Women’s Soaring Pilots Association 48th Seminar

July 12–17, 2026

Soaring Club of Houston, TX

The Soaring Club of Houston (SCOH) is located NW of Houston, TX approximately 9 miles North of Waller, TX.

The club owns their 80-acre airport (89TA) with grass runways and a nice clubhouse. They have EIGHT Club gliders: two 2-33’s, one L-23, two ASK-21’s, one L-33, and two LS-3 project gliders. The club owns FOUR tow planes. The club has a very active training program with many youth.

The size of their RV Park was doubled in 2021 for future contests. SCOH has an excellent year-long cross-country (XC) “race” series which has generated lots of XC enthusiasm among club members – contact Tony Smolder tsmolder@att.net for more info if interested. SCOH normally hosts an SSA sanctioned contest each year. www.scoh.org

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Exciting Things Happen at a Seminar!

  • Building New Relationships and Meeting New Friends
  • Gaining Inspiration from Others
  • Workshops and Lectures
  • Flying Practice and/or Instruction
  • Gaining New Skills and Polishing Skills
  • Shared Meals
  • Celebration at the Banquet
  • Having Fun!
  • Limerick Contest (Find previous winning limericks here)

 

 

We flew and had a great time at the Finger Lakes Soaring Club, Dansville, NY, 2025.

The 2024 Seminar at Sunflower in Kansas was wonderful!

 

 

The 2023 Seminar in Übersberg, Pfullingen, Germany was a Great Success

 

 

2022 Seminar Photos from Chilhowee, TN:

 

Seminar Benefits

  • Networking Opportunities– Building new relationships and meeting new friends is important to your growth as a pilot. Relationships can help you gain knowledge from having meaningful conversations with them and interactions.
  • Learning Something New – Learning about new and more effective ways to accomplish things and gaining more knowledge about soaring in general.
  • Developing Expertise – Soaring training enables you to gain more expertise and helps you develop new ideas to improve as a pilot.
  • Gaining Inspiration – Meeting new people and learning new things often leads to great feelings of inspiration.
  • Having fun – Attending seminars are usually very fun. It’s a day away from the normal daily routine to improve you skills.  It is fun to connect with like minded women and support each other.

What Happens At Seminar