St Louis Soaring Association is taking the XC task (pun intended) seriously:

- Just acquired a sweet Grob Astir CS (with radio, varios, & good trailer) specifically for members to take XC and chase OLC points.
- Is upgrading XC-suitable our fleet; we now have a 1-34, G-102 Club III, and the Astir CS for XC (all with trailers available), and for the read die-hards a couple of very basic 1-26s (one with an open canopy for that "Otto Lilienthal" experience!). In process of equipping all the fleet with radios and audio varios, and looking at providing some sort of power outlet for simple PDA/PNA/Phones.
- Has purchased several simple IGC loggers (FR300s) and encourage members to use them on every flight - and post to OLC.
- Have a G-103 and ASK-21 available for dual XC coaching (with a new Cobra trailer just in case!)
- And finally - we have a club OLC contest going this season: For the private owners (8 are participating), we each chipped in $100 to the pot, and the club is matching that; the pilot with the best 3 OLC plus scores (flights this year originating from our field, H07) takes it all....! For the pilots flying club ships, no ante up front is needed, but the club is putting up the same as for the private owners - $800 for the winner who uses club ships from our field.

No surprise - Lot's of interest in XC and OLC at our club now!

Kirk
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