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From: cm3bcdmg@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk (David Gill)
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Subject: Soaring cost list (USA)
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Gliding Club Information and Cost List
Areas - USA and Canada
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Edmonton Soaring Club, Canada
Gliders:
Puchacz
2-33
1-23
ASW-15
Tugs:
Pawnee's
Flying Costs:
Puchacz, ASW-15 - $0.50 Per min
2-33 - $0.35 Per min
1-23 - $0.30 Per min
Unlimited - $350 Per year
Aerotows:
1000ft - $9
2000ft - $18
3000ft - $27
Membership:
Per year - $400
After August 15 - $200
Introductory flights - $40.
Roughly half for students, towpilots, and family members.
Other Info:
- A volunteer-run non-profit society, incorporated in 1957.
- Located one hour s drive outside of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Population
750,000)
- Field identifier: FU3, lat/long: N53 43 W112 38 Frequency 123.4
- Club operates from April through October, weekends with numerous mid-week
events over the summer including student training camps, cross-country
clinics, and general flying weeks
- Geographic terrain: open plains, abundant safe land-out possibilities
away from controlled airspace.
- Field elevation 2200 ASL.
- Thermals typically to 8-11,000 ASL
- Best flying April through August
- Canadian territorial record flight from our field - 1100 km.
- The club owns 160 acres of land, with a 400x2200 foot turf runway.
- Facilities include a well-appointed clubhouse, hangar, bunkhouse,
campground.
- Currently about 50 members.
- Visiting pilots are welcome to bring their own aircraft, or to rent
club equipment after a check flight, with limitations
- Must be a member of the Soaring Association of Canada (for insurance
purposes - cost $95/yr)
- Stay can not exceed 2 weeks otherwise membership fee is required.
- More information on the Edmonton Soaring Club may be received by email at
or by phone at (403) 988-0363.
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Central Ohio Soaring Association, USA
Gliders:
2-33 (2)
1-26
1-34
G-103 Twin Acro
G-102 Single
Flying Costs:
Schweizer's - $4 Per flight
G-103 - $9 Per flight
G-102 - $6 Per flight
Instruction:
$3 per flight
Tugs:
2-Cessna 150/150's
Aerotow:
1000ft - $4.25
2000ft - $8.50
Membership:
Per year - $144
Joining fee - $200
Other Info:
- Approx 142 Members
- Membership of the SSA is not required
- About 12 private ships
- Operate from a city owned airport-2 paved runways & grass
- 2 Large hangars owned
- Pay lease on the hangar land but no maintance of the field
- Relatively inexpensive, compared to other US clubs
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Utah Soaring Association, USA
Flying Costs:
Nill
Aerotow:
Per 1000ft - $1
Membership:
Per month - $25
Associate - $60 (per year)
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MIT Soaring Association, Sterling, MA, USA
Gliders:
2 x L23 Super Blaniks
L33 Solo
SGS 1-34
SGS 1-26
Aerotows:
$20 to 1000ft
$22 to 2000ft
$24 to 3000ft
Membership - $330
Students - $230
Instructors - $230
Tow pilots - $230
Private owners - $200
Joining fee - $100 (Except instructors and tow pilots)
Other info:
- No charge for instruction or glider use.
- We fly throughout the year (weather permitting)
- We fly from a low use GA airport that enjoys no airspace restrictions.
- Operations are on weekends and holidays. Members can make arrangements
to fly during the week. Our L23's are available for cross country
training and have been used in several regional contest. We encourage
members to fly cross country and we are active in the SSA & FAI badge
programs
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Fault Line Flyers Glider Club, Austin, Texas, USA
Gliders:
2-33
1-26
Grob 103
Flying Costs:
Club Glider - $1 per flight
Grob 103 - $5 per flight.
Flights limited to 1 hr when others are waiting
Winch launch: (usually 1500 - 1800 feet)
Club glider - $5
Private - $4
Aerotows :
Club glider - $4 ) 800 - 1000ft
Private - $3 )
1000ft - $5.50
2000ft - $12
3000ft - $17
4000ft - $22
Instruction:
$4 (this is to motivate students to get their rating)
Membeship:
Per month - $24
Joining fee - $450 (Refundable when member resigns)
Trial Flight - $25 ($30 in the Grob)
Other Info:
- The club has a towplane, 2 2-33s, 2 1-26s, a Grob 103, a tow car, and a
winch.
