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Downeast Soaring Club

DownEast Soaring Club is an active New England Radio Control Soaring Club with interests in flying Thermal Duration, Slope Soaring, Handlaunch Thermal, F3J,F3B, F3A, and Electric Glider Soaring<br><p>The DownEast Soaring Club was established in 1991, as an off shoot of theBrunswick Area Modelers. We received our charter from AMA with 7 initialmembers.We typically have members from all of the New England States (Maine, NH, VT, CT, RI, MA) and exchange newsletters with many soaring clubs throughout the country.The core of the Club Officers are from the Topsham Maine area. </p> <p> Our first few years focused on sanctioning up to six thermal duration contests per summer season at a sod farm in Biddeford, Maine. This event schedule helped to quickly establish the Club throughout the greater New England area. We then cut back our contest schedules after several years and began focusing our energy to produce a more relaxing flying schedule that focused on fun and camaraderie. This approach was more conducive to providing an avenue for our members to exchange ideas, and to assist in the development of others. In past years, we've offered annual workshops during the winter months to expose members to some of the newer construction techniques and materials. </p> <p>The Club has two winches and two retrievers and a club trailer to support thermal flying at our two thermal fields. A lot of informal slope flying takes place through the year and especially during the winter months. </p> <p>Club fees are $12 per year and AMA membership is mandatory. Several Club outings are organized each year,including several

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