Hello all......$5000 price drop.....on a very nice Discus 2b. See details on Wings and Wheels. Financial loan help to SSA members or Businesses available. Or 561-350-0034 "LET'S GO GLIDING, Y'LL" Henry Retting

If any of you have been trying to get Skew-T soundings from rucsoundings.noaa.gov. NOAA has a power outage in the building that houses the server lasting til Wed 06-28-2017. These servers are NOT OPERATIONAL and outages of this kind occur from time to time. Walt Rogers WX

We have had some really fun flights in Utah already this year. Here are a few videos sharing some of the adventure experienced in the last 9 months in Utah: Nephi to the Grand Canyon and Back: https://youtu.be/8GRpxGvhFSQ Soaring the southern part of the Wasatch Mountains in the...

I have an interesting radio problem hopefully one of you have solved... My transmitted audio signal is clipping. It 'breaks up' intermittently during the transmit cycle. After many hours of checking everything, I found an interesting correlation. When the radio squelch circuit is turned off...

Wings & Wheels has been posting live on Facebook each daily pilots briefing. The next briefing is 10 am Central time today. Go to https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/ Sean Franke

"Incredible close-up footage of Boeing 787 leaving huge vapour trail through the sky" Incredible footage of BOEING 787 vapor trail... It's a british so some hyperobole in the headline of course but still interesting: (also try to ignore the misspelling of vapor)....

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: ...

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I am trying to understand how TE probes are connected. I've searched the literature but apparently have not found the description I'm looking for. Are the fuselage static ports connected (used in any way ) in an Irving TE probe is installed?

Back due popular demand, 4 Becker 4201 radios, serial numbers upward of 9000 all in very good condition. $450 including postage I also have a great ATR600 which is as good as the Becker. $400 including postage Can do discounts for mutiple purchases.

Hello Folks... Here is a distraction from FAA Letters... I am now taking offers on my Discus2b. Got a new ship coming and she needs a home. A great opportunity for a club or young lad looking to become World Champ. Or anyone with a desire to win some days racing. This bird will bring home the Free...

https://www.redbullxalps.com/live-tracking.html Race is on. On the ground due to the weather. One thing to notice, if you aren't willing to watch paragliders race, with one of the best media machines pushing it. No one(outside of sailplane pilots) is going to be willing to watch sailplanes race,...

I know that the lithium iron phosphate batteries should be charged with a different charger than SLA batteries but can a "lithium" charger be used on an SLA?

JS-1 owners I am considering upgrading my JS-1B to Jet within the next 6 to 8 months. Looking for other JS-1 owners without Jet potentially looking to upgrade to jet to share 40' container to South Africa for installation. Please contact me Thanks

Also a significant price reduction on a great ship . 15 or 18 meter winglets. See ad on Wings and wheels . New glider here . C-GKST .

My strut is finally flat. Time to change it. Would like to buy the parts now, have them on hand and avoid being down for an extended period of time. Who knows the dimensions/newton/etc? McMaster part numbers? Or someplace else you'd recommend buying from. Thanks!

British Gliding Team 7 hrs · The British Gliding Team are looking to recruit a Media Manager to join the Team flying at the European Gliding Championships at Lasham in August. The role is a new one and is aimed at promoting the Team and all that happens around them at the championships to the...

While Neil Armstrong was one of the most famous glider pilots, he wasn't the only one. Other famous people who where also glider pilots which I recall: John Denver Christopher Reeve (Superman) Sully (Hudson landing pilot) Others? Ramy (just signing my name, not claiming to be famous ;-)

Hi, can anyone get me in touch with Doug Levy who just did that amazing trip in his 1-26? (https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=29985838) The German/Swiss soaring magazine is asking me to interview him about that ride. Simply reply to or if...

Does the SSA Sailplane tracker have any other options for tracking other than Spot, inReach or the Cellphone app? It wold be really neat to be able to use some other technologies for tracking (or use multiple trackers). In the past, I have played with several that have worked great. My first...