Silentwings 1.06 has been released The state of the art soaring simulator now has a multiplayer function, new user interface, more aircraft, more scenery (A whooping 800 000 sq km and counting), new functionalities, and lots of bugfikses (I beta-tested, so I should know). The simulator is free to...

Gliding A Handbook on Soaring Flight by Derek Piggot.VGC 263 pages. A really useful vintage manual on Gliding ,really thorough ,with heaps of pictures,diagrams etc. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7016349312&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Hi All, Anyone here whos flown a Grob Speed Astir mind telling me what its like to fly/rig/performance/price, etc. Still trying to find something within budget. Thanks in advance, JR

Climbers and Backpackers have lists of the "Top 100 Climbs/Treks in the World". How about a list of the "Top 100 X-CRoutes in the World" with dominant lift types and distances? A very few examples are included below. Obviously, routes may be reversed, multiple flight types are possible (yo-yo's....

Have been trying to submit a flight to OLC for about 24 hrs, cannot get access. Server down??

Hello to pilots worldwide... Ever dreamed of making it to the Hilton Cup? What it's like? Who do you meet? Learn all about it, first hand from Gordon Boettger at: http://mindensoaringclub.com Enjoy!

To All: I fly with GN II. When I am declaring a task I only get a few turn points listed and available. Now, when I go to the GO TO mode I get all of my waypoints listed and available. Case in point: when I tried to set a triangle from Pangborn Field to Scott to Moscow-Pullman back to Pangborn...

Gotta share this: Yesterday was a perfect soaring day here in the Hudson Valley with NW winds and scattered cu's streeting at 6000+ feet. I was out riding my bike and looking up at this sky, eating my heart out and counting the days until I can fly again. Then I chanced to see an object falling...

Updated at the factory last year. Excellent condition..Located in NJ. Best offer. I'll be away from the computer, so use the phone! Gregg Leslie LV 8025984993

Has anyone connected IPaq+Winpilot to LX7007? I am having hard time to get task transfered from WP to LX Tks Daniel -- DG5X Posted at www.flight.org

Thanks for all of the advise. I dont think I can afford a B or C and I have made 2 minor errors in preflight in all of my hours. Any suggestions on a 25k and under sailplane would be appreciated. Jeff

Thanks to Bob Weien a detailed tutorial regarding using your ILEC SN10 with a Mac PowerBook is available: http://www.nadler.com/sn10/SN10_USB_Serial_Notes.html Thanks again Bob ! Best Regards, Dave

Ridge Soaring Gliderport will open for flying this Sunday, March 26th following our Soaring Seminar, Saturday, the 25th. Many gliders have already arrived for the spring ridge season. -- Thomas Knauff Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies www.eglider.org

I will soon take delivery of a new (to me) glider. A Ventus CM. It has a a panel full of instruments Cambridge L-Nav Ilec Audi vario Winter Mechanical Vario Ilec Engine management instrument ASI ALT

I'm helping a friend locate a replacement wing for a Schweizer 2-33. Left with mild hail damage would be perfect but will consider left, right, varous conditions. Reply to me: wby0nder'at'aol.com Matt Michael

The good thing about the 'new' OLC rules for the USA contest, that being Canadians now claim to the USA contest for USA flights (in prior years we could claim USA flights within our own OLC contest, treating North America as one space).... is that we now regularly check the USA contest to see how...

Has anyone a list of US airfields with Glider operation ? Tks, Thomas

The May 1968 issue of Reader's Digest contained an article on flying and racing sailplanes. I am trying to locate a copy, and unfortunately my branch library does not have material that old, although I have yet to try the central library. If anyone has the article in digital form, I'd appreciate...

Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing like a comprehensive listing. Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a...

Is anyone else going to Sun-N-Fun in Lakeland, FL, Apr 4-110, 2006? I go a few days early to do some soaring and seaplanes. :-) My schedule at Seminole Lake Gliderport is Monday, Apr 3, 1-3PM in the Grob-103. It usually takes a few minutes of paperwork and logbook review, 2 pops and I'm checked...