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The Kansas Soaring Association (KSA) group has coordinated members from the Wichita
area to the Colorado border. KSA is associated (and the state chapter) with the national organization (the
Soaring Society of America - SSA), thus members of KSA are also members of SSA and
receive a copy of Soaring magazine each month. KSA also owns two Cessna towplanes, a C182 a C175
that are kept at the Sunflower Aerodrome just to the west of Yoder, Kansas.
This is a volunteer club with
members helping with the upkeep at Sunflower and also serving as either a tow pilot
or a launch-line manager on a few occasions during the spring and summer.
KSA operates two towplanes, which are based at Sunflower Gliderport near Yoder, KS.
Also, KSA rents a high performance two-place Grob G103 sailplane available to club members who
are licensed glider pilots (3 hour checkout required). Monthly meetings are held at the Sunflower Gliderport, Soaring Center.
For current event scheduling see: http://www.my.calendars.net/KSA
KSA membership fees are $53.00 per year, if you are already an SSA member.
If you are not already a SSA member, the fee per
year is $125.00, which includes $53.00 for KSA yearly membership and $72.00 for
SSA yearly membership. When you join KSA you are permitted to receive tows from the
KSA towplane at no additional charge. All you will have to pay for are the
aero-tows that you use ($30.00 for a 2,000 foot tow for KSA members). Visitors will need to join KSA to receive tows.
Towplanes:
On the right is our Cessna 175 with the big motor and Horton STOHL kit. On the left is the world's oldest C-182. Don't let anyone tell you they have
it, because they don't. We do. Ours came down the line as a C-180
and got made into the prototype by Cessna by adding the nose gear. We
got it at the end of 1961 and it has been serving us very well ever
since. And, yes, it has a Standard AW, not Experimental or restricted
or anything else like that.
Club Sailplane:
Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 Twin ASTIR
N74BH
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