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OCTOBERFEST 2004, Chihowee Gliderport, Tennessee
Chilhowee Soaring Association, Inc. will be hosting its annual
Oktoberfest 2004 weekend Celebration on October 22,23,24, 2004. Come out this weekend to enjoy the camaraderie and fun! As always, we look forward to hosting aviation enthusiasts from all over! Look for details coming soon on meal tickets, registration, and other such items. For more information, contact Sarah Kelly at - sarah @ hangar-a .com 423-506-9015 www.Chilhowee.com |
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Chilhowee is a great place to fly, however I was there last year
during oktoberfest and there were well over 40-45 pilots that showed up! This makes for an incredibly crowded sky on a ridge day since the ridge at Chilhowee is less than 5 miles long. Not to mention when it shuts down and everyone wants to land at once! About 30 miles due west of Chilhowee is the Sequatchie Valley with over 60 miles of pristine ridge to run on both sides of the valley!! This place is truly gliderpilot paradise and I am truly amazed at how much it is underutilized by glider pilots as everyone seems to go to Chilhowee. The owner of the gliderport (John Lawton) purchased the operation from Art Matthews about 2 years ago and it is now running as a club. This is a little more of an advanced site than Chilhowee just because the field is located in the foothills of the valley, so it is not the best place if you are a low time pilot! They have an awesome high horse pawnee that does a marvelous job of getting many pilots up in short order. The grounds are like a country club and the grass field is so smooooth you think you are landing on blacktop! The showers (on field) and other facilities are the nicest I have seen anywhere!! John is doing his best to promote the club but he does not have much money to spend on adverising so it is word of mouth. The club is located at Whitwell, TN. In the middle of the valley. About 30 miles NW of chatanooga. If you are an intermediate-advanced pilot with good landing skills you simply need to check this place out!!! Although they operate as a club tows during the week are readily available, just call John the night before to make sure the heater is on the towplane. I plan to spend as much time as possible here this fall!! Joe Simmers SEQUATCHIE SOARING SOCIETY CONTACT INFO: John Lawton Cell 423-240-0064 Field phone 423-658-6029 Email: Chilhowee Soaring Association, Inc. will be hosting its annual Oktoberfest 2004 weekend Celebration on October 22,23,24, 2004. Come out this weekend to enjoy the camaraderie and fun! As always, we look forward to hosting aviation enthusiasts from all over! Look for details coming soon on meal tickets, registration, and other such items. For more information, contact Sarah Kelly at - sarah @ hangar-a .com 423-506-9015 www.Chilhowee.com |
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(Joe Simmers) wrote in message . com...
Chilhowee is a great place to fly, however I was there last year during oktoberfest and there were well over 40-45 pilots that showed up! This makes for an incredibly crowded sky on a ridge day since the ridge at Chilhowee is less than 5 miles long. Not to mention when it shuts down and everyone wants to land at once! The local Chilhowee ridge is more than 16 miles long - plus a skilled ridge runner can continue north from there. see these links: http://www.chilhowee.com/fastruns.html http://www.chilhowee.com/sarasridgeflightnumber1.jpg When octfest is very crowded it does take extra caution, also there are 2 alternate landing sites, one a runway called Hurricane that is even closer to the ridge - about .9mile away and the sod farm right next to the runway. I fly at both place and support both, but the Octoberfest is a special event. regards, Chris |
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