Can someone help me with the 2009 handicap list? Thanks, Sam

All - Does anyone know of any good books or articles on the nuts-and- bolts / common-strategies of how to fly the various competition task types? I'm still waiting on my copy of Winning II, but Reichmann and Brigliadori don't really touch on these and the competition rules only define what the...

The 2009 Junior Calendar is now on sale. The oversized calendar measures 17x22" when hung on the wall and is printed on 100lb high gloss paper. The pictures were taken by junior pilots Ryan Vihlen, Trace Lewis and Michael Westbrook throughout the country. All profit from sales will go to help the...

Any comments on the article "Rules of Thumb for Cross-Country Flying" by Alfred Ultsch in the October 2008 issue of SOARING. Apparently also discussed in the following: Kurbein oder Weiterfliegen, Sigelfliegen, Ausgabe 3, 2005 and Strategishe Entscheidungen beim Streckenflug Ausgabe 3,...

I am interested in knowing how other pilots feel about the preferred sequence of implementation of safety tools in our cockpits, under latter flight stress, for: a field landing, a tree landing, or a water landing. The scenario is: no crew, flight over ...

Occasionally when I try to change the MHz setting on my Becker AR4201 radio the radio tunes in the wrong direction. In particular, turning the outer knob clockwise should increase the MHz but sometimes decreases it (and this is not when it hits the maximum value, where that would be normal). Has...

Reducing inventory. Used, but like new Mercedes car jacks for sale. All are aluminium body. Excellent for do it your selfer. Useable for wing riggers, adjustable wing stand, adjustable fuselage dolly track and trailer stabilizers and other uses. Will sell at my cost for $25.00 each plus shipping....

I just bought a 2008 CR-V with no expectation of towing anything with it, but the book says it will tow up to 1500 pounds, so now I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to add a hitch so I can tow a utility trailer, and the glider for short hauls or when the primary tow vehicle isn't available. I...

With the close of the 2008 OLC season, I have to note that two of my colleagues at Tucson Soaring Club (Randy Acree and Tony Smolder) came in with the overall largest number of cross-country points and TUSC as a club overall came in third behind Albuquerque Soaring and Warner Springs Gliders. As a...

If you have any first hand experience auto launching a Ventus b, please contact me by e-mail. Thanks in advance

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Folks, I know I should post this to the SeeYou forums, but I'm having issues resetting my password. I'm looking for a SeeYou DLL in the prescribed IGC format for validating the SeeYou G-Record. I already have the stand alone DOS application from SeeYou; that's not what I need. I want the DLL...

I keep getting an error message when I click on the info link. Anyone else seeing this? Could be our WISP is having problems AGAIN! thanks, Brad

I have a b0rken hx4705 that I'd like to get repaired if that's cheaper than getting a replacement on ebay. The display is cracked and non- functional (a casualty of my Mother's Day bounce), but it works on activesync. Does anyone have any recent experience with a repair house? I've google'd a few...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/17/buckypaper.invention.ap/index.html Pretty interesting stuff. Just how light will they be able to make microlight gliders? Too light to fly in a breeze?

I'm looking for advice on how to repair some minor surface damage to the Prestec finish on my LS-3? The damage consists of some scratches on the leading edges, scratches on the wing top (only through top layer of finish) and a 1/2" wide by 4" long dimple on the wing upper surface (shop rash not my...

I'm looking for advice on how to repair some minor surface damage to the Prestec finish on my LS-3? The damage consists of some scratches on the leading edges, scratches on the wing top (only through top layer of finish) and a 1/2" wide by 4" long dimple on the wing upper surface (shop rash not my...

Here's a bit of good news: the Douglas County Commissioners (Minden is located in Douglas County) have over the past few months realized what a national treasure their airport is to soaring pilots, and want to encourage the soaring community to come fly here. In fact a recently completed Airport...

Anybody out there use a Serial to USB adapter to transfer flights from their Cambridge Model 20 GPS-NAV? Does it work? Any problems? Which model adapter do you use? I'm planning on upgrading my equipment, and I won't have a 9 pin serial port on my new computer? I'd like to get rid of my old...

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=415267746 Reference the above flight from this last weekend. In late fall no less. We had 7 private owner ships flying, but only 3 of us were recording that day. There were some really fun flights by everyone. Now back to the...