My Vario shows 2 kts up when I turn it on. Hasn't done this before. Any suggestions?

Hello Gliders, I wanted to make this post to see other pilots experiences at their local gliding clubs. My experience at my local gliding club is so-so, speaking as a young soon to be solo pilot, because of organisational management. My friend and I have been quite frustrated due to extreme...

Frivolous. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202795092726/Judge-Awards-119-Million-in-Suit-Against-Civil-Air-Patrol?slreturn=20170710230651 Let's go fishing. Ernst

We're making a new winch drum. The flanges on our drum bent out a little when moving from steel to Spectra line. I'd like to know the dimensions and structure of any drums/flanges that have failed, or shown signs of failing, and with what length and type of line. Please pass this on to anyone...

Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one: After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a gripe sheet, which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on...

Hi, I'd like to write a small programm (online) to evaluate our paragliding competitions. We usually set a couple of turnpoints with a radius of 400 meters and the aim is to pass all these one by one and fly to the target cylinder, the finish. Just to get an idea how it looks like, I made a small...

Today the needle fell off its perch in my CAI-302. It looks like a simple drop or two of super glue would set the world straight. Does anyone know if it's possible to remove the glass to replace the needle without violating the seal on the unit? I've got it out of the panel and will ship it...

Looking for a replacement for the visor-mounted PZL compass on my PW-5, which is leaking kerosene like a sieve. Thanks in advance, Jordan

Glenn and Matt Holden have added more photos of the 2005 Region 5 North race, currently underway at Perry, South Carolina, USA. http://gahsys.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=r5n05&page= 1 They've included some nice photo's of several pilots waiting on the grid. They all seem to have...

Does anyone know if the plane had a fixed ELT installed?

My vote is LS-3a. On the 3, the leading edge of the horizontal is well in front of the leading edge of the horizontal. On this one, they are nearly coincident, as they are on the 3a. The wing is a single taper, with a curled down tip. I don't think it is an optical illusion. It also has the...

The aft wing locks on my Grob G102 are just about at their limits and it looks like I will be installing oversize bearings to correct this. Does anyone have experience doing this and if so, how difficult of a job is it? Tim

I notice that a Schweizer 2-32 with a published L/D of 33 is handicapped at 1.500. This seems like a great bargain, the same as a Falke SF-25C at 1.500 but with only about 22 L/D. Are there other equally great deals out there ? Or any outstandingly heavily handicapped types ? Ian

Should fit earlier LS-1 models, not sure about the "F" model. This includes the metal arms, the beam across the top, and the fender. $50 including shipping. I have GOT to clean out the shop... Contact me offline if you want it, Best Regards, Dave

Wish there was room for what you were all thinking... ;) I pulled the water bags out of my ASW-20B to inspect them for the first time and I was just curious what they even looked like. To my horror I saw that the string on my second wing was broken. The end of the world! I decided to pull the...

Does anybody know the current location of Simtec? The listed phone number in Hesperia CA is answered by someone else.

Hello everyone, I would like to share a video from the Region 2 North Contest at Wurtsboro Airport (June 22 - 29, 2013) Jonathan Elie, one of our younger glider pilots and Wurtsboro ground crew member took footage over several days of the contest from ground, towplane and glider. He edited it...

The movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" includes no soaring and no gliders, but in one scene there is a _picture_ of a sailplane hanging on the wall. http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/sunshine_sailplane.jpg Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white,...

This drone filming in a mountain area, could have been a threat to some glider. Luckily an eagle decided to force it to land! :-) http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/drones/a18177/eagles-steal-dhi-phantom-drone/?mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&src=nl&date=111315

Is the tetrahedron at an airport: 1) Supposed to be pinned down to show active runway 2) Allowed to be pinned down to show active runway 3) Supposed to pivot freely with the wind direction (Background: our club has a long-standing policy to anchor the tetrahedron. Some of us are really scratching...