Soaring Activities
The pictures below show some of the past activity in gliding/soaring in Nova Scotia and by Nova Scotians in other places.
| Gliding is a group activity - This is an Air Cadet Flight line |
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Winch Launches are fast, steep and exciting - Here the Bluenosse Soaring Club is reversing ends from which the launch takes place. This is necessary when the wind shifts direction. |
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| Learning - Here BSC instructor explains launch procedures and safety precautions. |
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| Aircraft maintenance - Here glider C-GALN's wing is being repaired for sturcture damage. |
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| Friendships - Soaring is a worldwide activity and it is a wonderful opportunity to meet people with similar interests |
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| Hanger Flying - after a day of flying the pilots usually gather at the end of the day to describe and compare their flights. |
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| Working Together - The Bluenose gas engine winch was on a truck body and here was transfered to a more compact and more easily used trailer. |
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| Road Trips - Here the glider C-FVKA is in its trailer heading for a week of soaring in Vermont with other soaring pilots from Ontario. |
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| Visiting New Places - Here a Nova Scotian pilot is flying in a motorglider (engine off) over the New Mexico mountain, Sierra Blanca. This flight originated out of Alamogordo, N.M. |
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| New Soaring Experiences - This a view from a Nova Scotia sailplane ridge soaring over the Mad River Valley in Vermont. The ski area of Sugarbush is seen again the distance mountain. |
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| High Flying - Here the Nova Scotia glider, PW-6, is mountain flying in British Columbia |
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Created on ... July 12, 2007 - modified July 3, 2013