Fees – Rideau Valley Soaring

Fees/Pricing (2026)

5-pack pilot instruction trial

If you are unsure about learning to fly gliders, you can take a 5-pack of instructional flights. These flights are identical to those you will take as a regular student, and the time is counted toward qualifying for a Transport Canada glider pilot’s license.

The cost covers the aerotow launch and glider rental for your first five lessons. At the end of your five lessons, you decide whether to join the club to continue your training. If so, a $200 credit will be applied to membership. The credit is applicable only if joining in the current or following season. No credit for Associate membership.

Cost	$680
Credit	See above
	The 5-pack is available to new members only

The 5-pack may be withdrawn at any time. This is likely to happen at periods when student numbers are high.

Annual Membership Fees

When you join Rideau Valley Soaring, you also join the Soaring Association of Canada. The club collects fees for both organizations and forwards the SAC portion on your behalf.

	Full Year			Half Year (Aug – Dec)
	Rideau Valley Soaring	SAC	Total	Rideau Valley Soaring	SAC	Total
Adult	770	80	850	385	40	425
Spouse	550	40	590	275	20	295
Youth	450	included	450	225	included	225
Junior	450	40	490	225	20	245
Tow Pilot / Self-Launch	550	80	630	275	40	315

Half Year	Half year membership is payable from August 1 and is available to NEW MEMBERS only.
Junior	Junior includes members under the age of 21 or a full time student under the age of 25. Age reference date is January 1st of the membership year.
Youth	A Youth Member is a regular member who is under 19 years of age as of January 1st of the membership year.
SAC	The Soaring Association of Canada is an amateur sports organisation. Official tax receipts are issued by SAC by e-mail by the end of February each year.
Spouse	Married, common-law partner.
Self Launch	Available to owners of self-launch gliders who wish to operate from RVSS. This category of membership excludes use of club gliders or the tow plane for any reason. The club’s facilities and ground handling equipment such as lawn tractors may be used.

Discount Flight Packages

Paying for this package reduces the rental rate across all club gliders

Ab Initios	Solo or licensed	Private Owner
330	330	190

Aircraft rental

Aircraft	$ / hr	Max charge per flight	$ / hr	Max charge per flight
	Without package		With package
2-33	29	87	0	0
1-34 (Single)	33	99	9.45	28.35
Grob 103	50	150	26.25	78.75
ASK-21	57	171	31.50	94.50
LS-4 (Single)	51	153	26.78	80.34

$ / HR	Flight time is charged per-minute
Max Charge Per Flight	Charges are capped at three hours for flights of longer duration.
Overtime	An overtime charge of $1.80/minute (at the discretion of the field manager) will be levied for weekend flights that exceed 1 hour in duration if there is a queue for the glider. An in-flight radio call can clear the pilot for extra time.

Launch fees(release height above ground)

Note: Due to the rapid increase in fuel costs as a result of the war in Iran, the following surcharges will apply in addition to the regular prices shown in the Launch Fees table.

• $2 more per hookup ($15 total)
• $0.10 more per 100 ft ($1.75/100′)

The surcharges will be removed once fuel costs approach a level anticipated for 2026. In the meantime, you need to add these to the values you see in the following table:

Example release height AGL	Hookup	Cost per 100 ft	Total
1000 ft	13	1.65	29.50
1100 ft	13	1.65	31.15
1400 ft	13	1.65	36.10
1800 ft	13	1.65	42.70
2000 ft	13	1.65	46.00
2500 ft	13	1.65	54.25
3000 ft	13	1.65	62.50

Youth Bursaries

Every year SAC and RVSS offer a number of youth bursaries. To apply, you must be

• a current member of RVSS (not 5-pack)
• be under 25 years of age on January 1st of the current year
• be enrolled in a recognised Canadian educational institution.

The call for applications occurs in July.