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Old May 21st 08, 06:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Shawn[_5_]
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Default travel time to gliding site / club?

Nigel Rotherham wrote:
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


30 minutes by bike
20 minutes by car
15 minutes by motorcycle :-)

I used to fly weekly at a site 1 hour 15 minutes away, and frequently
(monthly) trailered my glider to a site a bit more than three hours
away. Sometimes there, fly, back in one day, although I usually overnighted.

Shawn