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Old February 23rd 08, 05:43 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default West coast soaring - where and when?

On Feb 22, 7:52*pm, raulb wrote:
There are several excellent commercial gliderports:

Soar Minden, in Douglas Co. Nevada, near Lake Tahoe
Air Sailing, in Sparks, Nevada, near Reno
Soar Truckee, Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe
Craggy Aero, in Montague, California, near Mt. Shasta
Williams Soaring, in Williams, California, near Mt Shasta
Jean, near Las Vegas, Nevada
Bay Area Soaring, in Hollister, California, southeast of San Francisco
Skylark Niorth, in Tehachapi, California
Caricole Soaring, in California City, California
Great American Soaring, at Llano, California, near Palmdale
Sailplane Enterprises, in Hemet, California
Sky Sailing, in Warner Springs, California

For more information, see: *http://www.ssa.org
click on "About Soaring"
click on "Where to Fly"
click on the map
click on "Continue"
click on the map of California (it will also give you the Nevada
sites)
click on a city

On Feb 22, 1:14*pm, Uros wrote:



I would like to spend some time flying in Nevada (or some other place
on the West coast) and because of that I would like to ask you:
* * * * - which place would you recommend
* * * * - when is the best time to visit
* * * * - where I can rent glider


Best regards


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Williams Soaring has the best rental fleet in the area and the best
instructor Kenny Price. Williams will be running a contest up at
Montague (Northern calif) this summer in late June and early July
which is another great place to fly.

Truckee has outstanding conditions and great service but they do not
have any rentals. If you like flying something not made of fibreglass
you should look into Air Sailing in Nevada.