We had a great time at Ephrata this year. The organization was superb and the weather even better. This is clearly a great soaring site that rivals Uvalde in many ways and it is much cooler. I can't say enough about how well run everything was there from the soaring activities to the social...

Nimbus 3D 25.6M Span SN # 11 1992 ~650 hrs TT. Alum. Cobra. SN-10B both seats with Garmin GPS , Ilec SB-9. EW Microrecorder (w/ SD Card) and PDA cradles both cockpits. Dittel Radio, Becker Transponder, EDS O2, Full Jaxida covers, 2 Softie Parachutes. Full System ready to Fly ...

I know it's been done, but I don't know HOW to do it. We (JABOGers) would like to set up a page that displays the tracking information for several SPOT units in tracking mode. If you know how do accomplish this, please post here! Sorry if this has been covered, I couldn't find a 'how to' using...

Experimental Soaring Association 2009 Western Workshop Friday evening Sept. 4 – Monday Sept. 7, 2009 (Labor Day Weekend) Mountain Valley Airport (L94), Tehachapi, California RSVP and Pre-registration not required –just come and register at the door Registration will be $18 for the whole...

I have returned from my weekend at IVSM 2009. What a blast. I really enjoyed flying off Harris Hill and could've stared at the beautiful gliders and visited with the pilots for days and days. I did manage to get a couple good soaring flights in, one hour in the ASK-13 and an hour and 45 minutes...

Hi, I have been doing a lot of playing with my iPAQ 310 and SeeYou Mobile for PNA. Somehow the unit is now in a mode in which I can't turn it off so that it stays off while connected to the wall charger. Every time I turn it off it turns itself right back on. If I disconnect it from the wall...

Toying with the idea of selling my Salto Project. Anyone seriously interested in a Salto please email me directly Plane is currently in California north of San Fran. Cheers Al

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20081007X17184&ntsbno=SEA07FA277&akey=1

Has anyone a electronic copy or website link to download.. i have a hard copy but not to hand TIA

http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-1011074.html -Gonzo

A number of recent fatalities seem to involve some sort of competition. Here's another one. This glider crash in France was reported in the Wall Street Journal because one of the pilots was the head of a large hedge fund. He was 49 and had been flying gliders since he was 16. The other pilot...

According to the SSA webpage: "Follow the 18 meter national soaring championships on Twitter "There’s something new with the 2009 18 Meter National Soaring Championships. We’re going to report on the contest, in real time, on Twitter. As you may know, Twitter is the micro-blog site that allows...

I love this glider, I don't want to sell it to buy a glider with more legroom. But unfortunately, I am one tall son of a gun. I fly with the rudder pedals ALL the way out, the seat back ALL the way back......and barefoot!. I have tried taking the seatback out and that is too uncomfortable with...

Maybe I am in error, and if so I apologize, but I cannot help but think the good ol' insurance companies may be trying their usual rip-offs. As a renter I am asked to have $20,000 hull insurance on an FBO G-103 so I can take the occasional friend up into the aerospace - no problems - seems fair...

Anyone know anything about the US 18-Meter Nationals today? Nothing on the SSA website. Twitter report only says "Gumbo feed on the clubhouse deck tonight."

See: www.flsc.org January 5, 2009 Dear Contestant, Once again it’s time to firm up your plans to attend the Region III Contest hosted by Finger Lakes Soaring Club in Dansville, NY. The

Hi, I flew a friend's LS-6 the other day that is equipped with an L-Nav. After being towed through some great thermals I released and noticed that the L-Nav was pegged at +10 with a matcing audio tone that would not reset itself. I turned L-Nav off and on again and everything was fine after that....

Looks like I'll need to obtain a new Experimental Airworthiness Cert., which will cause me to go through an FAA Inspection. I'll need to redo a couple of placards, one being the airspeed limits with weight and balance info. Can I create on the computer, print to size, laminate and double stick tape...

Yesterday we had a visit from Schempp Hirth, having the brand-new Arcus prototype in their luggage. A couple of pilots from my club had the occasion for a flight - first impressions were enthusiastic to say the least. Assembly is similar to the Duo Discus. The wings are significantly lighter than...

Question for any weather guru's out the I have had a wonderful season so far this year. I've had many 4-5 hour flights cross country. I'm trying to figure out the XCSkies weather features. The CAPE has shown 0-300 almost everytime I've gone soaring so far this year. It's never above 0-300...