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Zen and the Art of Soaring with Ingo Renner - Ian Sutcliffe

760 km and 8 hours in a Duo Discus flying over Australia's outback with 4 time World Champion Ingo Renner.  Ian gives his impresssions on flying in Australia and shares Ingo's thoughts about speed-to-fly and cross country strategy with us.



Riding the Big Kahuna - Bob Katz

From his first wave flight the previous year to discussons with Boston Center for permission to enter Class A airspace.  This article describes Bob's Diamond climb to over 23,000 ft in wave at Lake Placid NY on 14 October 2000.

The Montreal Soaring Council hosts a wave camp at the Lake Placid airport every fall. See the article for more details


 

Cross-country Soaring in Tocumwal, Australia - Tracie Wark

A fascinating photo essay for the CAS website about flying in Australia.  After reading this you will want to soar in Australia.  Click on the logo below to visit the Sportavia website and find out more about the soaring in Tocumwal.


 

A New Pilot's Primer to Flying at "The Ridge" - Eric Gillespie

This article is written from the perspective of a new-comer to ridge flying. It provides excellent detail about flying the Bald Eagle ridge in Pennsylvania. This article along with Tom Knauff's ridge manual are must reads before flying "the Ridge". 


 
  Flying at Omarama, New Zealand - Larry Springford

A detailed look at some amazing soaring conditions. You'll want to go after reading this!
 

 
  and Kiwi flying, 2: 

New Zealand Soaring Images and Impressions - Joerg Stieber

You'd think we worked for the New Zealand Tourist bureau! 

 
 

A CAS cross-country clinic grad's first contest - Doug Scott