News Flash: Jan 9, 2012
by Peter Kelly

We are migrating to a new web site. All of the pages on this web site will be incorporated into our new, bigger, better, and far more informative site. We will still have the same domain name of "valleysoaring.net" - however - we also have the domain name of "valleysoaring.com" - and both domains will be identical- once we complete the creation of the new web site. If you care to see it, then take a look - visit valleysoaring.com today - see a work inprogress!

 

Go direct this album, click on the album, then select slide show

http://picasaweb.google.com/glider.pk

 

 Go directly to Tom Jue's photo album, click on the album, then
select slide show

http://picasaweb.google.com/Tom.Jue.USA

Click on the any any of the above photos to see them in full size

 

 

FYI

We no longer have a Google group on the web. They terminted that service on Nov 1, 2010.

 

Description of the VSA

The VSA provides a means for pilots to interact with each other, and the community in general. It's not enough for each of us to practice and demonstrate the refined skills that allow us to fly freely like an eagle, soaring for hours above the earth, and then returning confidently to the airport. As pilots, we enjoy talking to each other about our triumphs over nature, and sharing our recent discoveries in this infinitely variable, and endlessly challenging sport. We learn from each other, and enjoy hearing about flights by other pilots. The Valley Soaring Association (VSA) is composed of pilots, and friends of pilots, who enjoy sharing this wonderful sport.

The Association is hosted by William's Soaring Center (WSC), located in William's, California, about 45 miles north of Sacramento, along Interstate Highway 5. Although many pilots of the association fly from various gliderports throughout California and Nevada, we all have have a common interest in the William's Soaring Center.

Strictly volunteer, the Association is composed of annual average membership of 50 to 100 pilots. Members of this nonprofit association contribute their time and energy to maintaining the organization, newsletters and web pages.

We organize and promote various soaring events at William's, and the Officers of the Board of the VSA administer a Scholarship Fund, which has been awarded over a half-dozen times to High School Students in Northern California.

You are invited to visit the other pages of this web site to learn more about the Valley Soaring Association, and more about the sport of Soaring. If you share our love of Soaring and also have an interest in the operations at William's Soaring Center you are sincerely invited to join our Association. All new comers are welcome - experienced or not! Please use the following links as well as the tabs located at the top of this page.

If you are interested in receiving instruction, getting a pilot license or just want to take a ride in a glider contact our host, Williams Soaring Center.

membership.htm - further information about membership in the VSA, complete with membership forms.

www.williamssoaring.com - William's Soaring Center (WSC)

www.soaringnet.com - a list of other soaring related web sites in California and Nevada

www.ssa.org - the U.S. National organization of soaring - The Soaring Society of America (SSA)

www.pacificsoaring.org - The Regional organization - The Pacific Soaring Council (PASCO)