ok here goes nothing we as a couple are close to solo and because of limitation n time due to business commitments we will find it hard to share club gliders once solo so look to buy one , however we are well aware that with time comes experience so we would like some advice on a good starter...

If you happen to know of an available left wing fuel tank for a Pawnee D , please call Ralph at 719-221-2743. The Salida tow plane needs a repair or replacement. A replacement would mean less down time. Thanks, Randy

http://711reporting.blogspot.com/ News and views............. Thermals tight, Soar high, Fly safe, # 711 reporting.

Paul Remde wrote: Hi, If I'm reading the online result correctly, it looks like Bill Elliott is ahead in the US 18m Nationals - flying the Jonker JS-1 Revelation. It is a very close race though and the contest is not over. But it is cool to see the underdog (the JS-1) doing well...

Hi, If I'm reading the online result correctly, it looks like Bill Elliott is ahead in the US 18m Nationals - flying the Jonker JS-1 Revelation. It is a very close race though and the contest is not over. But it is cool to see the underdog (the JS-1) doing well in Bill Elliott's very capable...

While the contestants in the US Nationals in the east of the country were sitting mostly in the rain, we westerners experienced some of the best conditions in a long time. The combination of moisture and cool unstable air from a Pacific storm system and our signature hot sunny skies resulted in...

The Standard Cirrus Yahoo Group now has 361 members and continues to be a very active discussion forum. For more information go to www.standardcirrus.org . Jim Hendrix Oxford Aero Equipment, LLC 417 N. 11th Street Oxford, MS 38655

At Tuesday's pilot's meeting, weatherman Ray Galloway gave us a forecast that included decent instabilty, the promise of Cu, and none of the mid-level or high clouds that have challenged us on several of the task days. Oh, but by the way, winds at 3,000 feet were progged to be more than 20kts...

Hi! I recently bought a Holux M-1200 bluetooth GPS receiver to be used with my PDA. It sort of works - but has one "minor" problem - when I curve, it often can't acquire good signal and gets really confused. Ofcourse I could just avoid curving, but living in a very flat country, it's the only...

Monday was forecast to be THE BIG DAY, with strong lift to over 6,000 feet and Cu. With uniformly good skies, CD Andy McQuigg called a 3.5 hr MAT with a first turnpoint of Fitzgerald to the East. After that, you were free to go wherever it looked good. As it turned out, the day wasn't quite...

I need a way to convert a .fil file to an .igc file. It is from a filser GPS and I need to view it with Winscore. SeeYou software can read it. Thanks, Fred

The competition of this caliber (US Nationals in Standard Class) deserve much better scorer and way better reporting. RRK

Since there seem to be some issues with posting to the SSA Website, I thought I'd catch everyone up with goings on for the last several days since John Bojack's last post. Day 4 below; more to follow. John left narration off at the time of launch on Sunday into brisk winds and a developing sky. ...

I ordered the Film Lifted 001 from http://www.liftedfilms.com/ and payed with Paypal. I have been waiting in vain for the DVD to arrive for the past two months. I have tried emailing to the given email adress ) but got no reply. Can anybody give me another mail adress...

Hi everyone, Upon my return home from Cordele I was shocked when I saw that the tongue of the trailer had almost completely cracked off. Luckily I noticed the crack while I was hooking up the trailer to tow the glider from home to the airfield. The crack is just ahead of the hand...

I'm trying to Contact Robert P. Thornton or Danny Bookwalter regarding the re-finishing work which was completed on my LS-3A in 1993. I'm also trying to reach Joesph M. Bennis who is noted in the log as completing the refinishing. Robert (from Strongsville, Ohio) was the previous owner in 1993 and...

I spotted the following statement in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoiler_%28aeronautics%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_brake_%28aircraft%29 "Spoilers differ from airbrakes in that airbrakes are designed to increase drag while making little change to lift, while spoilers greatly...

Hi, The May edition of the Cumulus Soaring, Inc. Newsletter is available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/newsletter/newsletter-2008-05.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

For some reason I can't reply to the old thread that discussed adding new ratings to sport pilot without a flight test. The reply option is not available. Anyway... It seems FAA has had second thought on this and has issued an NPRM. Some of it reads as follows: "Currently, to obtain additional...

what happened at mifflin today? looks like a seriously undercalled and devalued day. anyone have more info.