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M&H Soaring is an FAA certified repair station with 20 years experience in glider repairs, refinishing and maintenance.

We are the exclusive US representative for Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH since 2004. M&H Soaring is also a dealer for Cobra Trailers and ClearNav glider instruments.

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Latest News  

New pictures added to our Images page.
04.09.13

NEW Ventus 2 winglets: read what John Seaborn (A8) has to say  after flying with them in Uvalde. Go to Why Winglets tab.
08.30.12

QUINTUS M wins Open Class World Championship in Uvalde!
Congratulations to
Laurent Aboulin from France with his new FAI World Championship title in Open Class.
08.25.12

CONCORDIA FLIES!
See NEWS page for more.
May 25, 2012

ARCUS wins Region 2 North contest. Pete Alexander and Rick Walters take first prize in Mifflin Sport Class contest. Four contest days and three terrific pre-contest days - Mifflin shows itself again as a great site! Pete and Rick' next contest together in the ARCUS will be the Open Class Nats. in Minden, NV.
05.19.12

FOR SALE:    Ventus 2ax & Discus 2b
Go to For Sale page.

CONCORDIA  DB worked on fitting COBRA trailer to his custom Concordia so he can take her to a larger airfield for trial flights. Almost ready.

05.19.12


M&H announces new Ventus2 and Discus winglets. Go to our 'Why Winglets' page.
02.06.12

Thank you to all who visited us at the RENO Convention last week! Special thanks to Pete Alexander and David French for letting us display your gliders on the Exhibit floor.
For pictures, go to our
News page.
02.06.12


Read Jan. 20th article published in SoaringCafe.com
http://soaringcafe.com/2012/01/first-impressions-of-the-quintus-m/


Second ARCUS arrives in US. See NEWS page for pictures.
01.19.12

QUINTUS maiden flight pictures on NEWS page.
Watch YouTube video: scroll down, left column.


RENO Convention update (Feb. 2-4, 2012):
M&H will display two Schempp-Hirth gliders: the two seat ARCUS and single seat DISCUS 2 CT. Come visit us at booth # 19.
01.02.12

QUINTUS FLIES!
Schempp-Hirth' newest racing glider made her maiden flight this afternoon, Dec. 23th, at the Hahnweide, Germany. We will post pictures on our NEWS page later today.
12.23.11

Concordia fuselage gets first coat of filler. See before and after pictures on our News page.
12.20.2011

RENO Convention update:
Tilo Holighaus and Biggo Berger to attend SSA Convention Feb. 2-4, 2012. Both will be available for Q's and hello's at M&H booth & display area. Tilo will give a presentation on Schempp-Hirth's new 20-Meter Racer and new Open Class Racer.
11.29.11

Thanksgiving morning - Concordia goes into shop!
See NEWS tab for pictures.

After a long weekend driving to Butler's shop and back, CONCORDIA fuselage is now at M&H shop for aerodynamic contouring and painting. Follow along on our NEWS page.
Posted 11.20.11

Dick Butler's CONCORDIA coming to M&H shop for next production / finishing phase. We will post progress pictures on our Images page soon.
Posted 11.15.2011

Ventus 2a & b continues to perform well during 2011 contest season, dominating by placing top 3 in EGC 2011, Lithuania and making a strong show during 15M Nationals in Uvalde, TX with 5 Ventus a & b in top 10.
Posted 09.12.2011

Congratulations Junior World Gliding Champions Felipe Levin (Standard class) and Tim Kuijpers (Club class) Hoera Holland !!
 Go to www.jwgc2011.de  for results.
Posted 08.21.11

Barry Jaeger is flying his ARCUS at the Open Class Nationals in Uvalde, TX  Aug. 4 -14, 2011 with co-pilot Reinhard Schramme. Follow the contest results & reports at SSA.org

 
Ventus 2ax for sale, posted 08.07.2011; look at our For Sale page.

 
Schempp Hirth reveals its newest glider, the QUINTUS, at the AERO in Friedrichshaven. Go to images page for a picture of their newest single seat racer.
04.22.11


 
Congratulations to Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett on their record flights in the DUO DISCUS. They now are the record holders of the new US Soaring distance record two-seat class sailplane . Outstanding flights in
the Sierra Wave. Congratulations!
03.04.2011

 
Congratulations to team Schempp-Hirth with their 75th anniversary.
From
Gö-1 to ARCUS  - carried by wind and thermals.

