Anyone know the trick to installing the rubber tim on Cobra Trailers? Tried soapy water, two people and about 1' left to go. Thanks, WDM

Texas Soaring Association will host a Region 10 contest July 3-9 (includes practice day) This will be a no water ballast contest. All loggers must log position, altitude, competition ID and name. No fish finders. Contact Oats Schwarzenberger 817-460-7775

Looking for recommendations on who provides reasonable coverage rates for glider pilots; just went through the '45' age barrier and rates are starting to shoot up (like exponential); looking for alternatives. Any help deeply appreciated! Peter (2T) (CA, USA)

Additional information from Texas Soaring Association July Regional This contest will be limited to 40 contestants.

Does anybody know what happened to www.gliderforum.com ? It used to be a great soaring forum but it doesn't work anymore for the last months (at least not with me)

Due to a senior moment, my cobra trailer became unhooked as I was pulling it out of my back yard. The emergency trailer brake activated and broke the safety chain I had installed as well as the trailer wiring, fortunately all this happened at a very slow speed before I got on the road and it was...

I've been saddled (again) with the charge of organizing our club's yearly banquet. As usual, I am struggling with how to entertain about 50 ornery pilots and their spouses for 3-4 hours. Aside from the normal awards and keynote speech from our club president, I was hoping to find a short video...

Hello, For the next IGC meeting in March 2005 at Lausanne we filed a proposal to amend the note "turn points must be at least 10 km apart and may be claimed only once" in rule 1.4.3.c. and 1.4.5.b. This is to avoid that large sportif flights like the 1000km flight given...

Trying to answer some questions for out-of-state friends and looking for past and present LVSSA member's actual experiences getting their licenses and access to gliders with this group in Jean NV. Aside from their home page skinny and the usual spiel from officers who want your $$ - 1. How many...

I would like our club to install an audio variometer in our basic trainer, the L-13 Blanik. Some candidate varios include, the Borgelt B-40, the Tasman, and the LX-16 (I think). There may be others too. But I believe these all need TE input. The Blanik is not plumbed for TE. Has anyone...

Anyone know the status of the GGS online ground school.. http://www.falcontrainingsystems.com/ggs/index.htm Website is still there but says closed until 9/1/04. Everything works except the online signup link & I get no email response from them. Thanks, Bill

It's been a while since I posted an update on what's happening with GPS Visualizer ( http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ ), so here goes: * LANDSAT MAPS HAVE RETURNED. The NASA server that provides excellent satellite imagery of the entire world is finally back on-line. There are still some occasional...

PW-6 pilots of the Auckland Gliding Club won the North Island Sports Class regional competition in New Zealand last month. Charles Yeates Swidnik PW-6U & PW-5 http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/yeatesc/world.html

Our club has a winch that has not been used for fifteen years. When we moved to a public airport there was not the logistics to run a winch operation. So there it sat. At the last BoD meeting it was decided to take it to the scrap metal yard and see what we can get for it. But I made the tragic...

Our gliding club owns an Astir CS sailplane and am in need of a repair manual. If none are available has anyone had any need to repair/refinish the trailing edge of the ailerons which tend to drag on the graound after landing. Also, does anyone know of a source for a landing gear handle grip...

I have an ASW-17 and the aircraft is registered under an experimental certificate and has special operating limitations. They read, in part, 'All flights shall be conducted within the geographic area described as follows: Within 300 mile radius of a sanctioned glider meet or contest. Profficiency...

I am putting together an article on World Gliding Championships and was wondering if there are pictures from the 3rd World Gliding Championships, Sweden, 1950 out there?

I have an ASW-17 and the aircraft is registered under an experimental certificate and has special operating limitations. They read, in part, 'All flights shall be conducted within the geographic area described as follows: Within 300 mile radius of a sanctioned glider meet or contest. Profficiency...

I'm writing to let the group know that Pete Williams, a revered pilot and a friend to all of us at Minden, has come down with a serious health problem. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Anyone been quoted a price on the part yet, if buying a replacement is considered the better option? http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/7FB2202464A9999686256F6C005C6526?OpenDocument TIA, Frank Whiteley