I have a question about trying to combine two objectives into a single flight. If there is a State record in the category of "flight to a goal" which can be obtained with a flight of say 280km can I declare my start and my goal and then after my arrival at the goal continue my flight to an airport...

All: I need a photo of a tight, well-populated gaggle to use on a poster for the Glider Pilot Self-Assessment Project at the convention. It would need to make a reasonable 8x10. Of course I've left it to the last minute .... Can anyone help? Thanks,

Can anyone give me an idea where to buy in the USA the square tail light cover, my cobra trailer is year 2000. Tks, Thomas

I've sent the factory an e-mail with this question, but I wanted to poll the world of LX5000 users at large, how many of you have firmware version 11 or greater, and for those of you raising your hand, how many have had difficulty uploading turnpoints to the LX5000 from LXe (the PC software)? Last...

This is my initial evaluation of the Navman PiN for use in a glider as an integrated flight computer system. The reason for this evaluation is my desire to find a self contained flight computer for the SparrowHawk I have on order. By self contained I mean with an internal battery suitable for...

Jantar Standard 2 or 3 are more popular to beginners, a good choice to learn cross country, and still competitive on club class. SZD-55-1 is a evolution project, light and easy to assemble, self connections controls, easy to fly, good and honest characteristics, if you set the C&G correctly and...

I recently replaced the Original Equipment Michelin MXV4 H-rated tires on my VW Passat 4 motion wagon (Variant for those of you in Europe) with Dunlop SP 40 A/S all weather radials. Other than lacking a speed rating, they are the same dimensions as the originals. Although the new tires are...

The trailer configuration for our club's 1-26 uses a steel tube that is passed through the aft wing attach recepticals. This tube keeps the fuse stable on the trailer. Anyone know off hand what the largest "off the shelf" diameter tubing will go through that aft wing pass through? No, I wasn't...

A friend, who is not an internet user, owns a Cenfis flight computer. He has sent it to the manufacturer in Germany for upgrade and now cannot get in touch with them. He has no answers to telephone message or emails for several weeks. Does anyone know if this company is still in business?

Help! Advice sought on software to track club operations. Hopefully such software would be amenable to on field usage, track usage for billing, maintenance, squawk reporting and other things those much more clever than me can think of .

Hi, The British Gliding Association has a list of their clubs displayed on a map (at http://www.gliding.co.uk/findaclub/ukmap.htm). Does anyone know of similar maps for other countries ? It took me a long time to find gliding clubs in Poland and then it was difficult to determine how far they...

Spring is coming and I hope to begin making XC flights soon. I am a low time pilot flying in the (US) Southeast. I have essentially zero XC experience. My local club is very supportive of XC flight and I expect to have the from both instructors and mentors. I'd like some recommendations on good...

February 5th, Pennsylvania, USA Light wind, 45=B0F max temperature, TOL 2000AGL at best I know only 3 glider pilots crazy enough to take the time to learn to reproject images for bug races. So with the others in mind I keep a lookout for free, lat long grid images with known corner...

Does anybody know the origins/history of the term "sailplane"? Thanks, KK

Idaho Public TV has a series called "Outdoor Idaho." On a recent installment, "In the Shadow of the Tetons", they filmed a ride in Blanik. The Blanik belongs to a commercial operation in Driggs, Idaho. The following URL contains a link to the soaring...

A few members in our soaring club have picked up a wrecked AC-4. The repairs have been going very well and the IA is happy. But I have been searching the web for information on the AC-4's, But information is limited. I would really like to find a POH for the AC-4 in a .pdf or Word format, and some...

I have an opportunity to spend some time in Israel the third week in February, can anyone give me any contacts for any soaring this time of year? Gary Boggs

Does anyone know if there is a glider community in China? With the exchange rate of the Euro, I wonder if a proven design could be produced in China. Even if ships were hand produced the labor rate would be very low.

My crew and I are purchasing a motorhome soon, and at the same time, replacing her Toyota pickup with a more economical sedan. I'd like to get one that's light enough to tow behind the motorhome on winter trips, but heavy enough to tow the glider when the need arises. Iow a towable tow...

I just received my Feb 2005 issue of 'SOARING' today and noticed a new word I'll have to add to my vocabulary. It can be found on page 22, in the caption next to the photo of the 2-33. The caption reads, 'The author's buyfriend at moment of touchdown.' How right that word can be, for either a...