The 2009 Seminar will be held at Alpine
Flying Centre Lesce (ALC Lesce)

July 18-23 2009

The women glider pilots of Slovenia are delighted to invite you to the Women Soaring Pilots Association's (WSPA) first European seminar.
The thirty-first Women's Soaring Seminar will be held at the Alpine Flying Centre Lesce (ALC Lesce) on the sunny side of the Alps In
Slovenia from July 18 to July 23, 2009.

There are many soaring possibilities as ALC Lesce, Slovenia, as the gliderport is surrounded on the north side by the mountain range of Karavanken and on the northwest side by the Julian Alps. Cross country flights via the Austrian Alps towards Germany and to the west across Italy into Switzerland are just some of varied tasks you could choose. One big challenge to consider is a 500 km FAI triangle just inside Slovenia.

The Lesce field is glorious grass. The runway is 1.150 m long and 60 m wide, with geographical course 134° - 314°. Towing is done by two
Piper Pawnees. There is a classroom in the Club premises for the seminar lectures. In the same building the restaurant offers meals
and near the hangar is a small clubhouse which is used for picnics and meetings after flying. In the same area there is a camping site
and in the village of Lesce you can find various accommodations. The Lesce-Bled airfield is a flyer's paradise with three Blaniks, a DG-
500, seven single-seat DGs, an LS 8, an aerobatic Fox and some private gliders.

Seminar talks will include an orientation on the first day about the gliderport and air space by Boštjan Pristavec. Branko Brodnik will
speak on aviation medicine topics. Andrej Kolar, creator of See You has a presentation on his program and on glider instruments, Boris
Žorž will be our expert on local meteorology. There will also be an opportunity to learn about the building of and the materials used in
sailplanes and we will see the production of gliders.

In addition to the gliding activities there are powered aircraft flights and parachute jumping on the airfield. On the other side of the airport
is an area set aside for radio-controlled (RC) aircraft.

And, if the weather is not auspicious for gliding, there will be a possibility  of tours around beautiful parts in Slovenia. And we are including at least one day trip for our “not flying companions” .

The Seminar Coordinators are: Irena Gornik    irena.gornik@siol.net,                                                                                                                                   Nataša Marzidovšek and
Danica Volčanšek Černe  mepuncke@yahoo.com .
Please email for further information and to put your name in the hat early.

Registration will be open October 1, 2008. The deadline will be March 31, 2009 for planning purposes and we encourage early registration. In some special cases it may be possible to register after March 31.

 

Click Here for a printable application

Click Here for 2008 Seminar Report

Photos from 2008 below: