for those of you who havent looked, or didnt pay attention, take a look at the end of the May 29 SSA E-News bulletin for my favorite picture of the Cherokee, after a landout on a short triangle attempt last summer. Out of the seas of 10 feet tall corn, emerged this beautiful alfalfa field with no...

Does the calibration have to be current on a logger for use in regional contests?

Here's a link to a video of us doing a 2500ft launch at the Alvord Desert, Oregon, USA. We go to this 8X15 mile dry lake in SE Oregon every July. The lake bed is at 4000msl and Steens Mountain rises out of the western edge to 10,000ft...

Hi all, I have just grudgingly put my Sisu on the market, and the WingsandWheels ad should be on tomorrow or so. I have cut and pasted the ad I submitted though, complete with links to detailed pictures and history. It makes me very sad to let her go, but I am trying to generate cash for another...

Another glider pilot turned to the Dark Side of X-C Soaring. he is now officially "One of Us" After launching from Ely, NV and landing out in UT a pilot posted this in OLC commments: "I used a lot of family "points" to have my wife and three daughters come fetch me in Utah from California. It's...

Our club's Grob 102 Astir CS recently suffered a gear collapse on landing. We're looking for the undercarriage parts. Wheel and tire are not necessary. If you have one available, contact me off line at s curry 5 1 9 at com cast ddot net Thanks, Shawn

It is with sadness that I have to advise the soaring community that Werner Geisler died last night after a long illness. Werner was a member of the Bathurst Soaring Club and the Southern Cross Gliding Club. I would be grateful if you could pass this information on to anyone who knew Werner and...

We have had a handful of late cancellations for the Sports Class Nationals. So there is still room for you at Caesar Creek. Sports Nationals are scheduled for 12-21 June at the Caesar Creek Gliderport near Waynesville, OH. Please visit www.2007SportsClassNats for more information. Dick...

Saturday, June 2, 2007. Had a possible soaring window. Gridded, watched 2 motorgliders, restart, climb, restart, climb. They reported weak lift, maybe 1200 agl to 1800 agl. Watched big, well, started small, but got bigger, cell to the...Northeast, then another South, then several more surronding...

I'm still working on the article these pictures came from, but the pictures are ready now: http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/on-the-wings-of-the-wind.html Johan Larson

No fly. Rain.......almost all day.......started during pilots meeting. Someone yelled, its raining...and almost everyone ran outside to their cars and gliders. See, the blipmaps showed one thing, good soaring, but the real story was a cut off low spining and just sending us another day of...

Does anybody has ever seen a fiberglass glider which was repaired after a complete main spar damage at around 2m from the root-rib ? Any emample, is it possible, how , how expensive ?

I paid $225 for the PDA and another $140 or so for the mount. I'm selling the mount for $125 and the PDA for $200, both for $300, you pay shipping. The PDA is in its original box with all the original accessories. Email me at . Frank

Hi We are looking for a 15m or Open Class glider to compete in the pre- worlds at Lusse in July. Unfortunately the glider we thought we had arranged fell through. Preference is for a Schempp-Hirth glider if possible. Can anyone help? We can offer a swap here in Australia with use of our Ventus...

http://www.seeandavoid.org/ "SEE and AVOID military aircraft in your airspace by entering your airport identifier to ensure a safe flight-plan. Ensure proper flight safety with proper flight planning and FAA regulations." "...the Air National Guard has launched a Web site that provides a...

Next World Air Games 2009 in Turin will be held in Turin (Italy). Today, FAI President, Pierre Portmann, declared italian town the winner for the organization of the World Air Games. Rocco Caruso Aero Gazette www.gazette.aero

We flew today, Open Class and 18 Meter Class had the same turn area. 3 Open Class pilots got around with SS, R. Tabery winning the day over DB, then H4, G. Willat. 18 Meter had 5 get around with 7T, yep, that young guy Chris, winning the day, over DJ, next was CW, C. Woods, followed by 711. The...

He's listed as no flight log "F".....and received NO points . I'm surprised, as I'd expect they'd wanted the LS-10 to show well....if he received his points, he'd be higher up there in the standings. Anyone know about his flight? Whassupwiddat? J4

What does it mean?! (pilatus b4 $mit_ez and $ohne_ez)

Does anyone know where to find results from the contests at Albert Lea?