Brokenstraw Soaring Club
Youngsville, PA
Come join us anytime!
Daily
memberships available to glider pilots,
you must have your own glider but can buy tows at low club rates...
membership $10.00 a day
COME JOIN US RSVP PLEASE!
Winter Projects
New pilot certificates for BSC members
it's freezing cold at Brokenstraw in
December but sunny and warm in Florida!
All's well that ends well at
Seminole Lake Gliderport for Sue & Bill - we all ended up smiling - -
FINALLY! Pictured from left to right: Jim Gager (Sue's Instructor), Wiley
(Tow Pilot), Knut (Examiner), Sue (Private Student), Bill (Commercial Student),
Jan (Bill's Instructor).
Pawnee engine overhaul
Over the winter the Pawnee tow plane engine went
through a major overhaul
and was modified to 250 HP!
Club &
Members Sailplanes
Brokenstraw gliders
L-23
Super Blanik
September 2009 Tim Mara and Bill
Holder partnered to buy an L23 Super Blanik that is currently on lease to BSC
until the newly purchased L-13 arrives fro the Czech republic that will become
the clubs own twin seater and trainer as well.
Currently owned by Bill
Holder and Tim Mara and on lease to BSC
Technical Data / Performance
Wing span 53.1 ft.
Length 27.9 ft
Height 6.2 ft
Wing area 206.1 sft
Empty weight 683.5 lbs
Max. weight 1168 lbs
Never exceed speed 124 kts
Rough air speed 81 kts
Aero tow speed max. 81 kts
Winch speed max. 65 kts
Stall speed at max. weight 32 kts
G-limits with 2 pilots +5.3/-2.65
G-limits with 1 pilot +6.0/-3.0
Max. glide ratio 2 pilots 28:1 at 49 kts, 1 pilot 28:1 at 43 kts
Min. rate of sink 160 fpm at 37 kts
L-13 Banik
currently undergoing factory overhaul at LET in the Czech republic and soon to
become the next BSC owned two seater for members and training
Glasflugel Hornet "C"
co-owned by Bill Holder and
Tim Mara
The Hornet C will start it's new life at Brokenstraw in 2010
Tim and Bills 304CZ was sold and this
(one of 2 in the USA) Carbon Hornet was taken on trade.
ASW15B
Was purchased for BSC May 2010
Flying now but will undergo a refinish over the next
winter, already the glader has had significant work done including new wheel,
tires. radio
installation and
completely new instrument panel among other improvements
Club Libelle
co-owned by Cori Capik, JJ Kush, Bill Holder and Sue Wonderling
Dan's LS3
(typical location)
John
Reynolds Grob
Astir CS
Rick
Hernan's Grob
Astir CS
Grob Astir CS
Co-owned by Tom Richter and Dave Davilla
DG300
Picture coming
was purchased by Pete Hall for himself and grandson Matt Williams
Coming
soon!
?
coming to Brokenstraw!
Arriving June 2010
NEW HpH 304S
Jochen Ewald photo
Wings & Wheels own new HpH
304S 18 meter sailplane will be arriving March-April 2010 and will be based at
Brokenstraw Soaring Club. The 304S was featured Cover photo and centerfold
picture for the first issue of Soaring magazine for 2010 and also the main
article for the same magazine was the extensive and impressive HpH 304S
Sailplane flight test.
Come see it, prospective buyers are welcome to come see and if qualified take a
test flight!
Grob G103 Twin II
Bill Holders Grob Twin was sold in 2010
Matt's Libelle
Matt Williams 201 Libelle was sold in 2010
Schweizer
1-34
Co-owned by Bill Holder, Tim Mara
and Pete Hall
this
glider was sold in 2010
Al Gustafson's beautiful
L-Spatz-55 was sold March 2010
Brokenstraw Soaring Clubs Ka6CR
This excellent K6 was sold February 2010
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Brokenstraw Soaring Clubs Schleicher K8
this glider was sold in 2010
2009-2010 CLUB WINTER PROJECTS
November 14th 2009 the L-23 was
disassembled and taken to the maintenance hangar to begin it's transformation.
Buffed, polished and waxed along with instrument renovations and trailer
fitting to make it ready for the 2010 season.
Here Pete Hall, Sue Wonderling and
Tim Mara along with (not in the picture) JJ, AL Dave and Bill share in the
polishing chores.
