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)

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Join the Chicagoland Glider Council!

Have you paid your
Yearly CLGC dues yet?

Click Here to Download the
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!

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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.

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Events Schedule & Calendar



• Monday, February 9, 2026 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting
  
• Monday, March 9, 2026 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting
  
• Monday, April 13, 2026 - Monthly CLGC Membership Meeting & Youth Grant
  
• May 18-23, 2026 - Region 7 Contest , Albert Lea, MN

Full Schedule Details Are Shown >> HERE

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Synopsis: Many are unsure how the FLARM system operates, how to configure it, how to properly register it and how to keep it up to date. Do you? Do you understand what kind of data that their glider's FLARM device is broadcasting to other gliders? Or how does your Contest ID (rather than some alpha-numeric "trash") shown properly on our moving map displays? Is FLARM really all that complicated? This presentation may shed some light on your questions.

Speaker: John DeRosa (OHM)
John DeRosa has been a glider pilot for 25-ish years and owns a Schleicher ASW-27B. He holds a BS in electrical engineering and an MS in computer science. John is the current secretary of Sky Soaring Glider Club in Hampshire, IL (skysoaring.com) and the current president of the Chicagoland Glider Council (chicagolandglidercouncil.com)

His glider related presentations can be found at aviation.derosaweb.net/presentations some of which have been presented at the Soaring Society of America's (ssa.org) conventions.

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

"The Air Bubble"
Newsletter Archive

(2001 to Date)

Presentations for Downloading

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