Soaring Sites - Places to
Fly Gliders Worldwide
This site contains links to
places you can fly gliders. Such as airports, gliderports, soaring
clubs, commercial soaring centers, etc. It also includes links to
web sites that have links to soaring sites.
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Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada,
Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia,
Finland,
France, Germany,
Hungary, Israel,
Italy,
Japan, Lithuania,
New Zealand,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
South Africa, South
America, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, United
Kingdom,
United States of America |
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AL, AK,
AR, AZ, CA,
CO, CT,
DE, FL,
GA, HI, IA,
ID, IL,
IN, KS, KY,
LA, MA,
MD, ME,
MI, MN, MO,
MS, MT,
NC, ND,
NE, NH,
NJ, NM,
NV, NY, OH,
OK, OR,
PA, RI,
SC, SD,
TN, TX, UT,
VA, VT,
WA, WV,
WI, WY |
Other web sites with extensive links to soaring sites
landings.com - lots of links to soaring sites
gliding.start4all.com
Soaring Society of
America - info. on clubs and commercial operations in the U.S.
which are SSA chapters
Worldwide Soaring
- Details on places to fly gliders around the world - Christian Suttner
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Argentina |
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Asociacion Aeronautica Azul -
Buenos Aires
Club
Argentino de Planeadores Albatros - Biggest and
oldest South American Club, Located in Buenos Aires
Club de
Planeadores Los Caranchos
Patagonia Soaring - Wave flying in Neuquen |
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Australia |
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Australian Soaring
Australian Soaring
Centre - Corowa
Bathurst Soaring Club - The BSC is the closest
soaring club to Sydney with virtually unrestricted airspace (approx. 2
hours drive due west). The club has150 members, a club fleet of 3
trainers & 3 solo gliders, clubrooms, bunkhouse and owns its airfield.
We welcome new members & visitors.
Beaufort Gliding Club
- Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome near Melbourne
Beverley Soaring Society
Byron Bay Soaring -
Joyflights, instruction, charter, NSW
Byron Power Gliding Club - Gliding Club on the north coast of NSW,
Australia with mostly motorgliders in the fleet, flight training, joy
flights, ridge and wave flying with amazing views over the pacific ocean
and beaches
Caboolture Gliding Club
- Queensland
Canberra Gliding Club
Darling Downs Soaring Club
Geelong Gliding Club
- Established in Victoria, in 1929, Geelong Gliding Club was the first
gliding club in Australia.
Gliding Club of Victoria -
Benalla
Gliding Federation of Australia
Harden Gliding Club
Lake Keepit
Soaring Club
Mangalore Gliding Club -
Locksley, Victoria, Australia
Morning Glory - Gulf of
Carpentaria
Narrogin Gliding Club, Inc.
New South Wales Police
Soaring Club
Orana Soaring Club - Narromine - Contact -
Click to e-mail
Royal Australian Navy Gliding
Association
Southern Cross Gliding Club -
Camden (near Sydney)
Southern Riverina Gliding Club -
Tocumwal
Waikerie Gliding Club -
Glider training, hire, and maintenance |
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Austria |
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Academic Flight Group Graz
Flugsportgruppe Union Linz
- One of 3 clubs at the Linz-Ost gliderport |
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Belgium |
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CAP Vol a Voile
Discus - Belgian junior
soaring site
Ghent Aviation
Club - Amougies - Gliding school in the beautifull Flemisch Ardennes |
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Brazil |
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Soaring In Brazil
- with photos of his Nimbus 4 and Links to South American soaring sites
Aeroclube de Balsa Nova -
Próximo a Curitiba (PR)
Aeroclube de Bauru
Aeroclube de Jundiaí (SP)
- Soaring club 25 minuts from São Paulo downtown
Aeroclube de Bebedouro
Aeroclube de
Plandores do Planalto Central
Aeroclube de Tatuí
Aeroclube de Varginha
(MG)
Aeroclube de Vôo a Vela do
Rio de Janeiro - Nova Iguaçú Airport(ICAO - SDNY) near Rio de
Janeiro, Our Fleet: 1 Aero Boero 200HP - tow plane, 2 Blanik L-13, 3
KW-1 Quero-Quero, 1 Grunau Baby II
Clube de Planadores do CTA
- Próximo a São José dos Campos (SP) |
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Canada |
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Bluenose Soaring
Club - Nova Scotia
Canadian Advanced Soaring (CAS) -
Information about Cross-country Soaring
Club de vol à voile de Québec -
Located 35 kilometers north west of the city of Québec
Erin Soaring - Ontario
Invermere Soaring Centre
Montreal Soaring Council - Links to
other Canadian Soaring Sites
Soaring Association of Canada
SOSA Gliding Club -
Canada's Largest Soaring Club - near Toronto/Hamilton, Ontario.
