Soaring in Southern France

[TIFRED]

I'll be heading to Istres in a few weeks and wondered if anyone had ideas,
opinions on places to soar in the southy of France.

TIF...@aol.com

[Martin Hoehle]

TIFRED (tif...@aol.com) wrote:
: I'll be heading to Istres in a few weeks and wondered if anyone had ideas,

: opinions on places to soar in the southy of France.

I think you should try VINON that is about 100km of highway from Istres
('should take you some 1 1/2h max. to get there). The other 'classic'
gliderports in the french alps are a bit farther, there have been some
postings on this newsgroup in the past about the subject. (I understand that
you want to fly in the alps, if not there are some other locations somewhat
nearer to Istres)

Regards, Martin

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[Peter Sodermans]

Please go to the aerport of FAYENCE, there you'll find probably the best
soaring conditions.

Grretings, Peter

[Peter Sodermans]

tif...@aol.com (TIFRED) wrote:
>I'll be heading to Istres in a few weeks and wondered if anyone had ideas,
>opinions on places to soar in the southy of France.
>

>TIF...@aol.com

I suggest you go to FAYANCE, near Cannes.... extremely good soaring
conditions. Please E-mail me if you're interested to find out more

[Tony Morgan]

TIFRED(tif...@aol.com) asked about soaring in the Alps.
If you have your own glider, GAP is probably the best.
Otherwise, try SISTERON, which I always found to be very helpful.

It's all great fun!

Tony Morgan