Hi, I'm flying whit the air cadet program in Canada and one of the launch method is whit the winch. The cable that we are using is an 1/8" shielded steel cable whit 17 wires. I think we use this cable because it's supplied by the military which support us. Unfortunately, when the cable starting...

An outline of a talk on the Time Distance Task is available. It was presented by Joerg Stieber, the Chairman of the Sporting Committee of the Canadian Soaring Association. It resides on the web page of Canadian Advanced Soaring. The URL is www.sac.ca/cas/resources/resources.html I recommend this...

Hi all.... I understand that one model of the MZ 34 single cylinder two stroke engine is designed and used in motor gliders.... And I was wondering what its fuel consumption rates were at various HP outputs as well as what its max continous HP output is...and I am particularly interested in its...

If anyone form AZ is planning to enter, I am available to crew. I now live in PA and look forward to seeing anyone I used to fly with. Wally Raisanen email to:

This past year, I have stuck to a policy of making all thermal turns to the right only. The airport I fly out of has left turns in the pattern. My idea is I am developing the habit of turning slow to the right only. All left turns are made at higher pattern speeds. With the condition I am just...

Hi The elevator balance mandatory mods weigh about 2kg. Thus you would need about 10kg in the nose to balance it. Now my understanding is that if you put weights on the ends of a long fuselage and spin it there is a tendancy for it to end up in a flat spin? please correct me if I have this...

We recently had a pilot show up and ask if we would aerotow him in his Sparrow Hawk. Our first question was to ask if the glider was licensed. His reply was that it was not required to be licensed. Our second question was if he had insurance on the glider. He replied by asking if insurance was...

Dear all, I would like to use my older Ipaq 31xx. I suppose B+W screens have lower power requirements and are readable in the sun. But, which software gives the best results on B+W screens for airspace and maps? Should I convert the maps to B+W with Photoshop? thanks in advance

Will someone please explain why the subject of "reverse seeding" for the Region 9 contest at Parowan keeps coming up. Regionals are Regionals, and Regionals are for the contest pilots that live in the region. Others are welcome to come if the contest is not filled. Applicants from the contest...

The External Data Plate Exemption letter and the extension letter are published on the SSA site in PDF under Government News section Fri. 13, 2002.

This is a collection of flights submitted by the pilots on an honour basis. Up to four flights count for the standings.p It can be accessed at a href="http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html"http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html/ap Last-modified: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:15:17...

I'm currently using a Cambridge LNAV, a GPS/NAV model 20, and Pocket NAV on a Compaq 1530. Last summer, I experienced my first flight recorder hardware failure just before (thank goodness) a contest. So I am looking at backup options. I'd like an add-on device; I have neither the money nor the...

Firstly WELL DONE KEMPTON . For anyone that has access to some ancient SOARING magazines there is a fantastic photo which was taken by Bob Symons of just the kind of conditions John Cochrane describes and Kempton must have encountered . Look it up -- Soaring Magazine May 1976 , page 45 . Enjoy...

Hi, After all the discussion about the Toshiba e800 on this forum I did some investigating. It does look like a very interesting Pocket PC. Besides the large (4" vs. 3.5" or 3.8") high resolution (480x640 vs. 240x320) screen, it also has both CF and SD card slots and a very, very large optional...

Last Thursday, March 25, the Sierra wave was in prime form. I took off from the Minden, Nevada airport at 6:46am in my ASH-26E and flew a Free 3 TP task landing at California City at 5:03pm for an estimated distance of 1,633 km. This flight was similar to my SOARING magazine article of last year...

Who is a good source of instrument pannel marking stickers or decals for a glider in the US?

Preferential entry cut-off date for Region 11 Championships held at Minden is April 7. Be sure to enter on-line with SSA, Contest page and then send $100 bucks to: Bill Reuland 1329 US Hwy 395 N Suite 10, PMB 311 Gardnerville, NV 89410 Standard Class

The May '04 of the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine carries an interesting article on the development of the QT-2 "spy plane" in the late 60s during the Vietnam War. The prototype test airplane was a Schweitzer 2-32 on which a Continental 0-200 engine was mounted on top of the fuselage behind...

Heard that Kempton Izuno flew from Minden to Cal City to Herlong back to Inyokern. What is the rest of the story Kempton Gary

Recently Zero Sinco went searching the streets of LA for a virgin to sacrifice in his vernal equinox ceremony. after 2 weeks, John abandoned his search, saying, "there is no virgins left in LA". The mystery of the missing virgins has been solved. Today, an unwilling youth with a device secured to...