I'm looking to replace the rotor and pads on our ASW-24 (sn240031) this winter and could use some help from somebody who's done it. The Manual only lists a Cleveland brake assembly of 30-9. The Cleveland catalogue lists parts for an ASW 20, 21, 22, 23 using a wheel assembly of 40-78B with brake...

The new SiO2 spray on/buff off waxes for cars are amazing. Anyone use this on glass sailplanes ? It is a silica

I have these listed on Wings and Wheels as part of an estate sale. Need to get them out of the hangar in the near future, so please make an offer if you're interested. https://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/misc/lak-17b-fes-long-18m-wingtips.html

Class Starts next Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Register at this link.... https://www.hoodriversoaring.org/glider-ground-school/#!form/GroundSchool Contact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1ZkAonazGZHaecB4sHv8CSljffYHnDix61VgXU-yz5hDz5Xn2I41KlgMA&v=NMi4BzUJhRU&feature=youtu.be Here is a HG Vid flying out of Corryong Au. Starting at about the 3 minute mark look at those blue skies and awesome Cu. A far cry from -6f this am in Telluride. I flew...

Hi everyone, I am looking for the LS8 ballast system plug rubber ring that seal the plug when ballasting LS8s. This rubber ring expands in the wing hole when teflon crown is "screwed". Does anyone know when to find this except from DG and their service contract ? All the best for 2021, Denis

I have a NOS COSIM Variometer for sailplane, gliders and it was manufactured by Cobb-Slater Instrument CO., LTD., Matlock, England in the 1940 and 1960. It's a pellet type of indicator in a bakelite brown enclosure, it measuring unit is ft/sec, a red pellet for downward and a green pellet for...

I just got a report from the Amazon Smile folks that says that to date those that have signed up for a portion of their Amazon purchases to be donated to the SSA made a total contribution of $2025.23 (no idea if that is yearly or forever). The total could have been higher but something is surely...

Been around aviation a long time but a newbie to the soaring community Helping a friend sort out some issues in a motor glider The Becker 3200 com radio suddenly failed. Was working fine and on the next flight nothing after starting up the engine. Will not power up. I verified that it is...

Title. When I bought my own first glider I was 23 and had 100 flight hours with 0 before on same type aircraft. That was 3 years ago, and I have about 50 hours flown with my glider (not much, barely anything this year) and thinking of trying to lower the price due to the experience on this type....

Five three-student ground launch clinics will be offered this year. The flying is done on one day of a weekend (depending on weather) on the following dates: May 1-2 (filled), June 5-6 (one opening) July 2-3, August 21-22 (two openings) and September 4-5. Included are room and board at Eagle...

Anyone know what size o2 bottle is appropriate My ship is located far away at the moment. Thanks

Hello all, I am posting the below on behalf of my club, Atlantic Soaring, in Maryland: 1974 Bellanca Scout S/N 72-74. 3350 TT, 875 SMOH. Schweizer tow release. $50,000. Contact Jeff Matthews, jmatthews1 at zoominternet.net. Marcelo

https://youtu.be/jOqEZqXcXuY A good case of extensive use of duct tape. Happy New year!

Things are finally looking better for a spring Florida soaring season. As of today I am glad to announce that the surface water and the air is dryer that it was last year at the same time. Last year December was a disaster because of torrential downpours. This year, we are still way above yearly...

Garmin has purchased GEOS - the leading provider of emergency monitoring and response services. See Garmin's press release at https://tinyurl.com/garmin-geos. Why is this important? Because the GEOS system (https://www.geosresponse.com) is used by both Garmin in-Reach and SPOT (as well as the...

Any ideas for Strobl controller replacement? The voltage is not enough for LFP battery. Victron SmartSolar MPPT 75/10 looks good, but according to specs Strobl solar cell voltage is not enough to start the unit (!). Genasun has appalling efficiency.

I am looking for a cylinder head gasket and 0 rings for a SOLO 2625-1. Thanks, Sam

Could someone provide me with the name of the font face used by Schempp on model names below the canopy and in their marketing materials? TIA 2c

Hi All - FLARM have confirmed they have a PowerFLARM bug loading FLARMnet DB file into Butterfly traffic display. The bug is processing a Butterfly DB (BFN) file with a long filename. Rename the BFN to something with only 8.3 file name (ie 12345678.BFN) and PowerFLARM will correctly load the BFN...