IMHO highly interesting site, even without an English translation - gives an idea about the history and (past) popularity of soaring around the world: http://www.glider-phile.pl Tomasz Sielicki

I will be heading to Prague in the Czech Republic in a few weeks on business. Any soaring operations in the area that might give me a check ride in a two seater? Looks pretty flat from Google Earth, and at those latitudes I am not expecting a lot of late season October lift. But sight seeing...

Does anyone know if there is any chance for soaring in Puerto Vallarta? -- Mike Schumann -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

I will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on business for 6-8 months and miss the spring soaring season. Anticipating that I will go through soaring withdrawl, does anyone know of any soaring sites in southeast Asia? I have spotted a few in Austrailia, and there is certainly Omarama in NZ, but both are...

We'll have a towplane operating this month. I've put together (with a lot of help) a couple page description on soaring in our area. If you go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChaffeeCoCoSoaring/ (I think you may need to join the group) , then click on the "Files" link on the left side of the...

Some time ago, I had a post here on r.a.s. asking about soaring sites in the Lakes District in the U.K.. Big change in plans, we are now going to Scotland in July instead. My initial enquiry to a specific soaring site there was left unanswered, so here I go again: where does one go for a possible...

We're planning a trip this summer to Slovenia, and I would like to find a club or commercial glider port where I could spend 2-3 days soaring. I have a glider rating in the U.S. and have flown a couple times in Germany at DASSU (Great place, by the way!). Based on my experience in Germany, I assume...

Sounds like "Get High, Stay High" will be in full force this summer in South Texas. https://www.kwch.com/content/news/DEA-looking-for-a-contractor-who-can-burn-1000-pounds-of-marijuana-per-hour-507786411.html?fbclid=IwAR2yqGYd9mJHqk_kNyK1P0pj_ZD9h6fcZwNueMSLyMeEv7ux42RuXbrNKFg Steve Leonard

Is anyone familiar with soaring locations in southern France or an english web site that might list the locations with some info about the clubs? I have flown with the Pic Saint Loup club near Montpellier but am looking for other clubs within a few hours drive.

Val Paget's feature article appears also in the print magazine http://www.subarudrive.com/Sum09/Sum09_Feature.htm Nicely done Val. Frank Whiteley

Does anyone have some recomendations on Soaring Sites in Switzerland? I'm going to be there in the first 2 wks of July and would like to spend a few days soaring in th Alps. I'm going to start at the Hahnenmoos Lodge for some model glider soaring, then I'd like to do full size, I have my own...

Hi I am a student pilot who is heading to Europe in the spring and would like to take the opportunity to do some soaring in the most scenic parts of Switzerland and Germany. Would appreciate any thoughts on the following: - best scenic soaring sites - commercial operations that offer rides -...

Here's a cool opportunity to fly in the most beautiful part of Transylvania: sgp2011.aeroclubulromaniei.ro The airfield is close to the Carpathian Mountains and the medieval city of Brasov. Flying is awesome in this corner of the Carpathians and strong wave is a pretty common occurence. Here, the...

I used to fly gliders some years back, and I am thinking of getting back into it. Where do glider pilots in the San Francisco area tend to go for soaring? Johan Larson

Hi all, I'll be in Switzerland (Lugano) from 6/20 through 6/23 and I'd love to go soaring when I'm there. Does anyone know of a site near enough to Lugano that I could go soaring one day that I'm there (checkout w/instructor and rental)? Thanks, Dave

I'll probably be in the Sydney area sometime during February...are there any operations in the area, if I want to get a fix for my soaring addiction? TIA AT

While visiting a relative working in the Philipines last January, I had the pleasure of meeting an extrordinary German glider pilot and instructor, Rolf Dunder. What makes him special is that he wants to introduce soaring to people on Luzon while investing tremendous amount of energy and personal...

I will be in the Lake district in July 2007. Have contacted by e-mail the two sites in the area listed in the BGA web page to see if I can fly there during my trip , with no response. One e-mail address appears to be obsolete. Can anyone out there direct me to the proper persons or...

Anyone here know if there is any soaring activity in the United Arab Emirates or Dubai? A local friend thinks I should go over there and start a soaring school. He's a real nice guy but I take his ideas with a grain of salt. That said, he does know a lot of folks there and thinks they would not...

Anyone know what happened to the SOARING Magazine index project? It used to be at http://acro.harvard.edu/SOARING/JL/Soaring_Index/HomePage.html#toc but this URL wasn't working this morning . . Jim Kellett