| September 8-11 |
Road Repaving During the project you will need to drive down to the club on the south side of the road and around the east end of the road. Please park either in the normal parking lot to the west of the hangars. (the ramp area east of the hangars will not be effected but please do not park there). Please do not park near the east end of the road since in the event that someone wants to fly a glider they will need to maneuver the glider down around the east end of the road to gain access to the runway. The main part of the project will take place on the main road from Bell Road to the east end of the pavement near the Walnut tree. |
| Saturday, September 13 |
Fall Festival and Boom-A-Rang We are planning to fly the ‘Boom-A-Rang’ cross-country contest (turn points yet to be determined), and a Spot Landing Contest. For our newer members, the cross-country contest is flown to some local turn points such as Morris and Joliet airports. We can fly all the club gliders and if you want to participate, have an experienced cross-country pilot in the back seat to fly with you. The same is true for the Spot Landing contest where you stop short of an orange cone and we measure how far away you are without going past the cone. Again, an experienced instructor can fly with you if you’re not qualified to solo a glider. The dinner will include commercially catered ‘Fried’ Chicken. If you are not inclined to have the chicken, you can bring your choice of main dish, the grills will be available. We will also ask that you bring a dish to pass for all to enjoy including a salad or vegetable or dessert. As it’s been the past few years, BYOB if you want an alcoholic drink and the club will have soda and water available. The club will also provide the plates, napkins and plastic ware. As usual, on Friday, we will need volunteers to sweep the hangar, clean the clubroom, and bathrooms. We’ll set up the tables and chairs the day of the event. After the event is over, we will need a crew to clean up the kitchen and store the aircraft in the hangar. We will plan to have dinner start at 6PM. The cost will be $7 per person. Please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so that we know how much chicken to order. We need to have a count by Monday, September 8th. |
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| August 18, 2025 |
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Paying your bill is easy... the Club is set up to accept ZELLE payments at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
CGC gliders can be tracked on these sites:
- Glidernet
- GliderRADAR (clicking on Minooka opens a menu with further options including coverage)
- GlideAndSeek
- GliderTracker (zooming in and clicking on ‘Minooka’ will provide further options including OGN range)
- See 'Club Flight Log' under the 'Membership' menu when logged into the site.
Our members fly on weekends throughout the Northern Illinois soaring season, and on weekdays whenever one of our many tow pilot members is available to tow.
Typical cross-country routes from CGC go from northwest to south from Minooka, away from Lake Michigan and the Class B & C airspace. The longest recorded flight from CGC was 435 miles free distance by Harold Jensen in April 1962. This was accomplished in a plywood "floater" sailplane, Harold was an excellent pilot as well.
The following flight manuals are pdf files that you can download and print:
Schleicher ASK-21 (N621CG)
Schleicher ASK-21B (N521CG)
Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus (N57CG)
Schempp-Hirth Discus CS (N511TW)
- Flight Manual
- Weight and Balance Report
- Experimental Operating Limitations
- Program Letter - page 2
- LX Nav V7 Manual
- PowerFLARM Core Calibration
Christen Husky (N2881P)
Piper Pawnee (N8519L)
Instruments
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| Initiation Fee | ||
Applicants younger than 35 years of age
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$900 | |
Applicants 35 years of age or older
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$1,200 | |
| Membership Dues | ||
| Regular member dues | $552.00 per year | |
| Retired member dues | $276.00 per year | |
| Life Member | $0.00 per year | |
| Aircraft Rental Rates | ||
| Sailplane rental > 75 hours* | $36.00 per hour | |
| Sailplane rental < 75 hours* | $40.00 per hour | |
| * No charge for additional flight time over two hours | ||
| Christen Husky | $125.00 per tach hour | |
| Aerotow Rates | ||
| Hook Up Fee | $17.00 per tow | |
| Plus Each Hundred Feet of Tow(Minimum Tow 2000'- $43.00) | $1.30 per 100 feet | |
Aerotow Retrieve
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| Field Use | ||
| Fee to base private aircraft at Chicago Glider Club | $216 per year | |
CGC Ground School
2025 Annual Safety Meeting
2022 Annual Safety Meeting
2021 Annual Safety Meeting
2020 Annual Safety Meeting
Tow Pilot Briefing
Instructor Briefing
Other
The Chicago Glider Club address is:
Chicago Glider Club
26045 W Airport Road,
Minooka, IL 60447
The clubhouse telephone is: 815-467-9861.
Please note that the telephone is unattended when no members are present at the clubhouse, and messages cannot be recorded.
The webmaster can be contacted at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The best way to make contact with the club is by email to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See the Board of Directors page for additional contacts.
Individual members' contact information is not publicly available on this website, however club members can find this information by logging on and then selecting the Member List menu command.
For maps and directions, see the Directions page.
Using ZELLE to pay your bill directly from your bank account is preferred at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Pay your CGC bill using either a PayPal or Credit Card Account here:
The Chicago Glider Club currently owns 4 sailplanes and 2 towplanes. We operate an "all glass" fleet, something very few clubs if any can claim in the USA. All club aircraft are very well maintained by CGC members and are always kept in the club's two hangars.
The club is constantly reviewing it's equipment needs as member needs change and as equipment ages. This review has lead to the club replacing sailplanes in the past few years; for example, the Duo Discus was purchased in 1999 to replace the Grob Twin Astir that the club had owned for several years, in order to provide a high-performance two-seater as a next step up from the mid-performance ASK-21. More recently, our ASW-24 was replaced by an Discus-CS, and in 2019 our older ASK-21 has been replaced with a new ASK-21B.
Prior to purchasing the Discus-CS in 2018, the club has owned an ASW-24 in 2008, a Pegasus in 1998; prior to that the club's single seater had been an ASW-19, and before that a Mini-Nimbus, which - being a 15 meter flapped sailplane - made an 'interesting' step up for members graduating from the two-seater ASK-21.
Club Sailplanes
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The club now owns three two-place sailplanes: 2 Schleicher ASK-21 sailplanes: Basic training and checkout is now performed in one of our ASK-21's. The ASK-21, manufactured by Alexander Schleicher GmbH, is widely used by soaring clubs around the world as an intermediary trainer. CGC's second ASK-21B was purchased new from the factory in the winter of 2019. Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus: The Duo Discus is quite easy to fly, but it is expected that adequate proficiency in other sailplanes be acquired before soloing. The Duo is a high performance 2-seater with 20 meter wingspan, manufactured by Schempp-Hirth GmbH; the club bought it new in 1999 using loans from members, which have since been paid off in full. CGC members pay only $36 per hour to fly this glider, which is a fraction of what one would expect to pay at a commercial operation! The club's single-seat sailplane is a Schempp-Hirth Discus CS The higher performance Discus CS requires previous flying experience in similar single-place sailplanes and/or getting experience in the ASK-21 and the Duo-Discus. Club Towplanes235 hp Pawnee 180 hp Christen Husky During the winter months skis are often installed on the Husky towplane. It is then used for pilot proficiency and winter glider tows. The Super Cub shown on skis has been replaced, but it does show the club's runway covered with snow. Privately-Owned SailplanesMany members own their own sailplanes and base them at the CGC gliderport. A trailer tie-down area for private ships is provided with sufficient space that ships can be assembled without moving the trailers. The number of private sailplanes, which tend to be higher performance, cross-country type ships, on the field varies from 15 to 20, and currently includes one or more of the following:
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