Freehold Airport & Windham High Peak, 7 AM

Nutmeg Soaring Association is a soaring club which operates at (and owns) Freehold Airport.  It owns 3 2-place training gliders and 2 single-place gliders, and operates 2 tow planes for the use of its members.  Freehold Airport is located 0.7 miles west of Freehold, New York 12431 on County Road 67 --  about 30 miles south of Albany, 15 miles northwest of Catskill and 15 miles north of Hunter Mountain.

Our airport has a 2275-foot long blacktop runway, with a 600-foot over-run at both ends.  Soaring is interesting, since we can soar over the northern Catskill Mountains. Windham High Peak (5 miles south of us) with its 3550-foot elevation generates enough lift to keep us aloft even on days when other area gliding sites are on the ground.

Visitors are welcome.  We operate on good-weather weekends (sometimes on Fridays too) from mid-April to mid-November. To visit us at the launch-line, visitors should seek assistance from someone on the field.  There's usually someone on the runway side of the hangar buildings or near the administration building. You can also request assistance by calling us on the launch-line phone at 518-634-7346.

We have 2 great trial-membership offers in our 2009 Membership Drive, so drop around and talk to us about them.  Or call our membership folks.  And there's more info on the "30- and 90-day membership" tab left near top.

 90-Day Glider Flight Course (June – August 2009), $495

• 3 month Nutmeg Soaring Club Membership -- free flight instruction, you pay only for tows**.  All flights  are with FAA certified flight instructors.
• Free ground school classes^* taught by FAA licensed instructors.
• Free 1 Year SSA membership + 12 monthly issues SOARING magazine.
• Free FAA Flight Training Manual & Syllabus.
• Free Flight logbook.

• 30 Day Nutmeg Soaring Club Membership -- free flight instruction, you pay only for tows**.  All flights  are with FAA certified flight instructors.
• Free 1 Year SSA membership + 12 monthly issues SOARING magazine.
• Free Flight logbook.

^** Tow rates are $35 for a 3000-foot tow. 
 Max number of new members in both programs together = 10. First come first serve base.

After 90-Day membership expiration, you can become a Full Member by paying only the remainder of the season prorated. 

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