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Paul Campobasso
Chief Flight Instructor 

What’s your best story involving a student?
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Sometimes, students will ask the instructor to take control to demonstrate something or they may just want to take a break. Apparently during one training session the student decided he was tired of flying and just stopped... without telling me! The glider flew for a minute or two without anyone on the controls. I asked if he was going to correct the speed and bank angle, and that's when I found out he wasn't flying anymore! Needless to say, I took, the controls. 

What song do you sing to yourself while flying solo?
I never sing in aircraft. If I accidentally keyed the mic, I might lose my license!


What’s your longest flight in a glider?
​I fly power planes and gliders. Most of the power planes I fly would have to land and refuel to span my longest glider flight, a mere 5.5 hours. I was flying so high my feet were frozen and I really needed to use a restroom!

Tom Binger

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Jack Shelton 

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How did you become interest in flying and in gliders?
I fly because Dad flew.  I started right after I learned to drive and never stopped, 40 years running!  Gliders came along while stationed in Texas; a couple of flights and I was hooked - went right to the commercial/CFIG checkride and started teaching.  Flying a glider is pure aviation at its absolute best - no agenda but having fun and learning, no destination other than the next cloudbase or the home ‘drome, no mission besides self-imposed goals.

What song do you sing to yourself while flying solo?
“Treetop Flyer” by Steven Stills.  Is there another more worthy?

What advice would you give a student pilot? 

Best advice:  Persevere, bust through the frustrations, and read. A lot. Did I mention reading?  
 

 

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