Gliders come to Cordele in June The event starts Jun 5 (Source: Soaring Society of America) By Dave Miller | April 7, 2021 at 8:19 AM EDT - Updated April 7 at 8:21 AM
CORDELE, Ga. (WALB) - Beginning Saturday, June 5, 2021 the Cordele-Crisp County Airport will host the week-long 50th annual Soaring Society of America sanctioned Region 5 Southglider competition.
The Cordele-Crisp Chamber of Commerce and Cordele and Crisp County offer a venue for glider pilots from all over the country to race over the beautiful fields and woods of Middle and South Georgia where the thermals are plenty, and the mostly motorless gliders can fly far.
Glider pilots race high-performance fiberglass gliders, also known as sailplanes, covering distances over 200 miles, by studying the sky and determining where the best rising air currents will be found to keep them aloft. Normally the warm rising air in high cumulus clouds provide the best indicators of lift for glider flight, however, days that a