On March 13, 2021 the LSC took to the skies for the first flying day of the season. It was still a winter day, but it felt like spring and the checkout flights proceeded nicely. Contact us if you’re interested in joining the club, coming for a flight, or even just visiting for the day.

The Lethbridge Soaring Club has set the date for the 2021 AGM. The event will be held virtually this year on Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 at 7pm. The meeting will be held via Zoom. New members or interested members are welcome to join us, please contact us for the agenda and Zoom link.

The Lethbridge Soaring Club has been operating successfully with advanced sanitary and distancing guidelines. We are ready to begin flying familiarization flights again this season for those who have purchased those flights. Masking during the flight and sanitation is expected. Be in contact with lethbridge.soaring@gmail.com to arrange.

The 2020 AGM and Dinner will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Meet at the Moxies in Lethbridge, (1621 3rd Ave S).

Please contact lethbridge.soaring@gmail.com for more details if you would like to attend as a new member.

While the weather has been cooperating for us this season, our glider maintenance plan has run into a slight delay. Our main glider is undergoing a final canopy repair. On Saturday, April 27 we hope to rig and inspect our “backup” glider, the older Schweizer 2-22 training glider. We should have the flying season going by early May! Check here for updates.

The Lethbridge Soaring Club is hosting a public event for anyone interested in gliding and soaring in Southern Alberta.  If you are interested in purchasing a ride, or learning how to fly, this event is for you.  Club members and instructors will be on hand to present information about the club, and answer any questions you may have.  Try your hand in our glider simulator!

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

6:30-8:00pm

Crossings Branch Library (Friend’s Place room)

Click the link below to see details:

Library event poster

Mark your calendar for longer term soaring events at the Cowley Glider Strip this summer!

Lethbridge Soaring Club:

Alberta Soaring Council:

Lethbridge Soaring Club – Summer Soaring Week Report

We had a great flying week with many accomplishments in the air and ground.
This was the Club’s best soaring week on record. More flights, more airtime, more soaring than ever before.

In the Air:

Congratulations to Jeff S on a successful “flight test” and earning his GPL! We sat down together Saturday in Lethbridge and completed the paperwork to make it official. He is the first Ab-initio glider pilot to reach license in our club! Cheer him on as he develops his flying skills towards passengers, bronze badge, and single seat gliders!

Dennis M, a pilot returning to gliding, experienced his first soaring flights of near an hour on each of two different days! Getting back into it he said was like drinking from a fire hose. He’s picking things up fast. He’s also proven himself a man with many talents and can make a monkey fist!

Kary W got 9 winch launches with a 30 min soaring flight on his last launch and 3 smooth winch entries and exits from the grob. It was a pleasure to have him and his company come down to join us for a few days and hopefully we see him again this season. During his launches we managed a lot of video and photos including a 360 degree camera. I’m looking forward to those photos making our facebook page soon!

Glen L had the longest dual grob flight of the season so far at 2hrs 21min.

George H had a good flight east to Nobleford and could have gone much further, but turned back to experience weakening lift and experienced an educational landout. He shared those lessons with an email to the members of the club: Carry a tow rope with links so you can pull your glider out of the way of a moving pivot! Screen shot your google-maps position to share with your retrieve driver. And lastly – be sure they find your keys so they can drive your car to you!

The club also saw a number of new friends that took on Familiarization flights. We welcome them back for more flying any time – ask us how.

Many of these events were possible thanks to the dedication and skill of our other pilots who attended the camp: Geoff M, David M, Bruce A and myself

On the Ground:

Families came out for a full day ending with a campfire we all gathered around. It was very enjoyable for all and a spouse and several kids were taken for flights and all enjoyed them a great deal! We will venture to make this an annual event at the very least during our summer flying week!

Bus recently got some cabinetry and a metal filing cabinet put in and this past weekend sat 2 more bench seats installed.

Some cleanup of wood bits from around the hangar and sea-can contributed to a lovely campfire for the attendees on Thursday night.

Join us at our next camp – the ASC Summer Cowley Camp from July 28th to Aug 6th inclusive.
We will have Many other gliders from across Alberta, aerotows, winching, and maybe even a fly-in breakfast!

If you’ve never experienced a glider – introductory flights from $100 (Winch) and $125 (Aerotow) with potential for soaring and high flights!

Purchase Here!

If you’ve flown and want another challenge – learn to fly a high performance, efficient, and elegant machine while working toward a glider rating to add to your license. No written exam required. Ask me how.

Above all, tell others and send them our way. The club is very enjoyable, well equipped, and now would be the best time to join.

Sign up to come out:
Scheduler

The Lethbridge Soaring Club has chosen the flying weeks for 2017. See the dates below.

We fly as many weekends as possible, check this link for a weekly schedule:
Online Scheduler

FLYING WEEKS
May 6-14 2017

July 8-16 2017