Vancouver Soaring Association
Winnipeg Gliding Club or
Winnipeg Gliding Club -
links page has links to many Canadian soaring sites
York Soaring Association - near
Toronto |
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Croatia |
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Osijek Flight Club
SoaringCroatia, Osijek, Croatia |
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Czech Republic |
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Aeroklub Breclav |
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Denmark |
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Midtsjællands Svæveflyveklub
Svæveflyver
Vejle Svaeveflyveklub
Vestjysk |
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Estonia |
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Ridali Lennuklubi |
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Finland |
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Räyskälä Airfield - The largest
soaring (and sport aviation) center in Finland and Scandinavia, Located
in southern Finland. |
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France |
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Aéro Club Sisteron
Centre Aéronautique de Beynes
Centre National de Vol à Voile
Martin
Kroke - In the south France, Gap-Tallard airfield, Familiarization /
training / safety / practice for towed take off, landings, slope-,
thermal- and wave flights, distance mountain glider flights, aerobatic
flights
www.planeur.net
Quo Vadis
- Gliding aerodrome south of France run by Klaus Ohlmann, performance
training, small and friendly aerodrome |
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Germany |
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Aero Club Landau PF. E.V.
Flugplatz-Leibertingen - German soaring Links page with hundreds of
link
FTV Spandau
"idaflieg" Association of
German Academic Flying Groups
Nolle, Patric - Homepage, GPS Logger for Palm Pilot and soaring
photos
Soaring Club Pinneberg - Site
is available in English as well, Region: Schleswig-Holstein
Worldwide Soaring -
Details on places to fly gliders around the world - Christian Suttner |
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Hungary |
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Soaring Club of Bacs-Kiskun
Copunty - Soaring club situated on the big plane with winch
launching and aerotowing capabilities.
www.landings.hu -
Pilot holidays in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary |
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Israel |
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Medigo Gliding Center
Negev Gliding Center |
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Italy |
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Aliante4g - Italian group
soaring in the Alps
Centro Studi del Volo a Vela
Alpino
Mugello Gliding - Aeroclub Volovelistico del Mugello
- Soaring in Tuscany |
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Japan |
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Kaz SHIMADA's soaring and
aerospace homepage |
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Lithuania |
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Kaunas Gliding Club
Lithuanian Gliding Federation
Šiaulių aeroklubas
SOARING.LT -
General information about soaring in Lithuania. Also official page of
"1st World Women's Gliding Championships" |
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New Zealand |
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GlideOmarama.com
Gliding New Zealand
Southern Soaring - Omarama
Tauranga Gliding Club, Inc. |
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Netherlands |
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Aeroclub Nistelrode
Drienerlose Zweefvlieg
Club "Vlengellam"
Friese Aero Club -
Leeuwarden
Twentsche Zweefvliegclub
Vereniging Historische
Zwiefvliegtuigen - Vintage Glider Club of the Netherlands
Vliegclub Hoogeveen
Zweefvliegen - Gliding
section of Royal Netherlands Aero Club
Zweefvlieg Club Deelen |
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Norway |
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Gardermoen seilflyklubb -
Elverum / Oslo - Active Club, 80 members
Haugaland Seilflyklubb
Jaeren
Seilflyklubb - Stavanger, Norway. We operate a motor glider SF25B.
Os Aero Klubb - 5200 Os |
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Poland |
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Aeroklub Polski
Bielsko-Bialski
Bieszczadzki
Central Gliding School of Polish
Aeroclub at Leszno
Częstochowski
Gliwicki
Grudziądzki
Jeleniogórski
Kielecki
Krainy Jezior-Kętrzyn
Krakowski
Kujawski
Mountain Gliding School "Zar"
- Very nice site!
