This Year's
Accomplishments
Soar Minnesota
Minnesota
Soaring Club
Accomplishments
and Fun Flights
of Minnesota Soaring Pilots
1998
Overview
This page is for announcing the accomplishments and fun flights of
local soaring pilots. Items listed here include: first solos, new
ratings, badge flights, record flights, just-for-fun long flights, etc.
It's just fun to see how many great flights are done from Minnesota.
I'm sure that I am missing many accomplishments in the list below.
Click on the photos below to view larger versions.
| Accomplishments - 1998 | ||||
| Date | Pilot | Glider | Description | Write-up |
| Nov. 5, '98 | Paul Martz | ASK-21 | Private Pilot-Glider certificate | |
| Oct. 21, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Randolph, MN to Hampton, IA, 125 miles in 5 hours | |
| Oct. 1, '98 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Prairie Du Chen, WI, 138 miles | |
| Oct. 1, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Randolph, MN to Manchester, IA, 160 miles | |
| Sept. 27, '98 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Delbert Flight from Benson to Stanton | delbert_diehard.txt |
| Sept. 27, '98 | Steve Metz | DG-101G | Stanton-Faribault-Owatonna-Dodge Center-Stanton, 88 statute miles (141 km) | |
| Sept. 22, '98 | Marilyn Robinson Meline | Blanik L-33 | Silver Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) | |
| Sept. 22, '98 | Laura Hohenshelt | Ka-6 | Silver Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) | |
| Sept. 22, '98 | Steve Anderson | Ka-8 | Silver Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) | |
| Sept. 19, '98 | Tom Rent | ASK-21 | Private Pilot-Glider certificate | |
| Sept.15, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Pocohantas, IA, 167 miles | |
| Aug. 30, '98 | Steve Metz | DG-101G | Delbert Flight from Stanton to Benson | |
| Aug. 30, '98 | Paul Remde | Schweizer 1-35c | Delbert Flight from Stanton to Benson | delbert_8-30-98.txt |
| Aug. 29, '98 | Jim Cunningham | Passed C.F.I.G. | ||
| Aug. 15, '98 | Steve Metz | DG-101G | Stanton-Waseca-Stanton, 74 statute miles (119 km) | |
| Aug. 15, '98 | Steve Adkins | Ka-7 | 5 Hour Duration (5.6 hours) | |
| July 31, '98 | Steve Metz | DG-101G | Diamond Goal (triangle), Stanton to Blue Earth to Austin to Stanton, 195 miles (314 km) | |
| July 31, '98 | Jim Cunningham | Ka-6 | Declared Free Distance, Stanton to Faribault to Waseca to Dodge Center to Owatonna to Stanton, 124 miles (199.5 km) | |
| July 30, '98 | Steve Adkins | Ka-8 | Silver Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
steve's_silver_ dist.txt |
| July 24, '98 | Mark Cleare | Ka-8 | 5 hour duration | |
| July 23, '98 | Tom Curran | Pilatus B4 | Delbert Flight from Benson to Stanton | |
| ?????, '98 | John Kahler | ASK-21 | First Solo in Glider | |
| June 16, '98 | Timothy Mattsson | ASK-21 | First Solo | |
| June 7, '98 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Rochester, MN and return, 80 miles | |
| June 7, '98 | Mark Cleare | Ka-8 | Silver Distance, Stanton to Dodge Center, 32.9 miles (53 km) |
mark_cleares_silver_ distance.txt |
| June 7, '98 | Roger Urban | PW-5 | Stanton to Faribault to Owatonna to Dodge Center, 54.5 miles (87.7 km) | |
| June 7, '98 | Steve Metz | DG-101G | 300 km triangle, Stanton to Blue Earth to Austin to Stanton, 195 miles (314 km) | |
| June 7, '98 | Jim Cunningham | Ka-6 | Diamond Goal, Stanton to New Hampton, IA to Stanton, 204 miles (328 km) | |
| May 31, '98 | Kathleen Winters | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Postville, IA, 127 miles | |
| May 26, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Goodhue to West Concord to Stanton, 100 km triangle | |
| May 25, '98 | Steve Metz | DG-101G | Faribault-Stanton-Dodge Center-Owatonna-Faribault, 88 statute miles (141 km) | |
| May 6, '98 | Paul Remde | Schweizer 1-35c | Diamond Goal (triangle), Stanton to New Ulm to Albert Lea to Stanton, 203 miles (327 km) | |
| May 5, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Elgin, MN to Austin, MN to Stanton, 148 mile triangle | |
| May 4, '98 | Mark Cleare | Ka-8 | Awarded C Badge and Bronze Badge | |
| April 22, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Blue Earth to Stanton, 162 mile goal and return | |
| April 17, '98 | Jim Hard | Schweizer 1-26 | Stanton to Clintonville, WI, 211 mile flight to a goal | |