As far as I know, the first two diamond altitude gains ever made in Oklahoma were accomplished yesterday. Wind was SW at about 40 knots and consistent up to at least 30,000 ft. I launched just before 8:30 AM in the Silent 2 Electro (THANK YOU LEO AND JENNIFER!) and found the secondary right next...

I am using an Oudie with my LX5000 and for some unknown reason, the Oudie will not properly download the flights. It used to work on a regular basis. When I am attempting the downloads, everything looks like it is working properly, but when I go to view the files, there are not there. I do not have...

The Harris Hill club in Elmira, NY is seeking applicants for CFI-G for the summer of 2017. The primary responsibility of this individual will be to fly with and encourage junior members age 13-18 years old. A secondary role will be to fly commercial rides, generating income for the club, which...

https://vimeo.com/191745312 This video was taken in October, 2016. It is of a 14-year old Black Forest Soaring Society member on his first solo flight. He started driver's education classes a couple of weeks later. Raul Boerner

I'm not the OLC police, but these flights are extremely odd. Taking off with an ASH-25 from Lost River Resort, even with a 260 Pawnee would be sketchy. Self launch is out of the question. (Especially when the airfield is covered with snow) Also, None of the N numbers on this fellow's stable of...

My big winter glider project is going to be re-doing my control panel. I have been looking at a lot of panel pictures recently and I notice that a lot of them have panel mounted fuse holders all over them. My experience with our panel mounted electronic gizmos is that if they blow a fuse,...

Some of you remember Walter Cawby, he was an active contest flier for years and a retired airline captain. Walter gave up flying gliders a few years back and still flew his beloved Baron. Walter was always interested in sailplanes, competed all over the country and his wife Kay was a;ways a big...

Used to have a Std Libelle and had to sell her. But getting back into flying and shopping for something new. SUPPOSE all things equal, condition, avionics, rigging tools, trailer type and condition etc. AND same price. Which would you rather have? Open or Std Cirrus? I fly east coast USA and...

Moriarty AWOS: Winds 220/34G45 It's supposed to get up to about 55 kts today. If I could get safely to the runway, I could take off backwards! Naaah... I think I'll stay home. -- Dan, 5J

Fliser/Funkwerk VHF Transceiver ATR-600 plus ATR remote unit for second seat. This unit was installed in 2006 in a Duo Discus xT. Total operating hours ~ 1050 Radio plus remote were checked in 2012 by manufacturer and updated tot latest firmware version This radio works perfect! Reason for...

The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup. ...

If the Flarm B antenna is "receive only" and same for the ADSB antenna, is there any issue mounting those two antennas next to each other, or very nearly so?

We will be purchasing an additional PA25 for our club, and like many other facilities noise is becoming a bigger issue. Our current Pawnee has a 235 HP motor which has had the 250 HP STC (domed pistons) with a fixed pitch prop. The STC has performed well with far better climb performance when...

Hi, SPOT has a holiday sale - which started today. 50% off a SPOT Gen 3. No mail-in rebate necessary. The sale price is what you pay. The sale ends December 31, 2016. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/spot.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde

'Mental-decline brain lesions' found in high-flying military pilots Aviators piloting aircraft at very high altitudes for the military have "significantly more" brain lesions known as white matter hyperintensities, US Air Force medical researchers have found through MRI scanning. The study,...

Following some fun discussions with Kempton Izuno I worked out MacCready theory in wave. It turns out we should fly faster. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/soaring/docs/wave_macredy.pdf Enjoy! Let me know if you see bugs. John Cochrane

What are the advantages of having a DG service contact? Can you live without one? Is ones life easier when you have one? S

In the video, "Running on Empty", Eric Mozer tests his oxygen system, and I was wondering what oxygen system/ O2 mask is Eric using in video? Thanks

For the Powerflarm technical gurus in the community: This is an update of a problem from earlier in the year regarding very frequent PCAS nuisance alerts on my PF display which I am still trying to resolve (described above). After a trial and error process I've narrowed the problem down to an...

Selling an Ilec SN10b with 1 vario display. The main harness will need to be renewed as it was cut on removal. Sorry, not me. :( Price $750ono including postage