DG news letter, Winter maintenance If you don't specifically ask, the inspector doing the annual will probably not do a complete lubrication of all bearings. It really doesn't matter if a particular bearing is lubricated only every other or even third year but if a control system doesn't get...

I have a Wendezeiger needle/ball gyro that does not work anymore. I am wondering if there might be a repair station that still works on these instruments. It is quite old, it came out of my Austria I bought several years ago. Thanks, Brad

And the answer is..............................NO! Due to time constraints caused by the forces of nature conspiring to occupy all my free time (things like work, etc....) I showed up at the Union Pier Terminal in Charleston all happy and with visions of LS-10's dancing in my head. That all...

Does anyone know of a place in northern New Jersey, southern New York or eastern Pennsylvania that will hydrotest a carbon filament-wrapped oxygen bottle (MH part number 480). The best solution I've found so far is to ship it back to Mountain High with a 3 week turn-around. Thanks, Ray...

Picking up a new Cobra trailer at the port on Tuesday......wondering if I can expect just to plug it into my SUV motorhome and have the lights working correctly? Anyone with a success story ? Trailer and SUV are both fitted witht the new large plug and receptacle. Thanks! J4

http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/12/full-stalls-power-off.html The practice of power-off stalls is usually performed with normal landing approach conditions in simulation of an accidental stall occurring during landing approaches. Airplanes equipped with flaps and/ or retractable landing gear should...

http://711reporting.blogspot.com/ This is information which you might wish to review. This is only information, offered with no speculation. It does show a blipmap for that day of Steve's accident.

I just recieved an email from Dr. Jack. The new blipmaps with higher resolution have been reproduced from the data on Sept. 3, 2007 are far superior and trump the ruc model shown on my Blog. The privacy rights are of no longer any concern and will be released shortly. The RUC blipmap on my...

Does anyone have a contact e-mail or phone for Ruth Gimmey? (I assume the wife of Ray Gimmey) I was told that she may have SCUM t-shirts or know where to get them.

Discovery HD Channel is airing a special on Steve Fossett next Monday at 10PM eastern 7PM PST. They took footage of my Husky flying along the eastern flank of the Sierra, as it's blue and white and "sort of like" the plane Steve was flying. For the interview part, I got them to set up with one...

Solar Flight As another poster said this is much more interesting that the hilarious video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcWSI03NKo0 See the website www.solar-flight.com for information on the SunSeeker Project.

What could soaring possibly have in common with nuclear weapons? To find out, read my new article "Soaring, Cryptography and Nuclear Weapons" at http://www.nuclearrisk.org/soaring_article.php If nuclear weapons are too much of a turn off, take a look at the related lecture on flying safety which...

In a Yahoo group, MinimalistAirplaneStudyGroup, it has been asserted that a homebuilt aircraft registered as experimental can be registered as a motorglider, regardless of wingspan and gross weight capacity. For example, one could build something like the 18 foot wingspan, 550 pound maximum...

Wanted – motorglider lease for 2009 season. I am a 6,000+ hour commercial sailplane pilot (with motorglider sign- off) seeking a high-performance, self-launch sailplane for the 2009 soaring season (March – September). Location: KFDK (Frederick, Maryland). Weekday use only. I will pick up and...

I have a new LX7000proIGC flight computer/FAI datalogger for sale at a very good price. Brand new with full factory warrantee. Only US $ 3295.- For more details contact Ed Hollestelle / Solaire Canada (519) 461-1464 or visit our website www.solairecanada.com ( specials section)

While visiting a relative working in the Philipines last January, I had the pleasure of meeting an extrordinary German glider pilot and instructor, Rolf Dunder. What makes him special is that he wants to introduce soaring to people on Luzon while investing tremendous amount of energy and personal...

Hi all, I am German glider pilot and will be working in the Bay Area early Feb of 2009. As I will have one free weekend (most likely the weekend of the 7th) I thought I'll check out soaring possibilities. Now it's highly unlikely that I will have my German license transferred to a US...

Anyone here know if there is any soaring activity in the United Arab Emirates or Dubai? A local friend thinks I should go over there and start a soaring school. He's a real nice guy but I take his ideas with a grain of salt. That said, he does know a lot of folks there and thinks they would not...

Hello, ist there anybody who is flying a Mosqutio A/B and have a winglet modification? I would be interested to hear from you regarding the modification itsself, experinces, etc. Thanks in advance,

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