Hi All - I've posted some notes about PowerFLARM at Mifflin, and encourage pilots to post their experiences he http://powerflarm.us/2012/05/powerflarm-results-from-mifflin-and-elswehere/ Also, I posted some notes on installations, including the "Hall of Shame" which you may find entertaiing....

Hi All, This is a bit of a loaded question (I think both sellers are contributors to RAS) - but I'd like to get as much feedback as possible from as wide of an audience as possible... I've been agonizing (here and elsewhere) between the niceties of a DG-300 and the flapped flexibilities of an...

Greetings! Summer has begun down under, and my first flight with an iPaq reminded me just how bad the reflections are in bright light . . . sooo hard to read, especially when wearing sunglasses. Were there any solutions that worked well for you Northerners this season?? I have noted a film from...

I've never flown in a Discus 2b but have fantasized about getting one someday. I do have a dozen or so flights in the font seat of a Duo Discus and while it's a *great* ship to fly, it doesn't have as much room in the front as our club's DG-1000 does (need room for keeping stuff during the flight)...

Could anyone help me out with an electronic copy of the schematic diagram for this radio please? Problem is suspected to be relay-related? Any advice appreciated. Paul Hodgetts

All, I have a new (to me) glider and trailer. Good rig, but like most things, capable of improvement. The ramp that extends from the back of the trailer for assembly has a single, car style scissor (spare tire) jack for raising and lowering the fuselage. It rocks back and forth a bit too much,...

At 18:06 10 August 2003, Nolaminar wrote: Has anyone ever experienced an FAA Ramp Check when involved with soaring? Any such experience at a meet or competiotion. Yup. 15-Meter Nationals at Tonopah. One pilot randomly selected by the inspector was asked to pull out of the take-off line until...

I have seen several videos on youtube lately where the glider pilot holds the tow release handle during all parts tow. I've been told it is taught this way by some in the UK. Sorry to pick on you folks on the other side of the pond as I love your country and can't wait to come over and glide with...

I am building a Duster Sailplane in my garage here in Eden Prairie, MN USA. I am attempting to revive interest building and flying the Duster sailplane. I have been working with Ben Jansson, the original designer of the Duster and I now have the ability to provide full size, high quality, scale...

I lost my best friend in a mid-air last November, a Cirrus hit a tow plane in Colorado, we had a mid-air at Parowan and now the mid-air in Uvalde! I'm going ballistic as in Ballistic recovery system (BRS). At my age there's no way I'm getting out of my ship unless it's straight and level and...

Just when you thought you've seen it all. Wings and Wheels has listed a beautifully restored 2-33 for a mere $75K http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds

I just checked the FAA databases, and it shows that John Kerry has, among other ratings, a Gilder Aerotow Only rating.

Saratoga NY, news report here http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3911217.shtml?cat=10114&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://xcmag.com/news/paragliding-and-hang-gliding-hit-by-coronavirus-pandemic/

On my way home from Nephi (towing my trailer with the RV) I stopped for fuel and found one of the bolts that holds the Al-Ko trailer tongue together was gone as can be seen in the picture he http://www.foxonecorp.com/images/20160703_154501.jpg In the picture you can see the front hole that has...

I am very interested in purchasing one or the other and having difficulty weighing the merits each of because of no direct experience with either. I would like to have some advice concerning reliability, resale values, performance and build quality. Can I compare apples and apples with these two?

Has anyone any experience yet with the new Lxnav Hawk Wind program? Sounds superficially to me like it might be an alternative to the Butterfly wind solution which is no longer readily available. And this program seems to avoid some of the Butterfly installation challenges?

I was trying to work out the expected height gain from a pull up Experienced glider pilots say you will get a better pull up with a heavier glider / water etc. But I can't see this from my (probably incomplete) equations: total energy = potential energy + kinetic energy total energy before pull...

The 'which glider should we make cheaply' , 'glider classes' and some of the traditional 'winter threads' seem to be based on the premise that if we could build a 40:1 sailplane for some nominal amount then the steady decline in worldwide sailplane pilot numbers can be stemmed. I am yet to be...

just revisited this software in its current version 5.2 Have to say this software has really matured and I was most impressed with it whilst flying with it yesterday. I particularly liked the custom terrain and waypoint downloading when setting it up. Check out http://xcsoar.org