Anybody has a comment as to the weather that can be expected at lake Constance in mid April? I will be at the Aero Show. I have never visited the area but hear it has a mild micro climate, due to the location. Udo

Saturday, April 7th turned out to be a day to remember for soaring pilots in Tennessee. For several months now, Chilhowee Gliderport has conducted satellite operations on good ridge days from the Marion County airport of Sequatchie Valley. On April 7th four pilots took tows, and the results are as...

Can anyone clarify for me the Open Class rules for the Pribina Cup? (http://www.pribinacup.sk/2007) I'm looking at the results for Day 1. I expected the order of placing to match the order of scored speed, but it almost looks like the scoring is handicapped. However I cannot find a mention of this...

For those of you that are interested in the PCC presentation as well as other helpful files, the new link is: http://www.mymedtrans.com/personal I had changed the website but not informed the Group. I was surprised to see that 61 people searched for it in the last month!

Blank CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOARING CLUB April 9, 2007 You are cordially invited to attend our 33rd Annual CCSC Soaring Contest at the Avenal Gliderport. Practice day is Wednesday, May 2. The contest will run from May 3...

PREVENTING GLIDER ACCIDENTS Serious glider accidents occur in just three critical areas: LANDINGS, LAUNCHES and STALLS. With the cooperation of the FAA Production Studios in Lakeland Florida, Tom Knauff has produced three important DVD videos covering these vital subjects. · Preventing...

Cordele is one nice contest site in the US, Hosted at CKF - Cordele Crisp County Airport, a huge airport with all facilities you can think of and everything available within in 10 minutes: hotels, shops restaurants etc. This has been and I am sure it will be again, site for many National...

On Apr 7, 7:50 pm, "Tuno" wrote: The SeeYou statistics for this flight are mind boggling. The final phase (out of about 18) was a "straight" glide over 5 hours long covering 582 miles at 113mph with an L/D of 1005! You could probably have selected a start point for the...

I'm interested in being able to rig my glider by myself and have been looking at the various kinds of equipment out there for this purpose. Does anyone have any experience with Chip Bearden's WingMate? It looks like an interesting design. Does anyone have one they are not using and would like to...

What is status of Turf Soaring? I hear they are flying again? BT

welcome to spring folks. Please do those critical assembly and positive control checks. Please. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=a01c6e0e-fcf7-4c27-ab6a-4ec4cbe0326c&#d

Just got a email from Tom Knauff......................... Dale Kramer flew a thousand miles yesterday - the only pilot on the ridge due to snow showers - but apparently used a too-fast sample rate on his logger, so it probably will not validate his flight. KS sent me a email as Dale was flying,...

Looking for suggestions on a portable GPS Nav system. I was wondering if a portable system could be cobbled together using a plug-in GPS module on a PDA using Glide Navigator II or any other current software like SeeYou mobile. I want a system I can use in rental planes. Guy

The 16th Annual Moonlight Ball is coming in April 2007. This is a major fund raiser for the museum. Our goal is to raise enough money for an additional hangar to protect the aircraft that are currently stored outside. Feel free to share this message with anyone you think might...

HI, Looking for RSS feeds on gliding for new website. Mal http://narromineglidingclub.com.au/index.php

Have removed the fabric from the wings of a 1950's wooden glider and would like some advise please. The fabric was obviously stuck to the wood with adhesive, after removal of the fabric I am left with a hard residue coating of adhesive on the wood, has anyone any tips on the best means to...

A friend forwarded the following study ... has anyone tested Transponder Antenna output on a graphite ship without an additional ground plan? Title: Performance of graphite epoxy as an antenna ground plane Authors: Erickson, J. E.; Graham, O. D. Affiliation: Air Force Academy, CO.

This is a self contained Cambridge 302A FAI approved soaring flight recorder with rechargeable battery intended for club use. The recorder may also be instrument panel mounted. Asking $800 (or best offer) which is less than the cost of the Cambridge 302A itself. See...

Do not see any very recent posts on the Extreme. Very interested just how well it does towing something 15 M? Thanks for any experiences. Michael

I have for sale 2 imperial instruments: Vario (10kts) meter Winter 5STV5-3 80mm at 250 Euro ono Altimeter United Instruments (10.000ft) 80mm at 250 Euro ono Buy both and get 10% discount :) also swap for metrical Winter instruments can be discussed. regards from Holland,