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Texas Glider Rally / Dick Johnson Wave Camp April 4 - 11 at Marfa
APRIL 4 - 11, 2009 TEXAS GLIDER RALLY / DICK JOHNSON WAVE CAMP Marfa in southwest Texas, the 15th National Landmark of Soaring, will host our annual thermal / wave camp for your "personal best" flights. Wave Window to 30,000' msl. Marfa Airport (MRF) is almost 5,000' msl on a grassy plateau near the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park. This is a "bring your own sailplane and crew" camp. Not a competition, not a training camp. 100 hours of glider pilot experience is recommended. You will need oxygen installed in your sailplane. Advance registration required as capacity is limited with 3 towplanes. APRIL 10th -- We will honor the late Dick Johnson, soaring legend and our mentor, with a special evening with his family at the Hotel Paisano in Marfa. Please register in advance with Burt Compton at so we can get a count of sailplanes / pilots and best facilitate your visit to this legendary soaring site. Websites: www.flygliders.com (Marfa Gliders Soaring Center) www.hotelpaisano.com (Hotel Paisano in Marfa, gathering place of pilots since 1962) www.marfacc.com (Chamber of Commerce, for alternate accommodations) |
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Texas Glider Rally / Dick Johnson Wave Camp April 4 - 11 at Marfa
APRIL 10, 2009 -- Soaring pilots from across the USA will honor the late Dick Johnson, soaring legend and mentor, with a special evening with his family at the Hotel Paisano in Marfa. Websites: www.flygliders.com (Marfa Gliders Soaring Center) www.hotelpaisano.com (Hotel Paisano inMarfa, gathering place of pilots since 1962) www.marfacc.com (Chamber of Commerce, for alternate accommodations) Pilot Registration deadline is March 10 for the April 4 - 11, 2009 Texas Glider Rally / Dick Johnson Wave Camp. Please let us know if you are planning to fly with us in far southwest Texas so we can facilitate your visit (and have enough towplanes.) Early arrivals welcome, just let us know you are on the way! Burt Compton 432-386-5505 (mornings are best before the soaring starts!) |
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Texas Glider Rally / Dick Johnson Wave Camp April 4 - 11 at Marfa
Texas -- USA Marfa Wave Camp Update April 4 - 11, 2009: Warmer winter & spring than usual in west Texas. Last (?) cold front coming through tonight, then forecast for nice weather for our annual Wave Camp and Texas Glider Rally. Thermals last week to 13,400' msl (Marfa Airport is almost 5,000' msl) and lennies in all quadrants the past few days. We thermal up to the wave, generated by the mountains in Mexico 65 miles southwest, and the Davis Mountains just north of the Marfa Plateau. The Dick Johnson Tribute evening on Friday, April 10th is shaping up. Alice Johnson and family will attend. David Raspet (son of August Raspet, Dick Johnson's mentor at Mississippi State) will show a powerpoint presentation on Dick Johnson's contributions to soaring. This is a preview of the presentation he has created for the upcoming May dedication of the Johnson wing of the National Soaring Museum at Elmira, NY. See www.soaringmuseum.org for more details. If you are planning to travel to Marfa for the Camp, the Johnson Tribute evening, or any time of year, please contact me in advance so I may best manage the necessary logistics. Burt Compton www.flygliders.com Cell: 432-386-5505 (mornings are best before the soaring starts!) Marfa, the 15th National Landmark of Soaring, and where yesterday's USA Today arrives tomorrow. |
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