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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:

YearCanadaThe World# km flown# Pilots
20071st14th127,42521
20061st12th116,84616
20051st17th99,11215
20041st22nd85,05718
20031st15th: 1st in North America116,77423
20021st8th70,18220
20011st3rd38,04214

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!


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Keith Watson caught some beautiful wave action, making an easy gain to 5500+ m.
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SPOT GPS USERS

If you are a user of the SPOT GPS tracking system, see Mel or Ray to register your unit with the Invermere SPOT Map.

We will need the number printed on your SPOT unit along with your call sign.

Once you are signed on, we will be able to track your location at ten minute intervals during your flights. Pilots need only to press their "HELP" button once every hour during the flight to keep their locations current. Flights can be continuously monitored from the clubhouse or from any other location by copying the SPOT Map link.

See the new link under "Hot Links" on the left hand side of this page.







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