https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180920101605.htm With this technology could anyone win a soaring contest? Expiring minds want to know. ;-)

Hi, every now and then, we all have this chore of updating the flight book and the pilot log book with these hard to calculate hours and minutes. So several years ago, I made a web page for that. But that was even cumbersome, so now I have made an Android app for it, minimizing the number of key...

Can anyone provide a reference for someone that can do a pre-buy inspection at El Tiro Gliderport? I've already seen the glider in person and feel its a safe purchase but wanted to get a second opinion if I could. My two main concerns are the ballast system working after 10+ years of not being...

Has anyone else seen it? Has a nice sequence of an ASW-24 in the mountains. I was watching on an IMAX Dome which sort of distorted the image so I'm not sure if it was CGI or not, although I suspect it was. The film was about the 787 and featured Boeings chief test pilot. It sort of was a basic...

What are the minimum experience levels required at your club before a member is allowed to get out of gliding distance back to the home gliderport, i.e. go cross country? Thanks, Fred Houston, TX

I will be displaying my Tetra-15 at the Seattle Museum of Flight March 17 and 18. The Tetra-15 is the first article HP-24 that we made in Bob's and my shop over the last several years. I won't be able to take it to the SSA convention in Reno this year, but it will be on display in Seattle on the...

Hi, a few weeks ago we had some great WX here in WI, and I was flying with a friend and we got the Blanik up to 8000' MSL which (sadly) qualifies us for the State Two Seater Absulute Altitude and Altitude Gain records. Now the SC states that no declaration is required for altitude records...

I can't seem to find an acceptable location for my PF portable, so I am trying to sell it in favor of a brick. All antennae included, used twice. With or without RAM Mount and adapter plate. $1,150.00 mark (at) mmfabrication (dot) com

The video on this link may be disturbing to glider pilots. Cockpit area of glider in tree is shattered. You can read the article and not watch the video. http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_glider-crash-near-mt-mitchell-15167.shtml Pilot injured. Excerpt from...

Excellent article on the USNA/M-ASA summer soaring program... http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/091015soar.html?WT.mc_id=091016epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan M-ASA members Mike Higgins, Bob Jackson, Dave Pixton, and George Simms have been instrumental in working with the Naval Academy,...

This is sad news, but contains some information worth...

I have been reading the posts and archived posts and I am looking for some advice on a first glider. I will be spending quite a bit of time in a 2-22 and should have my licence in two weeks. Here are my experience details and performance hopes: Experience: Private pilots licence 140 hours...

Does anyone have a template or detailed instructions to make and apply the gap seal between flaperon and fuselage which many have told me I should have on my LS3?

I notice that a Schweizer 2-32 with a published L/D of 33 is handicapped at 1.500. This seems like a great bargain, the same as a Falke SF-25C at 1.500 but with only about 22 L/D. Are there other equally great deals out there ? Or any outstandingly heavily handicapped types ? Ian

I currently use the WP 8.0 with a GS-NAV unit. To make it work I use GPS-NAV 2 setting in the Hardware dropdown list (About screen). I had a look at the most recent version of WP (9.11 PRO) and noticed that the corresponding drop-down list no longer has GPS-NAV setting (it has: Other, CAI 302,...

Anyone know where I can get this movie? I understand it's not for sale anymore, so I've tried everything from amazon, to ebay, to torrents... no luck :( Thanks -tom

A rare opportunity to purchase this classic gilder. She has been very well looked after and flies like a dream. She has very low hours and launches (845 Hours & 361 launches as of May 2009). She has her original Gel coat, which is in very good condition. The flaps give good slow speed handling in...

Is anyone experienceing difficulty communicating with, getting parts from or information from DG ? Rick Lewis

Paul Adriance: I missed your original post regarding the accident. Will you be kind enough to post it again or send to to me by e-mail. Thanks in advance, Charles V.

Do any DVD's exist on Soaring? I still have an old VHS player if I have to get that format. Any information appreciated. john Orlando, Florida