All the clubs in Ontario are in the eastern half of the province so
the Winnipeg club at Starbuck would be the closest. If you were to
make the trip up there to fly in Canada you shouldn't have any problem
using your U.K. qualifications. We've never had any difficulty with
visitors or new arrivals from Europe in my club transferring their
licenses to Canadian ones. Too bad that trying to do the reverse
(using U.S. or Canadian licenses to fly in Europe) in the near future
will be damn near impossible.

On Apr 12, 12:19*pm, Mike Philpott @ wrote:
Thanks Guys,

That's the part where I will be working, just a few miles south of
the Canadian border and well to the north of Duluth. I visited the
place last week and it is gorgeous and I fully agree about lakes
and trees.

Is there anywhere over the border in Ontario? I don't know how
my UK and US licenses would fare in Canada.

Maybe I'll try to sample some floatplane flying instead.

Mike

At 18:50 12 April 2012, Tony wrote:







On Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:21:00 PM UTC-5, Mike Philpott
wrote:
Hi,
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I'm a UK based glider pilot and I will be working in the
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part of Minnesota in late April and for most of May.
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I have a US airman's certificate for sailplanes as well as
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engine land planes.=20
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Is there a gliding club in the northern part of Minnesota
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welcomes limeys?
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Advice would be greatly welcomed.
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Thanks,
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Mike

Red Wing Soaring Association (http://www.rwsa.org/) is in
Osceola, WI, on
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he Northeast side of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, and is, as
far as I
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w, the furthest north glider club in Minnesota. *That said it is
still in
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he southern third of the state. *However when you get too
much north of
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re there are a lot of trees and not a lot of fields. *Some flights
have
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n done to the north, as far north as Duluth, but there is still a
lot of
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nnesota north of there with even more trees and water and
fewer fields.