USAF Request For Proposal: FA8617-10-R-6210 They need approximately 20 new gliders, several trailers, support equipment, spares and contract maintenance, for delivery at Colorado Springs, CO (USA) in the next two years.

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Hi, I am trying to calibrate a customer's EW Model D flight recorder. The calibration ran fine and there is a flight log in the unit, but I can't seem to transfer it to my PC. I am using the EW Windows Uploader program. I can connect to the unit and change settings in the unit and see the...

Hawke Tracking maps for the U.S. 15m Nationals at Uvalde, Texas. Google Maps - http://www.hawketracking.org/uvalde/files/tracking.htm Google Maps Larger - http://www.hawketracking.org/uvalde/files/trackinglarge.htm Mobile - http://www.hawketracking.org/uvalde/files/mobile.htm Google Earth -...

I've been using my SPOT1 tracker for a few years now, and helping others with theirs. I've compiled some 'good practices' notes that I thought I would share with the soaring community. These are just my own thoughts, and should not be taken as having any 'official' weight. If anyone has better...

Each day the task includes a steering turnpoint to line the gliders up with the active runway. Sometimes the steering point has a radius of 1000m (1km) and sometimes it has a radius of 2km. I tried to find an association between runway in use, or task type, and the radius but have found...

Hearing the rumours all over, that Szeged WGC is the worst organized worlds ever. Why these "east block" countries get the comps all the time? Playing the money card is total BS as if you fly $100K+ machines, you are afford to fly any where. Any thoughts?

This looks very bad. Pilot ok, but the truck driver in critical condition. http://picasaweb.google.com/itb.panorama/WGC2010GliderCrashSzegedHungary#

Near new, see Wings & Wheels page 10. Price reduced from $150,000 to $140,000. This economy sucks, nobody's buying toys! JJ

Last Saturday I let another club member fly my glider. As always, the 302A CFR was on and logging. He uploaded his flight to the OLC, but it doesn't show up in the Gold League scoring. His club affiliation appears to be fine, the .igc file is valid (green) and the flight is valid (green). The only...

Excuse me!! Would you stop for a moment?! O...man...Haven't you thought-one day- about yourself ? Who has made it? Have you seen a design which hasn't a designer ?! Have you seen a wonderful,delicate work without a worker ?! It's you and the whole universe!.. Who has made them all ?!! You know who...

I have the following items for sale: Winter barograph - last calibrated in 1988. Drum runs fine - come in homemade wooden case $50 Icom IC-A21 handheld navcom radio with manual, charger, rubber duck antenna $150

Does antone know the status of the Duckhawk? Windwards web-site hasn't been updated in a year. Are they still in business? Has it flown?

I am starting the annual on our club 2-33A. Our piton/TE probe combination has a break in it that is really not weldable. The last time I checked K & L was looking for a vendor and had no stock. Can anyone help me out? We are a small club trying to revitalize our operations. Eight active...

Well I've had a few flights in fiberglass gliders. A hop in the DG-1000 in Marfa was the first. I've also taken a ride in a Grob 103 although I was mainly an instructor passenger on that flight. Today a friend and sometimes student let me fly his Salto. What a hoot! I had read through several...

*** Search Ended. Thx *** Anyone selling their Sparrowhawk Sailplane. If so, you may PM me so I can contact you. I can PM you my phone number. I am located in Southern California. Thx, Bert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LET_L-13_Blan%C3%ADk "These are in effect typical of wood-and-fabric primary trainers such as the ASK 13, which the Blaník resembles in handling, though not in materials, construction and aerodynamics. For this reason, pilots trained in the Blaník require...

Folks: For those who have interest in APRS tracking, we have two pilots on task today. You can watch them soar in real time by using a Google Map program on http://aprs.fi You will need to enter their call signs of KI6RFR-7 and KI6RFQ-7

It appears that there has actually been progress on the Saqqara microlift glider: http://www.diloren.com/index01.htm as is evidenced by this pic: http://www.vole.ch/matmambo/diloren.jpg of a completed(?) example. Does anyone have anymore info on this? I've scoured the Dilorean site many times,...

I've volunteered to repair a non-functional ASK-21 fuselage dolly and to do it I need photos of one showing the original condition. Please, if you have one in working order, take a few shots of the steel frame works and email them to me. This one has a scissor jack welded into place between two...