I am looking to purchase a PW-5 located in Europe. The sailplane needs to be airworthy and have a tralier that will be in good enough shape to run on EU highways. I can buy the PW-5 and keep or buy and sell back to the current owner at a profit (to the current owner) the first of August 2010. I...

N105WR, 1993, SN 24217, 820 hrs, second owner, great condition, S/N 10b, Dittel radio, Winter vario, vertical card compass, cobra fiberglass top trailer, wing leading edge mod (ASW-24b profile), factory winglets, water bags, two batteries, oxygen, tow out gear, Wing Rigger, Strong parachute,...

Our club has been cleaning out a lot of accumulated treasurers. We discovered we have 2 Winter Barographs, in breifcases, with some assortment of champor and other supplies. We no longer use them - no one can remember the last time one was used, let alone calibrated. We will sell them for...

These pictures are on a Czech forum and are labled WGC 2010 Prievidza. My friend said the pilot was ok but landed at a high speed to maintain control. http://www.gliding.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2720

which one should I go for? All are reasonably priced, and self launching....

A year ago I sent my Illec to Germany to replace the volume/power knob that was causing a false "battery low" warning and per Dave this was a known issue caused by customers installing/removing the knob screw w/o preventing the knob from rotating against the stops. Today's issue: When I press...

After a fatal accident in Austria LET issued a Mandatory Bulletin: http://www.let.cz/files/bulletines/MB_L13_109a_english.pdf EASA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/easa_ad_2010_0119_E.pdf

SSA contest report indicates that 2 gliders made contact on the first day. If the gliders are identified correctly then one continued to win the day and the other returned to the airport missing part of one wing and so far has no log posted. Any more information available? Andy.

Is it time to move RAS to a more solid footing? Could there be a small "elected" group that acts as moderators essentially tossing anything that is not soaring related of which there are more and more posts appearing as the nuts and spammers get more active in these un-moderated newsgroups. Is it...

On Jul 13, 11:53*pm, Mitch wrote: I think the attacks on this guy and his family that are posted on here are downright disgusting. *Surely the attacks on his daughters are illegal some how? *Any good liable lawyers out there who can confirm this? *SPAM is fine, and an...

Hey guys, after my first gliding (sorry, I'm English ;) ) session a few months ago I'm dying to get into the sport, and I've got a couple more sessions lined up over summer. Anyways, amongst other things I'm a keen software developer and I've recently stumbled across Google's Android. For those of...

Hi, I received an order from Daniel Corveler from Fayence, France and have some questions for him regarding the order. Unfortunately, he must have mis-typed his e-mail address when he placed the order - so I can't reach him. I have left a message on his phone voicemail. Does anyone have a...

I recently had my hard drive go down on my old Compaq laptop (w/ serial port) during my last contest. Fortunately, I had the SN10B USB adapter as a backup to download my files. This worked just fine. However, not having the laptop interface was making me nervous. In the past, I have had ZERO luck...

We are having the annual inpsection done on our club L-23s and the mechanic just called and said that the rudder cables, instrument hoses, and landing gear strut all have life limits of 15 years according to the maintenance manual - rudder cables and instrument hoses must be replaced and landing...

The Prescott Soaring Society is in need of a vario/logger/flight computer for its Standard Cirrus to replace the one that recently surrendered its aged soul to the soaring gods. If you have something to offer at a manageable price please contact myself or Cliff "CH" Hilty. The PSS is a small club...

Saturday was the Kansas Kowbell Klassic free distance contest. Held annually on the first safe saturday after the first full moon after the Summer Solstice. The Cherokee and I had a good flight, making a distance of 167 miles to a nice wheat field in southern Nebraska. Flight report is on my...

Hi Race fans - I've started a blog for the Hobbs contest: http://www.nadler.com/public/2010_Hobbs/2010_Hobbs.html Wrap-up for the Caesar Creek 18-meter nationals is he http://www.nadler.com/public/2010_CaesarCreek/2010_CaesarCreek.html Enjoy, Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

Tony keeps posting great pictures of beautiful fields he lands in. We don't have those around here. What we DO get is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmJr2IBES70 I guess I can live with that.

I have been told over the years two consistent things: when trying to achieve the fastest possible cross country speeds, 1. Try to minimize circling as much as possible and 2. Fly the true maccready airspeeds between thermals. But these two things contradict. The first couple days I flew...

Hi, I have an ILEC SN10B and tried to connect it with a FLARM device. But unfortunately, the SN10B always tells me, that it does not get a GPS signal. Does anyone of you know how I have to cable both devices? In the end I'd like to use all features of the ILEC, like uploading tasks to flarm, etc.,...