At Monday night's SGC General Meeting there was discussion
about the need and opportunity to revitalize SGC's role as the
"club of clubs" for soaring in the Pacific Northwest.
One small piece of that puzzle, it seems to me, is simply
knowing who are the various centers of soaring within our
region. Over the years at SGC events I've had the pleasure of
making friendships from a number of clubs, but I'm still
surprisingly in the dark about who all is out there. I expect that
leadership within our clubs who haven't been to many SGC XC events
are probably even more in the dark. The SGC website has some hints
under Information --> Reference, but even that looks quite
out-of-date (some of the organizations seem like they may no
longer exist at all). It also gives little idea of the scale of
the operation, or the critical resources we all struggle to keep
going financially: towplanes.
Maybe I can make a small contribution to our common
understanding by compiling updated information. I started the
table below based on some bits and pieces I've learned over the
years.
Could folks from each of the clubs below, or any clubs not
listed, drop me a note offline and help me fill in the gaps?
BTW, there also there was discussion in the meeting about the
idea of asking each club to name a formal representative to SGC.
It might be useful to create a mailing list (Google Group?) with
at least one member from each PNW club's executive Board or
leadership, or an email alias if available (e.g.
"president@[gliderclub].org"). Let me know if you'd like to be
that rep?
Thanks,
-Alex
Club name (short name) --> web page |
Home field |
Where is that? |
Operating months |
Towplanes: model(tail) |
# of Club-owned gliders |
Notable annual cross-country soaring
events (typical timing) |
Remarks |
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Seattle Glider
Council (SGC) |
Ephrata, WA (KEPH) |
3 hours east of Seattle |
May - Sept |
Pawnee (), C182 () |
0 |
The DustUp (Memorial Day weekend), Methow Valley encampment (mid-June), Region 8 Contest (late-June) | Club-of-clubs -- the coordinating body for
PNW soaring |
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Willamette
Valley Soaring Club (WVSC) |
North Plains, OR (1OR4) |
West side of Portland |
April - October |
Pawnee (82Z), AgWagon (37G) |
8 |
Alvord Desert encampment (ground launch via
auto-tow) (mid-July) |
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Evergreen |
Arlington, WA () |
vaguely Seattle? |
Pawnee (), ? |
Ephrata encampment (early June) |
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Puget Sound Soaring Association (PSSA) |
Enumclaw, WA () |
even-more-vaguely Seattle? |
SuperCub () |
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Hood River Soaring (HRS) |
Hood River, OR (4S2) |
1 hour east of Portland |
Year-round |
Pawnee (7Z), Pawnee (7L) |
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Cascade Soaring Society () |
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Columbia Basin Soaring Association () |
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Grand Teton Soaring Club () |
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High Desert Soaring Club () |
Bend, OR (KBDN) |
Central Oregon |
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Spokane Soaring Society () |
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Silver Star Soaring Association () |
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Independence Glider Club () |
1 hour south of Portland |
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Brad's winching operation |
Winch |
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