Posting this to help people find info on adding tow hooks to airplanes. I occasionally get direct email inquiries on tow plane hitch installations because of posts I made long ago about installing a tow hitch on a Cessna 180 using the Javelin STC. I have no expertise, I'm just trying to help...

Howdy Senior Glider Competitors, I'm refurbishing the seniors website tab on www.soarfl.com and need some history and trivia. Does anyone know who won the seniors from 1990-1997? Not listed on the ssa's website. Also, any trivia, tidbits, etc would be greatly appreciated so I can do this...

It's Janis Joplin's birthday today. Happy birthday, Janis. Sing with me... Oh Lord, won't you buy me a ClearNav Display? My friends all fly Oudies, I must beat them today! I've tried all the others, they just get in my way. So Lord, won't you buy me a ClearNav Display?

Hello to you all! Old man just getting started in sailing. Moving to Las vegas, so I'm going to hold off on club for now, but my question is what to learn 1st. FAA Test to get my solo, along with atmospheric condition information. Going to Club here in Cincinnati and offer a fee hand to help them...

Serial number FLAPFC10A-000277 Display serial number V2-12163 See the glidersource.com ad for pictures: http://glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=579 Includes: 1 PowerFlarm Brick unit 1 V2 - Standard Display 1 Remote Flarm channel "A" antenna

Anybody looking for a tow pilot in or around North Carolina? I got someone wanting to do it in your area.

PZL K-13A compass including housing in good shape - make me an offer Trutrak pictorial T&B - $300 including US shipping OBO Ramy (ryanetz at yahoo.com)

Light and bushel barrel stuff??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRqhBF4PXcw BTDT? Dead Horse Point State Park... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrUk8tpL7tQ d boB ---

I am in search of a tail dolly for a Grob 102 Standard Astir III IMI sells various tail dolly’s including several that fit the Grob Astir CS, Astir Jeans, and Astir 77. Would anyone know if these might also fit the 102 Standard Astir III? Same fuse or different? Thanks in advance. Scott

Any of you guys ever used or heard of using the old silica packs they used to sell in cans to absorb moisture? I know they used to have them and still do (sorta) basically packets that over time remove humidity in the air...my trailer sits in a dark barn that tends to attract moisture, so I figure...

Bonjour Réparations Emetteurs Avions, Bateaux et Terrestres - Transmitter Repair Fournitures Aéronautique et Marine - Piles et Accumulateurs - Composants obsolètes - Amplificateurs large bande Pièces appareils de mesures tableaux de bord - Antennes HF, VHF, UHF - Câbles - Réglages sur terrain Nous...

Good observation, Bill. Most long wingers have found it best to keep the nose pointed towards the outside of the turn. It helps the climb. Your yaw string should be telling you to, "Put your foot in the inside hole". Just don't do it. Does that make sense? JJ Sinclair

I understand that there was a long thread on this subject some time ago. Unfortunately I haven't been able to locate it. If someone could send me a link that would be greatly appreciated. In any case, I'm looking for information on real incidents/accidents that have cause damage to the tail boom...

http://www.solar-impulse.com/fr/index.php Here's a link to the new dream by Bertrand Piccard. It looks very much like a (motor) glider, to me. ....'round the world with solar power... Aldo Cernezzi

Hey guys, I am wondering if any of you know the size of the O-ring for the ballast connection that comes out of the wing of a LS-6A? Also, my front air vent keeps opening up just enough to create a very loud whistle when I get the glider going faster than 100 knots. It gets quite annoying to keep...

Authored by Hiroshi Seo and Peter Selinger. English version. Published by Airworks in Tokyo. It this book available anywhere...for sale? GA

Hi all, Peter Millenaar from Holland has made a new video. It begins as a jojo-flight in an ASK-21, but later on they do some aerobatics (split-S?) and finally they fly and land !! in close formation with another ASK-21. Click on Video's on the left. There's a large (500mb) and small...

Just received a note from Rage Battery that the Power Sonic PS-1270 12V 7AH is on sale through next week for $8.95 A good oppotunity to swap out your old ones, and maybe even buy a few extra for the club. OC

Folks: Thanks for your patience. The stories/daily reports and scores for the recently completed Region 12 contest are now online. Use the SSA Contest link at http://www.ssa.org/ContestResultsDetail.asp?id=236 We had little points glitches to iron out, and I gave up on getting a tabbed score...

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