Was just reading about the Aspen suite of avionics for GA http://www.flyingmag.com/way-to-aoa?src=PPC&dom=fb&con=Aspen-FB-Ads. Was wondering if Air-Avionics Butterfly, LX 90XX or similar modern glide computers would be capable of such algorithms to have a working AOA?

Hi! I have developed last year a solid-state AOA indicator, based on a differential pressure measurement (total pressure/pressure at angle) Undoubtedly, this is a primary flight instrument to me: -It shows where you are aerodynamically speaking, independently of all the variable parameters:...

Hi! I have developed last year a solid-state AOA indicator, based on a differential pressure measurement (total pressure/pressure at angle) Undoubtedly, this is a primary flight instrument to me: -It shows where you are aerodynamically speaking, independently of all the variable parameters:...

In my early hours of being instructed, not one went by without stall and spin practice. They also taught me to look out of the window. Maybe I've done a thousand or more turns before I found myself in a spin that I did not intend to happen. I was in an HP11, over a ridge, with a 1-26 out climbing...

Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to the effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005" (see below). When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door asking...

Casey, The AOPA is a mixed blessing for glider pilots. It is by far the best aviation advocacy group (perhaps in the world), and they appear to provide beneficial services to individual members. But they advocate selectively. And glider pilots are so far down the list, it would be easier to...

A recent article highlights the AOPA's advocacy of in-flight cell phone use: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2007/070426fcc.html It references this March 2005 article, http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2005/050328cell.html which states in part:

The June issue of Pilot, the AOPA's magazine, has an article about the influence of GPS in sailplane racing. It features pictures and a story based upon the 2003 Standard Class Nationals at Montague (USA). It isn't long but is well written and great exposure for us in a powered pilot magazine. If...

AOPA ONLINE has a nice article on the benefits of glider training based on the recent Hudson River Landing. http://www.google.com/accounts/RP?c=COGKzJWbgYOk0QEQs_is05uH3Ya_AQ&hl=en

AOPA is paying attention...I hope SSA emerges from this chapter stronger. In my e-Pilot email Newsletter today from AOPA: SOARING SOCIETY FACES BUDGET CRUNCH OVER TAX ISSUES Calling it the "single most serious challenge" it has faced in its 75-year history, the Soaring Society of America (SSA) is...

Yet another reason to join and support AOPA. http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_E_gliders01.3d56a8a.html Dan Fitzgerald

New AOPA Pilot magazine video Go to: http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/2011/november/challenges_powerless_flight.html Tom

The latest edition if AOPA magazine has a nice article about soaring. The photography in the article is outstanding.

AOPA Live weekly online news report had two segments related to gliders; the Perlan record and the Flying Willat Glider Family story. Also, an update and sage advise on the Flux Capacitator. https://tinyurl.com/ydcuwtnx

http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2005/050328cell.html The AOPA request points out that cellphones are a useful resource for aviation information and don't appear to affect general aviation instrumentation (presumably including those in gliders). No US cellphone service providers prohibits...

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/challenge/ You can vote for your favorite aircraft in each match if you are a member of the AOPA. We need a glider bracket!

Nov issue arrived in today's mail. There is a good soaring article which starts on page 87. -- Android Usenet Reader http://android.newsgroupstats.hk

The current issue of AOPA PILOT features an article I wrote about flying at Omarama New Zealand titled IN PRAISE OF SOARING. I think it can be accessed by non-AOPA members at https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2016/december/pilot/in-praise-of-soaring . I wrote it for an audience of...

I received my copy of Pilot Magazine today. It has a soaring picture on page 2 & 3. Mike Fizer took the picture at the Senior Championship. It is nice to see our sport represented in an AOPA publication.

The article is written by Charles Peterson (his second in the magazine I believe) and resides within in the latest August 2017 issue of AOPA Pilot. This issue not online yet (still July) within th website but the magazine is starting to ship. The article features Rich Owen and tells the tale of...