Hi All, In the process of trying to install a TOST towing system on a Super Cub. Original part received was a different design and no longer made by TOST, and there was no way we could make it fit, so it's having to be returned to the dealer. So now, we are thinking of putting the current...

Tail dolly wanted for Jantar Standard. /Adam adam_y2k5 (at_symbol) yahoo (dot) com

Hi, I am always trying to think of new ways to help soaring pilots select the right soaring instruments for their needs. A while ago I thought of the idea of adding audio recordings to my web site of each variometer - so customers could judge for themselves which one was the best match for...

Check it out! http://www.soarforecast.com/ti.cgi?SUBJECT=TI&Upperstation=OAX&Surfacestation=DSM&Forecasthigh=&MaxAltitude=10000 I was flying a Cessna 182 between 500 and 1000 AGL through the midday today and found several bumps that gave me between 3-500 fpm climbs. Saw several hawks and a bald...

Hi All, Our commercial operation (more like a club) is starting to do winch launches. I just bought a Tost weak link for my glider from W&W. Are most people using a "single" weak link or a "single and a reserve" weak link? Thanks. Tom Nau

What would be the best book explaining mountain flying??? Thanks, Jacek Pasco, WA

Announcing the Region 1 Championships! Come one, come all to the beautiful Mad River Valley where, from June 15-21 we'll host the Region 1 Championships at the fabled Sugarbush Airport, home of so many great contests. We'll soar the Green Mountains of Vermont (and maybe even the Whites of New...

After the SSA Directors decided in the fall of 2006 (and after another short debate in the fall of 2007 during which they upheld their decision) to hold our SSA Convention only every two years, the fabulous European Aero exhibition is now an annual event. One of the reasons presented to the SSA...

For Sale: Cambridge L-NAV version 5.8 GPS NAV Model 20 Logger 80mm variometer read out (knots) 0.45 liter capacity flask temperature probe cables and manuals included Excellent Condition $1500 obo

The first release of the Pilot Ranking List for 2008 is available on the three identical Soaring Servers at soaringweb.org/PRL, soaring.gahsys.com/PRL, and soaring.xinqu.net/PRL Check out your rankings and send along your comments and suggestions. have a great, safe season John Leibacher

OK you have a choice of the latest 18m flapped class gliders - ASG29, HpH 304S Shark, DG808s, LAK-17, LS10, JS1, Ventus2cx, Antares18s (think thats them all?) which one would you buy and why?

I am going to install a transponder in my Ventus and struggling with the decision on where to locate the antenna. Any comments on installing the antenna on the forward portion of the glare shield...inside the cockpit? Scott

So many good ideas on AoA. Much thought and real considerationhas have been expressed. Something (A-HA!) came to mind. Visual indicators! Back in 1901, or some where about then, I flew a 1-26 to a really high altitude. I had left the area of recognizable land and decided to look at the ground and...

I'm looking for the manufactorer of the KEHA turn indicator. So far I've not been able to find it on the web. Any hints? Thanks.

Hold the dates... This year's Region 3 Contest will be held at Dansville, NY . Dates are Sunday, August 17th thru August 23rd. Parctice day will be on Saturday. More information to follow at the Finger Lakes Soaring website http://www.flsc.org/

Anyone out there in RAS land know of any Salto's that may be for sale. Please reply to this Gmail email account. Any leads for a Salto in USA would be appreciated. Cheers Al

Friends, Here is the preliminary info on this years Iowa Region Soaring Seminar and Banquet. It will be held in Cedar Rapids this year, a location which is an easy drive from Minneapolis and Chicago. In years past we have enjoyed attendance from many surrounding states and hope to boost that...

Watch this whole movie. Notice very interesting take-off in the middle of the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klkFmT1WFs4&feature=related How about the social aspect of soaring? Jacek Pasco, WA

I recently installed a new Colibri logger and cable set up so that the GPS antenna could, in addition to driving my Colibri, also provide GPS data to the IPAQ 3970 with WinPilot 7.0. After three good flights with no problems from the Colibri or the IPAQ I got airborne a fourth time to find a...

Does anyone know of a software to convert turnpoint files to .kml format? I'd like to be able to view the turnpoints in google earth. Especially cambridge .dat and seeyou .cup formats, but garmin would be ok. don't know if this works http://gpstp.sourceforge.net/