Marfa will be hosting the 2006 World Class (PW-5) National Contest. It
will be perfect "first" contest for our small staff / small town(with
final SSA approval - due Feb 2005.)

Yes, the mountain scenery around the grasslands of the Marfa Plateau is
quite good. Marfa Airport is about 5,000' msl, so summer temperatures
are not as hot as the rest of the southwest. Cloudbases can go to
17,999' msl. For higher, we have an ATC wave window to 30,000'. We
fly year-round, primarily offering glider ratings (PVT to CFIG) in the
mild winter months. The annual Marfa Wave Camp will be March 19-26,
2005. Register (required) with Dick Johnson at

More Marfa info: www.flygliders.com
Burt Compton, CFIG, DPE
Marfa Gliders, west Texas

John Sinclair wrote:
How about hosting a Nationals down there, Bert? Its
got to be a whole bunch better than that place a little
north of you. Have gone to 3 nationals 'up there' and
haven't seen anything worth the drive yet.
JJ

At 15:30 29 December 2004, Burt Compton wrote:
What decline? My commercial soaring operation is slowly
growing. Maybe it is
because of our good soaring location, good marketing,
good 'meet & greet', good
training, good equipment.
Burt Compton
Marfa Gliders, west Texas
www.flygliders.com