The Permanant Gate Access Code for Omega Hills is Now Active

Our group’s exclusive access code, give to those who attended the orientation, for entrance into the Omega Hills property has been programmed into the access gate control system.  Effective immediately, please begin use of that code for access.  Please circulate this information to anyone who may have utilized the temporary code provided last week, as it has been deactivated.

Also, a reminder that the “*” button must be pressed after entering your four digit code to activate the automatic opener.

If you did not attend the slope orientation and want access to our new slope soaring site contact greg@slopeflyer.com.

Omega Hills sloping 10/27/07

Club Member Michael Davidson sent in this report.

Astrowings members flying: Dave Kraemer, Mirko Bodul, Greg Smith,
Michael Davidson

Strong and gusty winds greeted Dave and I around noon at the new Omega Hills slope site on Saturday. Winds were out of the northwest around 15-20 mph. Not sure of the temperature, but it is definitely time to start gearing up for our year ’round slope season with plenty of layers and warm gloves.

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Omega Hills Flying 10-26-07

Dave K and I had planned to take a trip to South Dakota this weekend and so he had a couple of days off from work. It is hunting season in SD and rooms are few and far between. Our favorite motel in Chamberlain was all booked so we decided to stay local. With the opening of our new site at the Omega Hills landfill it was a safe bet that we would get some flying in if there was wind.

Thursday Dave and I met at Omega Hills and found a due east wind at 8-10 mph. We flew the face that faces Northeast and while it was not spectacular it was very flyable. Dave flew his Spyder and I few my Pixel. After about 45 minutes the lure of the east wind prompted us to head to Concordia.

We continued down the coast of Lake Michigan for most of the day and had a good day of sloping here in Wisconsin.

There is more about the day of slope flying in Wisconsin on the slopeflyer.com and soarmilwaukee.com sites if you are interested.

Omega Hills Orientation Report

Orientation day on Sunday, October 21st  was about as perfect as could be hoped for! Mid-70’s and 30mph of wind! I think there were at least 30 visitors to the site and a dozen or more pilots flew.

What are all those people doing on that hill?

I had a great time with my Pixel and Wizard Compact II. Team Bandt from Janesville proved the potential for PSS planes like the LEG Warbirds with 60-inch P-51D Mustangs as well as their LEG ODR planes while Steve Meyer flew the largest plane of the day, an over 3-meter Fazer with a pound and a half of ballast. Dave K had out a 60-inch Spyder, A Lumberjack and a CSD Mustang. Russ had his whistling Vern Hunt plane called High Anxiety. In addition, several Weasels and 48-inch wings flew. All in all we could not have hoped for a better first day at the new slope.

Jack Dowden,<jdowden@wm.com>, the fellow we are supposed to notify when we fly at the Omega Hills slope site, asked me to let you all know that we should add Larry Buechel <lbuechel@wm.com> to the notifications we send when we intend to fly at the site. So, send a note to both Jack and Larry.

Russ’s Vern Hunt design called High Anxiety.

Dave launching a CSD Mustang

New Slope Site in Southeast Wisconsin - Orientation Sunday, October 21, 2007

Howdy slope pilots! The long wait is over. Things turned out a bit differently than we’d originally planned but our friends and fellow club members at AstroWings of Wisconsin helped us finally gain access to one of our local “Holy Grail” slope spots. Thanks to AstroWings and especially Roger Zahn, as well as the folks at Waste Management for this opportunity.

On Saturday, October 6th Mirko, Greg and Tracy made a preliminary venture to the Omega Hills Waste Management site in Germantown, Wisconsin for some test flying of what promises to be a great venue for slope soaring action in Southeast Wisconsin. On this particular day the wind was about as poor a direction (SW) as we could have and we still had many flights of 10-15 minutes. I had on at least 20 minutes. Remember this was in the least favorable wind direction!

For those of you who have been looking forward to flying at Omega hills please mark your calendars for Sunday, October 21st at Noon. We will meet at the Omega Hills gate on County Line Rd. and be given an orientation by the site manager outlining the few rules that we need to be aware of. After that we will be free to fly!

If you will be attending the orientation please RSVP greg@slopeflyer.com. I need to get a head count for the site manager.

Also, please remember, to fly at this site you will need to be an AMA member and an AstroWings of Wisconsin member too. I will have membership applications for AstroWings at the site.

FYI, this has been over 5 years in the making and we are really looking forward to making this relationship work. Your help as responsible pilots and people will be greatly appreciated!