All, This is probably rudimentary but today I have noticed several pilots today with Sat Trackers but no tracking during their flights. Remember that if you are flying in some "big" soaring location (or even your local club) with a SAT tracker that is NOT automatically "tracking" (pinging...

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Anyone driving chicago to arizona in the next few months? A friend is looking for help with glider delivery. contact John Harrison at jharrison46 atsign gmail dot com John cochrane

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a European pilot's license based on a US license? If so, what does it take? Is there only paperwork, or is a checkride involved? Regards,

I need a fiberglass panel for the interior of my Std Cirrus. It is the piece that goes behind the pilot's shoulders and has the seat belts running through it. This is merely a trim piece. If anyone has one for sale please let me know. I am also looking to buy a Tasman Vario if anyone has one...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a Glider Flight Instructor Recertification Clinic as follows: Location: Blackburg, VA Date: March 25-26, 2006 Registration: Jay Pokorski

Happy holidays all: A project for me this Winter is to upgrade my ballast system on my PIK-20. I have two questions and would appreciate any assistance. (1) One of my bags has a single pinhole leak and I wonder if this can be repaired in a reliable manner. The material seems to be a thick...

Val Paget's feature article appears also in the print magazine http://www.subarudrive.com/Sum09/Sum09_Feature.htm Nicely done Val. Frank Whiteley

USA aircraft owners. A note to remind you if you have not already heard: As of March 1, 2010, the FAA is no longer mailing paper copies of Airworthiness Directives (AD's) and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIB's) to aircraft owners. Paper copies are now only available by paid...

SeeYou automatically updated today on my computer. I tried to upload today's flight. I am presented with a new screen that makes me choose the takeoff location from a dropdown list. My airfield is not on the list. Stuck. Help.

This week I had the pleasure to fly with a couple of freshly minted 2nd Lt.'s from the US Air Force Academy class of 2006. They were converting their glider time from the USAFA soaring program to civilian CFIG's. To say this young lady and gentleman are "good sticks" would be an understatement. ...

I am sure this is old news to others - but tonight was the first time I had seen the VIDEO link on the website. Some really good ones here - but I know you all have favorites that need to be added. This is the sort of thing we need to promote to our you-tube generation...

Blank ATTENTION The "Control Points" and "Other Waypoints" have been updated for Avenal. http://soaring.xinqu.net/TP/Avenal/

Caesar Creek Soaring Club has added the 18 Meter Class for this contest on 18 through 23 June 2006 with June 17 as a practice day. There are only 17 spots left so register now to ensure a position. Details can be found on our website - www.soarccsc.com. Rolf Hegele Contest...

Hi, does anybody know annything about Pilatus B4 having issues with corrosion? I heard that parts of the plane are somehow corrosion protected, but does it work even today when most of the B4s are 30 years old with 3000 hours or so? Google does not give much information about it, so does this mean...

Pilots on the US competition ranking list will (or have) be receiving a request for donations to the SRA. The return address envelope was supposed to be to the SRA Treasurer (Roy McMaster) but something went astray and the SSA office became the destination. If you wish to send your check directly...

Hello Folks, Any suggestions of a good person in the UK to repair my Winter mechanical vario? Ian

Does anybody have any suggestions for this problem? At the moment I run version 1.2.4.7. NMEA source is my LX-20. I have hard-reset the unit, and installed only GPS_LOG (on a dedicated Ipaq 3130). NMEA sentence is set to RMC, 4800 bps. enjoy the sky Aldo Cernezzi

The regionals are on at Ely. If you go to ElySoaring.com you will see that Carl Herold will have a area orientation June 2 thur the 4 with the regionals from the 5th thur the 11th of June. Those of you going to Parowan might just want to drop over to Ely and get in a few days of Carl's camp,...

When the first 7 of the 15 Metre Class come in at over 140Kph on a 3 hour Area task - thats "Hammerwetter" More details of Day 9 scores at: http://www.sssa.org.za PS - apologies for the outage yesterday evening -