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November 28th 2009
BSC Members including Bill, Sue JJ, Al, Tim and John the final polishing and
coats of Wx/Seal and Wx/Block were applied to transform the dull weathered
finish into a gleaming "as-new" Super Blanik. The work to fit the
L-23 to the old K7 trailer was started with Pete Hall fabricating anchor pins
and hardware, Bill fabricating and installing a center channel and everyone
doing the heavy lifting and giving advice :o). Another week of fabrication is
needed to finish the trailer project before sending it out for sanding and
painting then this too will be another finished project ready for the 2010
season.
some of the work crew that helped transform the old K7(?) Trailer to fit the
L23
...L-R, Tim, Al, Bill (hiding behind wing), Rick and Sue others who helped not
pictured here
Dave, JJ, Pete, John and Austin
Left to right: #1 and #2 Wing Spar towers by Bill Holder. Custom machined
trailer wing spar pins and sleeves by Pete
#3 Having a winch or lift to hold things in place makes work easier
Tim designing and forming tail holders with legal advise from Rick
#4 Tail holder in place and wing tip cradles
#5 Tail fixture in place
#6 - #7 It's nice when it all comes together and still fits!
2009 Season
The 2009 soaring
season has come to an end at Brokenstraw with the first snowfall on October
15th. 2009 will be remembered for many great flights, several cross country
starts for the more novice flyers and Dan Olson has regained the Boomerang
trophy from Dansville. We've added new members, we now have a K6 added to the
club fleet and a Glasflugel Hornet C is a new partner owned glider on the
field. The K7 that started BSC has been sold as was the Grob Twin along with
the 304CZ so these gliders have moved on to new owners and locations
Come join us!
BROKENSTRAW
AIRPORT
2009 LABOR DAY WEEKEND
39th
Annual Fly-In / Drive-In Picnic
Another "near
perfect" Labor day weekend event as visitors started to arrive
Excellent soaring, excellent food, excellent friends and visitors.
September 6th Flight
It appeared Sunday was going to be an
"iffy" day of soaring. The day started off with high cirrus cloud
cover, cooler temperatures and light east winds. The first gliders launched but
stayed close to the field hanging on to whatever lift they found and generally
not climbing much above 3000 feet but as the day progressed every glider
that launched stayed aloft and eventually made climbs to 6,000' and some nearly
7,000' MSL. The day continued to improved and only fatigue called the pilots
home. Below is a flight trace from 304CZ "HM", Tim Mara who
joined by LS3 "DD", Dan Olson and Libelle "MW" Matt
Williams made the flight together.
"click on imaged for flight traces and statistics
First new glider pilot solo for 2009
OK, it wasn't
ovenight...but on June 6th
Sue Wonderling made her first "Glider" solo in the Grob Twin
Sue is also an accomplished Power pilot.. but the glider "thing" took
some "gettin used to".
but now she's hooked! (if not a bit wet)
Season begins
April 18th was
officially the first flying day for BSC. Cool and windy with high cirrus clouds
did no not deny those who made these first 2009 flights.
Dan (LS3) Rick (Astir CS) and Tim (SGS-134) all made climbs to or near 7500',
Dan and Tim made the short run to Fairbank Farms, Warren and back before
calling it day 1.
The final assembly of the "fleet" was completed on April 26th and the
hangar filled to the brim ready for the season.
In 2008 we added 3
new club members and 2 partnership gliders were brought to the field. We
also have two new private glider pilots with Matt Williams and Austin Zeyfang
both passing their practical and flight test among the many accomplishments at
BSC.
On October 6th 2007 Matt Williams got an early
Christmas surprise when his grandfather
showed up unannounced with a Glasflugel Libelle.
Starting to sink in.....this really is "MY GLIDER"!
"SOARFEST"
37th Annual Fly-In / Drive-In Picnic
Saturday September 1, 2007—Noon until Sunset
Another GREAT Labor Day event is in the bag...
Once again we had a great turn-out with visitors from Aero Soaring, Cleveland
and the locals all filling the sky with excellent soaring enjoyed by all...
Thermal conditions were excellent on Saturday, good one Sunday and still
soarable on Monday but then we were finally shut out late in the day as high
cirrus clouds came to tell us it was time to go home.
Everyone there remarked at want an excellent site Brokenstraw is for
sailplanes...fly as long as you like, enjoy the company and facilities and just
relax with friends...just as it should be
Hope you too will join in next year!
getting assembled and ready
Pig Roast....no one wanders far away when this is almost ready!
SOARING!
DD (LS3) from the cockpit of HN (Pegasus) north of Brokenstraw near Chautauqua
Lake
Warren Whitford (his
first XC flight, about 1 mile short of silver distance)in the Aero Soaring
Club's K8 at cloud base (6500') flying from Aero Soaring Club to
Braokenstraw, photo shot was from Tim in HN after meeting Warren half way
Brokenstaw Soaring
clubs K7 coming in to land after a near perfect Labor day soaring
adventure
2007
In 2007 Matt
Williams and Austin Zeyfang both got to solo in the BSC K8 !
Austin Zeyfang joined BSC in 2007 and has since soloed with the CAP 233's,
L23's and more recently soloed the K7 at Brokenstraw. Since the CAP doesn't
encourage "soaring" as a sport Austin's logbook had only two out of
nearly 60 flights with altitudes above release with the CAP he had in his dual
first K7 flight at BSC an altitude gain of nearly 5000 feet! Since then he has
completed his SSA "A, "B", and on only his 3rd solo
completed the "C" Badge requirements.
