Welcome To Silverado Soaring
A Northern California Glider Club
Silverado Soaring is an affordable way to enjoy the sport of soaring. Our club is a friendly group of glider pilots that operate out of Truckee, CA during the summer months and out of Minden, NV and Williams, CA during the winter months.
LATEST NEWS
May 2, 2008
SOAR TRUCKEE News:
Opens Saturday, May 10, 2008 - weekends only.
Then on Saturday, May
24th OPEN 7 DAYS a week.
Visit www.soartruckee.com for the latest information.
May 1, 2008
Soaring NV - Minden's Newest Commercial Soaring Operation
[ Pronounced Soaring Envy ] Now Open for Flight Operations
Visit www.soaringnv.com
2008 Soaring Events
May 2-4: Doc Mayes Memorial Fly-In, Williams Soaring Center. RSVP.
May 10- Soar Truckee: Open Weekends only.
May 15-18: CCSC Soaring Camp, CCSC - Avenal, CA. Register Now.
May 23-26: Cross Country Camp Mantague, Ca.
May 24: Soar Truckee Open Daily.
May 26-30: Air Sailing Thermal Camp, Air Sailing, NV
CONTESTS - REGISTER NOW:
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Region 11 Contest - June 30 - July 5
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National Sports Class - July 1 - July 10
- For Contest information visit:
www.williamssoaring.com/nationals/
VIEW THESE Event Calendars
Soar Truckee Event Calendar: http://www.soartruckee.com/calendar.html
Region 11 PASCO Event Calendar: www.pacificsoaring.org/calendar.html
Safety Message - Reno ATC - Transponders
Summer time is Truckee Flying time - this message is important. If you fly in the above areas, or within 50 NM of Reno, You NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION. www.pacificsoaring.org/safety.html
It is our aim to provide opportunities for flight in relatively modern, well-maintained sailplanes at attractive soaring locations for very reasonable costs. Silverado operates three dual place sailplanes - two Grob 103's and a DG-505.
There are no per hour or per flight charges for the use of the gliders, just tow fees for tows obtained from the FBO's where our gliders are based. Silverado wants to encourage plenty of flying to maintain proficiency.
All gliders are equipped with radios and oxygen systems, plus the club provides a parachute for each seat. The gliders may be flown any day the FBO is operating. (more....)
Club Newsletter
We have a great club newsletter available online to share our club news and views. Go to the Newsletter page and view "Wing Nutz" Online. (Adobe PDF)
GLIDER LOCATIONS
Truckee opens for weekends on May 10, 2008
Our gliders will soon be moved to Truckee.
Grob 103 - CC: Minden-Tahoe Airport (Minden,
NV)
Grob 103 - 7S: Offline
DG 505 - 1PS: Williams Soaring
(Williams, CA)