June 15th - Sauk Prairie Air Show
We have been invited back and this time we will be demonstrating the scooter tow as well as the Mosquito and DoodleBug.
This will be our third year at this event. We also participate in the Wisconsin Dells air show.
2008 Preliminary Towing Locations
1. McDermott, Sullivan, WI
Positives: Friendly, good location between Madison and Milwaukee. Excellent N/S grass runway
Negatives: Rough area outside of runways, SW/NE runway asphalt.
2. Sauk Prairie, Sauk City, WI
Positives: Huge, lots of grass, well maintained and great scenery. Established relationships from past air shows
Negatives: Unknown accessibility
3. Twin Oaks, Whitewater, WI
Positives: Most active hang gliding airport, home of Whitewater Hang Gliding Club, lots of grass on 3 runways. Aerotowing and small training hill available
Negatives: Not receptive to non-aerotowing launching methods
4. Bong Recreational Site, Kansasville, WI
Positives: Close to Chicago and Milwaukee, rich history of static line towing, 4,500 acres and camping
Negatives: Unknown accessibility, State Park Sticker required
5. Winfield Airport, Bristol, WI
Positives: Huge nicely mowed square, under used and very near Chicago
Negatives: Private Airport and unknown accessibility
3 comments:
Cool Blog
Gee Paul. Who is that guy with the cast on? :-) Well skateboarding is fun when the flying is not good.
Anyway. Good idea to have a blog.
Another scooter
I have been doing some research on buying scooters. We are good for this year and probably next but eventually we will have a need for another scooter. Possibly a more powerful one. I have a friend with a dealers license. He can buy from auctions. Including insuranse auctions. I have already seen a 250cc for sale. Current bid is 550 . It was only a few years old. It had cosmetic damage but had everthing else that we need to make it a tow rig.
My point of this post is that it is not going to take a fortune to be able to supply hang gliding tows to the hang gliding community. I think I may try bidding on one of these at about the end of the year..
I met you at Whitewater last year. I am from LaCrosse. Plan on coming May 10th. I am very excited about your training and buyeing a Mosquito harness
Marty Vinson
608-785-1188
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