We returned to New Castle, Virginia today to pick up our motor home and continue on to Chilhowee Gliderport in Tennessee, where we will stay for the week and the Oktoberfest. The weather was beautiful (in contrast to the Region 4 South contest hosted by the Blue Ridge Soaring Society two weeks earlier). Coming around…
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Blue Ridge Soaring Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary
by Bill Elliott •
During the Labor Day weekend, about 130 former and present Blue Ridge Soaring Society members and friends gathered at New Castle International near Roanoke, Virginia to celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary. The weather added to the celebration by not providing any soaring weather so that the revelers could fully concentrate on partying.
Blue Ridge Soaring Society Contest Announcement
by SC Admin •
Dear Soaring Pilots: If you have never flown in New Castle, you certainly heard about us – a 1000k contest flight, a club glider to 19600 in wave, the unmatched hospitality of the Blue Ridge Soaring Society. If you have flown with us, you have experienced the incomparable beauty of the ridges and valleys of…