#2 on the ground crew and #1 cookie baker is Jennifer Williams
Pete Hall joined the club in 2007, Pete is tow pilot, Terri Williams
father, Jenny and Matt's grandfather and financier for Matt's soaring. Pete
also got his glider rating 20? years ago in 2-33's but never had a soaring
flight until this one ended after 2+ hours a short X-C and 5000'+ altitude
gains at BSC with Tim....
chances are, Pete will do more soaring now :o)
2006 THE YEAR IN
REVIEW
Brokenstraw
Soaring's newest solo pilot
Matt Williams
Congratulated by
CFI-G Rick Hernan and is given his proper soaking by Club President Bill Holder.
Matt soloed on his 14th birthday, November 10th, 2006.
Matt's Grandfather, Pete Hall, was the tow pilot through Matt's training, and
did the honors for the solo flights.
Congratulations Matt!
NEWEST "PRIVATE GLIDER PILOT" AT
BSC
Congratulations
Cori!.......It's Official!
Cori Capik
accepting her Private Pilot certificate from FAA Pilot Examiner Bob
Bianco from the Rochester FSDO on August 10th, 2006 having successfully
completed her FAA Private Pilot practical examination and flight test.
And with her FIRST PASSENGER as an FAA Certificated "PRIVATE
PILOT"
Here Cori straps her Mom, Cherry in for a ride in the BSC K7
Cherry also is a "Private Pilot Airplane" having just
recently also passed her FAA check ride
and wishing them many more....
Sunday July 30th 2006
It's getting pretty
hard not to make Cori the main attraction,
(seriously folks there are other things going on at BSC!) But again on Sunday
July 30th., Cori made another milestone with her first flight in a modern
fiberglass sailplane, the Club Libelle.
(Cori is one of 4 partners in this glider)
Getting serious: July 9th
2006 Cori made her first flight of a single-seater in the
Brokenstraw Soaring Club's K8
BOOMERANG
Changing hands twice in 2006
Boomerang Trophy - The Region 3
Boomerang Trophy is a "capture-the-flag" style of trophy. Starting at
their home field, any soaring enthusiast who is a member of Soaring Region 3
can land at the gliderport of another club then in possession of the Boomerang,
and that club must turn over the wooden trophy and its log book. In the logbook
are the comments, notes and reminiscences of previous pilots' Boomerang
exploits. The pilot now taking possession gains the right to place his
Boomerang Trophy Story in the log book, and to hold onto the Trophy until another
competitor comes to snatch it. The Trophy fosters cross-country soaring and
friendly competition among clubs.
In 2006 one of our members, Rick Hernan made the flight to Dansville to
re-claim the Boomerang
The Trophy stayed secure at Brokenstraw until August 13th when it was claimed
by Niklay Silipov from Harris Hill Soaring Club.
Image above of Riz after returning home to
Dansville (Finger Lakes Soaring) with the Boomerang trophy
The Region 3 Boomerang trophy has resided at Brokenstraw Soaring club for the
last 2 years only making a short vacation at Mayville NY (Aero Soaring Club)
for a few days before members from BSC once again flew in to claim it. Finally
on July 23rd 2005 Jim Rizzo from Finger Lakes Soaring Club made the flight into
Brokenstraw to claim the trophy....
Congratulations to RIZ! .... We'll be back for this very very soon!
2005 a
year in review
PARTNERS!
A Club Libelle partnership was formed in August 2005 at Brokenstraw Soaring
Club
The first partner to take flight was JJ Kush on August 28th.
and
Previous:
First flights
take place at Brokenstraw Soaring Club
Pawnee 235
Club
founding members gather with the first Club Ship....
Schleicher K7
The
Airport
The local
area
A river runs through it.........Brokenstraw Creek
Chautauqua Lake (NY) to the north taken from the Libelle
Allegheny River and Warren Pa to the east
Information on:
Brokenstraw Soaring Club, Rates and membership
HOW TO FIND
US.......
http://www.airnav.com/airport/P15
FAA Identifier: P15, 1 mile E of PITTSFIELD, PA
Lat/Long:
41-49-57.3690N / 079-21-41.5940W
41-49.956150N / 079-21.693233W
41.8326025 / -79.3615539
(estimated)
Elevation: 1230 ft. / 375 m (estimated)
Printable
Local Driving map to the airport on this link
Official site of
Brokenstraw Airport
www.flybrokenstraw.com
Brokenstraw Airport - Pittsfield, PA - (P15)
Current Brokenstraw weather available on:
http://www.wunderground.com/swf/Rapid_Fire.swf?units=both&station=KPAPITTS30