All - For the third year in a row I've somehow managed to injure my back early in the season (base of the spine/sciatic nerve). I'm beginning to suspect its not my day-job or rigging my ship (I have a one-man rigger); but rather my flying and seating position in the cockpit (DG-300). Short...

SSA Members, Please visit the SSA homepage at www.ssa.org for an important message regarding the Society. C. Dianne Black-Nixon Chairman of the Board of the Soaring Society of America

I hate to bring this up again...but I must. I have learned this morning that XCSoar is to be banned from US soaring competitions. In fact our rules committee is apparently planning to also ban all free, open source applications because they "feel" they cannot control whether these applications may...

Hi All - I just received the following press release from Lange Fleugzeugbau: Maiden flight ANTARES 18S The first ANTARES 18S made its successful maiden flight Sunday May 28th, 2006. The youngest member of the ANTARES-family of sailplanes then was put to the acid test during several test flights...

Does anyone know the story of Competition Identification numbers and/or letters? Who decided they were necessary? When? Why? etc... (It's cold, gray, wet, and winter and I was just wondering

Hi, I'm gaining knowledge in ADS-B over the years. But I can't say I'm an expert. I could use some feedback from some of the extremely knowledgeable people that monitor this group. I sell Trig TT22 transponders - which are FAA approved for ADS-B when used with an approved GPS source. But...

Hi, FLARM has made the preliminary manuals for PowerFLARM Brick and PowerFLARM Remote Displays available he Manuals and Software Updates http://powerflarm.us/manuals-software-updates-and-release-notes/ The first Brick units will be used and tested at the Mifflin contest.

I have been looking at OLC and trying to make a determination as to had the best flight of the day in North America. Now listen, no politics here, just flight evaluation and the cut off time is midnight on the East Coast. No flaming liberals shall post. Bob

From Europe: ________________________________________________ "On Sun, November 25, 2007 9:31 am, peternarinx wrote: Yesterday, on the airfield of Weelde ( EBWE) in Belgium, Peter Mink reached 1718m AGL with an ASK21 and a Mel winch." "The length of the runway is 3100m including the grass at both...

Just wondering what the timing of the next version of iGlide which will hopefully take advantage of the new iPhone 6 form factor. I have been using iGlide more and more and really enjoy flying with it. Its UI is BY FAR the easiest. Thanks in advance. Sean 7T

SGP USA begins today at Seminole Lake Gliderport near Orlando, Florida. Website: www.sgp.aero/usa2017 Live tracking: http://www.sgp.aero/usa2017/race-coverage/race-tracking.aspx?contestID=28476 Facebook: @FAISailplaneGrandPrixUSA Yesterday's practice race results: ...

I attended Dave Nadler's presentation at the 2020 SSA Convention about his bailout in Utah and its aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8I3A3dqsu0&t=3s It got me thinking about my own preparedness, and I have to admit that I am not carrying enough on my person if I ever "have to go for...

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Inquiring minds what to know if and by whom Sean Fidler was asked to be the US Team Captain. The US Team code of conduct states the following: 13.1.5 Treatment. Fair, considerate, courteous treatment of Team Management, Team Volunteers, and members of the public. I think we can all agree that...

Interesting subject needs new thread. It strikes me that a glider designed to soar in weak thermals is well off its design point when running fast in a wave XC or, for that matter, in strong thermal conditions. Ballast helps, of course, but the basic airframe aerodynamics are wrong for extreme...

I was very pleased to see the advert in the December issue of "Soaring Magazine". See: www.safeflight.com Does anybody know more about this device - especially the price? Bill Daniels

Our club has yet to try winching, though a half-dozen members have experienced it elsewhere sometime across the last fifty years. Reading Piggot, I discover the command "All Out" for the beginning of the launch. Is this the customary command in other places besides England? Why this? What does...

OK you have a choice of the latest 18m flapped class gliders - ASG29, HpH 304S Shark, DG808s, LAK-17, LS10, JS1, Ventus2cx, Antares18s (think thats them all?) which one would you buy and why?

Most flight computers nowadays calculate wind vector, but only few calculate headwind/tailwind component, which, in my opinion, is almost equally important, since it tells you if your glide over terrain/final glide is going to suffer or benefit from the wind component, as well as help you estimate...

Hello XCSoar users. I love my XCSoar/Streak combo in my glider and I installed a second Streak in the Pipistrel Sinus. In the Sinus there is no computer/GPS to feed the Streak and so the XCSoar relies on the internal GPS of the Streak. With the solo setup, I never see winds. I've flown...