Nowy Targ
Ostrowski
Pomorski
Poznański
Radomski
Rent an LS8t - Rent an LS8t in
Warsaw, Poland or South Africa
Rybnicki
Słupski
Stalowowolski
Świdnicki
Warmińsko-Mazurski -
official website of Aeroklub Warminsko-Mazurski in Olsztyn (NE Poland)
Warszawski
Ziemi Lubuskiej
Ziemi Pilskiej
Ziemi Wałbrzyskiej
Ziemi Zamojskiej |
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South Africa |
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Bloemfontein Gliding Club - Hosting
club of the SA Nationals.
Drakensberg Soaring Club
Gariep Dam Aviation Club -
long distance soaring site
Magalies Gliding Club - Magaliesburg (NW of Johannesburg)
Rent an LS8t - Rent an LS8t in
Warsaw, Poland or South Africa
Soaring Safaris -
Bloemfontein
Soaring Society of South Africa -
links to many clubs in South Africa
Vaal
Reefs Gliding Club - North West Province |
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South America |
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Gustavo Barion's
site - with photos of his Nimbus 4 and Links to South American
soaring sites |
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Spain |
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Gliding in Madrid - Bienvenido
a esta pagina Güeb |
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Sweden |
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Segelflyget
- Swedish Soaring Federation - This site has
links to over 50 soaring sites in Sweden |
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Switzerland |
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Site with links to Clubs in
Switzerland |
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United Kingdom |
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Bath Wilts & N Dorset Gliding Club
- Weekend gliding club in SW England
Black Mountains Gliding Club
British Gliding Association
Buckminster Gliding Club -
Saltby Airfield, on the border of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
Cotswold Gliding Club -
at Aston Down Airfield in Gloucestershire
Dorset Gliding Club
Essex Gliding Club - A short
subway train ride from London.
Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club -
Wormingford Airfield, Fordham Road, Wormingford, Colchester
General Aviation Awareness Council
Lasham Gliding Society
Midland Gliding Club on the Long
Mynd
Nene Valley
Gliding Club - many links to other soaring clubs
Norfolk Gliding Club
Sailplanes.co.uk - Classified
ads. and books and software
ShireNewton - Trailers and
repairs
Shropshire Soaring Group -
Sleap Airfield, Wem, Shropshire - Shropshire Soaring Group is a small
group of private owners who fly high performance fibreglass sailplanes.
Because of the clubs geographical location, members are able to soar the
wave systems generated by the Welsh mountain ranges.
South Wales
Gliding Club
Staffordshire Gliding
Club
Vectis
Gliding Club, Bembridge, Isle of Wight
Yorkshire
Gliding Club - Yorkshire's premier gliding and soaring site. Enjoy
the spectacular scenery of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
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United States of America
AL,
AK, AR,
AZ, CA, CO,
CT, DE,
FL, GA,
HI, IA, ID,
IL, IN,
KS, KY, LA,
MA, MD,
ME, MI,
MN, MO,
MS, MT,
NC, ND,
NE, NH,
NJ, NM,
NV, NY, OH,
OK, OR,
PA, RI,
SC, SD,
TN, TX, UT,
VA, VT,
WA, WI,
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Alabama |
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Birmingham Soaring Society
- We fly from the Flying X Ranch Gliderport, a 2,900 ft turf runway in
Montevallo, AL.
Huntsville Soaring Club |
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Alaska |
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Arkansas |
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Memphis Soaring Society |
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Arizona |
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Arizona Glider Stuff - Jim D. Burch
Arizona Soaring Association -
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Soaring, Inc. - Estrella
Sailport
Prescott
Soaring Society
Sky King Soaring - Mesa, AZ,
Motorglider Soaring Rides and Gliding Instruction
Tucson Soaring Club -
El Tiro Gliderport - Tucson, AZ
Turf Soaring School - Peoria,
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California |
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Associated Glider Clubs of Southern California, Ltd.(AGCSC) - San
Diego, CA
Bay Area Soaring Associates,
Inc - San Francisco Bay area
California State Soaring Records
Caracole Soaring -
California City, CA
Central California Soaring Club
- Avenal, CA
Cypress Soaring - Hemet
Ryan Airport in Hemet, CA
Elsinore Valley Soaring Club
Great Western Soaring
School - Llano, CA - Instruction, Rides, Rentals
Hollister Gliding Club
JP Aviation - Jim Payne's
site, Badge and Record Book
Lake Elsinore Soaring Club
Mountain Valley Airport -
Tehachapi, CA
Orange County Soaring
Association - Hemet Ryan Airport in Hemet, CA
Pacific Soaring Council, Inc. -
PASCO
Sailplane Enterprises
Silverado Soaring, Inc.
