In the minutes of the USA Rules Committee is a proposed rules change to Start Time Reporting (see below). I am concerned about this proposed change for several reasons. 1. The potential change was not included in any previous surveys or open to discussion other than the short comment period...

for a newly acquired Standard Cirrus (5T, soon to be terrorizing Club Class). As far as I can tell, both may be out of production, but perhaps there are some gathering dust on a shelf. Any leads? Thanks, Marc

How much is a fair market value for a "reconstructed" 2-33A that had been totaled by an accident in its previous life? A) $10,000+ B) $20,000+ C) $30,000+ D) $40,000+ E) $50,000+ What if I would say (hypothetically): the wings are sanded (not stripped) and painted. It has no seat cushions, no...

Hi all, I am refurbishing a Komet trailer. The wing fittings have plastic rods to hold the spar end - I have always assumed this is "delrin" but of course when I look into what is available there are a zillion plastic types! What is the best choice? Or does it not really matter as long as it's...

Sean Fidler's contest tasking statistics were an eye opener for me. I did 2 contests last year and in both, only TATs were called. I didn't realize how common MATs were. I cannot find any information on the strategy to use to fly them competitively nor can I find anything that gives one an...

Anyone know the Quintus and Antares 23 are selling? How do these gliders compare with JS-1C, and ASW 22 BL or Numbus4?

In 2014, 50% of US MAT tasks (Modified assigned task) were of the one or zero turn "variety." It is almost comical to have the word "assigned" in such a task type. Unfortunately, such tasks are on the rapid rise in the USA. As for the longer MAT, they are still quite annoying as pilots fast...

The minutes of the Fall 2014 USA Rules Committee meeting have been posted on the SSA website under "Racing Rules and Process" and can be accessed directly via the link below. http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2014_Rules_Meeting_Minutes.pdf If you can't get the link to work automatically, copy its...

I have a Ilec SN10 B flight computer with rear seat repeater and four meters to give to a non profit club. I would prefer to give it to an organization that has a youth training program. It also has 2 remote controllers, and a Ilec USB adaptor. I can include a Cambridge model 20 GPS and display...

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Looking for a Cambridge GPS-NAV display. Does anyone have one that they would be willing to part with? Please contact me he cmead at silentship dot com

We have always tried to fly during the winter months at SOSA, since acquiring a winch we have increased our off-season activity immensely. For those interested here is a link to a fantastic gallery by Maria Szemplinska http://www.sosaglidingclub.com/2015-season.html and a nice video by Youssef...

Hi folks! Has anyone had any experience with non-TE compensated vario systems? From what I gather there're a few options out the * There's the varios (and flight computers with integrated varios) like the CAI 302 and LxNav V7 that have electronic compensation as an option. Any others out...

Looks like they got around $50,000USD from 180 backers in 2013 and I haven't seen any updates since early 2014. Did someone use kickstarter to get themselves a new glider with the money or did this project ever produce anything? Still in production? Bruno - B4

Just curious if anyone has been able to get two ClearNav's to share the 302 serial output data from a a single 302. Not in theory, but you actually have this working in your 2 seat glider and you can see the serial data from the 302 on both CNs when you go to the serial port data screen on the...

but no FLARM. Am I missing something here? http://youtu.be/dRFuWRpBa84

Today while towing my wife, a pre-solo student, the tow plane suffered a power loss at about 300' AGL and started down. Too low to think of turning back, I was chanting "Straight ahead, straight ahead" as I began rocking the wings. I did not feel a release so I pulled my release and began a...

We had 3 flights at Inyokern, CA today with winds from the NNE and all of us had wave like to the east of the Sierra crest. Folks at Cristal Soaring talk about getting "Bow Wave" with a north wind on the San Gabriel mountains. Perhaps this is what we experienced at IYK. At the end of the flight,...

Does anyone know of a (commercial?) operation within 120 driving miles of NYC that flies a 2-32? I need some time in one over the next 4 weeks. thanks! --bob

Join us in Texas! The Soaring Club of Houston will host the Region 10 South Contest on 3-7 Aug 2015. For more details... https://sites.google.com/site/soaringclubofhouston/overview/region-10-contest-august-2013 or www.scoh.org About SCOH Contest (top right) Jamie Shore