Hello to our friends in Dallas! Writer John Pronk has done a nice article on "Marfa Gliders" in the Sunday, July 23 edition of the Dallas Morning News. The article is also on their webpage, but with no photos and we sure would enjoy a hard copy for our scrapbook at Marfa. So, before you toss...

Several SSA OLC competitors in the recent Region 6 South contest at Caesar Creek OH appear to have entered their flights in their respective home regions (other than Region 6), even though no point on the flight tracks lies outside of Region 6. There are other instances where pilots have listed...

Hi, I recently announced my inventory reduction sale. The goal was to offer very good deals on a few items that were not in my inventory and not selling well. It appears that soaring pilots like a good deal because many of the items sold very quickly to glider pilots around the world. There...

Late August-early September 2006, taking my wife on a secondo luna di miele (second honeymoon - doing this about every 3 years seems to work so I can go soar on weekends) into northern Italy (Lake Como, Castelrotto), then to Hungary - my mother's grandparents emigrated in the 1860's - (Budapest,...

Modern gliders are small and made of materials that show up poorly on radar. Are we basically flying stealth aircraft? Johan Larson

Need a 1-35 rudder any condition (as long as it can be repaired) from any 1-35 model, plain, A or C. Reply to the address and remove "nospam". Thank you. Karen

Does anyone know where I can download a polar for a K8? -- Mike Schumann

No real dew line that I saw today. Just a really good soaring day at Hobbs. I was next to last in the Open class with my 604 (84.5 MPH for nearly a 350 mile task). I did get to see it and fly along the Dew Line this spring at Marfa. Really fun. Good lift, in sometimes pretty wide (several...

Does anybody have anything to say about the accident described in Soaring magazine concerning a pilot who could not land to a stop on a 6,000 foot paved runway or the parallel dirt runway to the South? I know this sounds very judgemental and I don't ordinarily make negative comments about an...

Hello everybody, I have the pleasure to announce that The Antares 20E now is EASA certified. This makes it the first aircraft in the world to be certified with an electrical propulsion system. Read more about it in our refurbished homepage -New Provider -New layout -Lots of new content

I'm looking for any user/owner opinions, good or bad, on the Karat motorglider, I'd ideally like to hear first-hand experiences or better still anyone know of one based in California that I can go look at one weekend ? I have only found a very few articles on the plane with the minimum of info but...

I see in the 18M nationals Day 1 results that two pilots got zapped for airspace violations. I find the applied rule (12.2.5.5.2, "100 plus loss of all daily points") to be somewhat curious. It means that a pilot who flies the minimum distance while nicking an airspace before landing out...

Working with a friend on his radio problem and his mic seems to be overdriving. He's sure it's an electret mic, and it's an older Microair radio. I seem to recall having to use an r-c network across the mic of another radio last year in Houston on a club glider, but I didn't make notes and don't...

We painted our Comet trailer with Supercoat. It is a paint for metal buildings. You find it a building supply store. It is white, very reflective, and will reduce heating inside the trailer. It is flexible, sticks well, and will seal cracks and leaks. We applied it with rollers and brushes. The...

The MSC web page (http://mindensoaringclub.com) is now hosting posts from veteran meteorologist Doug Armstrong. Enter the Forum, (Forum Weather) and click on the weather section to read his posts on weather throughout the season. Doug started his meteorology career as a weather forecaster with the...

This type of accident has a long history. I've had pilots pull the spoiler instead of the release, retract the gear on downwind after flying all day with it down and pull the rudder adjustment instead of the release. I've known several to reach for the red knob on the panel expecting to...

Does anyone have any experience or comments on replacing the vinyl trim that runs the length on both sides of the trailer. (Mine has faded over the years but otherwise good.) What's involved and how difficult? Thanks, Bob

To All, I went on Sunday to fly at the Spokane Soaring Society, a club which is located in Deer Park, WA. I had to satisfy some insurance requirements and had to have a cockpit check with a CFI-G. I was met at the Deer Park airport by George Moore, one of the clubs CFI's.....this gentleman was...

It might an old message, but I ran across it and would encourage instructors and those who haven't to at least experience two flights with no reference to instruments, at least to pattern altitude. Learn to use the wind noise and pitch attitude on a glider you know well. One of the more rewarding...

I have no problem with the verification at least with the OLC contest. My worries deal with the download itself, actually I perform with the Ipaq and the ConnectMe software but I am not able anymore to connect with the laptop using the usb to serial device. Last season I could. Any sugestions to...