On Jan 9, 10:11*pm, Adam D wrote:
I've recently been reassigned to Grand Forks, North Dakota and am
looking to fly my Phoebus this summer, but SSA doesn't list any clubs
up here. *Does anybody know of a club or glider operation anywhere in
ND, Western MN? *It doesn't look like UND has a club operating at the
moment, at least not with a towplane.

Adam

Hopefully some of the MN glider crowd will reply. 1-26 driver Jim
Hard had a tow pilot arranged for record attempts out of Bottineau but
I don't know how current that arrangement is. We could put you in
touch with Jim easily enough.

There are some cropdusters around that might hang a hook and give you
a lift. There is a retired duster/FBO guy around there who used to
fly gliders a lot. I can't remember his name at the moment but I'll
see if I can find it. He told me about flying a Bergfalke from near
the north border to some great distance south and still having the 2
seat state record. A really nice old guy who would be a great place
to start. Ask around at the airport and I bet you'll get his name.

Aim for Ames Iowa on a good downwind day in May and we'll take good
care of you. Crummy downwind day head to Farabault MN where Don and
Cathy of Cross Country Soaring (dot com) will welcome you.

In case you are not familiar with this part of the country... Once you
get south a ways the lakes and trees of MN peter-out and it's all corn
and beans. you can land anywhere until about the second week of June
when the corn gets too tall. End of June the beans are too tall and
it's kinda dicy until harvest time. Soaring can start mid March.

Oh yea, there is a good club at Winnipeg that would welcome you if you
can figure out how to go back and forth across the border without
being strip-searched and... probed. Apparently they used to fly south
a lot and have soaring safari's with us Americans but it's too much
trouble now.

Matt