Arcus M and E fly! Schempp-Hirth's newest glider, the elegant two seat ARCUS, now has both a self-launching M version and self-launching E version. The E version, with an electrical engine, flew its maiden flight on September 18, 2010. Go for more pictures to our Images page or to Schempp-Hirth's website.
10.04.2010

Phoebus flies! After a 10 months restoration project, the Phoebus C flew today.  This Phoebus was purchased from the NSM by Lewis & Evan Olson, and the father/son/daughter team worked in M&H shops, refinishing & restoring the glider to its old glory. Today Heinz test flew her, after which Evan and Lewis got to fly. A perfect day after a long project! Look for pictures at the bottom of our images page.
09.11.2010


Watch first flight of ARCUS M

http://www/youtube.com/watch?v=84J3y-eEP10

First US ARCUS flies in Florida. See pictures on Images page.
02.27.10

Congratulations to Terry DeLore and co-pilot John Kokshoorn with their new World Distance Record of 2501k. Location; New Zealand. Date: Dec. 14, 2009.  Take off: 5.30am, landed 8.55pm. They broke Klaus Ohlmann's record by 80k. ASH 25, altitude (most of the flight) 28.000ft; temperature: too cold (-35).
02.05.10

Back from Little Rock Convention, which due to location and bad weather had a poor turnout. Despite all that, the ARCUS generated plenty of interest and Biggo Berger and Ebi Schott were on hand to answer the many questions about Schempp-Hirths' newest and new design. Thank you to all who joined us in Little Rock!
 
Next SSA Convention will be in Reno, NV 2012

02.02.10

 
First ARCUS-T is now in the country & FAA certified!!  We thank its owner, Barry Jaeger, for letting us display his ARCUS-T at the SSA Convention in Little Rock, Jan. 28-30, 2010. Also with us will be Schempp-Hirth representatives Biggo Berger (SH Sales Manager) and Ebi Schott, (SH Production Manager)
Come join us at the M&H Soaring Booth in Little Rock!
01.25.10

Congratulations to the new 2009 National Champions:
2009 Sports Class Champion: John Seymour
2009 Open Class Champion: Garrett Willat
2009 15 M Class Champion: Tom Kelley
2009 Standard Class Champion: David Greenhill
8.07.09

Thank you Fred Winter for letting Corey Sullivan train in your LS-4 for the upcoming 6th FAI Junior World Championship in Finland! US Junior Team members Corey Sullivan & Devin Bargainnier with team manager/coach Mike Robison and his wife Becky are on their way to Finland. Contest to start June 22th. Thank you Fred for supporting the Junior Team! www.jwgc2009.fi
06.18.09

ARCUS wins 2009 German two-seat Nationals. For new pictures, see NEWS

Charlie Spratt Memorial, May 9th, 15M Nationals, Cordele, GA

Charlie Spratt dies, April 10, 2009. See NEWS page.

ARCUS MAIDENFLIGHT, April 7, 2009. Go to NEWS page for pictures.

ARCUS PICTURES: exclusive ARCUS pictures as she was revealed at the AERO show in Germany this weekend. Go to our NEWS page for pictures.
04.04.09

ARCUS at the AERO in Germany, April 2-5, 2009 See pictures on our NEWS page.

2009 Senior Contest winners are: 1th Karl Striedieck in a Duo Discus, 2th Ken Sorenson in a Discus 2A and 3th Sam Giltner in a LS 1f

It's official: Uvalde, TX to be the site for the 32th FAI World Gliding Championship (Open, 15M and 18M) July - Aug 2012
Posted 03.09.09

LATEST ARCUS UPDATE posted 02.13.09 see NEWS page

Schempp-Hirth announces new two-seat glider ARCUS. For more, click  our NEWS button or click Schempp-Hirth link. Posted 12.05.08

US Junior Team. The US Team Committee has made its selection for the Junior Team pilots; Devin Bargainier and Corey Sullivan. They will compete at the 6 th FAI Junior World Gliding Championship in Räyskälä , Finland from June 22 nd – July 5th, 2009. Congratulations and good luck!
Posted on 10.31.08