Viewed the discussion on cloud flying. I have been cloud flying in sailplanes for over 15 yrs....IMC flying that is. Currently I have a Nimbus 3, modified to 26 M with an EFIS. Cloud flying is legal in the USA as long as you have a clearance in controlled airspace and the required equipment as per...

I'm currently using a Vertex VXA-300 and have a Pilot-USA headset: http://www.pilot-usa.com/pa2011.htm While transmitting, there is pretty bad feedback (high pitched squeal) in the headset. After doing some searching and trying a couple of other headsets, it seems that the problem is that the...

I was listening to Sydney radar the area frequency and 122.7 my VHF radio scans very fast on Saturday afternoon they picked up a glider with the radar as a primary target and it was giving them height as well they are they running new software to filter aircraft. No wonder when persons are...

I saw references to a Polish tow plane towing 9 gliders on here a while back, but can't find the page via Google. Can somebody re-post the URL, please? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |

http://www.wsi.com/corporate/newsroom/newsletter/md2/CloudWeight.html Not as light and fluffy as they look. Steve

I'm going to be in Florence, Italy, for a week or two next month. Are there any glider clubs in the area that can accommodate a foreign (US) pilot with some XC flying? Thanks in advance Devin

Photo Gallery - IS-28B2 Twin Lark, IS-29D2, Zlin 726. Soon extra 300L and Yak 52 Photo Gallery: www.skyspy.lx.ro Romanian airclub at Bucharest: www.airclub.furniture.r-fh.com (for the moment, but it will be moved)

Photo Gallery - IS-28B2 Twin Lark, IS-29D2, Zlin 726. Soon extra 300L and Yak 52 Photo Gallery: www.skyspy.lx.ro Romanian airclub at Bucharest: www.airclub.furniture.r-fh.com (for the moment, but it will be moved)

Photo Gallery - IS-28B2 Twin Lark, IS-29D2, Zlin 726. Soon extra 300L and Yak 52 Photo Gallery: www.skyspy.lx.ro Romanian airclub at Bucharest: www.airclub.furniture.r-fh.com (for the moment, but it will be moved)

We just read into the regs a bit deeper. I was always under the impression you had to have 100 hours in category and class and if it was a tail wheel you had to have 1000 hours in that. I actually read the reg and it looks as though it's only 100 hours of category and class. So I know if the...

An interesting site: http://www.airshowjournal.com/ Flash

I have added a new page to the website http://www.glidingstuff.co.nz/probes.html Its got some info on a new design of yaw free Total Energy probes. Paul Buchanan http://www.glidingstuff.co.nz

http://tinyurl.com/p7mfe Have a look at the audio slide show.

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgAD.nsf/0/BDDEEE318A503666862571CE005A975D?OpenDocument http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgAD.nsf/0/FC44B3A66776D302862571CE005A971D?OpenDocument

Please check out our home page for the new Lifted 001 preview clip. Thanks www.liftedfilms.com

Has anyone got or flown a Jantar 1? if so can you e-mail me your observations and thoughts as I'm in the throws of negotiating the purchase of said machine for a couple of guys at our club. Any help would be appreciated. Phil.

What's been the experience with the LX 1600? As a variometer?: response time, smoothness, filtering from gusts, averager, etc. Is this a good primary variometer...or a good backup? How is it as a component of a system coupled with SeeYou or WinPilot or flyWithCE? Any preferences/problems with any...

Hey guys I was wondering if any of you could help answer these questions. What the proper speed to fly is when passing through lift without wanting to stop and work it. When trying to land in rough air should i go faster or slower? What effect will being underweight have on the control of my...

Are there soaring sites/clubs in Alaska? The SSA web site doesn't seem to have any.

An update to the IGC-approval document for the Zander/SDI 941 recorder has been agreed and is effective from 20 August 2006. The revised document will appear on the web site shortly. The reason for this update is that at the recent World Championships in Sweden, under poor reception conditions...