Our Mission

The Cascade Soaring Society mission is to provide our members with the opportunity to fully and safely enjoy the sport of soaring.  As part of our mission, we seek to help others discover this thrilling and challenging sport.

Cascade Soaring Society is one of the oldest glider clubs in Washington State.  About a decade after WWII we relocated from Puget Sound to Fancher Field in Wenatchee.  We presently make our home at Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee, Washington.

We are student pilots, private pilots, commercial pilots, and FAA certified flight instructors. We are a non-profit club, where members learn from each other. 

We offer exhilarating rides with unsurpassed views of the Columbia Basin and the Cascade Range for a nominal donation to our organization. We teach young folks to fly, and old folks too - because we love to soar!

Our Location

Cascade Soaring Society is located at one of the most spectacular soaring sites in the western United States. 

The Cascade Range to our west scrubs 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 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.  We soar in thermals, on the ridge, and in the wave. 



Announcements

  • CloudStreet -Soaring the American West "CloudStreet - Soaring the American West" is a soaring documentary in progress...but even at this early stage its worth checking out.  Video is all high-definition and looks to be of excellent quality.  You can check out the trailer here, and read more about the project at www.cloudstreethd.org.  
    Posted Mar 12, 2014, 3:50 PM by cascade soaring
  • 10 Electric Planes to Watch Check out this article from the IEEE  (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): 10 Electric Planes to Watch.  It's interesting, but not surprising, that these aircraft are all gliders or glider-like. 
    Posted Sep 15, 2013, 9:15 AM by cascade soaring
  • Last Summer Rain Rain RainTime for Reminiscing of warmer days with 2 miles of lift......Here is a portal to 15 minutes of last Summer, a collection of clips that tell a single story of soaring flight from Wenatchee, WA, climbing west to the mountains to escape the sweltering heat of July.For best effect, choose 720p resolution (gear icon) if your connection will support it.If you made it to Wings and Wheels last Fall, you saw this already, but outside light doesn't do it justice. It looks much better inside with normal PC monitors.Enjoy!Mark  
    Posted May 22, 2013, 11:35 AM by Mark Adams
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