Sky Sailing - Warner Springs,
CA
Soar Truckee, Inc.
Steve's
Soaring Service
29 Palms Soaring
Club
Valley Soaring Association
- Sacramento Valley, Williams, CA
Williams Soaring Center
Windhaven - Glider Rides &
Instruction, Santa Ynez Valley |
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Colorado |
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Black Forest Soaring Society
ColoradoSoaring.org -
Overview of soaring in Colorado
Colorado Soaring Association
High Flights Soaring Club -
Colorado Springs, CO
Husky Aerotows
Mile High Gliding, Inc. -
Boulder Municipal Airport, Boulder, CO - Cool web cam!
SoarWest
Soaring Society of Boulder |
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Connecticut |
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Danielson Soaring Association
Soaring Adventures of America |
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Delaware |
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Brandywine Soaring |
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Florida |
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Barry Soaring - West Palm Beach, FL
Miami Glider
Club
Miami Gliders Flight School
North Florida Soaring Society - Herlong Airport (23J),
Jacksonville
Seminole-Lake Gliderport
- Orlando, FL
Tampa Bay Soaring Society |
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Georgia |
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Mid-Georgia Soaring Association -
Walton County Airport, Monroe, GA
Southern Eagles
Soaring |
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Hawaii |
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Acroflight
International
Hawaii
Glider Rides - Resource page
Honolulu Soaring - The Original
Glider Rides
Soar Hawaii |
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Idaho |
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Illinois |
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Chicago Glider Club
Chicagoland Glider Council
IIT Soaring Club
Illini Glider Club
Region 7 - by Richard
Carlson
St. Louis Soaring Association
Silvercreek Glider Club
Sky Soaring Inc.
Windy City Soaring Association |
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Indiana |
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Central Indiana
Soaring Society - Indianapolis |
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Iowa |
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Silent Knights Soaring Club - Ames Municipal Airport
Blackhawk Soaring Club
- Muscatine Municipal Airfield (MUT) in Muscatine, Iowa |
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Kansas |
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Kentucky |
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Louisiana |
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Shreveport Soaring Club, Inc. |
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Maine |
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Maryland |
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Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association - Fairfield, PA and Frederick, MD |
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Massachusetts |
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Greater
Boston Soaring Club
MIT Soaring
Association (MITSA) |
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Michigan |
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Adrian Soaring Club -
Adrian, MI
Marshall Soaring Club, Marshal,
MI
Sandhill Soaring Club -
Gregory, MI
Vultures Soaring Club, - Marlette Airport |
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Minnesota |
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Albert Lea
Airport
Benson's Airport
Cross Country Soaring, Inc.
- Faribault Airport, Faribault, MN
Faribault Airport
Minnesota Soaring Club
Minnesota Soaring
Super Site - by Tom Rent
Minnesota Soaring Tasks and Waypoints
Red Wing Soaring Association
Soar Minnesota - Links to Minnesota soaring
info.
Stanton
Fun Cross-Country Tasks - Tom Rent
Stanton Sport Aviation |
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Mississippi |
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Missouri |
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Memphis Soaring Society
St. Louis
Soaring Association
Silvercreek Glider
Club |
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Montana |
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Montana Soaring |
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Nebraska |
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Omaha Soaring Club |
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Nevada |
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Air
Sailing, Inc. - Reno, NV
Soar The Sierra - Reno, NV - Commercial operation, Contact: Neita
Montague,
neitalibelle@aol.com, 775 527-2789
High Country Soaring
Las Vegas Valley Soaring Association
Minden Soaring Club
Nevada Soaring Association
- Located at AirSailing Gliderport
Nevada State Soaring Records
Pacific Soaring Council, Inc. -
PASCO
Palomino Valley Soaring
Soar Minden, Inc.
Soar The Sierra LLC - Air Sailing gliderport, Palomino Valley, 25 miles North of Reno
Soaring Center, Jean, NV |
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New Hampshire |
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New Jersey |
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Aero Club Albatross - A
Premier Soaring Club - Blairstown Airport, New Jersey
Fly For Fun, Inc. -
Somerset Airport (SMQ) in Bedminster, N.J.
