Effective with the revised Sporting Code released in October, the FAI has opened the possibility for simple, limited-functionality GPS units to be used for providing the position evidence required to substantiate badge claims up to Gold distance. Originally anticipated to be used as a means to...

Seriously looking. fulda304 'at' hotmail.com

At the IGC meeting in March, we will decide whether to require FLARM at World Gliding Championships. Additionally, we will vote on: The future WGC calendar The site of the 2014 WGC Ballast in the 13.5 meter class Handicaps in the 20 meter 2 seat class The Club class handicap list Use of GPS...

USA glider pilots are encouraged to give their opinions on the proposed new 13.5 Meter Class. See http://sites.google.com/site/13meters/home for further information. RS

USA glider pilots, should the 20 Meter 2 Seat Class be included in World Championships? See http://sites.google.com/site/20meter2seat/ for further information. RS

On Jan 26, 8:56*am, John Cochrane wrote: Is there any way to hijack this thread back to Rick's post? Perhaps. Even though it's sometimes tempting to accuse IGC of various transgressions against common sense, it's more constructive and helpful to realize that WE...

I'm picking up a glider in NY for a club member the week of Nov 6th. Could haul one east-bound if you have the need. Frank Whiteley Colorado

Since there seem to be some issues with posting to the SSA Website, I thought I'd catch everyone up with goings on for the last several days since John Bojack's last post. Day 4 below; more to follow. John left narration off at the time of launch on Sunday into brisk winds and a developing sky. ...

At Tuesday's pilot's meeting, weatherman Ray Galloway gave us a forecast that included decent instabilty, the promise of Cu, and none of the mid-level or high clouds that have challenged us on several of the task days. Oh, but by the way, winds at 3,000 feet were progged to be more than 20kts...

Haven't seen any scores or reports yet from Perry. P3

The Yahoo group SSA States was created to facilitate information sharing and dialogue between state Governors and Record Keepers. So far, we have about 30-40% of the states covered, and we'd love get that number higher. Please click on the link below and select "join this group". If you're...

http://www.gazette.net/200533/frederick/news/290151-1.html The last part about the matching funds is troubling. Would seem like someone forgot to finalize things years ago. M-ASA is having an interesting run at it. Frank Whiteley

Are any of the scores in the Standard/Open contest official yet? Is a protest pending?

Haven't seen any postings for Fairfield. Anybody have the scores? P3

The flight logs from the 2009 Seniors contest are published he http://soaringweb.org/LOGS Thanks to John Leibacher.

One of the plastic chock holders that came with my Anschau (Komet) trailers has fallen apart. Before I do the obvious and go to the trailer dealer(s) for an (expensive) replacement, has anyone found a local source for these? I'm looking for a set of light-weight plastic chocks with holders, so I...

It's shaping up to be a great event, and everyone's invited! http://www.ssaregion1.org/nls14

The 2008 Standard Class Nationals ended with a whimper today. Despite good air in the task area, upper level clouds began to clamp down heating during the morning. By noon, there was a thickening cirrus deck, though we could see vultures and hawks beginning to thermal. The CD sent up Markus...

Monday was forecast to be THE BIG DAY, with strong lift to over 6,000 feet and Cu. With uniformly good skies, CD Andy McQuigg called a 3.5 hr MAT with a first turnpoint of Fitzgerald to the East. After that, you were free to go wherever it looked good. As it turned out, the day wasn't quite...

Well, it took a lot of waiting on the grid, but we eventually got a contest day in on Wednesday. Over night, a line of extremely strong thunderstorms dumped more than an inch of rain on Cordele and the surrounding area. We awoke to find standing water and mud on the airport, but there was blue...