Since my family was from this area, the stamp caught my eye. The city in the background is Dubrovnik (Croatia), situated on the coast of the Adriatic sea. The "glider" that was identified as a Zlin Z-22 appears to be a float plane, at rest in the water off the city. Searching the internet, the only...

I would recommend against using any fiberglass sleeve that slips over the wing as a tiedown. They will tend to pull on the control surfaces, unless you make them so that the controls can move full travel within the sleeve. And even if you do that, you will not be applying the load where it is...

See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell what the glider is. Any ideas? 2NO

After many years building Sage Variometers I felt it was best to sell the business to some enthusiastic new owners that could put the time into the business it deserves. The new owners Rex Mayes, Jerry Annoni and Todd Robinson have undergone extensive training and will now build and repair Sage...

Does anyone have any drawings of the SOLO 2625-02 sailplane engine? Detailed 3d drawings would be great, but I would be glad for any. I'm an aviation student and I have to design a mechanism of retracting an engine of powered sailplane.There are some good drawings of rotax engines in the...

I'm using garmin 96, g7towin for track download, and SeeYou software. Do I have to split tracklog of several consecutive flights if I want to upload only the best one to the OLC, or I can upload the whole tracklog?! What will happen then? Well, garmin devices have a strange feature - if you SAVE...

Event : Memorial Day Fun Meet 2007 . a.k.a. The Little Guys Meet. Location: Blairstown, New Jersey Dates: May 26, 2007 - May 28, 2007 Aero Club Albatross and Yards Creek Soaring invite you to our Little Guys Meet, a contest for novice through expert 1-26 glider pilots to compete in a...

http://sailplane-racing.org/rules.htm Ken Kochanski SRA Secretary

a.. April 5, 2007 - 6:54AM Powerful radio bursts from the sun may threaten the Global Positioning System (GPS), American scientists say. The technology is increasingly vital for activities including navigating cars and airplanes, bank financial transfers and more. "Our increasingly...

Hello, I have a Colibri logger (3.01) that on two consecutive flights gave me faulty altitude logging (long periods of fixed altitude, and sudden spikes to 50.000 ft+) Even though the flight was on April 1st, I tink there is something wrong ;-) Also, it seems to be able to produce numerous...

I met a paraplegic pilot at the SSA convention in Memphis who was fabricating hand controls for a Blanik L-23. As the founding Director of Freedom's Wings Canada, I am VERY interested in his work. He didn't have a card, so i gave him one of mine and he promised to contact me. If you are...

Iraniana Why It Bothers So... One can make all sorts of clever arguments-indeed the Brits have, from blaming us to blaming their own-about why this crisis was someone else's fault, due to a misunderstanding, due to media exaggeration, due to an accident. But what is missing is the simple fact that...

I'm curious to know if anyone knows what percentage of USA based glider pilots fly in official contests (less formal individual club contests are less interesting to me). If I were to use my personal contacts (the pilots I fly with), I'd put the number around 10-15% but given the amount of...

Anyone know what US sailplane first used a moving weight for in flight CG changes?

US 2007 SPORTS CLASS NATIONALS AT CAESAR CREEK 12-21 JUNE 2007 It less than two weeks before the preferential entry deadline for the Sports Class Nationals at being held at the Caesar Creek Soaring Club near Waynesville Oh.

What is the correct relationship between pitch angle and airspeed during ground launch, either by auto or winch? Different sources make conflicting statements: 1. Speed control is OPPOSITE to that during aerotow and gliding * SSA Soaring Flight Manual, page 13-10: "Under most circumstances, the...

Anyone here flown sailplanes in Mexico? I'd appreciate your comments, as I'm interested in a commercial operation there. Jim

Is there a state-side parts source for LS gliders? I need a new landing gear "pnuematic spring". TIA

The SSA Future Restructuring Task Force (FRTF) is working to improve the organization and recently mailed a survey to the entire SSA membership. Our collective opinion is important to the future of SSA, so we need you and everyone in your club/operations to take a few minutes to fill out the survey...

I have already used Williams Soaring for repairs on my Sage Vario. As usual with William Soaring, I received quick service with good communications. VN Tom Hubbard