South Jersey Soaring
Society |
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New Mexico |
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Albuquerque Soaring Club
National Soaring Foundation
Sundance Aviation
White Sands Soaring Association - Alamogordo |
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New York |
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Adirondack Soaring -
Soaring Club Flying out of Saratoga Springs, NY
Entec
Technical Services - Lowman, NY
Finger
Lakes Soaring Club
Harris Hill Soaring Center
Iroquois Soaring
Association
Long Island Soaring
Association
M&H Soaring - Big Flats, New
York, USA
Niagara Soaring Club
- Cambria, NY
Nutmeg Soaring Association -
Freehold Airport (1i5), near Albany, NY
Saratoga Soaring Association
Triple Cities Soaring Society
- Endicott, NY
Valley Soaring
Club - Randall Airport, Middletown, NY
Wings and Wheels - Tim
Mara's soaring supplies store
Wurtsboro
Airport -
Glider
Rides and Instruction just 1.5 hours from NYC |
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North Carolina |
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North Carolina
Soaring Association
Piedmont Soaring Society, Inc. - 10 miles (16 km) SW
of Winston-Salem, NC
Soaring Central -
Soaring Sites in North Carolina |
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North Dakota |
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New Soaring Club in or near Casselton,
ND - Contact: Walt Vollmers
Click to email
Walt |
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Ohio |
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Caesar Creak Soaring Club
Central Ohio Soaring
Association
Cleveland Soaring Society
Soaring Thunderbirds |
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Oklahoma
Soaring Sooners |
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Oregon |
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Willamette Valley Soaring Club |
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Pennsylvania |
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Brandywine Soaring
Freedom's Wings International
- Van Sant Airport (N51) in Erwinna, PA
Ridge Soaring Gliderport
- Also known as Keystone Gliderport
Kutztown Airport
Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association -
Fairfield, PA and Frederick, MD
Sport Aviation, Inc. |
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Rhode Island |
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South Carolina |
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Bermuda
High Soaring - Lancaster, SC |
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South Dakota |
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Tennessee |
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Chilhowee Gliderport - Benton
Memphis Soaring Society
Smoky Mountain Soaring
Association - Knoxville
SZD Sailplanes
Tennessee State Soaring
Records |
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Texas |
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Caprock Soaring Club
- Littlefield
El Paso Soaring Society
Fault Line Flyers - Austin
Greater Houston Soaring
Association
Hill Country Motorgliding & Soaring - San Germinio
Airpark, Gliding and motorgliding in San Antonio Texas. Demos and pilot
instruction.
Marfa Soaring - Cross
Country & Thermal Camp June 1 - July 15, 2002
Reese
Center Soaring - Lubbock
San Antonio Soaring Society, Inc.
Soaring Club
of Houston
Southwest Soaring Inc. - Caddo Mills
Texas Soaring Association -
Midlothian |
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Utah |
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Cache Valley Soaring - Logan, UT
Cedar Valley Soaring -
informational site, West of Utah Lake)
Elk Mountain Soaring - Morgan Utah
(East Of Ogden)
Morgan Valley Soaring
Parowan Aero Services
- Parowan Aero Services
Utah Soaring Association - Heber Valley Airport, Aircraft located at
Heber and Morgan |
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Vermont |
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Post Mills Soaring Club
- Post Mills, Vermont
Stowe
Soaring - Morrisville, VT
Sugarbush Soaring - Warren, VT |
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Virginia |
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Blue Ridge
Soaring Society - New Castle, VA
Shenandoah Valley Soaring - Eagle's
Nest Airport, Waynesboro, VA
Tidewater Soaring Society
- Garner Airport, Isle of Wight, VA
Virginia Soaring |
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Washington |
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Cascade
Soaring Society - Pangborn Airport in Wenatchee, WA
Evergreen Soaring -
Largest Soaring Club in Washington State
L33 Sólo
Owners' Unofficial Association
Puget Sound Soaring
Association, Inc.
Seattle Glider Council
Spokane Soaring Society - Soaring club at Deer Park Airport near
Spokane, WA |
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West Virginia |
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Wisconsin |
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Barry Aviation, Inc. - Land O' Lakes, WI
Sylvania Soaring Adventures
Wisconsin Soaring Society - Hartford
Airport (HXF) |
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Wyoming |
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