The Canadian Rockies Soaring club is based at Invermere airport in the beautiful Columbia Valley of British Columbia Canada. Our club was formed in 2001 by resident Invermere glider pilots. We are very enthusiastic about soaring and flying cross country. The On-Line Contest, an internet based International Soaring Competition, attracts more than a thousand gliding clubs from around the globe to compete against each other during the soaring season. All of the top five Canadian OLC pilots flew out of Invermere this season. We think that our club's On-Line Contest record speaks for itself: | Year | Canada | The World | # km flown | # Pilots | | 2007 | 1st | 14th | 127,425 | 21 | | 2006 | 1st | 12th | 116,846 | 16 | | 2005 | 1st | 17th | 99,112 | 15 | | 2004 | 1st | 22nd | 85,057 | 18 | | 2003 | 1st | 15th: 1st in North America | 116,774 | 23 | | 2002 | 1st | 8th | 70,182 | 20 | | 2001 | 1st | 3rd | 38,042 | 14 |
More great flights are being flown every summer. Tim Wood added 3 more 1000+km flights in 2008, and Hans Binder completed another 1000 km OLC flight, as well. Club members Mike Glatiotis, Trevor Florence, Kevin Bennett, Ian Spence and Tim Wood now hold a total of 22 Canadian records! | |
