Save the date(s)!!! The 2016 Canadian National Soaring Championships will be hosted at York Soaring Association. York Soaring is located 1.5hours NW of Toronto, ON. Our field supports room for a limited number of RV's, nearly unlimited camping potential a modern club house, showers, ample...

Hello all, I have a really good set up that has worked with no issues. V7 with a IGC LXNav mini box flarm connected to an Oudie 2. I'm thinking of putting a Flarm view 57 into the panel. Has anyone else done this?

my soon to be wife an i want to take a propeller, and use it as our guestbook at our wedding. yes... our guestbook. we are going to paint it, and then have people sign the prop with silver sharpie. anyone know a good place to find a cheap scrap prop?

I'm re-plumbing and re-wiring a Nimbus 2 cockpit and want to know why there are filters in some of the instrument tubing. There is a filter on the nose mounted pitot tube as well as on the static tube from the tail boom. There was no filter/gust filter on the TE tube, nor on the four nose mounted...

Looking for a replacement for my recently deceased Borgelt B40. Anyone have something similar they would like to sell?

For the sake of convenience in getting started with using the Condor Glider Flight Simulator, I've compiled some of the currently available resources on Condor. Other than some compilation of information, I don't offer anything new here that Scott Manley hasn't already offered to the world after...

Sorry I didn't manage a blog this year, but enjoy: http://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2311&show=blog&id=4168&ContestName=18+Meter+National See ya, Dave

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On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 12:06:07 PM UTC-4, BruceGreeff wrote: Can anyone direct me to a source of good/repairable Grob CS77 wings? Looking for Starboard primarily/specifically. Have some that are beyond economical repair... Any advice gladly received. Location is South Africa,...

Anyone able to get this pair to communicate seamlessly both ways? I get GPS data from Air to Oudie but not other settings like McCready, etc. Thanks, Mark

Hi, This is a very nice "intro to soaring" video - with English subtitles. Well done! https://youtu.be/vpTv6kcqPaI Best Regards, Paul Remde

It's never too early to sign up for Mifflin! Monday May 23 - Saturday May 28 (Practice Day Sunday May 22) http://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2336 A few items of note: Mifflin Soaring Assoc has taken over sponsorship of the contest. Karl and Iris are still part of Team Mifflin, they're just are...

The wife of one of our club members came up with this list, except for the BBQ restaurants, I added all of those. All winners here. River Falls Spa, downtown Greenville http://www.riverfallsspa.com/ The Spa at West End https://www.westendspa.com/ Cooking lessons/event: Charleston Cooks ...

Sundance Aviation in conjunction with the Albuquerque Soaring Club will host it's second OLC camp from June 4th til June 12th. Entry fee will be $200.00. For more details contact Sundance Aviation at (505-832-2222) or Bob Hudson (ASC pres.) at 505-832-5072 ).

I am trying to get the seatbelts in our club Grob 103 (Twin II) rebuilt to save some money over buying new ones. Unfortunately, the tags are worn and unreadable. I need that part number so the seat belt shop can recertify.. Does anybody have a parts manual or can you look at the belts in your...

Just got my Discus back from the shop and noticed the rudder pedal adjustment cable is not attached to the "adjustment mechanism" between the rudder pedals. Can anyone shed some light on how to reattach (is there a diagram somewhere)? I think there may be a spring missing as well. Thanks, Jim

I updated the SSA.org "News" item under Member Resources - Weather to fix broken links. It now contains same information included here. Walt Rogers

Hi Everyone! Our club has been considering the Pipistrel Taurus as an addition to our fleet. Does anyone have any experience with it, or any thoughts regarding its potential (or lack thereof!) in a club environment? Don't tear each other apart, please... I've seen y'all get viscous on here before...

What are the medical requirements to fly a glider solo aged 62. ? In the Past I have had a Class 2 If I renew my PPL, I need a class 2 Medical. annually renewable. If I downgrade my licence to an NPPL I need a LAPL medical? how long does it last aged 62 ? Also I have contacted my Local...

Thanks guys. Yes, LXE can export the required .lxa file that the 7007 will read for the airports database. The problem is to produce the .lxa file, you need to have an airport database to point the LXE software to. The directory that the LXE software looks to contains files with several types of...