You should fly at St Auban and you will experience the support that the team enjoys. I have flown there several times and Eric is very involved with the guest pilots as well as his team. The infrastructure at St. Auban is mind boggling for a U.S. pilot. The planes, the tow planes, the hanger space, the maintenance facilities and people, the dormatories, rec halls, dining facilities, classrooms, it goes on and on and on. It is a military base for sailplanes.