Yes, my experience is that the soaring in the Bishop area is
tremendously better than in the Mojave Desert. The only advantage of
Cal City and Tehachapi is that they are within a reasonable driving
distance of a metropolitan area, which is not true of Bishop.

Although you will not find it on the SSA webpage (wouldn't want to let
SSA members know about any towing operation that has not made the
appropriate payment to the SSA), there is a towplane at Bishop (or at
least was last summer). Rod with his Husky at Hangar One.



Mary Daniel or David Grah wrote:
I live in and fly from Bishop California. Often when people talk about the
great flying in Minden, California City, or Tehachapi the stories they tell
of best soaring is actually within 60 miles of Bishop. My experience
supports this and Bishop should be on the list.

Here is a related story:

http://home.inreach.com/grahdani/24jul00.htm