- Own 50 acres about 45 north of Austin near the town of Briggs where we
have an airstrip and hangars and a clubhouse.
- The club is run by all volunteers including the tow pilots and
instructors and officers.
- Currently 80 members, 60 of these are active. 24 members own their own
gliders. This is up from only 5 private ships in 1987.
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Palouse Soaring Society,Pullman WA, USA
Glider:
Blanik L13
Tow plane:
Cessna 182
Blanik launch charge $3
Blanik hourly rate $9
Blanik maximum charge $30
Cessna tow launch charge $4
Cessna charge per 1000' $5
Cessna minimum charge $10
Cessna above 5k = per hour $60
Membership:
Joining fee - $200
Per year - $100
Other Info:
- Must be Soaring Society of America member
- Location: 3 miles east of Pullman Washington (Moscow-Pullman Airport
entrance #3) No signs, telephone first, by appointment only.
- Most weekends, spring, summer & fall. Some winter flying.
- Field altitude 2550'
- Field length 7000' paved
- No Tower, some commercial traffic.
- One FBO
- Equipment always hangared.
- Non-profit corporation.
- Phone 509-335-4734, 509-332-2831, 509-878-1292
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Greater Boston Soaring Club, USA
Gliders:
2 Schwiezer 2-33
Schwiezer 1-26
Blanik L-13
2 Pilatus B-4
Tugs:
Cessna L-19 "Bird Dog".
Captain Eli's Pawnee is used for weekday and high-volume weekend
towing.
Flying Costs:
Fixed fee per flight, $4 for 2-33 and 1-26. $9 for L-13 and B-4.
Fee waived if launch is before noon on a weekend or holiday.
Aerotow fees:
"Pattern" - $12 (typically 1500', under 7 minute flight).
2000' AGL - $20
3000 to 6000' AGL - add $2 per 1000'.
Subtract $2 if club member's private glider.
Add $5 for weekday.
1-hour flight duration limit on 2-33's and 1-26 when others are
waiting.
Membership
Initiation fee - $400, payable over 2 years
Yearly dues - $225, pro-rated if join after April 1
SSA membership - $55 (required for all GBSC members)
Family - Discount for other family members after first
Instructor - $100
Other Info:
- The club operates at a field outside the small town of Pepperell,
about 32 air miles NW of Boston's Logan airport, a stone's throw
from the New Hampshire border. The field is at 200' MSL. We take
off from the 2300' paved runway, and land on a parallel grass strip.
Club members are assigned to be Field Officers on a rotating basis;
with over 85 club members, this typically works out to 1 day/year.
At least 6 members form a Senior Field Officer corps, providing
professional-quality field management, operations training, and
co-ordination with other field activities.
- We run a full operation from April 1 through November 31, an average
of about 80 flights per week. We operate through the winter depending
on weather and interest.
- We lease field space from a fairly busy parachute-jumping operation, so
have a lot of experience with that rather unusual situation. (The major
issue is that the parachute jumpers must have exclusive use of at least
2 cubic miles of airspace, upwind of the field. This grows to 4 or more
cubic miles, on windier days.)
- One of the GBSC members operates a small commercial glider operation
from the same field. "Captain Eli's Glider Rides" provides rides and
instruction using a Blanik L-19 and a Schweizer 2-33, and weekday towing
using a Piper Pawnee.
- Local conditions include convection most of the year, and weak wave in
the spring, winter, and fall when the wind is coming from the direction
of the mountains to our north or northwest. B-4 pilots, and club members
in glass ships, routinely use local convection and wave for summer cross-
country flights of over 5 hours and hundreds of miles.
- At least 6 club members are trained tow pilots; this number is increasing
with time. The club provides tow training to qualified members at no charge.
