Welcome to the Finger Lakes Soaring Club Website.

The FLSC is a not-for-profit organization, formed to promote the sport of soaring.  The club has a long history.   It was founded in 1949 by 10 pilots living in Rochester, NY. The club moved to Batavia, NY during May of 1954 to provide better accessibility to Buffalo based members.   In 1963 the club moved to its present location in Dansville, NY and shortly thereafter 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, along with two towplanes.   The club operates from the Dansville Airport, which is approximately 50 miles south of Rochester, NY.   Our flying activities begin in early April and extend through November.    Weather permitting, flight operations usually occur on weekends and holidays during these months, with impromptu operations on weekdays.

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What's New...(as of February 17, 2008)

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February 2008 "The DOPE" available (0.5 M pdf).

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2008 Soar Fest Schedule

	July 2	Kick off the Soarfest
	July 3-4	Open forum
	July 5-6	Normal weekend activity
	July 7-8	Preparation for the VSA Regatta.
	July 8	Welcome VSA members and their birds arrival.
	July 9	Start of VSA Regatta events (registration, breifing allow late comers to arrive). Evening activities TBD.
	July 10	VSA Regatta events. Evening activities TBD.
	July 11	VSA Regatta events. Evening activities TBD.
	July 12	VSA Regatta events. Evening activities TBD.
	July 13	Recover from evening activities and general clean up with normal club activities
	July 14 - 18	Open Forum
	July 19 - 20	Normal weekend activity
	July 20	End of Soarfest :-(

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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)

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Pilot Operating Handbooks (also available under the FAQ's menu)

	ASK-21 POH (2.0 M pdf)
	Grob POH (5.0 M pdf)
	1-26 POH (1.1 M pdf)
	Blanik L13 POH (1.3 M pdf)
	Russia POH (0.5 M pdf)

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2008 Schedule

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Members Only Section - Forms

	The Finger Lakes Soaring Club has most of our forms available online. Just select "Members Only" from the above menu and then select "Forms". The forms are in ".PDF" format for your convenience.

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	Club members should send all checks to:
	Finger Lakes Soaring Club
	C/O Charles Zabinski
	8531 Oatka Trail
	Leroy, NY 14482

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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!

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