On my 70th birthday I promised to clear out some of my soaring files. I got 20+ years of soaring magazines for anyone or any club who will pay the shipping cost. Any takers ??

So it's wintertime in the northern hemisphere (short days/long nights), and on a recent thread it's (yet again) been implied out how crucial GPS is to routine navigation (you're doomed without it), and part of increasingly-geezeristic me gazes back fondly upon those forever-vanished days when...

Because we haven't quite beaten the ADS-B subject to death ;) I thought I would start a new topic. Does anyone have experience when both the tow plane and glider have ADS-B in and out? How are the alarms handled? In my local area I think there's only one glider with ADS-B out. I am installing a...

See letter from General Aviation and Commercial Division, Flight Standards Service dated 24 April 2017: http://indocap.com/FAA/FAA-AFS800_Palmer1.pdf This is the solution for certificated pilots who wish to add a Glider rating but cannot solo because they have no current Flight Review and...

How often should the mylar be redone on a horizontal stab/elevator? The glider is always stored indoors in its trailer,and everything looks fine with the factory installed tapes, etc. There is sometimes a quiet air sound that changes pitch with elevator deflection especially when cold.

Hello All, We are looking for another full-time CFIG to add to our already great staff for teaching and glider ride duties. We also need a full-time tow-pilot. I would also like to hire an A&P. It could be one person that can do all three, or multiple people to fill these roles. Business is...

Hi All - As many newer computers arrive with 64-bit Windows, we created a new installation program that works in 64-bit. The link below installs 2.36 (for SN10B and SN10). Any feedback appreciated ! Thanks, Best Regards, Dave "YO...

Minden, NV is arguably one of the world’s premier soaring sites, offering superb soaring conditions, spectacular scenery, and attractions to keep the family happy. Yet with all this, Minden is perceived by some as being “glider unfriendly”. Since past airport management did their best to discourage...

I was leafing through a back issue of Soaring at SSA's W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U- L online archive. Its fun to see what was happening 10-20-30 years ago. I then stumbled across a heads up display (HUD) for gliders. "Man", I said to myself, "that is pretty...

On the last two flights, the needle on my 302 stopped moving. Cycling the power didn't bring the needle to life, but the everything else continued to work: audio, slow/fast arrows, averager, MC setting, GPS. The first flight, it began moving again after a half hour or so; on the second flight,...

Yesterday 24:th of april, a Discus 2 was stolen together with the trailer. Location : Glidingcenter in Arnborg, Denmark. Reg : OY-JXM CN :2F If you have any information, or if you see a trailer with 2F-marking, make a call. +int 45 20162333. or email Janremove this@and thiszarges.dk

Does anyone have a citation to the FARs that defines what constitutes a Powered Glider (vs. a conventional powered aircraft)? -- Mike Schumann -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

I am thinking of buying a Filser ATR-500 comm radio for our club. Does anyone have any experience with it, especially reliability and repair-wise? I like the idea that it just plugs in where the previous ATR-57 was. But I am concerned because the ATR-57 has to go back to the factory for repair...

I want to create an online Gliding Pilots Photos album (copyleft and international)... and I would like to receive your picture near or inside a glider (much better airborne!) If you wish to participate send a jpeg or png file to you may see the album...

A Sparrowhawk is kicking butt in our regional handicapped comps - The Govenor's Cup. (NJ, PA, DE) Anybody else seeing this level of sports class contest potential for this ship ... http://home.netcom.com/~pappa3/results07.html KK

Two questions: 1. As I load my car for a trip to the airfield for one day of flying, I wonder how the families loaded up for a week or two of competition, back in the day when families went to the competition. From the book about Dick Schreder, written by his daughter (an EXCELLENT book, by the...

I'm a little baffled at the huge difference between my GPS altitude and the pressure altitude when I get up high. Yesterday on the ground, I showed around 10 feet difference between the GPS altitude and the pressure altitude. Up around 17000 feet, the GPS indicates over 1000' higher. I also noted...

Any news from the Region 8 Contest in Ephrata? Wayne HP-14 "6F" http://www.soaridaho.com/

At 7:26 PM Mountain Time there are no flights for July 3 shown for the US on the OLC site. Does this strike anyone as strange? I was looking for some Parowan Reg 9 flights. Bill Daniels

For Sale. LS1-F. 1975. Like new. New Gel-coat. New interior. Excellent competition record. Refinished inside and out. Factory wingroot fairings, custom fuselage venting, much, much more. competition ready Fiberglass Trailer refinished inside and out. Trailer stripped of old paint and refinished...