- At least 10 club members are Certified Flight Instructors/Glider; they
rotate weekend days, so each is "on duty" about one day every 5 weeks,
but in practice several are available every weekend day, so the club
handles more than one student at a time comfortably.
- The club also occasionally operates from Franconia airport in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire (about 2 hours drive north), for ridge and
mountain soaring. Traditionally, the club rents a 16-room inn there for
two weekends and a week near the peak of the fall foliage season.
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Harris Hill Soaring Corporation, Elmira, NY, USA
Gliders:
2-33
1-26
1-34
ASK-21
Flying Costs:
2-33's - $6 Per hour
Others - $9 Per hour
Areotows:
1000' - $8.00
2000' - $11.00
3000' - $14.00
Membership:
Per month - $15
Joining fee - $200
Members are expected to put in two 4-hour work shifts per month on
weekends in season. Work can be selling tickets to public, working
the line, flying commercial passengers, flying tow, etc, as qualified.
Other Info:
- Members are also required to join the Soaring Society of America
- Harris Hill has a very active junior organization. Junior members put
in many hours of volunteer work, but have greatly reduced flight
costs.
- Also, the U.S. National Soaring Museum is on the field.
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Silverado Soaring Club, USA
Gliders:
DG101
Grob 130 Twin
Grob 103 Acro.
Flying Costs:
Nill
Membership:
Per month - $50
Joining fee - $600 (1/2 refundable under some conditions)
Other Info:
- Do not give formal instruction
- Rely on commercial operators for tows.
- Operate at Calistoga CA, Crazy Creek (Middletown CA), Truckee CA
(during summer), Williams CA (during winter), and anywhere else
the membership wants to go.
- For more information contact:
birecki@hpl.hp.com (Henryk Birecki 415-494-1742)
dbenj@aol.com (David Benjamin 510-253-1910)
usvisfzd@ibmmail.com (Steve Merlan 415-366-6910)
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Mississippi State University Soaring Club, USA
Gliders:
Schwizer 1-26C
Blanik L-13
Flying Time:
Nill
Aerotows:
1000' - $10
2000' - $20
Membership:
Per year - $100 ($75 for students)
Joining fee - $100 ($75 for students)
Other Info:
- Club Faculty Sponsor: Wayne Smith (smith@cs.msstate.edu)
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Skyline Soaring Club, USA
Gliders:
ASK-21
SGS 2-33
SGS 1-36
Flying Costs:
ASK-21 - $30 Per hour
2-33 - $21 Per hour
1-36 - $19 Per hour
Aerotow:
1000ft - $12
2000ft - $14
3000ft - $16
Membership:
Per year - $240
Joining fee - $500
Other Info:
- Instruction Free
- Trial Membership $20 for 10 days
- Airport: New Market, VA (8W2)
- Contact: Joe Parrish (703) 834-3228, jparrish@ssl.umd.edu
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Wabash Valley Soaring Association, USA
Gliders:
ASK-13
ASK-7
ASK-6
ASK-8
Tugs:
Piper Supercub
Flying Costs:
All - $0.10 Per min ($2 Minimum)
Aerotow:
1000ft - $8
2000ft - $10
3000ft - $14
Membership:
Per year - $150
Joining fee - $150
SSA Membership - $45
Other Info:
- Most activity is on weekends, but we have two flight weeks per year
and have one trip to Colorado in June for one week.
- CLub is at Lawrenceville-Vincennes Airport Illinois 62439 USA
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Soaring Tigers, Princeton, NJ, USA
Gliders:
Schwiezer 2-33A
Schwiezer 1-26D
Krosno Kr-03
Schwiezer 1-26E
Schwiezer 1-34
Flying Costs:
$5 per flight
Aerotow:
1000ft - $20
2000ft - $24.50
3000ft - $29
Membership:
Per year - $350 ($175 for students)
Other Info:
- Instruction Free
- Commercial operator gives tows with L-19's 7 days a week.
- Airport: Van Sant, Erwinna, PA (9N1)
- Contact: Damian Hajduk (609) 275-6690, hajduk@pupgg.princeton.edu
- WWW site: http://central.rutgers.edu/~rerudd/soaringtiger/
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