Reverse Sierra Waves
By Kempton Izuno Reverse Sierra Wave (rSw) occurs when winds blow from the northeast over California, setting up standing atmospheric waves on the western slopes of the Sierra [...]
Club Updates From Regions 1-3
As part of their update for the April 11 SSA Board of Directors meeting, regional directors submitted reports of what clubs in their region are doing. To help keep you [...]
Are You Really Ready for Your First Flight of the Year?
By Rich Carlson, Chairman of the Soaring Safety Foundation Once again Spring has arrived and thoughts of long soaring flights fill your head as you open the trailer and pull [...]
SSA is Hiring a Digital Content Specialist
Position Title: Part-Time Digital Content Specialist Reports To: Soaring Society Executive Director, Denise Layton Part-time: 20 hours per week How To Apply: Submit a cover letter [...]
SSA FAST Program
In our quest in continuously looking at ways to help you, our members, we decided to pause the FAST program. We had received numerous complaints about the cost of the [...]
SSA Racing Pilot Poll is open.
US Racing Pilots. The annual pilot poll is now available at the link below. If you have flown in a sanctioned contest in the past three years we strongly encourage [...]
2024 SSA Contest Rules Committee Nominations
If you are a current soaring contest pilot and would consider standing for election to the SSA Contest Rules Committee, contact your regional director to submit a nomination by October [...]
Discovery & Website Recommendations
You can download a report from The Banyan Group concerning member comments and concerns of the SSA website, and where we go from here. Download Report
Team USA Report – 2 World Champions!
August 31, 2024 We have two World Champions! At the 38th World Gliding Championship, Karl and Sarah today prevailed in the 20-Meter Multiseat class. They are the first US champions [...]
Team USA Report – WGC Day 11
August 29, 2024 Better weather today – a return near to genuine Uvalde Weather. This began with a low overcast – note a good sign at most soaring sites. But [...]