Soaring School

I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!

Hi Toks,

I'm sorry, but you will need to be more specific. Do you mean Pittsburg, PA
in the USA? If so, you should check-out the SSA web site at SSA.org. There
is a cool new tool there for finding soaring locations.
http://www.ssa.org/test/sport/wheretofly.asp

Another source of links to soaring sites is my Soaring Links web site. Go
to:
http://www.soarmn.com/soaring_links/...m#Pennsylvania

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Adetokunbo Desalu" wrote in message
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I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!

Thanks.

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
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Hi Toks,

I'm sorry, but you will need to be more specific. Do you mean Pittsburg,
PA
in the USA? If so, you should check-out the SSA web site at SSA.org.
There
is a cool new tool there for finding soaring locations.
http://www.ssa.org/test/sport/wheretofly.asp

Another source of links to soaring sites is my Soaring Links web site. Go
to:
http://www.soarmn.com/soaring_links/...m#Pennsylvania

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Adetokunbo Desalu" wrote in message
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I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for
soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!

we have a club, not in Pittsburgh, but not all too far away......northern
Pennsylvania
you can find our details on http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Brokenstraw.htm
Great place to soar and learn to soar ...cheap!
tim

"Adetokunbo Desalu" wrote in message
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I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!

Try http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/gliders/
This is the web-sit of the Pittsburgh Soaring Club, which flies nea
Eighty-Four, PA, about an hour south of Pittsburgh.

GM

we had another person from Pittsburgh just join our Brokenstraw Soaring
club. He had investigated the club last summer and then just yesterday
joined the club....on his first official flight as a member of the club, on
his intro flight (he's power rated and flew up in a C-172) did silver
distance with an instructor.......in a K7!
tim
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Brokenstraw.htm


"Tim Mara" wrote in message
...
we have a club, not in Pittsburgh, but not all too far away......northern
Pennsylvania
you can find our details on http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Brokenstraw.htm
Great place to soar and learn to soar ...cheap!
tim

"Adetokunbo Desalu" wrote in message
news:ZLCze.32$WA4.30@trndny04...
I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for
soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!

I learned to fly gliders at http://www.silentwingssoaring.com/ However
they are not operating this year.

Others have mentioned Brokenstraw and Bandel. The third alternative
you might consider is http://www.eglider.org/ Assuming you have the
flexibility with your schedule to attend one of their week long
courses.

Feel free to contact me directly if you want my opinion on each of
these operations (I'm located in Pittsburgh as well). You will find at
each location a set of very nice knowledgable folks that will introduce
you to the wonders of powerless flight.

Good luck,

-bob

Adetokunbo Desalu wrote:
I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!

Try the Pittsburgh Soaring Club website. They fly out of Bandera field
near Glyde PA, also near 84 PA, 35 mi south of Pittsburgh near I 70.

Tim Mara wrote:
we had another person from Pittsburgh just join our Brokenstraw Soaring
club. He had investigated the club last summer and then just yesterday
joined the club....on his first official flight as a member of the club, on
his intro flight (he's power rated and flew up in a C-172) did silver
distance with an instructor.......in a K7!
tim
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Brokenstraw.htm


"Tim Mara" wrote in message
...

we have a club, not in Pittsburgh, but not all too far away......northern
Pennsylvania
you can find our details on http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Brokenstraw.htm
Great place to soar and learn to soar ...cheap!
tim

"Adetokunbo Desalu" wrote in message
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I am a private pilot but I am interested in soaring. Is there a soaring
school in Pittsburgh area or that location is not ideal place for
soaring?

Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
Dyin' to Soar!