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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!
A Brief Lesson in Multitasking
Finger Lakes Cross Country Soaring
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!
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.
Introduction to Cross Country Soaring (0.4 M pdf) Off Airport Landings (0.4 M pdf) Thermalling (0.7 M pdf)
Club members should send all checks to: Finger Lakes Soaring Club C/O Mark Black 32 Oakmount Drive Rochester, NY 14617
