Students - Email instructors listed on our calendar in yellow (first tab above here)
Intro lessons - email [email protected]
Schedule a Lesson
Reserve a Glider
Intro lessons - email [email protected]
Schedule a Lesson
- View the calendar (first tab above)
- Instructors names are in yellow
- Email the instructor you'd like to fly with
- Do this a week in advance, no more than two weeks in advance
- Monitor your email, they will email out the day's schedule at least a day in advance
- Monitor your email, if issues arise they may affect or cancel the day's operations
- Bring cash or check to pay your instructor. Each instructor charges slightly different rates, feel free to ask ahead of time.
- (you do not need to also reserve the glider, the instructor will have done that for the day)
Reserve a Glider
- click on www.trumba.com
- Click on the sign in link on the right corner and enter username ([email protected]), and password "blanik" (a type of glider). If you check the automatically sign in and your browser accept cookies you will only need to do this step once.
- In the left pan look for the glider you want to reserve (under Other Calendars/Airplanes) and click on the glider name. This will open up the reservation page for this glider.
- Click on the +ADD link on the date you want to reserve.
- In the description field enter your name and the glider you want to reserve.
- Enter the location (optional).
- Enter the start time and duration.
- Enter additional information in the Notes field (optional).
- Check the "A - operations" box on the right under "Also show on"
- Ignore the rest of the fields and click OK.
- Your reservation is done.
Byron AWOS: (925)634-0906
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Norcal Coast RASP
Diablo RASP
Hollister RASP
Sierra Nevada
BLIPMAPs:
NAM Blipmap
Norcal RASPs
Byron RASP
Reno Area RASP
Sierra RASP
Blipmap Univiewer
Blipspot
Diablo Blipspot
Byron Weather:
NWS Forecast - National Weather Service forecast for San Francisco Bay Area
Area Forecast Discussion - Area forecast discussion for San Francisco Bay Area
1km Satellite - 1km Satellite of Western U.S.
Reno Satellite - Reno Satellite
Oakland Sounding - Oakland Sounding
Diablo Winds - NOAA measurement of winds at Mt. Diablo (1-925-838-9225)
Mt. Diablo Weather - Weather as measured at Mt. Diablo summit
Mallory Ridge Weather - Weather and wind as measured at Mallory Ridge overlooking Los Vaqueros Reservoir (radio towers)
Bay Area Winds - Bay Area Winds
Animated Wind - Animated Bay Area Wind (requires Java)
Byron Current Weather - Byron current weather from Weather Underground
Byron Color Satellite - Byron color satellite from Weather Underground
Sierra Weather:
Reno Soaring Forecast - Reno Soaring Forecast
Slide Mountain Winds - DRI Slide Mountain weather station readings. Good indicator for wave conditions.
Reno Forecast Discussion - Forecast Discussion for Reno area
RASP.nfshost
Norcal Coast RASP
Diablo RASP
Hollister RASP
Sierra Nevada
BLIPMAPs:
NAM Blipmap
Norcal RASPs
Byron RASP
Reno Area RASP
Sierra RASP
Blipmap Univiewer
Blipspot
Diablo Blipspot
Byron Weather:
NWS Forecast - National Weather Service forecast for San Francisco Bay Area
Area Forecast Discussion - Area forecast discussion for San Francisco Bay Area
1km Satellite - 1km Satellite of Western U.S.
Reno Satellite - Reno Satellite
Oakland Sounding - Oakland Sounding
Diablo Winds - NOAA measurement of winds at Mt. Diablo (1-925-838-9225)
Mt. Diablo Weather - Weather as measured at Mt. Diablo summit
Mallory Ridge Weather - Weather and wind as measured at Mallory Ridge overlooking Los Vaqueros Reservoir (radio towers)
Bay Area Winds - Bay Area Winds
Animated Wind - Animated Bay Area Wind (requires Java)
Byron Current Weather - Byron current weather from Weather Underground
Byron Color Satellite - Byron color satellite from Weather Underground
Sierra Weather:
Reno Soaring Forecast - Reno Soaring Forecast
Slide Mountain Winds - DRI Slide Mountain weather station readings. Good indicator for wave conditions.
Reno Forecast Discussion - Forecast Discussion for Reno area
NCSA Rules and Checklists
Scholarships
PASCO Scholarship
Kolstad Award College Scholarship Bultman Youth Flight Scholarship Cadet Youth Flight Scholarship Michael Wallace Scholarship Additional scholarship opportunities for female glider pilots: WSPA Scholarships Yahoo Discussion ArchiveNCSA Newsletter Archives
Safety Seminar - February 2006
Safety Seminar - February 2008
Safety Seminar - February 2009
Safety Seminar - February 2010
Safety Seminar - February 2011
Safety Seminar - February 2012
Safety Seminar - 2013
Safety Seminar 2016
Safety Seminar - January 2018
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Documents and Aircraft Manuals
NCSA Awards and Accomplishments
Articles and Online Courses
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SSA Sailplane Tracker
https://www.ssa.org/sailplanetracker/default.asp
Turnpoints
GPS Turnpoints - Files formatted for downloading and importing into your programs and Google Earth
Online Contest (OLC)
OLC - USA - Daily results
NCSA Flights - All flights by NCSA members
Byron Flights - All flights from Byron
SPOT
SPOT Tracking Page - NCSA pilots with SPOT Tracking devices
PASCO Egg Capture Trophie
Where's the PASCO Egg?
https://www.ssa.org/sailplanetracker/default.asp
Turnpoints
GPS Turnpoints - Files formatted for downloading and importing into your programs and Google Earth
Online Contest (OLC)
OLC - USA - Daily results
NCSA Flights - All flights by NCSA members
Byron Flights - All flights from Byron
SPOT
SPOT Tracking Page - NCSA pilots with SPOT Tracking devices
PASCO Egg Capture Trophie
Where's the PASCO Egg?
Documents
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