Thanks Guys,

That's the part where I will be working, just a few miles south of
the Canadian border and well to the north of Duluth. I visited the
place last week and it is gorgeous and I fully agree about lakes
and trees.

Is there anywhere over the border in Ontario? I don't know how
my UK and US licenses would fare in Canada.

Maybe I'll try to sample some floatplane flying instead.

Mike



At 18:50 12 April 2012, Tony wrote:
On Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:21:00 PM UTC-5, Mike Philpott
wrote:
Hi,
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I'm a UK based glider pilot and I will be working in the
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part of Minnesota in late April and for most of May.
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I have a US airman's certificate for sailplanes as well as
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engine land planes.=20
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Is there a gliding club in the northern part of Minnesota
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welcomes limeys?
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Advice would be greatly welcomed.
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Thanks,
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Mike

Red Wing Soaring Association (http://www.rwsa.org/) is in
Osceola, WI, on
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he Northeast side of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, and is, as
far as I
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w, the furthest north glider club in Minnesota. That said it is
still in
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he southern third of the state. However when you get too
much north of
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re there are a lot of trees and not a lot of fields. Some flights
have
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n done to the north, as far north as Duluth, but there is still a
lot of
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nnesota north of there with even more trees and water and
fewer fields.