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Everglades Soaring Club: The brotherhood of silent flight

The Everglades Soaring Club, a local glider plane club, was formed in April by local pilots. The eight-member club doesn’t really meet formally, nor do they have set days to fly.

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The newly-formed Everglades Glider Club meets regularly at the airport to practice their fuel-friendly flying addiction. David Albers/ Staff
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Everglades Soaring Club president Dylan Caldwell exits the cockpit of his 1974 model Pilatus B4 glider during a flying session on Monday, July 7, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The newly-formed glider club meets regularly at the airport to practice their fuel-friendly flying addiction. David Albers/ Staff
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Retired U.S. Navy two-star Rear Admiral Joe Frick, 78, waits for a tow into the sky in his glider plane endearingly named "Bumpy," on , Sunday, July 6, 2008 near Immokalee Regional Airport. Members of the newly-formed Everglades Soaring CLub meet regularly at the airport to practices a more fuel-friendly hobby of flying. David Albers/ Staff
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Everglades Soaring Club president Dylan Caldwell soars through the skies of Immokalee in his 1974 model Pilatus B4 glider during a flying session on Monday, July 7, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The newly-formed glider club meets regularly at the airport to practice their fuel-friendly flying addiction. David Albers/ Staff
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Everglades Soaring Club president Dylan Caldwell prepares his 1974 model Pilatus B4 glider for flight before a flying session on Sunday, July 6, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The newly-formed glider club meets regularly at the airport to practice their fuel-friendly flying addiction. David Albers/ Staff
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Retired U.S. Navy two-star Rear Admiral Joe Frick, 78, looks to the sky from the cockpit of his glider plane,"Bumpy," as he waits on a tow on Friday, June 27, 2008 at Immokalee Regional Airport. David Albers/ Staff
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Everglades Soaring Club vice president John Fraine walks a glider out to the runway during a flying session on Friday, June 27, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The newly-formed glider club meets regularly at the airport to practice their fuel-friendly flying addiction. David Albers/ Staff
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Marco Island resident Buddy Whitney, left, shares a laugh with Barry Barkman, of Naples, while preparing for flight in a Schweizer 2-33 glider on Friday, June 27, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The glider pilots belong to the newly-formed Everglades Soaring Club, the only group of it's kind in Southwest Florida. David Albers/ Staff
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Retired U.S. Navy two-star Rear Admiral Joe Frick, 78, buckles in for a flight in his glider plane endearingly named "Bumpy," on , Sunday, July 6, 2008 near Immokalee Regional Airport. David Albers/ Staff
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Marco Island resident Buddy Whitney, left, connects to the 200-foot nylon tow cord while preparing for flight in a Schweizer 2-33 glider with the help of as Barry Barkman, of Naples, on Friday, June 27, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The glider pilots belong to the newly-formed Everglades Soaring Club, the only group of it's kind in Southwest Florida. David Albers/ Staff
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A Cessna 128 engine-powered airplane tows a Schweizer 2-33 glider skyward using a 200-foot nylon rope during a flying session held by the Everglades Soaring Club at Immokalee Regional Airport on Sunday, July 6, 2008. The engine-less plane is towed into the sky by a power plane where it is released as the pilot employs glider techniques to traverse the sky in a fuel-friendly mode of flying.
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Marco Island resident Buddy Whitney, left, prepares for flight in a Schweizer 2-33 glider as Barry Barkman, of Naples, signals a Cessna 128 airplane on Friday, June 27, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The glider pilots belong to the newly formed Everglades Soaring Club, the only group of its kind in Southwest Florida.
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Everglades Soaring Club president Dylan Caldwell repairs a flat tire on his 1974 model Pilatus B4 glider during a flying session on Sunday, July 6, 2008, at the Immokalee Regional Airport. The glider club members are quick to point out that the repairs on their engine-less planes are at a fraction of the cost of powered plane. David Albers/ Staff
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Retired Navy Adm. Joe Frick, 78, smiles from the cockpit of his glider plane, "Bumpy," as he waits on a tow into the sky on Friday, June 27, 2008, at Immokalee Regional Airport.
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Glider enthusiasts observe several members of the Everglades Soaring Club during a glider plane flying session at Immokalee Regional Airport on Sunday, July 6, 2008. The newly formed group, which flies their gliders several times a week at the airport, is searching for experienced and inexperienced members to add to their ranks.
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A Schweizer 2-33 glider soars over the citrus fields of Immokalee searching for thermal air lifts to prolong the pilot's time in the sky on Friday, June 27, 2008. The engine-less plane is towed into the sky by a power plane where it is released as the pilot employs glider technics to traverse the sky in a fuel-friendly mode of flying.
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