While Neil Armstrong was one of the most famous glider pilots, he wasn't the only one. Other famous people who where also glider pilots which I recall: John Denver Christopher Reeve (Superman) Sully (Hudson landing pilot) Others? Ramy (just signing my name, not claiming to be famous ;-)

I'm excited to announce a new soaring app I've developed called GliderLink. The app shows your location and the location of nearby gliders on a moving map. You can see the other gliders' callsign, relative altitude, heading, and vertical speed. That's about it right now; it's very simple. The value...

The US Rules Subcommittee has added Club Class as a national championship class starting in 2013. The plan is to co locate with Sports. Generally described, subject to usual wordsmithing and refinement, Club will be gliders with a handicap of .898(similar to what Worlds does except letting in LS-6...

Three members at my club (self included) have installed PowerFlarm bricks recently. We carefully read and have complied with the antenna separation requirements in the manual. As is stands currently, the maximum xperienced communication range (Flarm to Flarm) is about 2.2 miles and it frequently...

Lockdown and self isolation continues in Telluride Colorado What are your favorite Aviation based movies? A couple of mine are Jimmy Stewart in the original Flight of the Phoenix. Another, made more recently, is Tom Cruise in Made In America, if you haven't seen this its well worth a watch, lotta...

If you read the NPRM for ADS-B, you'll remember that you cannot even get above 10K MSL without ADS-B regardless of the aircraft, glider, balloon, lawn chair... makes no matter. So Transponders now, and ADS-B later. BT "Greg Arnold" wrote in message

I'm considering ordering a JS1-C TJ with the jet turbine. A potential syndicate partner is concerned about the reliability of jet turbines from a 'will it start' point of view and a repair cost point of view. I imagine electric turbos are going to be more reliable because of the relative...

"Bill Daniels" wrote in message news:aa4Fc.11095$7t3.8707@attbi_s51... Most hawks circling low are looking for rodents, not lift. Bill Daniels But many times I have shared thermals with Hawks at high altitude. How did they get there if not by working thermals at low...

Our club owns an I.C.A.-BRASOV IS-28B2 Twin Lark which is grounded because it has exceeded its 35 year factory maintenance program service life. About a year ago the current type certificate holder, S.C. Constructii Aeronautice S.A., announced it intended to submit a Service Life Extension Program...

One of the event participants patched together a good marketing video for our club from this years Winchfest at 29 Palms California. Three winches, four clubs participated in a "best practices" styled event. Watch the Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0hDZa41rVc HoUdino

------------ fwd ------------ Few aircraft are as legendary as the P-51. The aircraft and the pilots who flew them during WWII are disappearing. This coming weekend, there will be a very special gathering in Columbus, Ohio. They expect 120 P-51s to attend along with many of the 80 or so...

SSA Members, Please visit the SSA homepage at www.ssa.org for an important message regarding the Society. C. Dianne Black-Nixon Chairman of the Board of the Soaring Society of America

I have been very concerned about our club, which discourages cross country in club gliders. My thought is that purpose of soaring is cross country and if one just concentrates on flying above the airport then ones member ship tends to end when you have your license. We have many airports withing a...

Looking for new Ideas for places to retire. The usual considerations apply; cost of living, health care, weather, and available soaring. Doesn't have to be the US. near water would be nice. I own a Ventus C. Anyone live in/near Grass Valley, CA? 1 hr from Truckee and Sacramento, 1.5 hrs from...

In accounts of the crash of the Cypriot airliner in Greece, all I've read say that loss of cabin pressure could not, by itself, incapacitate the pilot. Yet, I was once told by an ATP that at 40k feet (admittedly this plane was at 35k) O2 supply by itself will not suffice to keep you conscious and...

I am not a pilot, but familiar with flight simulation. I know that gliding limits your ability to control altitude. This is extremely risky? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQc7VRJowk&feature=colike Mainly curious about how difficult that was. Thanks.

Hi all, Planning to install a Transponder Antenna on my Ventus CM. Schempp Hirth indicates the possibilty of installing on top of the fuselage , behind the engine compartment doors. Regarding being seen by ATC and Airlines, would that location perform better/worse/same as the standard location on...

So where is the official definition of Club class on the SSA site? I downloaded the Handicap Excel file, and sorted it by any that had a "C" attribute in the notes. It appears to include LS-6 .898 to Austria SH-1 1.115 but probably in error it shows something i never heard of as Freedom Falcon...

I see in another thread that some are looking for the prettiest gliders, set me thinking, what's the ugliest (and picture links if possible please! Cheers, Malcolm

Hey all, I'm going to start to try to consolidate the "how" of gliding operations to help inform us all of what might become a "best practice" for operations. Please review what I've collected to date and follow up here, or directly with additional operational...