ChicagoLand Glider Council

ChicagoLand Glider Council

The ChicagoLand Glider Council (CLGC) was established in 1938
to promote and preserve the sport of soaring
within a 150 mile radius of Chicago
Click here for Historical Information about the Council

CLGC Officers:

President - John DeRosa (SSI)

Vice President - Jon Stehlik (CGC)

Treasurer - Jeff Mack (CGC)

Webmaster - John DeRosa (SSI)

Join the Chicagoland Glider Council!

Have you paid your
Yearly CLGC dues yet?

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Membership & Renewal Form

Note: If you belong to one of CLGC's "host" clubs (Chicago Glider Club, Sky Soaring Glider Club and Windy City Soaring Association),
your CLGC dues are paid as part of your club's dues!
Thank you for your continued support!

IMPORTANT!
Join The CLGC Google Mail Group!
[Click here to go to the group]

Beginning in January of 2019 ALL notifications to our membership will be sent only via the ChicagoLand Glider Council's Google electronic mail group. This change will allow you to control how you would like to receive the Council's emails, meeting notices, newsletters, etc.

Google Group

Go to this web page and enter your personal email address information.

Help on joining the group can be found here.

Note that at this time this is a one-way-only mail distribution from the CLGC board to the CLGC membership. Thank You!
Contact info@chicagolandglidercouncil.com with any issues.

Events Schedule & Calendar

Monday, December 8, 2025 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting

Monday, January 12, 2026 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting

Monday, February TBD, 2026 - CLGC 2026 Seminar

Monday, March 9, 2026 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting

Monday, April 13, 2026 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting

Full Schedule Details Are Shown >> HERE

Details about all upcoming Chicagoland Glider Council's meetings will be announced via the CLGC's Google Group mail list. Please be sure to SIGN UP to receive CLGC announcements via email. Zoom details are only available by becoming a member.

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Speaker Topic:
New Tool to Collaborate And Manage Turnpoints

Date: Monday, January 12, 2026

Time: 7:30 PM Central Time

This Month's Meeting
Will Be ZOOM Only!

Zoom details are sent only from the
CLGC's Google Group
Click HERE to Join NOW!

Synopsis: TurnpointManager is a modern, community-driven platform for managing soaring turnpoints that replaces the fragmented CUP file ecosystem with a single, always-current source of truth. It lets pilots explore turnpoints on an interactive map, filter by geography, runway and glider requirements, research sites with real-world notes and photos, and export data to any glide computer. Because updates happen in real time and are shared across the community, pilots benefit from collective knowledge instead of stale files, while contest organizers get consistent, versioned turnpoints everyone can trust. The result is safer planning, less guesswork, easier collaboration, and far less time spent managing waypoint files.

Speaker: Davis Chappins
Biography: Davis has been flying sailplanes for about 10 years. Before that he flew hang gliders. He has a degree in aerospace and works for an aviation company. I proposed and executed the OGN rollout a few years ago shipping 120 OGN stations around the US. Next Davis working for several years to solve a soaring cross country logistical problem which is the heart of his presentation.

Please Note:
Meeting topic may change
without notice.

CLGC Youth Grant

Congratulations to the
2025 Primary Grant Awardee
Lauren Johns!!

Applications for the 2026 Youth Grant
ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED

Find the Application and Instructions HERE!

The application Deadline is March 31 of the grant year

The grantee will be announced during the
April Council meeting

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Contact Us: For information or questions regarding the Chicagoland Glider Council, please contact: info@chicagolandglidercouncil.com.