2006 Seminar Announced
May
8-12, 2006
The 2006
WSPA seminar will be held from May 8-May 12, 2006 at Chilhowee
Gliderport in Tennessee. Chilhowee is a wonderful grasstrip
gliderport with a great task area and many safe landing places,
located right near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Beautiful country, and with Sarah Kelly well-tuned operation,
lots of great lodging and activities nearby (e.g., Ocoee rafting,
etc.), this promises to be a delightful and memorable event. Make
your plans.
Check out the highlights from the 2005
Seminar to see what it's all about.
Seminar
Information to Date
Lodging options can be found at:
http://www.chilhowee.com/ There are many cabins to choose
from all located within a few miles of the gliderport. For those
wishing to stay in a hotel, the hotel of choice is the Etowah
Sleep Inn (423) 263-4343. It is less than a year old with high
speed internet, breakfast, a meeting room that we may use if we
have enough folks staying there, and is only 7 miles from the
gliderport. The special gliderport customer rate is $59.95 (their
regular rate is $89.95).
So far what I have scheduled for the week is:
Francois Pin - current World Class US Team member who will be
representing the USA this July in Vinon, France, will spend one
morning giving a lecture on cross-country flying and racing strategy,
he will then conduct a lead and follow class in the afternoon
for those who are interested.
Dave Stevenson - current Sports Class US Team member who will
be representing the USA this July in Vinon, France, will spend
one morning giving a lecture most likely on planning long cross
country flights in the Southeast (he currently hold a World Record
for Distance set by flying over TN, GA and SC in a Silent 2 last
April.) He will then be available for dual cross-country instruction
in the afternoon.
Mark Lenox - aerobatic instructor who learned to fly under the
instruction of Les Horvath at Estrella will conduct a morning
class on sailplane aerobatics. He will then be available for aerobatic
rides/introductory instruction using his ASK-21 in the afternoon.
Informal Competition - depending on interest we will call daily
tasks for those who would like to hone their competition skills.
Dual instruction will be available daily by at least two Chilhowee
SSA instructors. We will gladly help any student obtain her training
goals including badges.
I hope this helps. I will spell out more details in my talk at
the WSPA breakfast during the SSA convention. Let me know if there
is anything else that you need.
Sarah Kelly
Owner/Operator
Chilhowee Gliderport
(423) 506-9015 Cell
(423) 338-2000 Work
www.chilhowee.com
TOWS
$15 hook up plus $1 per 100 feet (eg. 2000' = $35)
Retrieval: $100/tach hour (0.65 hour minimum)
GLIDER RENTAL
Blanik L-13: $40/hour or $350/10 hour block
Ka-7: $36/hour or $300/10 hour block
*Ka-6: $36/hour or $300/10 hour block
*Silent 2: $44/hour or $400/10 hour block
*The maximum charge per day on the single seat gliders is three
hours per customer which means if you fly for 5 hours you pay
for 3.
INSTRUCTION
$30 per hour (minimum 30 minutes)
CAMPING
Free, the shower is $5/night
