Chris,

The Ardoin turnpoint described by George Moffat in "Winning on the Wind" was
about 115 miles northwest of Marfa. It was a private airstrip near the salt
flats southwest of Guadalupe Peak, on the south side of highway 62/180 that
goes west to El Paso.

It is no longer there, at least it does not appear on a current El Paso
Sectional or the WAC Chart CH-23 (both useful for XC planning out of Marfa.)

The "Figure 2" Ranch private airstrip is up thataway, south of where Ardoin
used to be, along highway 54 - by the Sierra Diablo Mountains.

Sounds like you are putting together a set of good turnpoints for your Region
Five group's summer 2004 expedition to fly with us at Marfa, near the mountains
of west Texas.

We will have a "Marfa Gliders" booth at the Atlanta SSA Convention - see you
there!

For more info on Marfa see our webpage at www.FLYGLIDERS.com

Burt Compton
Marfa, west Texas
Site of the 1970 World Soaring Contest
800-667-9464