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    From ken smith@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 24 11:01:09 2023
    Hi,
    I will be heading to the Swiss / German area in the Sept/Oct timeframe
    and want to do some flying in the scenic areas over there. I would be
    flying dual, so not worried about license requirements.
    I was hoping that someone might have some suggestions as to
    friendly commercial gliderports that cater to out of town folk.
    Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks Ken

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  • From Martin Gregorie@21:1/5 to ken smith on Fri Feb 24 19:19:50 2023
    On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:01:09 -0800 (PST), ken smith wrote:

    Hi,
    I will be heading to the Swiss / German area in the Sept/Oct timeframe
    and want to do some flying in the scenic areas over there. I would be
    flying dual, so not worried about license requirements.
    I was hoping that someone might have some suggestions as to friendly commercial gliderports that cater to out of town folk.
    Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks Ken

    Try the Wasserkuppe! Apart from anything else, its where sport gliding
    started.

    There's accommodation, food and drink on the top alongside the gliding
    school, or the excellent Fulda Quelle in Obernhausen (about half-way up
    the hill) and an excellent gliding museum.

    You can fly with the gliding school there (After a look at my log book and license and a check ride in an ASK 21, they sent me off in an ASK23).

    Scleicher's factory is in the nearest town to the bottom of the hill,
    which is about 100km east of Cologne.


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    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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  • From Muttley@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 27 10:42:21 2023
    Hi Ken

    This is a link to all the gliding clubs in Switzerland (unfortunately only in German or French,
    however Google Translate may help) https://www.segelflug.ch/dein-verband/fluggruppen-flugplaetze/

    Most Clubs offer Dual Rides but many only at the weekends, for a Flight in the Alps
    Shaenis may be best as they also operate Gliding Courses on Weekdays and if you contact them by e-mail from their Website you may be able to arrange a few days flying
    in their new Arcus 2 , same may be possible in Sion.

    Bruno

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  • From Terry Pitts@21:1/5 to ken smith on Sun Mar 26 10:19:55 2023
    On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 2:01:12 PM UTC-5, ken smith wrote:
    Hi,
    I will be heading to the Swiss / German area in the Sept/Oct timeframe

    Thanks Ken

    Wasserkuppe is full of history. Pretty much aero tow only. I've flown there a couple times. The Deutsche Alpen Segelflug Schule Unterwössen (DASSU) is a great place to fly in the eastern German Alps. I've flown there several times. They have a neat
    electric winch.

    I think you'd have a good experience at either. DASSU is closer to Switzerland. I'm pretty confident you'll find adequate English skills at either, though I've always flown in German. I've got a DASSU video on YouTube if you go look for LTCTerry2006.

    There's a couple of regional aerobatic groups in southern Germany if interested.

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