1-26 Association
pilots are invited to Hobbs, NM, June 21 - 30. This will be a
Do-It-Yourself soaring camp on the airfield made famous by numerous contests
over the years, including the 1983 World Soaring Championships. The
Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association (from "back east") will be holding their
summer Hobbs soaring Safari during that time and air tows will be available for
visiting 1-26's as well. The week selected by M-ASA is in the time slot
of most of the past Hobbs soaring contests.
Get your flying
buddy and bring your 1-26's for badge and record flying as you choose, or just
gather up the family and make a vacation out of it. There will be plenty
of soaring folks to make you feel at home, and the sponsoring organization --
Llano Estacado Soaring Society -- has even been known to come up with one or
two fine evening meals to celebrate your thermalling triumphs. Need Gold
Altitude? Be ready for that possibility in thermals! Need a
distance leg? They are ready and waiting!
Most M-ASA
visitors will probably stay in the dorm at the University of the Southwest,
which is just across the highway from HIAP gliderport. These facilities
are also available to 1-26ers. The rate is $25 per person per night or
$175 for the week. Two rooms share a bath in this dorm. A
returnable cash deposit will be required if you want to pay by cash, or avoid
the deposit and pay by credit card. You will need to bring your own bedding
(this is college and in the summer, you know.) Many new motels are under
construction in this booming community, but plan to make reservations early if
you choose a motel. Most of the new ones will not be completed by June,
and the existing ones will be full soon. There is also a RV park on the
airport park and another one directly across form the airport entrance.
But, because of the boom, they may be filled also!
For other
information, phone Donna Head during business hours at 575 392 1177 (the SSA
office number). You should plan on bringing all your soaring gear with
oxygen if possible. Tiedown eyes are imbedded in the concrete ramp (7500
feet long, 500 feet wide), but you will want your own tie down ropes.
Extra rope to reach from the wing tie to the 1-26 tail are very
desirable. The spacing doesn't fit a 1-26 well enough to keep it from
swinging in the shifting winds otherwise.
Jo and I are not
connected with this Camp, but we are all looking for the same thing: Good
Fun and Safe Soaring. We expect to be here and flying during the time of
this camp. We will look forward to seeing you during and after flying
most days!
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