Pilot Registration Forms are now available for this event - shoot me an e-mail if you need a copy. Brief details of the event follow: Tucson Soaring Club wishes to invite pilots to participate in a soaring meet this coming May. When: Friday May 13th to Saturday May 21st, 2011 Whe El Tiro...

Well, today dawned foggy again, but at least I wasn’t accosted by the hawk family on my run. I think I was early enough so they couldn’t see me go by in all the fog. At the morning meeting, weatherman Ray Galloway told us that the synoptic weather conditions were pretty much the same as...

Do you have a 15M glider? Please Help! Aussie pilots looking for gliders to hire or swap for the Pre-Worlds 2011 & WGC 2012 Peter Trotter and Lisa Trotter are on the Australian team to fly 15M in the WGC 2012 in Uvalde. We are searching for two 15M gliders to compete in. We are both very...

This happened to most of us - after interesting flight you would like to show the flight track to your fellow pilots and friends. The easiest way out is sending IGC file by Email. But there are two problems. First you have to find appropriate IGC file (they all have this short eight letter cryptic...

Hi, I have updated my ClearNav web page with the latest images and design news about the new ClearNav variometer. Some of the data on the available upgrades/versions is quite speculative, but based on conversations with Richard Kellerman over the last few...

1. Dust Up Soaring Competition-2011 in Ephrata, WA http://soaringcafe.com/2011/03/dust-up-soaring-competition-2011-in-ephrata-wa-4/ The Ephrata Dust Up is a soaring event which is organized by the Seattle Glider Council. The Dust Up is a three-day soaring event in which first-time-competitors take...

Cool...i have an lx5000. Is this auto default or must I configure?

I'm using parallels on my MacBook to run SeeYou on Windows XP and quite happy with the solution, pretty much transparent as it's possible to make the Windows app look like it's running natively on the Mac's desktop. Another option is http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/ which...

Here are a couple of things I've been asked about several times. I thought I would post here for wider distribition: Hint #1 - If your glide computer or PNA can't handle the airspace file for the entire US, consider making a custom extract of a smaller region. Here is how you do it: 1. Go to...

Hi there, I have about 70 ft. of 5.5 mm silicone tube that I used to seal my canopy. The manufacturer is selling it in 100 ft section and that is how I ended up with that excessive amount. If anyone has an interest of buying it, please call me at 509-380-4106. Jacek Pasco, WA

This story ( http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316222022.htm ) may explain some encounters with birds. A couple of weeks ago I had a red tail hawk glide nonchalantly across my flight path between the tow plane and me.

The Soaring Cafe Team will be launching a new site this weekend to provide a more interactive experience for pilots, crews and friends. The*http://SoaringCafe.net will focus next week on the U.S. Seniors contest being held at Seminole-Lake Gliderport in Florida where it has been hosted for many...

Hello! Convincing a Volvo driver (in my case, a girl) for having a test-drive I was accepted into the present Volvo campaign (Romania). Winner will be the one with highest unique views for his link. My link is this: http://www.unlimitednaughty.ro/camera/video/concurent/Marian-Briceag (for English...

Hawke Tracking LLC has the 2011 Seniors SPOT tracking map up and running. The real-time tracking map can be seen at the following URLs URL's a Google Maps - http://www.hawketracking.org/snats/files/tracking.htm Google Maps Large -...

I’m writing this report after stuffing myself silly at the superb Welcome dinner hosted by Andreea and Florin Alexandrescu in the ‘back hangar’ (which, according to rumor, is also where many of the Bass Pro Shop commercials are shot). You know Mike Fuller the owner is a real fishing nut because...

The old rules said "Stay in the middle of the air; don't go near the edges of it." Is it time for a rule change? At 12:02 14 March 2011, Walt Connelly wrote: Dan Bourgeois;765377 Wrote: I was just forwarded this survey and thought I'd pass it on. The topic is reducing glider mid-air...

My deepest sympathy and heartfelt sorrow goes out to my friend Takeshi and every other glider pilot in Japan, during these very difficult times. I hope no-one of the glidng community has been directly injured by such catastrophic events, but I understand the burden will be great on the whole...

Does anyone know how well Sony's "iSweep" panorama mode works in a glider? Does anyone know how visible the screen is on Sony's or Samsung's cameras with OLED screens? -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyTCZxjNr_w Came into thermal just below 1500 and left at 5+. 8.5 average and occasional 10+. I have the full flight coming soon but need to edit down a bit. Karl ended up 3rd on this task, incredible flight! Thanks Karl! What a blast.

Krey Field will be open Sunday, April 3rd & alternate Sundays thereafter in order to acommodate the Cypress & Antelope Valley soaring clubs. Tows will be available to private gliders, and we're hopeful enough pilots will fly to convince John Krey to open every Sunday. Wind shear is usually working...