Soaring Related Articles

6/20/2008     Updated WinSoar Scoring Application

Version 2.07 of WinSoar available for downloading.This is the latest version of the application that we use to score our club contests, including the Fred. It is very simple to use and packed full of features including the Mugshot Score Card. If you haven't used it before and you get read more »

2/6/2008     Blatter 40 - One design for Indoor Fun Fly

The official plane for the Penny Plane Contest during the upcoming Awards Ceremony and Indoor Fun Fly is the Blatter 40, a relatively simple to construct Penny Plane. Everyone is encouraged to join in the event and we will have some planes pre-built for you to use, or you can read more »

1/15/2008     US F3J Soaring Team Website

The US F3J Soaring Team will be competing in the world championships June 30-July 5th, 2008 in Turkey, with SOAR members, Rich Burnoski, as one of the senior pilots, Jeffry Walter as one of the junior pilots, and Frankie Burnoski as one of the towers. The team is selling raffle read more »

1/12/2008     2008 - Are you ready???

Hi All, The 2008 Soaring Season is approaching rapidly. Are you ready? I made my first trip to the field today for some test flights, and on the drive out lots of nagging questions came to mind... * Do I have all of my charging equipment? * Do I have read more »

12/27/2007     Outstanding Member Activity

Our very own Zain Abidin has taken it upon himself to promote our hobby by founding a Model Aviation Club at Willowbrook High School. The Club currently has about 10 members and has asked that S.O.A.R. participate in guiding their activities and supervise their events. Al's Hobby has extended an read more »

9/13/2007     F3J - Round by Round - full details

At last... here are the details that everyone has been asking for. Sorry it took so long to compile all this info but my wife said I couldn't quit my job. Any questions, email me. Patrick Crosby S.O.A.R. Chairman & Webmaster crosboni@comcast.net read more »

9/5/2007     F3J - A look from above - FootFlyer.com

Some local pilots flew over our event and were drawn in for a closer look. Here is a link to an article posted on their website read more »

9/3/2007     F3J Team Select - Final Standings

The final results are in! After 13 full rounds read more »

8/3/2007     S.O.A.R. Has Moved!!!!

Hello All, Just wanted to let you know that our current home field has moved back to the Central Sod Headquarters field located at 111th and Rt. 30. All event will be held here and a map is available in the Event Information page. We are still allowed to fly read more »

7/15/2007     USA F3J Team Select Document

USA F3J Team Selections Rules Clarification / Interpretations / Processes read more »