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Mountain wave; 2 seat glider by
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Do any of yall know of some one that flies mountain wave during the winter in Minden or cali that has a 2 seat glider? I'm planning to stay 2 week in Tahoe during the first 2 weeks of January. I'd like to maybe jump along and learn more about mountain wave. Looking to possibly fly the wave solo too.
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Stall spin during aero tow? Std cirrus by
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Have there been stall spins during an aero tow?
Today, I had a very scary aero retrieve. From being towed to fast to-to slow. Anyways the scaries part was when, the tow plane started to climb and to slow. The indicated speed on the glider was 50 knots and decreasing. The glider kept slowing down...
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Tying down a fiber glass ship. by
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Don’t have a hangar, so planning on tying down the glider, a standard cirrus, during the weekend. Has any one done this consistently. How bad did the gel coat deteriorate; any tips?
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Mountain wave. Two seater by
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Hello,
I was wondering if yall know of anyone that flies a two seat glider in mountain wave at california or minden. I’d like to jump in the back seat and learn about mountain wave. Planning on going to minden this winter as of now, and hopefully ride the wave solo.
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Igc file help. Computer science by
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Hey guys im taking a computer science class on data structures and algorithms. I wanna do something glider related for my final project. I was thinking about trying to see if there is a pattern between average vario for a task and Xc speed. However, I have no clue how how to obtain such data from...
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Episode 3 of InsideSoaring by
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Pull up a chair and follow Doug and Colin in Episode 3 of
InsideSoaring. This is an audio presentation available on the web.
Here is what they have to say about this episode, "We are back after a
little absence due to Spring Break. The weather in Colorado is
oscillating back and forth between warm...
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Come Fly Region 9, Hobbs by
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Come fly the beautiful skies of Hobbs this June. The Region 9 Contest is going to be held along with the Club Class Nationals. Experience a great organization and fly the Hobbs dry line with potentially some of the best weather in the country all from the storied Hobbs ramp. Sign up for one of the...
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US Contest Pilots, Register Online in 2009! by
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The SSA recently upgraded online contest pilot registration. All US
contest pilots are encouraged use the new online registration this
season.
There are many advantages to registering online including complete
entry and waivers using the new 2009 form along with a handy document
checklist. Plus...
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January 20th 09 06:49 PM
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Help remove SPAM from .rec aviation soaring by
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We are seeing an increasing level of offers for watches, shoes, Pay
Pal and other SPAM showing up in our little corner of the Internet.
There are a few things you can do to clean up the SPAM that is showing
up on this news group.
1. Click the SPAM message
2. Select "More Options" from upper...
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SPOT Messages? by
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When configuring a new SPOT there are three areas in which you can
include custom messages. The OK message is easy, "ABC is still flying
and OK", the Help message is easy as well, which might be, "ABC has
landed out at the coordinates provided and is OK. My cell number is
xxx xxx xxxx." The 911...
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Jim Payne Cracks 1,072 Miles! by
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FROM JIM PAYNE's OLC FLIGHT 26.03.2008! GREAT FIGHT!
Pilot: OLC-Team:
Axiom for today: Never give up! Persevering yielded my farthest (1,072
miles) and longest (11.8 hours) flight ever.
Declared a 1,000 km O&R. Got an early tow from Bill Francis. Had good
rotor cu at Mojave, otherwise mostly blue...
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CN1 Locking up by
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I noticed in a recent post by 2NO that his ClearNav 1 had "locked up" a few times.
I have had a number of episodes where the display is running perfectly but will not
respond to any inputs from the hand-held controller (cannot change scale, wind, ballast, turn point,
or any of the other "ribbon"...
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Looking for ballast bags PIK-20 USA by
Wit Wisniewski
Hello folks,
My PIK-20B bags need replacing. Does anyone have suitable bags for sale?
- I am considering manufacture and have contacted Guy Achard / Airsolid. Are there any other fabricators?
- The 20B is allowed to carry 140 Liters, but the bag drawing on trafi.fi show a bag labeled 60L. Why...
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