Welcome
Thank you for visiting the Cumulus Soaring, Inc. web site.  My goal is to help you find the right soaring instruments, software, books and videos for your needs and help you use them.  What sets me apart from my competitors is that I help you use the instruments and/or software through one-on-one phone support (with web conferencing) and through informational training CDs.  I have created many "Value Added" features to this web site including Product Comparisons & Selection Guides to help you find the products that are best for you, my Soaring Links web site, and the free Soaring Classified Ads web site.  I have invested heavily in stock so you can get any of the products quickly.  I also spend considerable time learning how to use each product so I can support you well.  I consider myself a servant.  If I do a good job serving you I hope you will buy from me and tell your friends to buy from me. 

November 2011 Edition of Soaring News newsletter

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Gift Ideas
The Gift Ideas page includes low cost items that are perfect gifts for your soaring friends.  Or use the page to let your friends and loved ones know what you would like to receive.

Sale Items
The Sale Items page includes items that are new but slightly out of date, and used items.  There are some very good deals to be found there.

Proud Family Man
My favorite web site, is my personal web site because it contains photos of my wonderful family - I love my wife and kids and love being a father.

Site Navigation Tips
Go to the Catalog pages for the most complete listing of products sorted by product category and manufacturer.  Or use the menu on the top of every page to navigate through the site. Clicking on the logo on the top of any page will bring you back to this home page.  I also use the Manufacturers list in the table below often.

Catalogs - By Product Category - By Manufacturer - Printable Video & Book List - Printable Catalog Sorted by Manufacturer - Printable Scale Models Brochure

Value and Excellent Support
Cumulus Soaring, Inc. offers soaring products and excellent technical support.  I aim to be friendly and fun.  I want to be sure that you are happy with your soaring tools and I strive to help you get the most out of them.

Paul Remde
I have been flying gliders since 1990.  I'm a very technical person who loves talking about soaring, badge flying, soaring instruments, GPSs, Pocket PCs, etc.   I am knowledgeable about badge, record, contest and aerobatic flying, and ready to help you select and use the right instruments and software for your soaring needs.  I hold all the FAI Badge legs for my Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond badges - with the exception of the altitude gain legs (which are nearly impossible to obtain in Minnesota).  I have flown in 5 soaring contests, acted as Competition Director in 2 contests, Contest Manager in 2 contests, and have won 9 Minnesota state soaring records.  I am also the MN state soaring record keeper.  I have owned several sailplanes including a Schempp-Hirth Ventus b and a Schweizer 1-35c.  I currently own a small share of a lovely DG-1000S.  You can see photos of them on my Soaring Photos web page.  I am also an active member of the Minnesota Soaring Club.  I am very proud of my Soaring Links web site which contains nearly 1000 links to soaring web sites.  My favorite web site, however, is my personal web site because it contains photos of my wonderful family - I love my wife and kids and love being a father.

Please Buy from Me
I work very hard to provide detailed product comparisons for soaring pilots.  I hope you will find this web site useful.  I also offer excellent support to customers who buy from me.  The best way to thank me for the services I offer is to help support my business by buying from me - and please tell your friends about my company.

Customers Outside the United States
I am often asked if I sell to customers outside the U.S.  In fact, I would guess that 1/4 of my sales are to customers outside the U.S.  My online order entry system accepts orders from anywhere in the world.  I generally ship to other countries using U.S. First Class International Airmail.  It gets the product to the customer in about 10 days.  If you prefer faster delivery or insurance and tracking I can ship using US Express Mail International or UPS Express.

Payment Options
For your convenience I accept payment via several methods.  For U.S. customers I strongly prefer payment by check for all orders but accept payment using credit cards if necessary. That saves me the cost of the credit card fees - which add up to tens of thousands of dollars every year.  That stings!  For international customers I require payment using a credit card.  For details, please visit the How to Order page.

Full Panel Discount
I am fortunate to be in a unique situation in that I sell and support products from more soaring manufacturers than any other soaring products vendor in the world.  I have products in stock to help you build a complete instrument panel.  I offer a 5% discount to customers that purchase all the items listed below at the same time (shipped to a single location) and pay by check (not credit card).  This option is popular with customers buying new gliders or upgrading older gliders.  I can ship the items to you or to the glider manufacturer.  To qualify you must buy at least the items listed below.  I'm sorry, but if you don't buy all those items, or items of similar value, I can't give you the 5% discount. 

• Airspeed indicator
• Altimeter
• Variometer (any type)
• Panel mounted radio with microphone and speaker (I'm sorry, no discount available on Becker radios or transponders)
• Compass

Soaring Society of America
The SSA is an excellent resource for glider pilots in the USA and around the world. 
www.ssa.org

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