Hi, I have been successful getting my iPAQ 310's backlight to stay on, but one of my customers is not having any luck. We played with the backlight settings both in the street navigation software and in the Windows CE shell. The unit stays on but the backlight goes dim after less than 1...

The tragedy of Darfur is not over. Africa must break its cycle of poverty. Africa needs a better transportation infrastructure. London businessman Saifee Durbar plans to build a railway from Cameroon, on Africa’s west coast, to Sudan, on the east coast. The railway will go through the Central...

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Does anybody know the tolerance or how to properly set the left and right Cobra surge brake cabling(where the surge brake rod running from front to axle meets the coupling for the left and right cable for each of the brakes). What I found, like most, is that the surge brake can make the...

My wife and I are visiting San Francisco, CA next month, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a gliderport nearby. I only hold a student cert so I would be going for a ride with an instructor, but even that would be great. thanks, -tom

Most of my Spot track points make it to the display page, but what my wife has noticed and complains about is the track points don't always arrive on the display page promptly. Often, two points show up at the same time, 20 minutes or more from the previously displayed point. She noticed this...

Im in the process of reskinning the trailer for the Cherokee and am nearly ready to start riveting aluminum. I plan to paint it a nice white to help avoid cooking my glider. Im thinking that a plain white trailer would be boring, what should I paint on it? A few suggestions were a side view...

Dear Colleagues and friends The University of Minho, in Portugal and Dare Institute in Cambridge, MA are inviting potential participants from various backgrounds for an online study on how adults differ in their reasoning about aging and problems. The purpose of this study is to explore an...

The truth is inescapable. The consequences are inevitable. Larry Sarner. He “invented” voting machines that did not work. He defrauded his investors and ended up in bankruptcy proceedings. The deniers are well advised to...

We are making this a turnpoint from our gliderclub in Arkansas. Only 46 nautical miles to the north of our club lies an old military airport that does not have a control tower. Easy to get in, they do have an FBO. The best part??? An old Southwest Airlines 737 turned into a restaurant right on...

In 1954 or 1955 I saw a short movie at a local theater about gliding. It was in black and white and involved young men building/repairing a glider in secret from the military/police. They winch launched the glider which was flown by their leader. The young pilot was wounded by a military rifleman...

Is there an STC for installing a Schweizer hook on a 150/150? I could just follow 43.13-2B Chap.8 and get a field approval but I'm trying to minimize the Fed involvement. Ideas? Thanks, Ed Byars

Congrats to Doug Levy (Hangman) who completed a 716km (445sm) OLC straight-out in his 1-26A. From his Inyokern, California launch to a landing in Deeth, Nevada, that's about 400 statute miles point-to- point. That's also a lot of work to get to someplace like Deeth, which Google only describes as a...

My homebuilt self-launching sailplane is getting very close to it's first flight. However, to make a long story short, I don't have any good place to install a total energy probe right now. I have an old variometer that I was planning on starting with, if it still works. Otherwise I may need to get...

I thought everyone already knew about it. But it seems I was wrong! The airport in AOSTA, Italy, is closed for major work on the runway. Ground vehicles are in full operations, and the runway at the moment is just a rough base layed in stones. The National Safety agecy will definitely declare any...

I'm spending a month vacationing in Dublin, Ireland. I was wondering if anyone here could recommend a relatively close-by glider club. I don't think I'll be here often enough to justify getting a BGA- acceptable medical, even though I'm rated in the US, but I'd still like to take a flight to check...

Very sad and unexpected news. Here is the notice on the Texas Soaring Association website: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dean Carswell after a sudden illness on Friday . Dean passed after a perfect day of glider flying, giving instruction, a little acrobatics, and...

Now that I am back in PA from Parowan, and after carefully packing my scoring computer in the bottom of my trailer, unofficial scores for Friday 7/3 and Saturday 7/4 have been posted. Changes reflect logs received late on 7/4 and optimization of start times for landout victims on 7/3 and 7/4. ...

as posted elswhere, the cherokee got back out tearing up the skies this weekend. weather was better than forecast but a challenge with high cirrus creating large shadows. Launch was about 1:30 PM. the day was really humid at Sunflower. A couple fiberglass ships had launched and were managing to...

Anyone know of a online POH, appreciate any help. Rich