On Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 8:53:38 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On May 20, 6:53 am, Hal wrote:
On May 20, 6:42 am, "Wayne Paul" wrote:



Four miles. The time required depends on whether I drive, ride my bike or
walk.

Wayne
HP-14 "Six Foxtrot"http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Nigel Rotherham" wrote in message

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Hi everyone :-) GR8 to have service 'back'!
Question for any / all interested: What is your travel time / distance
(round trip?) from home to gliding / soaring club - site? Not that will
make any difference to actual journey I need to take but knowing what
fellow enthusiast 'endure' to enjoy our fantastic sport / hobby will
probably make me feel 'much better' (s a factor in choosing which club
to join here in South Africa)! From my home (Benoni) must allow 4 hrs
(approx 350 Km) average for any of the 'local' clubs...
Thanks in advance. FLY SAFE! very best regards Nigel R- Hide quoted text -

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Two hours each way for Williams CA and three plus for Truckee although
it is a mix now as I purchased a motor glider and often fly out of the
local airport (15 minutes). I try to stay overnight if I go to the
gliderport as it is too tiring to do all the driving and fly. It is
expensive but the motorglider definetly makes it possible to fly more
often.

From my home to the Ephrata airport is 97.8 miles (157 km) one way. I
drive that distance almost every weekend. I used to fly from
Wenatchee, WA and that distance from my house was 128.2 miles (206
km). Every year for past 4 years I take a trip from my house in Pasco,
WA to Montague, CA for a long weekend of flying (4 days) and that is
586 miles (943 km) one way and I don't think I am insane (at least not
yet). So, the distance to travel issue is one that you can put up
with.

Jacek
Pasco, WA

Jacek, sometime you should stop in at High Desert Soaring and cut some distance off your trip. I haven't flown out of Montague yet but the flying conditions are often better from Bend imho (if you can get the 8 miles from Bend south to Newberry crater/Paulina lake, sometimes it's stubborn). The club operates nearly every weekend.