A while back, I made a lever-type ramp jack for my Komet trailer. Simple, CHEAP (my middle name) and robust. Then I had a landout on a soft surface, and it was quite difficult to raise the glider. As a result, I designed (LOL) the MKII jack, incorporating a large aluminum plate for the wheels to...

Hi, I have a L-NAV vario version 5.8 with g-meter and GPS-NAV model 20 up for sale. I will include a USB to serial connector and an outside 12VDC power supply. The system has been recently refurbished and calibrated by Cambridge. 57 mm readout with brand new glass and a .5 liter flask...

Friends: Are there gliderports in the vicinity of New Orleans? When I googled "soaring gliding new orleans" the first document was a list of clubs from 1938 :) http://soaringweb.org/Soaring_Index/1938/PDF/1938_Dec_09.pdf Thanks,

Go to Google Earth. Find 31N and 24W. Set the Eye alt at 1500km (right lower corner) You will find it. It is perfectly visible. 3000 m below the surface of Atlantic.

Hi, I have finally added PowerFLARM to my web site. I have tried to make it a valuable resource with new photos and dimensional drawings not found elsewhere. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/flarm.htm I'm taking a lot of orders for PowerFLARM units. Group Discounts are shown on the web site. ...

Saw an article on the British artist Peter Lanyon, who was a glider pilot from 1959 to 1964 and who died from the effects of a glider crash in Devon on 27 August 1964 (he died three days later). His art was strongly influenced by gliding. I'd like to get more details on the circumstances of his...

Got this in my e-mail today. I guess any publicity is better than none but I got a kick out of some of the writers misunderstandings/ misconceptions. http://tarrytown.patch.com/articles/taking-flight-a-soaring-time-in-wurtsboro

More on the subject of the limitations of human physiology... Just ran across this great little segment of a BBC show called Horizon, on The McGurk Effect and thought it went nicely with the counting test and optical effects, but thought it deserved it's own thread. Watch your ears lie, despite...

I sorta hate to interrupt the conversations by asking a question about actual weather, but here we are... Last fall, I posted a question on "where's the next thermal" that got helpful responses. Somewhere in this group, a pilot made the observation that on some days, the thermals vanish...

The SSA/Region12 will be displaying gliders and a winch at the AOPA Airportfest. Come by and say "hello". It is free to get into Airportfest and activities are designed to be family friendly. Local SSA members from OCSA, Cypress Soaring, and AGCSC will be running the SSA Booth. Hope to see you...

Giants give City by the Bay its long-awaited title ARLINGTON, Texas – Buster Posey caught the final strike, started to rush the mound, then stopped and turned toward the dugout. The rookie catcher wasn't quite sure what to do or where to go. Hard to blame him, either. It's not as if the San...

As the US gets ready for the arrival of flarm, a big question on many US pilot's minds is, what about stealth mode? From an armchair piloting point of view, it seems that seeing gliders in a several km range, with climb rates attached, could be a major competitive issue. With this in mind,...

Some of the recent contests I've attended in the US had trouble getting tow pilots and enough towplanes. One issue was the controversial issue of do towpilots need commercial ratings to tow at a contest. I did just read an article that I wanted to share. I'm a bit behind on my reading but the Feb...

Where do those big holes in the spars of composite gliders come from? You know, the ones where they put the bushings that you insert the main pins through? Somebody with a big drill drills them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ3rISscO2I Thanks, Bob K.

The L-NAV in my new to me ASW20 is not functioning properly. The unit will shut off and re-boot randomly. It does not happen every flight, sometimes will happen only once and then stop and other times it just continues to shut off and re-boot. I am about to pull the unit and replace the internal...

With more than 1,000 members of world-wide origins, the Vintage Glider Club, founded 1973 by Chris Wills in England (see: http://www.vintagegliderclub.org/ ), is one of the largest gliding clubs world-wide, with the aim of 'keeping history alive'. Annual highlight of its activities is...

Toward the bottom of this page: http://www.gliderpilot.org/FlarmExternalDisplays is a picture of a SeeYou screen displaying Flarm data. I don't understand the situation involving the glider that is displayed as "Enemy." If it is 466m higher than "my" glider, why is it a threat?

Yesterday at Urs's FLARM presentation at the PASCO seminar, he demonstrated some of the the fallibility of the human eye/visual recognition system with a few videos, which were really ....eye opening. Hopefully a recorded (and edited, since it almost spiraled into a ras debate a few times...)...

I am assisting in researching the current details of the six LS-1 sailplanes that flew at the 1970 World Championships at Marfa, Texas. Specifically looking for those LS-1's that flew at Marfa that might be registered now in the USA. 1970 Standard Class champion was Helmut Reichmann of...

From "AVweb": "Risks" identified by a DOT's Office of Inspector General (IG) report earlier this month "will impact the cost, schedule, and expected benefits of ADS-B" and may feed off of each other until addressed by the FAA. The Inspector General said the greatest risks to...