Okay, a real answer.

As one who enjoys keeping up on the soaring community, one thing I
gained from this posting was an association of many of the names I see
from
day to day to a place on the planet they are from.

Useful? Not very. Interesting? ymmv. Worthwhile? More than some of the
other
posts I've seen here!

~elTedro/2NO
Native, Republic of Texas
Resident, Arizona (rASArs rule!!!)
Proud citizen, USA