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Franconia Soaring Association INC

Flying club in Franconia, New Hampshire, where the main public airport is Franconia Airport (1B5). The FAA register lists 2 aircraft under this name, mostly Grob-Werke TWIN ASTIR.

Website: franconiasoaring.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Franconia Soaring Association INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Franconia Soaring Association is a glider flying club located at Franconia Airport in New Hampshire's White Mountains. It offers scenic glider rides, introductory flights, flight instruction, glider rentals, and glider towing operations from May through October.

What it is
Flying club
Bases
Franconia, NH 1B5
Aircraft it names
Grob 103 Twin Astir, Schweitzer SGS 2-33, Schweitzer SGS 1-26, Pilatus B4, Super Blanik L-23, L-19 Bird Dog
Services
glider rides, flight instruction, glider rentals, glider towing
Hours
Weekends early May to mid October; telephone usually answered 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday
Telephone
(603) 823-5034

Written by the site from the pages of www.franconiasoaring.org on October 10, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives.

  • Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sky Bright, Inc. · Gilford, NH (44 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · iflyhiaviation@gmail.com
  • James Victor Loranger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Emerson Aviation · Gilford, NH (44 nm) · (207) 839-2443 · jimdpe@maine.rr.com

All 11 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

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This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): the FAA publishes no list of flight schools, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.