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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.
What's New...(as of February 17, 2008)
February 2008 "The DOPE" available (0.5 M pdf).
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 :-( |
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.
Pilot Operating Handbooks (also available under the FAQ's menu)
Members Only Section - Forms
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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 |
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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