Region 5 South Soaring Championships

       The 1997 Region 5 South Soaring Championships are being hosted
by the Mid-Georgia Soaring Association (MGSA) at the Crisp County Airport,
Cordele, Georgia - June 10 thru June 14, 1997.	MGSA has hosted Regional
and/or National contests at Cordele each year since 1970.  The Crisp County
Airport is a former U.S. Army Air Corps World War II airport with the usual
three runway configuration for runways 9-27, 4-22, and 13-31.  Runway 9-27
is the main and active runway, runway 4-22 is for other than normal
operation, and runway 13-31 is a closed runway.  The airport is used by
numerous private and corporate aircraft as well as several agricultural
spraying operations.  Through vigilance and cooperation, the airport is
never closed during glider operations.	All launches and landings are
conducted within the parameters of a normally operational airport with
the glider operation using runways 4 and 22 while power traffic uses
runways 9 and 27.  Cordele is located in  "Middle Georgia", 145 miles
south of Atlanta, with farming and local industrial and manufacturing
plants.

       In addition to the Region 5 Soaring Championships, MGSA is
concurrently hosting the 1997 Standard Class National Soaring
Championship from June 10 through June 19, 1997.


		     CONTEST PERSONNEL

Contest Manager     Competition Director     Operations Director
  Clyde Taylor	      Andy McQuigg		  Bob Davis

Office Manager	       Meteorologist		   Scorer
  Lynn Davis		 Harry Senn		Hatch Hatchell



 
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