I'm a glider pilot from Michigan. I don't own a glider. I like to travel around and rent at various locations in the US. I've just been to Williams Soaring Center. They have very very good ships to rent such as Duo, ASW24 and ASW27 all with ClearNav. SoaringNV in Minden also has great...

Good Morning, We're looking for photos we can use in ClearNav Adverts - in the banner. Refer to the ClearNav Media section to see use examples. (http://clearnav.net) Something like the photo in the link below would be perfect - but many other soaring shots with a horizontal orientation could...

I generally build and modify a file called TFR.txt for the temporary airspaces we see each summer. That's pretty easy, as there's lots of other R airspace to use as a guide. Wishing to build a file with "glider area" airspace... Like many other things, haven't got it right yet. What are the...

Fantastic collection of soaring history online. The Lakes Gliding Club in the UK has scanned the British Gliding magazines beginning with 1930, and mo http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/oldsandgmagazines.htm Here is the 1970 Marfa (TX) World Soaring Championship article (from the British...

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Looking to touch up the interior of my early 80's Nimbus and have been searching for that "just right" grey color in a rattle can (USA market). I've looked at Krylon, Rustoleum and Valspar. So far the Valspar "smoke infusion" color (85039) is closest, but it's still a bit on the light side. ...

This may be of interest to folks located in the SF Bay Area: Glider pilots have a special interest in unmanned flight as we can be very difficult to "see and Avoid" by a drone... But I want a few hundred myself to locate thermals for me :-) http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=463

On Saturday, March 2, 2013 9:32:03 PM UTC-7, GM wrote: http://www.jobyaviation.com/home Anyone having more details on this one? GM How would you take off or land in a 20kt wind? Think about the scenarios and wing angle of attack for higher wind speeds.. Just sitting on the ground the...

Today we lost a generous and great friend, a wonderful father, and an incredible meteorologist. Doug Armstrong passed away unexpectedly this morning. He was known by all out west as the "go to" weather guy. Doug was best known for his fabulous forecasting techniques and has devoted countless...

I'm looking for a Discus 2bx to fly in the U.S. Sports and/or Std Nats this coming season. I'm after this particular model because it has the same fuselage as my V2bx and I know I'll fit ;-). If you are interested in a rent/trade agreement, please contact me at 'paynterfgmailcom' TIA, TA

Details he http://www.foxonecorp.com/index.php/gliders-for-sale

I'm looking for a Digital Average Display (DAD) for a Borgelt B40 Vario. New or used. Only 300 hours on the instrument.

I have posted many new photos on the facebook albums. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gariep-Dam-Aviation/372929066109847 In case you were wondering, for the current season the top four OLC airfields are all in Southern Africa. Namibia is way ahead - with large pilot contingents and an earlier...

Am I the only one that notices that the ras site has been inop since 12/18?

Merry Christmas to all! I wish I had a self-launcher... The view from my living room windows: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B56GTWPvapkqSzdiSlgwbHpvNGM/edit

Take a look at the Marfa, TX airport's runway 22 on GoogleEarth. (30 22' 25.92N, 104 00' 39.46" W) Is that Burt Compton?

http://www.soaringspot.com/wgc2012/results/

Club Class: Used to be the case that the Cirrus / Libelle / LS1 / ASW15 level of performance was the way to go. But more than 2/3rds of the field are now flying higher performance ships (Taking the hit on handicap of course). Wasn't the Club Class originally intended as somewhere for the...

Group, I have a Corel Draw file for an ASI that I need converted to a format I can open. Does anyone have the ability to do this for me. Please contact at kevin.christner at gmail Best regards, Kevin

The US Team Committee will be holding an election for a position on the committee. Please see the SSA home page for details, or contact Peter Deane, Sarah Arnold, or myself for particulars. Please have your regional director nominate you and then forward a short bio for the election. Richard...