Tom Serkowski

I fly a Schleicher ASH-26E in Colorado, USA. Above are pictures of me flying at Fremont County airport, located about 25 nautical miles South of Pikes Peak. Click on the image at right for a larger version of that photo.

I now fly with the Black Forest Soaring Society, located a few miles west of Elbert, CO.

I've made a number of interesting flights in Colorado and elsewhere. Most have been claimed on the Aerokurier online soaring contest and can be viewed on their website.

Sometimes, I take photos during the flights.

Soaring Links by Paul E. Remde

Some links I use:

Colorado soaring clubs and FBOs

Hardware and Software

Cambridge Aero Instruments
Glide Navigator II - By Chip Garner
SeeYou - an excellent WinDoze application for analyzing flight logs and planning tasks.
GlidePlan Digital copies of US Sectional charts and annotation software
One Person Rigging Dolly by Udo Rumpf
Winscore, a contest scoring program that produces a log file that can be used with the Winscore viewer.
Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange - Hosted by John Leibacher
Mirror at http://soaring.xinqu.net/JL
Mirror at http://soaring.gahsys.com

Weather and Flight Planning

Colorado Forecast Discussions
- Denver National Weather Service Office
- Pueblo National Weather Service Office
Satellite images
Dr. Jack's soaring forecasts
- Larkspur, CO Blip CurrentDay PreviousDay
- Gold Hill, CO Blip CurrentDay PreviousDay
- Blipmap Univiewer
- Southwest (AZ-CO-NM-UT-WY) RUC or ETA model
- Forum: Thermal Soaring Forecasts and Weather
Kevin Ford's daily soundings
- Denver
- Albuquerque
NOAA Soundings (java)
500 Mb forecast charts
Winds Aloft
AWOS Frequencies and phone numbers at Colorado airports and mountain passes CDOT, FAA
- Get AWOS data
TFR's and NOTAMs from AOPA
FAA's TFR site

Snowmobile trip in Cottonwood Pass, CO