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Site: CSS is located at one of the most
spectacular soaring sites in the western United States.
The favorable geography, excellent weather, and wide open
areas give a glider pilot just the right conditions to
explore the excitement of the soaring sport to its
fullest extent, soaring in thermals, on the ridge, and in
the wave.
The airport is at 1,250 feet elevation just east of the
Cascade range which rises to 10, 500 feet. The mountains
scrub the Pacific air of most of its humidity, providing
for superb thermal-forming conditions in Eastern
Washington with cloud bases frequently above 10,000 feet.
The airport is surrounded on three sides by ridges rising
2,000 feet above the field. There are numerous safe
outlanding areas, especially to the east, where a
treeless plateau with plowed fields averaging 2,500 feet
in elevation stretches for over one hundred miles.
Running north and south is the majestic Columbia River,
cutting a half-mile deep basalt canyon. From the
southwest to northwest, the Cascade mountains offer
thrills to any challenge-seeking mountain soaring
connoisseur.People: CSS is one of the oldest glider clubs in Washington state. About a decade after W.W.II it relocated from Puget Sound to Fancher Field in Wenatchee, and then eventually to Pangborn Memorial Airport. Currently the club has twenty six full and four student members. Among them are four instructors, five towpilots, the airport manager, and a number of experienced cross-country pilots donating their time and expertise to the club.
- Activities: CSS members soar gliders for their enjoyment. Students receive ground and flight instruction, and those with licenses venture on cross-country flights. The club holds several open houses during the year and organizes social gatherings.
- Airport patterns and rules: Pangborn is a busy uncontrolled airport with a complex mix of traffic. View the traffic pattern, read about the available weather and radio advisories, and about the Pangborn airport rules. Understanding and applying the rules will help us stay welcome at Pangborn.
Fleet: The club's fleet consists of one Cessna 150/150 towplane, two-place gliders Blanik L-13 and Lark IS-28B2, and single-place gliders Schweizer 1-35 and LS-3A. There are trailers for each of the gliders.
Facilities: The club owns a hangar which includes a pilots' lounge with kitchen, a workshop and a restroom with shower.
Fees:
Membership: New members initiation
non-refundable fee $200 to join, plus $368 start-up fee
(includes SSA membership plus first month dues). Monthly
dues $50 per month for 8 months. CLICK HERE FOR MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION.
Student members (18 years and under): Initiation
fee $25, monthly dues $10, and $36 SSA membership (if not
a member yet).
Trial membership $250 which gives six
one-hour instructional flights including tows, to be used
up within 60 days.
Glider rental fees $10 per hour plus $3
per flight maintenance fee (for LS3A the per flight
maintenance fee is $10 per flight). Student rental fee is
$5 per hour.
Demo flights/rides: $60 per flight.
Tow fees: $20 1st 1000', then $.50 per each
additional 100'. Pattern tow 800' $15.
Instruction: Instructor fees are $5.00 per flight.
Club mailing address: One Pangborn Drive, East Wenatchee, WA 98802. Tel: (509) 884-2494.
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How do you find us? From East Wenatchee follow Grant Road for 3 miles to Pangborn Airport, turn right at the Fedex sign, go straight for 0.5 mile, continue on the same road (which then angles to the left) for 0.2 mile, turn right into the parking lot with glider trailers. Click here for the map.
Contact club by e-mail: Click on "Contact club by e-mail" with inquiries about the club and with contributions to this website.
Telephone at the glider hangar at the airport
(club house):
(509)
886-0811
Telephone key club members:
For arranging to go soaring with us please
contact our president John Roskos tel.
509-663-6831 or cell 509-679-2318, or Arnie
Clarke tel. 509-679-0030.
Contact with pilots by radio:
123.0
Pangborn/Wenatchee traffic
123.3 Gliders