Today Gordon and Uwe went to Bill (Billie) Lee in Dickinson to have our parachutes inspected and repacked. Both of us had the opportunity to pull our rip cords and deploying our chutes. Billie not only gave us some great advice how to do it correctly but also shared the details of his inspections while putting it all back together. We learnt a lot on top of all the life stories he shared with us as a Master Parachute Rigger.
Congratulations Andrew Aasletten passing your private pilot check ride today!
Andrew is celebrating with Tony Condon (DPE) left and Pablo Gonzalez (CFI-G) right on this beautiful Saturday at GHSA
New flags, Condor simulator computer & pretty new yellow 42J landing gear legs :)
Thanks to Frank, Manolo and Craig.
Well attended monthly membership meeting today and catching up with friends.
Our GHSA board members Ken (Treasurer), Pablo (VP) and Faraidoon (Secretary) sharing the latest updates and answering member’s questions.
Congratulations Andres, our newest instructor at GHSA!
Gregg Squires (DPA) (l) congratulating Andres Gutierrez (r) to his CFI-G certificate.
With now 16 certified glider instructors GHSA is pleased and proud to help all of our students to become safe and successful pilots. We are very fortunate to have such motivated and enthusiastic members choosing to become instructors and passing on their passion to those who dream to fly gliders. Thanks Andres. Join the fun…..at GHSA!
We officially started the 2026 Soaring Season on New Years Day :) 15 Flights on a Thursday!
Left Picture: Manolo, Frank, Simon, Tim, Faraidoon
(Not show: Kirk, Craig, Pablo, David C. & Uwe)
Today we flew the Ka6, LS4, Blanik L23 5ST, Banana, and the Genesis into the New Year and ended the day grilling. Thanks Frank (Francisco).
Santa was generous bringing us a new golf cart battery and a dispatcher laptop!
Kirk and Simon were excited and did the first test drive.
Thanks David C. for installing the battery and Jasper for the laptop donation.
78F in December at GHSA :). WE ARE FLYING! 24 flights today!
Like every time before flight operations starts, we huddle for the “Hard Start” to discuss safe operations, weather conditions, go over our flight plan for today and who is taking on which role. All suggestions, questions and concerns are always welcome! Together we make it happen!
Simon has been working hard on our Ka6. Awesome headrest and fresh paint around the canopy! You got talent!
Thanks a lot Simon!
Almost 4,000ft with the help of one 4kts thermal I found with the help of circling vultures today. Thanks guys!
As you can see a lot of water left on the ground from the rain we had this week. Not so good for generating thermals. However, at GHSA we fly all year round no matter what. Come and visit us!