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Local Soaring Awards

The Delbert

The Delbert Trophy is a traveling trophy which can be claimed by flying a glider between Stanton Airport (home of the Minnesota Soaring Club) and Osceola Airport (home of the Red Wing Soaring Association).  

The flight would be about 59.8 miles if you could fly directly between the airports, but you must fly around the controlled airspace surrounding the Minneapolis airport, so the actual distance flown is more like 75 miles.  

After members of a club make the flight to claim the trophy, members of the other club know that they have been challenged to come and claim the trophy back.
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The Triple Crown

The Triple Crown is also a traveling trophy that can be claimed by glider pilots based at any of the three gliderports. Those gliderports include Faribault, Stanton and Osceola. 

The flight is approximately 85 miles if you avoid class B airspace. As you need to go to three airports it is not required to land at any particular gliderport. The pilot just needs to prove either overflying or landing, typically with a flight data log.   

​Along with the Delbert once glider pilots make the flight to claim the trophy, other glider pilots know that they have been challenged to come and claim the trophy back.
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The Sancho Panza

The trophy is to be awarded annually to the glider crew who makes the greatest effort or most significant sacrifices to perform retrieve services for glider pilots. The purpose therefore is to recognize the unsung heroes of cross-country flights, the retrieve crews, who are essential for successful cross-country glider flights. Generally, the award is made for some unusual effort such as an extremely long overnight retrieve, or a muddy field situation requiring great effort, or a number of retrieves for an individual pilot or for different pilots, and other situations requiring significant effort.

Past Recipients: 
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​1992: Don Patterson
1995: Norb Reinardy
1996: JC Cunningham     
1997: Kathy Ingraham
1999: Mark Cleare
2000: Roger Payne
2002: Walt Johnson
2005: JC Cunningham
2006: Steve Metz
2007: Jim Hard
2008: Kathleen Winters
2009: Roger Payne, Walt Johnson
2010: Paul Esser
2011: Roger Lee
2012: Fred Hewitt, Paul Esser
2013: Roger Urban
2014: Marilyn Meline, Stephen Nesser

​The Agricultural Ambassador 

The Minnesota Association of Soaring Clubs Agricultural Ambassador Award is given annually for distinguished contributions to the practice of off-field landings. This award can go to any member of a Minnesota Soaring Club (including RWSA).


Past Recipients:
2013: Steve Kennedy for consistency in the choice of landing places
2014: Paul Campobasso and Gareth Wren for promoting early practical experience in landing out.

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Red Wing Soaring Association  | 651-653-1631 |​ Hangar H-1, 617 68th Ave, Osceola, WI 54020 |  Mailing: P.O. Box 891 Osceola, WI 54020
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  • About
    • About Us
    • History
    • Our Fleet
    • Local Soaring Awards >
      • The Delbert
      • The Triple Crown
      • The Sancho Panza
      • ​The Agricultural Ambassador
  • Flying
    • Membership
    • Flight Training >
      • Cost Estimates
      • Our Instructors
      • Prospective Pilot Package
      • Reading Material
  • Photos
  • Scheduling
    • Flight Calendar
    • Our Season
  • Contact
  • Weather
    • Launch Code
    • Soar Forecast
    • NOAA Soar Forecast
    • HPC 2 day
    • FSL Sounding
    • Blip Maps
    • Intellicast
    • Satellite Images
    • New Richmond TAF
  • Members