I am a collage student and glider pilot (recent CFIG) with 230 hours in gliders and 215 Hours in Power Planes (Towpilot) My dream is to fly in my first contest (the region 7 May 28 thru June 3). I am checked out in the following gliders: Duo Discus, LS-6, Discus CS, Grob 103, Grob 102, and...

I recently purchased Non-Owners (renter/borrower) Insurance so that I could rent a ship at Minden, and take friends up in a 2 seater at Williams. The company was Avemco, and they claimed when I called them, that Experimental aircraft were covered as long as there was a valid airworthiness...

I am about to upgrade my glide computer and i have seen the N.T. New Technologies Match box system. Unfortunitaly no one around my local airfield has even seen one. Can someone who has used or who knows about the system tell me about it.

From Chip Fyn - Until Monday, the Duster model is a freebee. Better let you're gliden' pals in on that little news :) WWW.fiddlersgreen.net PDF Download. Print out cut and glue together with white glue. Takes an evening...

None in stock at Knaff&Grove Wings&Wheels does not carry.

Does anyone know the people behind xcweather.co.uk, and when/if it's coming back? Dan

List of Applicants for 2007 Region 9 Contest is now posted on Website. Next update will be March 1, 07. # 711. http://parowan.soaringweb.net/index.html

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:31:32 -0000, Jim Logajan wrote in : Larry Dighera wrote: The rec.aviation.stories newsgroup is not for follow up discussion, so it may not have been the right forum for this thread...

The pins that transfer the load from the wings to the fuse are installed in the wing. There are holes on the fuselage side. It's an older glider and as such doesn't have the replaceable swivel bearings on the fuse. In this case, the holes are elongated vertically from wear and the pins have...

Someone recently emailed me a StrePla flight trace that I'd like to look at. Much to my surprise, it appears not to be an IGC file. Anyone know of a way to convert it without installing StrePla? I *can* do that, but it kind of seems like overkill for something I'll only need once every 2-3...

Dramatic cockpit video of a midair collision with a tow rope getting caught in the prop of another plane. The pilot was able to deploy his ballistic parachute and safely descend. No mention of what happened to the towplane. Video is from CNN on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTemKnL8X30

Now isn't Sikorsky owned by United Technologies? Which bought Schwiezer? Hmmm... From Reuters: Sikorsky Acquires Polish Aircraft Maker Reuters News 01/10/2007 US helicopter maker Sikorsky said on Wednesday it has acquired state-owned Polish aircraft maker PZL Mielec in a deal worth more...

I am pleased to announce that an IGC-approval document for a new type of recorder has been issued with effect from 10 January 2007. This is for the NT Easy recorder from New Technologies s.r.l. Of Milan, Italy. The IGC-approval document is already available on the gliding/gnss web site. See: ...

Will be visiting Tuscon last week of March 07 and Ohio first week of April 07 and would really like to fly if I can. I have found the arizona sailplane association website and hence links to Turf Soaring School and Tucson Gliding Club. Struggling a bit on the Ohio side of things. I will be in...

I need to find out the US sale prices of Phoebus C over the last few years. I am thinking of buying one and eventually bringing it back to the US. But I need to convince the "finance minister" that it will be a good investment (at least not a losing one!). Bob

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S/N 20472 N472JH "J6".Approx. 1500 hrs t.t. Good Condition with numerous professionally installed custom improvements. Excellent performer: 1100 km max X-C (1000 km diploma) and average X-C = 500 km. See 2006 OLC (Staniforth) & 2005 OLC (Grubb) for more. Custom mods: Fitted & sealed tinted canopy,...

FOR SALE; STANDARD CIRRUS, B model, serial no. 399, 1668 hours total time, no damage history. Original gel coat in good condition. Good canopy, no cracks. September 07 annual, Dittel radio, Cambridge S-NAV flight computer, Cambridge electric vario, PZL mechanical vario, Schueman Model B high...

Hi, I am trying to contact PZL Warszawa II and I'm not having any luck. The 2 e-mail addresses listed on their web site at: http://www.pzl.com.pl/en/kontakty.html are not working. Does anyone have any other e-mail addresses I could try? Thanks,

For soaring (and crewing) in the Owens' Valley, what is the best cell service provider (or recommended provider)? Years ago, I picked AT&T since they reported had the best coverage in the Owens' (back then). My old cell phones are now battered and in need of replacement, and that usually means a...