Site Guide

Airport Information:


2 miles south of Groveland
28-32-01N, 81-50-49W
18/36, 2100, Turf
09/27, 1800, Turf

Site Records:


Open X-C Distance Records

Glider Class Pilot Distance
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 234.4 miles
East Coast and Midwest Record
Class I (Flex Wing) Bo Hagewood

203 miles
East Coast Record


Triangle X-C Distance Records

Glider Class Pilot Distance
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian

Quest Air to Dunnellon airport, then to Ocala National Forest and back to Quest Air
120 miles
East Coast Record


Track Log Map
Class I (Flex Wing)    

Out & Return X-C Distance Records

Glider Class Pilot Distance
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian

The turn point was NW of Ocala
118 miles
East Coast Record
Class I (Flex Wing)    

Tandem X-C Distance Records

Glider Class Pilot Distance
Class II (Rigid Wing)    
Class I (Flex Wing)    

Georgia Border Crossings and Georgia Landings

Because we love flights with Georgia landings, we will pay $100 prize money every time you cross the border and land in Georgia. Sorry, if we pay more we may just go broke. We had 6 Georgia landings in year 2000 and it seems as we are going to have a bunch more......

Glider Class Pilot Date Distance
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Gibson 3/8/2000 145 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 3/10/2000 163 miles
Class I (Flex Wing) Bo Hagewood 4/7/2000 155 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Campbell Bowen 4/7/2000 163 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 4/11/2000 192 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 5/6/2000 182 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 2/16/2001 150 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 4/12/2001 172 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 4/20/2001 225 miles
Class I (Flex Wing) Bo Hagewood 3/2002

203 miles
East Coast Record

Class II (Rigid Wing) Campbell Bowen 4/2002 155 miles
Class I (Flex Wing) Bo Hagewood 5/11/2002 183 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Ron Gleason 5/11/2002 189 miles
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 5/11/2002

234.4 miles
East Coast Record


Track Log Map


Duration Records

Glider Class Pilot Duration
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 8 hours & 1 minute
Class I (Flex Wing) Bo Hagewood 8 hours

Maximum Altitude

Glider Class Pilot Altitude
Class II (Rigid Wing) Mark Poustinchian 8406' agl
Class I (Flex Wing)    


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