Welcome to the Finger Lakes
Soaring Club.
The FLSC is a
not-for-profit organization, formed to
promote the sport of soaring. The club
was founded in 1949 by 10 pilots living in
Rochester, NY. Five years later the club moved to Batavia
to provide better
accessibility to Buffalo-based
members. In 1963 the club moved
to its current location in Dansville,
NY and
changed its name to Finger
Lakes Soaring. We have
approximately 40 members, ranging in
experience from beginning students to
nationally-ranked competition
pilots. Membership is open to
anyone interested in soaring and willing to
participate in the volunteer operation of the
club. We have a fleet of 6 gliders and two towplanes, along with about a dozen privately-owned aircraft.
The
club operates from the Dansville
Airport, which
is approximately 50 miles south of Rochester.
Our flying activities begin
in early April and extend through
November. Weather
permitting, flight operations occur
on weekends and holidays during these months,
with impromptu operations on weekdays.
Commercial
Pilot Practical Standards for Glider
Commercial
Instructor Practical Standards for Glider
Let's have some fun with local records!
Watch Some Videos
A Brief Lesson in Multitasking
Finger Lakes Cross
Country Soaring
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Doug Cline,
CFIG, has a web page that will serve
to support the FLSC Cross Country
Program. It also contains interesting
references that members may wish to
read.
Doug's web page describes the FLSC
cross-country program, as well as the
latest results. In addition, there
are links to sources and articles on
weather forecasting, flying
techniques, and safety issues that
are related to both cross-country and
contest soaring.
Click
here to
go to Doug's Cross Country web site!
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Kai Gertsen's Introduction To Cross
Country Soaring
Kai Gertsen has
logged more than enough miles in a glider to
fly around the world four times.
To our great benefit, he has organized all
this experience into the following three
booklets now available electronically here in
PDF format.
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Club members
should send all checks to: |
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Finger Lakes Soaring Club |
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C/O Mark Black |
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32 Oakmount Drive |
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Rochester, NY 14617 |
