Reading about the ridge flight in Utah reminded me that I should post some details of the wave flight that I had on the 23rd of Sept. I fly with the Sierra Soaring Club out of Inyokern CA. Friday I was scheduled to take a family friend for a ride. He is a 17 year old who is interested in flying...

This completely ignores the desires/requirements for efficiency, cost and cycle time, but has anyone out there ever towed a glider with a helicopter?

I'm looking for an "express" or "sock" style canopy cover for my V2C, for use when I'm gridded in the desert sun. (I don't even know if they exist, as there may be an issue with closing the canopy over a layer of material.) This cover is more intended for sun screen than canopy protection. I'm...

Any advice out there re the preferred location for an ELT antenna in a Ventus 2 ? With a Carbon fiber fuselage its not obvious to me the best place to install the antenna ( Ameriking supplied - about 20 inches long ) The factory suggests "under the canopy" , but to me I can't see how to do that...

The annual SSA Contest Rules Committee election and SRA Rules Poll are available at http://206.168.3.4/survey/surveys.php. Both are open to pilots on the US Pilot Ranking List. Both close October 14. Please help support the Contest Rules-making process and take the few minutes it will take to...

As most of you'll know by now, these useful reviews have been recently restricted to SAA members only. However, I've found a way round: the site is archived by the Internet Archive http://web.archive.org and is easily accessed from there. Just use this...

Who knows where to find AIP funding. I have to find it for Akron Canton, Cleveland Hopkins, Kent State, and Houston Intercontinental. for the years 1994-2004! And it isnt on the FAA website

Wing's the thing http://www.soaringmuseum.org/calendar.html

The 2005 SSA Contest Rules Poll and Election for the Rules Subcommittee position is now available to pilots listed on the ranking list. To access the poll and election, go to :http://206.168.3.4/survey/surveys.php The Poll and election are available through 10/14/05. have your SSA membership number...

It's shaping up to be a great event, and everyone's invited! http://www.ssaregion1.org/nls14

The first few days seem to have been beset by rather nasty winds. Annie Kienhofer reports ...... "26.9.05 Practice on Saturday was a windy affair but flyable for the Brave. 2T ventured out the furthest, got to almost 15 000 ft, where his GPS told him "wind speed was 45 knots". Yesterday a task was...

Hi, A customer in the USA has asked me to help him sell his Cambridge 302 speed-to-fly variometer/GPS flight recorder. The model number is CAF-302E-ENL. The "E" stands for English units (knots) and the "ENL" stands for engine noise level (motorglider). It was purchased as new in February of...

Well, I think the jury has some verdicts in this trial. Background: I recently bought a V2C with an existing Sage CV vario, and had a new LX7000 and C-302 installed. The Sage installation was not modified and I assumed it was connected to the TE probe somehow, even though the lower ("S") connector...

I've heard talk of a new diamond's being proposed by IGC or some such body. Mention was made of a 4th diamond for a 750km flight to stand between the 500km and the 1000km diploma. If true, this would pave the way for a fifth diamond for a goal flight of 750km. Who knows details about this?

Hallo, Anybody knows weight difference (empty) between those two models? How about fuel tanks? Thanks. Andy

I'm posting this here in the hope that somebody responsible for the Sailplane Directory reads this ng. The obvious way of reporting problems (e-mail to the webmaster which is referenced on the bottom of site pages) doesn't work. E-mail to the webmaster is rejected with an error saying that...

Hi after recommendations for a good water meter in Litres. A faulty meter last year cost me dearly. It reverted to gallons somehow and displayed litres. Sydney Australia The links to Auzzie comps are on my site www.mals.net

Anyone know how to move waypoints from my old trusty GPS 90 to my 'new' Garmin V? Also does anyone have a copy of the manual/handbook for the V, that I can buy/copy/loan? Many thanks...

See my other posting "IGC File Name Decoding Made Easy" on this topic. Several people asked me to automate the "onerous" task of translating FAI/IGC/CAI flight recorder file names. I created an Excel spreadsheet which does the trick. ...

So I've got this big new glider hangar with a 60 foot door opening, and while I like birds (in this case sparrows / fly-catchers), my Yorkie dog goes nuts when they are in "her hangar". They don't nest but occasionally poop, being birds after all. Any suggestions on how to humanely repel /...