29 Palms Soaring Club

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The 29 Palms Soaring Club is located in the scenic California high desert at 29 Palms County Airport. The town of Twentynine Palms is located only a short distance from wonderful Joshua Tree National Park. The airport is located roughly 10 miles east of town. The airport is an easy drive of 1 to 3 hours from most places in the greater Los Angeles basin. For those of you with your own aircraft, it's a fun 1 hour flight. Soaring is possible year round with the best soaring conditions occurring in the Summer, when the thermals are booming!. During this time, flights with altitude gains of over 8000 feet are common. The Winter months provide calmer air (although wintertime thermals aren't all that rare!) and an ideal chance to learn to fly gliders or to practice your skills. The club currently has about 40 members and is looking to expand! We have several dedicated CFI's who instruct at the best rates you'll find anywhere. Club activities typically happen on weekend afternoons. The club offers rides to non-club members who are interested in soaring as well. So, if you're a Southern California soaring enthusiast, or interested in becoming one, check us out and get in touch with one of the people listed below.

• AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE:
• (1) Schweizer 2-22: A basic two seat primary glider.
• (1) Schweizer 2-33: A higher performance training & sightseeing two place glider.
• (1) Schweizer 1-26: A Single seat glider.
• GLIDER RENTAL FEE:
• Members pay no rental fee for the gliders.
• TOWING:
• $18.00 for 1000 feet of tow
• $27.00 for 2000 feet of tow
• $37.00 for 3000 feet of tow
• MEMBERSHIP FEES:
• The one-time cost to join as a family is only $150.00
• Monthly dues are a low $40.00
• INTRODUCTORY RIDES:
• An introductory glider ride is $40.00 for a 2000 foot tow or $55.00 for a 3000 foot tow.
• Gift Certificates are available.
• INSTRUCTION
• Members pay no fee for instruction with one of our CFIs
• FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL:
• Jim Bagley (760) 367-7726
• 29 Palms Airport (760) 367-0770
• or send e-mail to jbagley@29palms.com



Here is a photo of the club's Schweizer 1-26 landing after a cross-country flight.



Here's our Schweizer 2-33 coming back from another flight.



The club's Schweizer 2-22 takes off!



For many years the club towed behind this powerful Pawnee tow plane. Why not click on it and say goodbye to a good friend!



Our 2-33 takes to the skies!



Caracole Soaring hosted a major regional soaring competition at California City, CA during Labor Day weekend 1995. Go here to see some photographs.

Club Events and Soaring Happenings

Soaring and Aviation Links:

• The Soaring Society of America (SSA)
• Usenet: rec.aviation.soaring
• Soaring e-mail addresses
• Directory of Soaring Sites
• Soaring Sites Index
• Yahoo-Soaring
• A sight with an extensive set of soaring links is:
• http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/soaring.html

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