Thanks for this. OLED ought to be better in high brightness environments so it's reassuring that it is. It looked to me like Apple didn't set the max brightness on the iPhone X as high as I would have liked, but I could only experience it in the store. Seems like one reflection problem is off the...

US Racing Pilots 2020 Rules are now posted on the SSA website and can be found he https://www.ssa.org/ContestRules For pilots flying in FAI-class Nationals (that is all Nationals except Sports Class), please read the waiver found on the same page that describes which FAI paragraphs for...

US Competition Pilots Happy Nee Year. A summary of proposed rule changes for the 2020 season is now available at: https://www.ssa.org/ContestRules For the Rules Committee Andy Blackburn, Chair

US Competition Pilots The Minutes of the Fall 2019 are now available on SSA.org at the following address: https://www.ssa.org/ContestRules Consistent with the RC's stated intent announced in 2018, all FAI Class National Contests in 2020 will be flown under FAI task definitions and scoring...

All, The results of the 2019 SSA Pilot Opinion Poll are now posted on SSA.org. Thanks to all those who took the time to provide their input. https://www.ssa.org/files/member/2019_SSA_Pilot_Opinion_Poll_Results.pdf Andy Blackburn Chair, SSA Contest Rules Committee

US contest pilots. The 2019 SSA Contest Rules Pilot Opinion Poll is now open and will remain open through October 20, 2019. You must be on the SSA Pilot Ranking List to participate. We look forward to your input. You can access the poll online at:...

Results of the US Competition Rules Committee 2018 Poll are now posted on the Contest Rules and Process page of SSA.org. Thanks to the large number of pilots who provided responses and detailed feedback. The Committee looks forward to further input and dialog as we head into the 2019 season....

Only one day left! So far, poll responses are up 15% from 2017 and are up an impressive 30% from two years ago, but there are many of you out there who haven't responded yet. If you have flown a US contest in the past three years we want your feedback! Participation in the annual rules poll is...

Your opinion matters! We are at record levels of poll participation, but really want to hear from as many US racing pilots as possible. Anyone who has flown an SSA-sanctioned contest over the past three years is eligible to participate. Regional and occasional racers, we want to hear from you...

US Racing Pilots and other interested parties: The 2018 SSA Competition Rules document is now available on the SSA website: http://www.ssa.org/ContestRules In a further move towards consolidation and simplification, the rules for all classes and levels of competition are now contained in a...

The SSA Contest Rules Committee will be holding its annual meeting next month near San Francisco, California. We would like to invite all interested pilots to join us for an evening gathering on Saturday November 15th for socializing and free-form discussion of all forms of competitive soaring in...

Just seen a mention on a website about gliding in Myanmar(formerly Burma) at a place called Taungbbi. Anyone got any more info? I'm currently working in myanmar for 3 months, and it'd be great to get it in my logbook! Regards, Andy

I agree with Astir CS and club Astir, also K23. Haven't flown any of the higher performance stuff..If you're looking for wooden ships, then try a Skylark 4 - huge armchair of a cockpit! But probably not too many for sale over there. Forget Ka6 and early DG ships... Andy

Try mailing Boris Kozuh: or He lives in Ljubiana, Slovenia, but also flies regularly in Croatia. He seems to know an awful lot of people in both countries, and would be worth contacting. His english isn't brilliant, but good enough. Keep us...

Anyone know how to move waypoints from my old trusty GPS 90 to my 'new' Garmin V? Also does anyone have a copy of the manual/handbook for the V, that I can buy/copy/loan? Many thanks...

Will you lot just sod off to another site and keep your yank politics where they belong-ie; in your country! (somewhere where it should have remained), and leave this site for gliding and soaring!!!!!!! The world is in enough trouble from american politics without it b*ggering up RAS as...

now I know why I live in Europe...

I live in the area (Aschaffenburg). I can recommend Babenhausen, Aschaffenburg(EDFC), Gelnhausen, Langenselbold and Obernau. Babenhausen is winch and aerotow, EDFC aerotow only, as is gelnhausen. the other 2 are winch only. Unless you've got your own a/c, then the normal procedure is a wazz round...

When I drove winches for the air cadets, we often had problems with bits of cable flying about in the cab. On the old Eagle winches there are 2 drums, one of which is directly in front of the driver. If the cable 'threw a loop' then it would rattle against the totally inadequate metal grille that...

When I flew for the Air cadets, we used to just tie a reefknot in the cable and tape over the 'tails' with the same tape as racing cyclists used to use for their handlebars(basically cloth tape) . You need to leave about 4' tails. This worked fine and takes about 30 seconds to do with a good team....