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If flying were the language of man, soaring would be its poetry.  - anon. -  Join North Alabama's premier soaring club and learn the art of flying sailplanes. Browse our site to learn more about the fascinating sport of soaring, then contact us to schedule your introductory flight. Soaring is...an aerial ballet...a magic carpet ride... Some have called it the sport of kings. If you know the sky and your craft as soaring pilots do, soaring is beautiful...magical...spectacular...and thrilling.   The best way to find out what soaring is all about is to experience it yourself!  Click Here to Come Soar with us! The pictures to the upper right are hosted in Huntsville Soaring's Picasa account. Any member can add their favorite picture to the slideshow.   A larger version of the Slideshow can also be viewed.

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Click on the image to the left to view a well-done YouTube video of soaring over the Alps. Watch these other short videos and you'll get a glimmer of how exciting soaring can be.  Extreme Soaring - High, low, fast, and edgy Smokin' Gliders - UK contest finishes Ridge Soaring - A couple of HSC members did this for 760 miles last April Rock Polishing - with the Condor Soaring Simulator Vol a Voile - Nice collection of French soaring videos

2007 September 22 ... Bill Elliott Places 2nd in Region 4 North Contest. Bill flew a brilliant five-day contest at New Castle, VA, placing 2nd out of 21 competitors, missing the top spot by only two points out of 4224! For scores and daily reports, click here.

2007 August 4 ... Martyn Acreman and Doug Morris Become Glider Partners. Today, Martyn bought into Doug's newly acquired Grob Astir CS, so we should begin seeing even more of Martyn in the skies over Moontown. He plans to take his private glider checkride as soon as he can schedule it.  Read more ...

2007 September 25 ... Jean-Jacques Wins 2007 GTA B Class Contest. For the second year in a row, JJ has emerged victorious in the GTA B class competition.  Read more in 'Club News'.

2007 July 21 ... Jim Finger Achieves Silver Badge in One Flight.  On his second flight in the LS-3a, Jim achieved his Silver and Gold 5-hour duration, his Silver distance (50km), and his Silver altitude gain, thereby earning the Silver badge in one magnificent flight!  Congratulations, Jim! To my knowledge, Jim is the first HSC pilot to earn all three legs of a badge in one flight. Jim declared Winchester airport as a remote finish, so he actually flew about 80 miles up and back, then soared for a couple more hours at min sink to make the five hours. Click here to view Jim's flight as posted to the OLC.  Click here for the full report.

The Huntsville Soaring Club's new Wiki-based site!  Many of you are probably familiar with Wikipedia which is probably the best known Wiki site with its content being provided and updated by anyone in the world wishing to do so.  If you are new to the site, click here to find out more about Wiki's and what it means for this site.