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You can even get a glider ride with us before joining, and if you join within 6 months of taking the ride we will credit a portion of cost of the ride towards your dues. Click here for details on how to get a ride: Glider Rides
MID-ATLANTIC SOARING ASSOCIATION OFFERS:
- A commitment to education in a safe and fun soaring environment.
- A club owned and operated airfield in Fairfield, PA..
- Paved and grass runways.
- Free flight instruction to members. Students pay only for glider rental and tows.
- Scholarships for eligible student Youth Members
- Dual-place and single-place sailplanes for rent.
- A well accommodated air conditioned club house.
- Sailplane trailer hanger space for rent.
- Year-round soaring with operations scheduled March through November.
- Home of the Region 4 North contest in the fall
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
Membership is by application and approval and is not automatic. In reviewing applications, the club may consider whether the applicant is likely to comply with club rules and requirements and whether the applicant’s admission and use of club property and facilities would be consistent with the safe, lawful, orderly, and cooperative operation of the club.
Admission is at the discretion of the club.
Your first year as a member of M-ASA is provisional. Provisional members are entitled to use club facilities subject to club rules, but do not have voting privileges until granted full membership. Provisional members may to petition for full membership one year after they join M-ASA.
M-ASA offers multiple annual membership dues and initiation fee structures as shown below:
FULL MEMBER – ADULT (effective 1/1/2026)
- Initiation Fee: $1000. $500 due initially upon joining M-ASA. Balance due one year after joining M-ASA if granted Full Membership by the Board of Directors
- M-ASA annual membership dues: $695. Prorated monthly for the first year
- Soaring society of America annual dues are $80.
FULL MEMBER – YOUTH (half that of adult membership)
- Age: 22 years or younger
- Initiation Fee: $500. $250 due initially upon joining M-ASA. Balance due one year after joining M-ASA if granted Full Membership by the Board of Directors.
- M-ASA annual membership dues: $347.50. Prorated monthly for the first year.
- Soaring Society of America annual dues are $45.
- Youth members may apply for the O'Callaghan Scholarship to cover the costs of glider tows and glider rentals
FAMILY MEMBER
One additional member of the immediate family of a Full or Provisional member may join M-ASA as a Family Member. Family Members pay the same M-ASA membership dues as Full Adult and Full Youth Members but do not pay initiation fees. Soaring Society of America annual membership dues for Family Members are only $50.
M-ASA IS A VOLUNTEER CLUB
M-ASA is an all volunteer club. Sharing the work enables us to own and operate our own airport without paid staff or employees. Our Certified Flight Instructors (CFI-G) volunteer their time to provide gliding instruction, as do our qualified tow pilot members. All other members are committed to at least five days of field duty a season. Everyone contributes their time and effort to help maintain the field, buildings and equipment, and in other activities that are needed to operate the club.
We are thrilled by the amount of interest in gliding instruction at M-ASA, but our ability to accept new student members is limited by the capacity of our volunteer CFI-Gs, resulting in a wait list. Our limited CFI-G resources are best focused on serious and motivated students who are able to commit to regular trips to the airfield, and are willing to spend much of their training days engaged in flight instruction, ground instruction, learning field duties, and learning from just hanging around. Students will need to sign an agreement that commits them to participate in instruction activities on a regular and consistent basis.
However, if you are a tow pilot, have prior gliding experience, or are a transition pilot, the waiting list may not apply to you. In any case, do contact us at joinus@midatlanticsoaring.org so that you can better understand the time commitments needed, and we can better understand your situation.
USE OF CLUB FACILITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACCESS
Membership in M-ASA allows use of club facilities for normal club activities subject to club rules, eligibility for free flight instruction from volunteer instructors, and eligibility to rent M-ASA aircraft subject to club rules, availability, and applicable qualifications.
Members are expected to use club property and facilities in a manner that supports the purposes and best interests of the club, and to comply with club rules, safety requirements, operating procedures, property-use restrictions, and membership obligations.
Membership does not automatically include hangar space, trailer hangar space, camper slots, or through-the-fence access for owners or occupants of adjacent properties. Those are separate arrangements involving limited club resources or special access privileges and require their own application, approval, written agreement and fees.
By signing the Membership Application you agree that you will perform your share of volunteer duty for M-ASA. You also agree to electronic communications via email, text messaging, and content on the M-ASA web site.