The Kansas Soaring Association (KSA) group has coordinated members from the Wichita area to the Colorado border. KSA is associated (and the state chapter) with the national organization (the Soaring Society of America - SSA), thus members of KSA are also members of SSA and receive a copy of Soaring magazine each month. KSA also owns a Cessna 182 towplane that is kept at the Sunflower Aerodrome just to the west of Yoder, Kansas. While most of the activity of this club is at Sunflower, it has also helped with events in Ulysses in recent years. This is a volunteer club with members helping with the upkeep at Sunflower and also serving as either a tow pilot or a launch-line manager on a few occasions during the spring and summer.

KSA operates a towplane based at Sunflower Gliderport near Yoder, KS. KSA also rents a high-performance, two-place Grob G103 sailplane to club members who are licensed glider pilots (3-hour checkout required). Monthly meetings are held at the Sunflower Gliderport Soaring Center.

For current event scheduling, visit: http://www.my.calendars.net/KSA

Membership fees are $75.00 per year for current SSA members. If you are not already an SSA member, the yearly fee is $125.00 ($53.00 for KSA and $72.00 for SSA). When you join KSA, you are permitted to receive tows from the KSA towplane at no additional charge. You only pay for the tows you use ($30.00 for a 2,000-foot tow). Visitors must join KSA to receive tows.

Towplanes:
KSA owns a Cessna 182 towplane based at the Sunflower Aerodrome near Yoder, Kansas. We have the world's oldest C-182. Don't let anyone tell you they have it, because they don't — we do. Ours came down the line as a C-180 and was converted into the prototype by Cessna by adding a nose gear. We've had it since the end of 1961, and it has served us well ever since. And yes, it has a Standard Airworthiness Certificate — not Experimental or Restricted.

KSA also owns a Cessna 175 fitted with STOL modifications and an O-470 engine.