On my way out to Jean (southbound I-15 out of Las Vegas) Saturday morning I passed a truck pulling a Cobra trailer with K3 on the "tail". I was kinda' hoping they'd be stopping at Jean to fly a bit, but they didn't. Anybody know who it was? Jim

On the subject of cross country records, I have a new personal best today, for shortest cross country flight. I landed out a grand total of 4.7 miles from the airport today. Statute miles. The sky sure looked beautiful but the lift was deceptively hard to work. I found a wonderful field, larger...

Looking for an ASW-24 w/Nixon or M&H tall winglets & trailer. Must be in good shape. Thought I had one in the "bag" last week in the Chicago area but ........ sold. Please contact me at or (513) 275-2273 Thanks, Gary Adams

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A large high pressure aloft (500mb) is expanding over the SW U.S. This typically causes high temperatures (in this case near record max high temps), a suppressed marine layer and excellent soaring weather to the Mojave Desert, Owens Valley and Western NV. On Wed 07/04/07, the 500mb center will be...

I am going to try and get mine in Kansas. Where my club use to fly is about 1270 feet ASL. I figure if I go back there with my van, rope, and a crew, auto tow (so I don't have to bring along a towplane), make a high speed pass at below 200 feet, then get up and fly 200 miles to the West, where we...

I just wanted to publicly thank the Caeser Creek Soaring Club (CCSC) in Waynesville, Ohio and the key people listed below for a fantastic contest. I'm already looking forward to Region 6 South at CCSC next year! Dick Holzwarth - Contest Manager Andy McQuigg - Competition Director Rolf...

http://tinyurl.com/ykbsw4 My new favorite on W&W ..........drum roll............... Olympia 2B ! Hot Damn; I can afford it too! Jim

Great title... (would have been better as "miles", but oh well.) Its on my to-read list http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062702756.html or http://tinyurl.com/292bpp

hi we http://www.soaringchillies.com are still looking for soaring reporters preferential native speakers. more info by mail. best regards arturo

Our ramp is filling up fast as our first practice day is tomorrow, June 30th. Pilots meeting is at 9:30 am and we grid at 12 noon. We are expecting nearly a full grid for the practice day. Weather the last week has been warm and blue. It should stay that way until maybe Tuesday when we think we may...

Ian writes: In such places it is obviously sensible to keep landing places in mind, but I still think it's a mistake to fly directly over them. There is a strange magnetic attraction at work ... The magnetic attraction is made stronger by the visible presence of another glider (from the...

We look forward to numerous entries in the "Cadet" learn-to-fly scholarship contest (named for the 1930 Frank Gross training glider). While this distributed SSA recruiting tool (poster, site invitation, essay challenge)is available all year, the submission deadline passes this weekend -- while kids...

I am entering into a leaseback arrangement a member of my glider club for the use of my glider. We have agreed to terms and now need some sort of contract. Do any of you have a template for such an agreement or can you point me to where I might find one?

ASG29 for sale, six months old, 35 hours total never off filld landing. NDH Contest ready loaded, Sam Fly 972-399-8803

Some of this has been mentioned already, but let me review the advantages of soaring cross country in a 1-26 (at least when you're getting started: - The 1-26 is about the easiest glider available to land in a small field - The 1-26 is probably one of the safest gliders to be in if something goes...

KM, Would you kindly publish the contest dates and locations for the US Nationals 2008 again? Thanks, Sam.

I am thinking of going up to Airsailing this weekend for some XC paractice. Does anyone have any info on the impact the fires are having in the area? Visibility, TFRs? (extra thermals???) Friday looks windy, but the weekend looks OK according to NOAA Matt Jr.

Does anybody know the diameter of the Pegasus rudder cables? Will eighth-inch work? Thanks, Bill

On Jun 21, 7:53 pm, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote: Now a Bell 47 helicopter, THAT is hard to fly. With zero helicopter time I had the opportunity to fly a Bell 47. In less that 40 minutes of flight and perhaps 20 minutes on the controls, I had done takeoff, hover, hover turns,...