I've got 2.5 hours to kill in Atlanta on my way to Puerto Rico on 2-13 from 1400 to1730. Any suggestions anybody?

Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class? USA does not. We have the Sports Class, which allows any glider to enter, and another Sports Class (called, locally, the Club Class) which uses a restricted list of gliders that is different from the IGC Club Class list. In another thread,...

I will be leaving in the next day to do a cross-country (Oregon- Florida-Oregon) pickup of a glider I plan on purchasing. It is in need of an inspection so I was thinking of getting it inspected on the way out back home. If you have a mechanic you would refer (preferably familiar with...

Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000 feet free-fall without a chute... http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html?page=1 smith

At the SSA Convention, Scott Manley provided an opportunity for hands on experience with the Condor Soaring Simulator in Paul Remde's Cumulus Soaring Booth. Scott was also the speaker at two sessions, one on using simulators to supplement soaring flight training, and the other flying a...

Hi all. I'm a glider pilot in the french northern alps and will be traveling to Incline Village, NV in the week 3-7 May. Google maps was nice enough to show me how close this is to Minden, and after several nice articles and reports of great flights in this region, i don't want to miss the chance...

Perfect condition, tired of taking it out for contests. $500 new, sell for $375 with switch and harness. Email for photo. JJ

At the SSA convention in Little Rock, I saw and was very impressed by Dan Cook's presentation on Canadian Plans for using Flight Simulators for training (Sat Jan 30 Fulton room, 1:00 - 1:45). I have some further questions for him, but I can't find any contact information. If anybody has any way...

For sale: Winter 4325 Altimeter This Winter 4325 Altimeter was purchased as part of glider N801DG (DG-1000). The Altimeter were delivered with the aircraft in Jul 2008 and is about 2 1/2 years old. Due to panel space limitations, the Altimeter was removed from service and replaced by smaller 57 mm...

Very interesting article with Brian Seeley at Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency. See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35258761/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ Michael

The new Naviter Oudie PNA device with preinstalled See You Mobile for PNA scheduled be available in April. To preorder see http://www.craggyaero.com/oudie.htm $650 includes See You Mobile PNA

I've imagined that birds detect thermals in part with superior vision. They can see the little bits of stuff in the air that show motion. Now it looks like America's Cup sailors will be lighting up the little bits with lasers. http://www.catchthewindinc.com/

This doesn't look good for our sport. It seems that the Cirrus hit the towline and the towplane and Cirrus went down despite the ballistic chute on the Cirrus. The glider released and landed safely. But guess where the blame will...

I recently submitted my 2010 Program Letter to my local FSDO, and he replied with "In reviewing your program letter it was determined that it needs to be revised", followed by excerpts from 8130.2F 11/5/2004 (page 166). (Alas he did not get specific wrt the needed revisions.) All I did was take my...

Sadly, Fox news is reporting a collision between glider and airplane with 3 fatals at Boulder.

"Having the "right of way" only works if the other pilot see's you. He can't "yield" to what he does not see." Of course! My comment was directed, through the readers, to those who would say that having gliders in the air is the problem. Having the right-of-way didn't help the tow pilot, maybe...

What would you say is a typical or average glider trailer weight? I know, "it depends"... but what is typical? I'm shopping for a new vehicle and will buy one that I could use if I crew for someone or to move our club gliders around. Gliders that I have moved around range from 450 to 850 pounds. I...

On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:05:03 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote: Jim Logajan writes: All the information you need to answer that trivially simple question is already available. If it's trivially simple, you can answer it in fewer words than it took to avoid answering.

Neat view from space http://tinyurl.com/yzc4tav -Evan Ludeman / T8

The Sparrowhawk is the worlds most fun to fly sailplane available hands down. Jim Payne just set 8 new USA National records in a Sparrowhawk in 2009. WOW!!! No other standard sailplane comes close to it's maneuverability and agility due to it's low weight and low moment of inertia due to the...