Canadian National Soaring Championships - 2023

SOSA has agreed to host the 2023 Nationals between the dates of 26 Jul - 4 Aug. Practice days will be 24-25 Jul.

It is planned to have three classes:
18 m
15 m/ Std
Club

We'll have a website up soon and open up the registration form.

Mark the dates on your calendar, and we will see you in July.

2023 Western Showdown - WCSC & APSC

Cu Nim Gliding Club (Calgary) will be hosting a combined contest week/weekend featuring the first running of the "Western Canadian Soaring Championship" with the "Alberta Provincial Soaring Championships" in mid-May 2023.

Learn more about this exciting contest event at the contest website. There may be an issue with the SSL Certificate that's being worked on. :(

2023 Hangar Talk Schedule

The Canadian soaring thought leaders at SOSA are back with another season of Hangar Talks, please follow up with your club president or Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. for the "Zoom link".

The 2023 schedule of events is as follows:

Date	Presentation	Presenter
Sunday Feb 26 4pm	Forecasting Soaring Weather	Joerg Stieber
Sunday Mar 5 4pm	How to talk to ATC	Charlie Honey
Sunday Mar 19 4pm	LX-Nav Instruments	Dave Springford
Sunday Mar 26 1pm	Safety Talk / Recency	Dave Donaldson
Sunday Apr 2 4pm	Official Observer Training	Dave Springford Joerg Stieber
Sunday Apr 16 4pm	Southern Ontario Airspace and IFR Traffic Flow	Hans Juergensen Dave Springford

Times are EST.

SAC 2022 AGM - Remote - March 19

Draft reports for the AGM are available here..

David Donaldson will provide the Zoom account to clubs - look for the login details from your club.
All times EST

Saturday, March 19th
1-2 SAC AGM

2-2:30 David Donaldson, National Safety Officer,

introduction to the Howspace and online resources such as instructor recurrency material

strategies to help us safely recover from the pandemic

2:30-3:00 Great Canadian flights:

Chester Fitchett will share his 1600km wave flight experience from CuNim on 16 October 2021.
Trevor Florence will share his 1000km flight soaring the Rockies from Invermere on 12 July 2021.

3:00-3:30 Dan Cook introduction to virtual reality headsets, flight simulation and training considerations.

3:30-4:00 International great flight:

Abbey and Terry Delore will share their story of flying the length of New Zealand: North and South Island.

4pm End of program, informal chat

Canadian National Soaring Championships 2022

The 2022 Canadian National Soaring Championships will be hosted by the Edmonton Soaring Club between May 23 and June 3.

More details and registration can be found on the http://cdnnats.soaringchampionships.ca.

New SAC Office Manager

The Soaring Association of Canada is pleased to announce a new office administrator - Tom Coulson, SOSA.

Tom is a stalwart contributor to the sport of soaring in Canada, from is base of operations at SOSA between Cambridge and Hamilton, ON.

Reach Tom at Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. for your membership needs.