NEW/OLD Book Workshop Practice - for building and repairing wooden gliders and sailplanes Details: http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books/WorkshopPractice/WorkshopPractice.htm Overview After 25 years of hard work, the Vintage Sailplane Association is excited to release the English translation of...

Does anyone have a G104 Speed Astir elevator for salvage?

You cannot teach safety in paragraph-long sound bites. Unlike a high percentage of glider pilots, if you want to be a safe pilot, you need to educate yourself. How many launching emergencies are there? All pilots automatically think of rope breaks. Believe it or not, 41 emergencies are listed,...

Hi, got some news .. I think many software manufacturers will adopt these kind of keyboards. They come really cheap on Amazon and Ebay , I paid mine 7,99 !!! They have more than 20 hours autonomy with their own battery, and they pair perfectly with all devices. I have just made a video of how I...

The Karen Greig Scholarship is a new scholarship available this year through the SSA. It's purpose is to reward a deserving woman with up to $1000 towards their glider rating. More information and a link to the application are available at http://www.ssa.org/Youth?show=blog&id=3395. Applications...

We have about 5 remaining spots available.... Adirondack Soaring invites you to our 1st annual Lake Placid Wave & Flying Encampment. Our soaring club has voted to try a different site for an encampment this year. Lake Placid, NY. The Canadian’s have been coming down for years. This year’s event...

On May 17, 5:49*pm, " wrote: Just a quick reminder... PowerFLARM *improvements over ‘classic’ FLARM - PCAS, Transponder alarms (Mode S only, until updated) - ADS-B aircraft displayed (today) - Graphical, colored display (instead of 10 LED) - Twice the...

Does anybody know who 'won' the auction for the Speed Astir in October (ish) 2009? I would like to get in touch the him. TIA Jim

Gliding season is almost here and I am happy to announce that flyWithCE Flight Recorders are back on stock. You can order them from distributors or directly from flyWithCE. This is one of the smallest, easiest to use and cheapest flight recorders on the market. Device is registered as position...

Hi, All the discussion on r.a.s. about small video camera systems was very interesting. Certainly having more people capturing the fun of soaring on video should help promote our wonderful sport. I have therefore decided to sell and support the Replay XD family of video cameras and...

Long AAT tasks assigned; all gates open, but so far no takers (2pm cst). I think there was concern about a seabreeze front coming in, but satellite looks like some nice cus and poss cu-streets developing everywhere, perhaps until late evening. The official WGC website has all but been abandoned....

I have been looking for some "open source" line artwork of a glider or gliders... have a couple of T-shirts I want to make up. No luck finding any with the google. Anyone have ideas? - kurt

On Feb 3, 5:27*pm, "Karl Striedieck" wrote: For all you Spratt watchers, Charlie received a new kidney today (Tuesday). Standby for progress reports. Karl Striedieck Fingers crossed. Mark! - good finish Charlie

Any time this topic comes up the discussion is about the contents of the list. This post is about the physical attributes of a glider checklist. No matter what items are on a checklist, it doesn't matter if you can't find it when you need it. It doesn't matter if the type is too small to read. ...

Will your soaring organization be having or attending an airport open house soon? Introduce interested, prospective youth through an application to the Cadet Youth Flight Scholarship http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=7503688335&show=blog&id=2388

Robinton "Super Charger", 14V fully automatic fast/trickle charger suitable for 14V sealed lead acid batteries. Used through 2010 season, no issues. Mid 80s manufacture, very rugged. I've switched to 12V system, no longer needed. Yours for the cost of shipping. Cost of shipping to R5N contest...

A hangar with insulated ceiling and walls seems to have less moisture problems than one with no insulation. Along the same lines, it seems that the interiors of the newer double shell glass tops are dryer that the single shell metal top variety. Am I wrong? GA

A used in good condition 3" ASI in knots, speed range up to 160kts. Thanks, Brad

General Tadeusz Gora Jan 4, aged 91. Polish pilot who completed a remarkable glider flight on May 18 1938 when he flew a PWS-101 glider from Bezmiechowa, in south-east Poland, to a small town near Vilnius, a then world record distance of 577.8 kilometres. For this he was the first recipient of the...

Availability is no problem but it seems these are all knock offs. I have not had good luck with these. Does anyone have information on a source for higher quality? Mark