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SimplyKool Metallic Canopy Covers by
Paul Remde
Hi,
About 6 months ago the manufacturer of the very popular Canopy Caps became
unable to continue production. I hope they will be back in business in the
future.
I have now found a very nice alternative source for very similar products
here in the USA - the SimplyKool Metallic Canopy Covers. ...
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GLIDING INTERNATIONAL - SEPTEMBER ISSUE by
johnhamish
THE SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE OF
GLIDING INTERNATIONAL
A wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. A 64 page
issue.
Stories include:
1. The replacement challenge for the Barron Hilton Cup. An exciting
new adventure for the World’s top pilots. They don’t come much better
than this.
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Commercial Glider Rating by
drumflyer
Hi everyone, I'm currently a sport pilot with no other licenses and used to fly gliders a little as a kid when I was stationed in England. I've been thinking of getting my glider rating but had a question about the commercial glider rating. The SSA states:
Commercial Pilots-Glider must be at...
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SSA contest results page by
Gary[_5_]
It's 6:30 EDT and I can't access most of the SSA site. Wonder if it's
Others having trouble getting on? Wanted to look at the current
contest page for down in Texas.
Thanks
Gary Adams GA2
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Water ballast rookie question by
Tom Nau
I fly an ASW-28. The under-surface of the wing has a nice little piece
of plastic that covers the dump valve and which is hinged by a piece
of cloth tape. When flying with water ballast my assumption is that
correct procedure is to leave the piece of plastic in place, but open
and hanging down from...
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Flaps VS Airbrakes/Spoilers by
Walt Connelly
Well about half of the posts re flaps only gliders made me feel positive about the possibility of finding a glider with flaps only, and the other half made me feel just the opposite. I guess you could dump flaps on final rather quickly if your speed was above stall for all ranges of the flaps as...
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PowerFlarm at Uvalde? by
Dave Hoppe[_2_]
I find it odd that there's no posts regarding the first-time use of
PowerFlarm in a US contest. Surely they're all flying with them.
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GPS Nav question .... by
Ron Gleason
I have been using a GPS Nav and L-Nav combination for a year or so, it
came with the glider I procured.
Yesterday I lost GPS reception from GPS Nav, first time this has
occurred. Wondering what I should try or look for.
- Unit is mounted on the shelf behind the pilot in a ASW-20
- nothing...
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Looking for an affordable glider.... by
xTrainwrecKx
Hello everyone....
I am new to the sailplane and glider world and am currently overseas in Afghanistan for another 2 weeks or so. This is my final deployment and I am looking to get myself a little something to enjoy now that I have time.
I am looking for an affordable and fun flying used glider...
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August 17th 11 12:03 PM
by glen
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Day Win at Jr Worlds for USA by
[email protected]
A hearty well done to Devin Bargainnier for his win on day 3 at the Jr
World Gliding Championships.
This is a fine result for a fine young American pilot.
We hope for more to come.
UH
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"Bubble" Thermal Visualization by
T8
Courtesy of a volcano.
http://tinyurl.com/3uebc43
An extreme case, of course, but pretty cool to watch.
-Evan Ludeman / T8
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August 16th 11 05:13 PM
by T8
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Flow cloaking... I wonder if there are aeronautical possibilities... by
sisu1a
Interesting article about Duke engineers applying their passive,
engineered material light/sound cloaking techniques to water,
theoretically (substantially) reducing the amount of drag generated by
a boat's hull by 'tricking' the surrounding water into standing...
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Landing Flap Video by
BobW
Check out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXwy7dsLndM
....for a nice/useful/short video of two flapped landings in an HP-14,
owned/flown/filmed by Wayne Paul (and posted here with his permission).
Curious reader-pilots may find the following information helpful, should they
attempt to...
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August 15th 11 01:22 PM
by T8
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DITTEL FSG-40 & FSG-12 schematics? by
Georg Holderied
Matti Adolfsen wrote:
I have problems with 2 aircraft receiver-transmitters.
I think I can solve this
problem by reverse-engineering the RF stage, still I think a schematic
might help.
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August 14th 11 10:48 PM
by Proxx
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Turnpoint Database's Need Overhaul by
Scott Alexander[_2_]
It's beginning to seem like common practice to have multiple accidents
at glider contests these days. I really hate to see accidents get
hushed up, nothing mentioned on the contest report, except for a
simple "W" and "F" next to the persons score. We can all learn from
these accidents, why hide...
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Netto bis by
bish
Hi
When I set my Lx 7000 to Netto, my vario needle indicate +1.8 kt on
the ground.
When I choose vario or relative vario the needle indicate 0.
Why is that?
Thank you,
Gilles
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August 14th 11 06:56 AM
by Heinz
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Parowan Outing by
Tim Gundersen
We are planning a Parowan, UT outing if anyone is interested for the
20th and 21st of august. Possibly the 19th also if we get enough
gliders committed to coming up on Friday. If anyone is interested
email me.
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