{"id":131,"date":"2014-10-02T21:28:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T02:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fehntech.com\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:28:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Central Alabama Soaring Association!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casasoaring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CASA_Grob_Twin-Astir_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/casasoaring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CASA_Grob_Twin-Astir_11-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CASA_Grob_Twin-Astir_11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CASA_Grob_Twin-Astir_11-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our club, CASA, enjoys flying gliders, sailplanes, and towplanes and operates out of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sylacauga.com\">Merkel Field (SCD)<\/a><\/strong> in Sylacauga, Alabama southeast of Birmingham, Alabama.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CASA members have a long and rich history, as a result of an earlier merger of the Birmingham Soaring Society and the Sylacauga Soaring Society.&nbsp; Both of the merged clubs have been in existence since around 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CASA always welcomes those interested in soaring flight.  We are particularly interested in finding new members to take part in club activities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We offer <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/?page_id=855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovery Flights<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to those who want to experience soaring.  Check our website page about this topic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feel free to browse menus and lins on this site for information that will expand your knowledge of soaring and of our club.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For &#8220;What&#8217;s New&#8221; in our club and soaring community&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;=======&gt;<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our club, CASA, enjoys flying gliders, sailplanes, and towplanes and operates out of Merkel Field (SCD) in Sylacauga, Alabama southeast of Birmingham, Alabama.&nbsp; CASA members have a long and rich history, as a result&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casasoaring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}