNfLIWPiT

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A real outlanding: We had a Slacker Day on Monday.  Greg (JR), Tim (BU), and David (JD) flew away, and our new member Shawn got a couple of lessons in the 2-33.
The XC guys had great flights, but only one of them made it back home.  At the end of the… https://t.co/Qm1RT08pEc

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Town Meeting January 22: The future of the airport was discussed by the Thetford Selectboard for the first time last night.
It was listed on the agenda as an "update," so we didn't expect any public discussion or debates.  And we were not disappointed… https://t.co/AwNIRO1366

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This is not real:  

How many discrepancies can you spot? https://t.co/lvYnISbgYJ

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This is how the Great Pyramid was built:  

(Ramps and child labor) https://t.co/ggpjmK8VM4

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All flights 2021:   https://t.co/7RwZ2P8q5Y

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Weekend report April 30 - May 1: There was good flying on both days of the weekend, but Sunday was better.

We welcomed new member David Schafer on Saturday, and he got two lessons in the Blanik, the second of which lasted over an hour.  Dennis (DC)… https://t.co/RwJA1QHDzD

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Ridge winds:  On April 25, the wind forecast for two days later looked like this:

Recognizing that it doesn't get better than this, Evan dropped everything, planned an out-and-return record flight, and spent the next day driving to Eagle Field in… https://t.co/TXMna6IJAg

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Opening Day: A lot happened on April 18, our first day of operations at Post Mills.

First of all, the weather was beautiful.

Andy and Don traveled up to Franklin County airport to pick up our freshly-painted towplane.  While they were gone, our new… https://t.co/f8JfqwUa2e

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A respected scholar takes a nosedive. https://t.co/MJmvqpx9Sl

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Region One Contest: Our friends at NESA have announced that they have applied for a sanction to organize the 2022 Region One contest at Springfield.

It will be in the Sports Class and "Bus" (2-seat trainer) classes, and the dates are July 2 - 9, 2022.
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Name that club member:   https://t.co/2eFTYwcYGO

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Ballooning records are goofy:  A new altitude record for standing on top of a balloon. This is probably why we don't hear about flagpole sitting any more. https://t.co/78M0dUhUVs

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Wave Camp 2021: Don the Ironman Towpilot writes: Peter emailed and asked what wave week was like. Here is a short summary. From the first Saturday through the next Saturday, it was all high-pressure warm stable air. Wind was calm on the ground,… https://t.co/j18t5KyO5l

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@ricksheppe Good luck, LEL

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Sometimes you get away with it: Source https://t.co/9KRxXw5jMk

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Last few hours of Spring:   https://t.co/RQc6l5pg5g

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Feel free to go in any direction: Sometimes we have to be reminded how lucky we are to be able to romp around without any significant airspace restrictions. Here's a graphic showing a whole season of flying on New Zealand's North Island.  The two gliding… https://t.co/FSzUCOzpED

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Weekend report May 7 - 9: It's not easy being a newsletter editor when you're out of town on a spectacular soaring day and nobody writes their story.  All of the following is scraped from the OLC, a few emails, and the forum. On Friday, technically a… https://t.co/LIyziYwoDY