West coast soaring - where and when?

I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
- which place would you recommend
- when is the best time to visit
- where I can rent glider

Best regards

Uros

In the summertime, many of us enjoy flying in either Truckee
(soartruckee.com) or Minden (soarminden.com). Both are near lake
Tahoe, right on the border of California and Nevada. Both have
exceptional soaring conditions in the summertime.

I've never flown Minden, but I can highly recommend Soar Truckee. It's
a wonderful place with lots of friendly people, great soaring
conditions, a nice campground, and an all-around high quality
operation.

I'm not familiar with how rentals work at either one of these places.
If you're planning on flying there many times, it might be worth
joining one of the clubs that operate out of these airports in the
summertime. I'm a member of BASA (flybasa.org), which is a great and
very well equipped club. I know that NCSA (Northern California Soaring
Association) and Silverado also base gliders in Truckee in the summer.

Air sailing is another glider operation in the area, near Reno. I've
never been there, but I've heard it's a good place and the cost of
tows is supposed to be quite reasonable. http://www.airsailing.org/

Enjoy,

Francois

On Feb 22, 1:14 pm, Uros wrote:
I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
- which place would you recommend
- when is the best time to visit
- where I can rent glider

Best regards

Uros

On Feb 22, 2:14*pm, Uros wrote:
I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
* * * * - which place would you recommend
* * * * - when is the best time to visit
* * * * - where I can rent glider

Best regards

Uros

Before you go to Soar Minden be sure you completely understand the
insurance requirements.

wrote:
Uros:

A new soaring operation is opening its doors in Minden next month:
SoaringNV. We will offer cross country instruction with the Duo
Discus and have an LS-4 to rent for solo flight. We are just starting
up, but we have experience doing business and flying in Minden, and we
will have some great instructors. And Minden is, without a doubt, the
best soaring location in the world.

Write me for specific information if you are interested.

Thanks

Fred LaSor

flasor "at" soaringnv.com

What exactly are the insurance requirements?

Mike Schumann

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On Feb 22, 2:14 pm, Uros wrote:
I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
- which place would you recommend
- when is the best time to visit
- where I can rent glider

Best regards

Uros

Before you go to Soar Minden be sure you completely understand the
insurance requirements.



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On Feb 23, 8:54 am, "Mike Schumann" mike-nos...@traditions-
nospam.com wrote:
What exactly are the insurance requirements?

Mike Schumann


I rented at Soar Minden for two weeks in mid-August, 2004. It was a
fantastic experience. Thermals were 12-15,000' most every day.

Insurance required was $25,000/$250,000 bodily/property liability and
$25,000 hull liability. I got mine from Avemco. It takes a few minutes
to get the policy and it can be done at the office at Soar Minden. A
one year policy was $395, but once you cancel, you get most of that
back.

Also note that Soar Minden offer attractive 5, 7, 10 day packages that
include a daily high tow, O2, chute, hotel, transfers, transport, and
some instruction time. They made the entire experience as painless as
possible.

http://www.soarminden.com/rental.asp

/Adam

Adam wrote:
On Feb 23, 8:54 am, "Mike Schumann" mike-nos...@traditions-
nospam.com wrote:
What exactly are the insurance requirements?

Mike Schumann


I rented at Soar Minden for two weeks in mid-August, 2004. It was a
fantastic experience. Thermals were 12-15,000' most every day.

Insurance required was $25,000/$250,000 bodily/property liability and
$25,000 hull liability. I got mine from Avemco. It takes a few minutes
to get the policy and it can be done at the office at Soar Minden. A
one year policy was $395, but once you cancel, you get most of that
back.

Just to note, it seems that the required limits have increased. When I was
there this past January the requirement was $40,000 hull, and I don't
recall the rest. There was also an option to pay Soar Minden a relatively
small waiver fee which would clear you for any liability above $40,000,
leaving you responsible for the first $40,000 out of pocket. I didn't
quite understand how these two make sense together, but that's how it was.

Interesting tip about the cancellation, I didn't know that before. I
didn't end up needing anything from Soar Minden because I was only there
for a short time and didn't fly alone, but I'll keep that in mind for the
next time.

--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software

Michael Ash wrote:
Interesting tip about the cancellation, I didn't know that before. I
didn't end up needing anything from Soar Minden because I was only there
for a short time and didn't fly alone, but I'll keep that in mind for the
next time.

I think my brain temporarily shut off while writing that last sentence.
What I meant to say was that I didn't end up needing insurance or a
waiver, since I never flew solo during my time there.

--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software

Uros, make sure you get together with Fred in the emails to make sure you
have all of the US certificates you need to fly US registered aircraft.

BT

"Uros" wrote in message
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I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
- which place would you recommend
- when is the best time to visit
- where I can rent glider

Best regards

Uros

There are several excellent commercial gliderports:

Soar Minden, in Douglas Co. Nevada, near Lake Tahoe
Air Sailing, in Sparks, Nevada, near Reno
Soar Truckee, Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe
Craggy Aero, in Montague, California, near Mt. Shasta
Williams Soaring, in Williams, California, near Mt Shasta
Jean, near Las Vegas, Nevada
Bay Area Soaring, in Hollister, California, southeast of San Francisco
Skylark Niorth, in Tehachapi, California
Caricole Soaring, in California City, California
Great American Soaring, at Llano, California, near Palmdale
Sailplane Enterprises, in Hemet, California
Sky Sailing, in Warner Springs, California

For more information, see: http://www.ssa.org
click on "About Soaring"
click on "Where to Fly"
click on the map
click on "Continue"
click on the map of California (it will also give you the Nevada
sites)
click on a city

On Feb 22, 1:14*pm, Uros wrote:
I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
* * * * - which place would you recommend
* * * * - when is the best time to visit
* * * * - where I can rent glider

Best regards

Uros