So today I'm walking through Orchard Supply Hardware ("OSH") with my 3 year old son when what do I see right in with the plastic Christmas trees and battery powered Santas? A model glider! A 1:38 scale Franklin Utility Glider model in DIE CAST METAL ("none of those plastic planes like Dad...

have been posted here. http://www.gliderforum.com/photos/photo-main.asp They date from 1937-38 Regards Al

There are lots of excellent gliding club websites and most of them give an indication of the rates for flying. It struck me that the Goldfields Gliding Club must have the cheapest rates currently anywhere in the world. Entry fee is about $14, annual membership is around $60, a winch launch costs...

I'm giving a (paid!) talk Saturday on soaring and soaring meteorology to a group of power-rated pilots as part of a continuing education aviation seminar. I have not been able to find a diagram which depicts flow over a ridge showing both the lift on the upwind side and the turbulence/sink on the...

I'm driving my pickup from Seattle to New York City area sometime around the middle of February to retrieve my glider. If someone needs transport, I can tow a glider trailer from West to East, I plan to go south - SLC to ORD, then 80 to NYC. E-mail me here - remove the NOT:...

Folks, Is there a prefered policy on how to handle a wave off from the tug in the first several hundred feet on tow. General policy dictates a turn back to the field should be into the wind, but if the tug is truly having difficulties his normal tendancy would be to do the same thing, causing a...

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Can anybody recomend a good gliding club in the South East? I'm keen to get back into gliding after getting to the post solo stage and lapsing for several years. I'm looking into a club that would run an intensive multi day training course. Thanks Lucas

For the first time in 20 years, I sat down and read Soaring magazine, cover to cover. Good stuff in there, all interesting. The 2 accident write-ups were hard hitting, factual information that just might prevent a similar occurance. George Thelen described an ASW-20 that hit the trees, I believe...

I CURRENTLY FLY AN L33 SOLO AND AM LOOKING FOR A HIGHER PERFORMANCE SHIP. tHE LS3A CAUGHT MY EYE. I AM ABOUT 6'1' AND 240 LBS WITH BROAD SHOULDERS (REALLY). CAN ANYONE GIVE ME OPINIONS ON THE GOOD AND BAD OF AN LS3A? THANKS GORDY

Anyone got any ideas around when the switch was made from balscore to foam sandwich on the Libelle wings? Ian

Someone must have already compared the safety of these tow launch methods. What do the statistics show is the safer method of launch? Aero tow seems to involve more inherent dangers to me. For one thing, there is just more time for things to go wrong. What could be more dangerous than to tie...

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For sale LX20 (because of upgrading of my LX5000) Serial number 5967 firmware 5.01 hardware 2.1 (airspace display) Old model with antenna on left hand side. Complete with holder and 12V connection+GPS antenna Offers to

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Well, here goes. I'll understand, or try to anyway, if my friends, who used to think of me as a reasonable, level headed kind of guy, turn and run when they see me coming down the street. Maybe it really didn't happen. Maybe it was only a dream. Maybe it was a calculation error or equipment...

Although I grew up not terribly far away, until I flew gliders and attended one of Dick Johnson's soaring camps, I was pretty much completely unaware of the wonders of the Big Bend region of West Texas. Now I feel the need to get down there regularly. There are many interesting regions in the US...

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and anyone else that has not grown weary of this Winter subject-- Every site from to FAG Aachen to AC Zwickau is represented. Mostly German but I notice Prescott, AZ is in there with some mighty good looking equipment! Enjoy-- BJ

I have started to do a lot more ridge soaring in the last couple years and most places I go seem to have very nice 3D topo maps somewhere to look at. All of these maps appear to have been purchased quite a few years ago. I have done searches on the internet but have not found anything yet. I would...