The Texas Soaring Association is a gliding

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

 club located 30 miles (48.3 km) south of Dallas Fort Worth airport in Midlothian, Texas

Midlothian, Texas

Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. It is the hub for the cement industry in North Texas as it is the home to three separate cement production facilities, as well as a steel mill. Midlothian is also a fast growing community with a growth rate of 142% since 2000...

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Established in 1947, it was the site of the 2008 World Class

Glider Competition Classes

Competition classes in gliding, as in other sports, mainly exist to ensure fairness in competition. However the classes have not been targeted at fostering technological development as in other sports...

 Nationals Soaring Competition, held July 22–31, 2008. The club operates from their own gliderport, FAA designation TA11, with a 4000 ft grass north-south runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

with a narrow 3000 ft paved section, and a 1000 ft grass crosswind runway.