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USA: Places to get tows in ID, OR and WA
The SSA "Where to Fly" feature shows Bend and North Plains in Oregon,
Evergreen, Enumclaw, Wenatchee, Ephrata and Spokane in WA, and nothing in southern Idaho. Are any of these operations private clubs, or closed during the week in the summer? Are there any everyday tow operations not listed? (I note that neither Parowan, UT nor Ely, NV are shown, and both have recently hosted sanctioned SSA contests.) ~ted/2NO |
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USA: Places to get tows in ID, OR and WA
You can find tows usually in the following location if you contact the
right people: Idaho Nampa and Driggs Utah From north to south: Logan (year round) Morgan (March - October/November) Heber (May-October) Cedar Valley (April/May -October) Parowan (mostly April to October, but by arrangement as well). I took the first one last year in March for a four hour cross-country. If no one gives SSA the data it is not there. Also SSA for years would only list official sites (clubs or commercial members); they have changed in the last year to realize that promoting soaring is first and promoting SSA is second. A good change in my opinion. Tim |
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Places to get tows in ID, OR and WA
I'm not on that page yet: http://www.nwskysports.com/
I'm located in Hood River, Oregon. I also belong to the two clubs here in Oregon and they are both great operations. Details on days and months of operation are on the where to fly site on the SSA page. http://www.ssa.org/sport/wheretofly.asp Gary Boggs wrote in message oups.com... The SSA "Where to Fly" feature shows Bend and North Plains in Oregon, Evergreen, Enumclaw, Wenatchee, Ephrata and Spokane in WA, and nothing in southern Idaho. Are any of these operations private clubs, or closed during the week in the summer? Are there any everyday tow operations not listed? (I note that neither Parowan, UT nor Ely, NV are shown, and both have recently hosted sanctioned SSA contests.) ~ted/2NO |
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USA: Places to get tows in ID, OR and WA
If no one gives SSA the data it is not there. Also SSA for years would only list official sites (clubs or commercial members); they have changed in the last year to realize that promoting soaring is first and promoting SSA is second. A good change in my opinion. Tim Are you sure that the SSA made that change? I believe the SSA still only lists sites that have an affiliation with the SSA. A big mistake, I believe, as it hurts SSA members looking for places to go soaring, as well as hurts the operators at those sites, and that hurts soaring. |
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USA: Places to get tows in ID, OR and WA
wrote: The SSA "Where to Fly" feature shows Bend and North Plains in Oregon, Evergreen, Enumclaw, Wenatchee, Ephrata and Spokane in WA, and nothing in southern Idaho. Are any of these operations private clubs, or closed during the week in the summer? Are there any everyday tow operations not listed? (I note that neither Parowan, UT nor Ely, NV are shown, and both have recently hosted sanctioned SSA contests.) ~ted/2NO Sorry, forgot to include the following. www.tetonaviation.com All the info can be found there. Tom |
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USA: Places to get tows in ID, OR and WA
Tom,
Has Snake River Soaring Club ramped up yet? Frank Whiteley Colorado |
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