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Overview
This site contains links to soaring related sites in Minnesota.
Let me know if you have any links to add to this page.
Cross Country Soaring, Inc.
- Faribault Airport, Faribault, MN
Minnesota Soaring Club - Stanton Airport,
Stanton, MN
Red Wing Soaring Association - LO
Simenstad Airport, Osceola, WI
Stanton Sport Aviation - Stanton
Airport, Stanton, MN
Glider Rides
Glider rides are available from:
Personalized gift
certificates may be purchased. They make great gifts!
Sailplanes
Available for Rent in Minnesota
Sailplanes are available for rent from:
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
Please check-out my soaring business at
www.cumulus-soaring.com.
I sell soaring instruments, software, books, videos and many other
soaring related products.
You may also find my Soaring
Links web site useful.
2007 Albert Lea Soaring
Contest
We hope you can join us for the biggest and best soaring contest in
Minnesota history to be held at the Albert Lea Airport in May and June
of 2007. We are hosting the U.S. Open and 18 m Class Nationals and
the U.S. Region 7 Sports Class contest. -
More Information
Online Contest
The Online Contest is a fantastic international fun contest that is very
easy to compete in. You can see details here:
OLC Overview and Tips
Minnesota Soaring Tasks
and Waypoints
This page has been updated with many soaring tasks for Faribault,
Osceola and Stanton. The tasks are available as PDF files that are
great for printing and bringing to the airport.
Minnesota Soaring Tasks and Waypoints
Minnesota Soaring
Achievement Contest
Announcing a new state-wide soaring contest: The
Minnesota
Soaring Achievement Contest (MSAC). This new year-long contest
is designed to create excitement and competition among both beginning
and experienced cross-country soaring pilots in our region, plus foster
and promote the development of advanced soaring skills. We've based the
MSAC on the current British Gliding Association's National Ladder
competition, a very successful *fun* competition in the UK. The
intention of both the BGA and the MSAC contest is to be a complete test
of pilot skills, which includes: Understanding weather, identifying
suitable task areas, understanding local topography and its soaring
potential, skill in glider handling and understanding cross-country
tactics. A premium is awarded for flying ambitious declared tasks, and
glider performance is handicapped, of course. Details are available
here.
Glider Scales
Thanks to the generous
donations by a group of Minnesota soaring pilots, the
Minnesota Association of Soaring Clubs (MASC)
has purchased a set of digital aircraft
scales! The scales arrived on June 1,
2001 and are very, very nice.
For more information, go here.
Upcoming Events
Please go to the Calendar
page for a list of soaring related
events in our area.
Accomplishments
To see a list of recent accomplishments by local soaring pilots such as
new ratings, badges, long flights, etc. checkout the
Accomplishments page.
Minnesota State Soaring Governor:
Bill Menkevich,
Click to e-mail
Bill
One of Bill's roles as governor is the coordination of the activities
and funds of the Minnesota Association of Soaring Clubs.
This organization promotes soaring in Minnesota, sponsors regional and
national soaring contests, and coordinates an annual soaring banquet.
Other interesting soaring
websites in Minnesota
Weather Links
Minnesota State Soaring Records
Minnesota Soaring Tasks and Waypoints
Soaring Files - Spreadsheets, stories, etc.
1997 U.S. 15m Nationals in Albert Lea, MN
- Great Soaring Photos
1995 U.S. Sports
Class Nationals - Great Soaring Photos
Minnesota Soaring
Super Site - by Tom Rent
Bob Hanson's
Soaring Info.
Bob Hanson's Speed-To-Fly Calculator
Bob Wander's Soaring Books and
Supplies
Minnesota Department of
Transportation Office of Aeronautics
Minnesota Public Airport Diagrams
Soaring Forecast For Chanhassen, MN from Kevin Ford's server
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