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Best Flight… So Far
Possibly the greatest aspect of soaring is it’s never ending possibilities and the presentation of new challenges. New pilots obsess over time aloft, breaking the first hour seems like an unimaginable...
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Rebel Run
I’m a big fan of Jennifer Gough. Her person, her art, her playing drums in 4″ heels, she’s just a force of nature. Of all days, Jen showed up at York Soaring for a friend flight with me on Friday July...
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Summer Update – Animoto
Sunday is my ‘chore day’ when I’m at the flying club. With so many weekend warriors available I can take some time and get the mundane things done in life – things like laundry. Trailer park living...
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Silver Landout
After local area flying, the glider pilot typically progress to cross country flying. The first steps here are longer duration flights (2, 2-hour flights for Bronze; 1, 5-hour flight for Silver) then...
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Paintings for Plane Rides
There’s something to be said about social circles. Immediately after I took Waterloo Region rising star Jennifer Gough up for the ‘Rebel Run’, another incredibly talented local artist got in touch to...
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Adventure Week Day 1 – DG500
Before the official start of my late August adventure week to Denver, I had the opportunity to fly with multiple FAI Soaring record holder Tim Wood. He’s had his eye on a 74km/h 200km FAI triangle...
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Learn To Fly. Start Now.
The flying club of which I am an active member, director and flight instructor with – York Soaring Association – has approved a fall marketing campaign to plant the seeds of being a pilot in the fall...
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Winch Launching
It’s getting late in the flying season. In fact all of York Soaring’s private gliders are packed in the former tow plane hangar, some of the club ships have remained packed after a fall trip to...
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Young Pilots
Young pilots in Canada looking to pursue their gliding career for passion, pleasure or to position for a professional aviation career have options today that were simply not available to pilots just a...
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10 Instructional Flights – 1 Bitcoin
So, bitcoins are new, and they’ve worked out well for you. How about doing something you’ve always wanted to do with some of your new bitcoin wealth – soar like a hawk. As an active member, instructor...
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