After struggling with my home-made rigging gear and a sore back, I'm ready to purchase a proper one-man rigger. Any chance there's a used one out there for sale? Ship is a DG 800 with one-piece 18 meter wings.

This issue may be common knowledge but it was news to me and caught me by surprise last spring. The prior fall I tucked my Nano3 away for its long Chicago winter sleep. The battery was found dead in the spring. After I charged it back up I found that the recorder "seal" was broken (“DIGITAL...

On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 1:01:56 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:11:41 -0700, moshe.braner wrote: How large is the file? 780 MB. -- Martin | martin at

I'm passing on news below copied and pasted from the SSA website....

Hi Folks, Like it says - if you have a basic club-type audio vario, let me know... Regards Jon

Looking for examples of L-13 tow out gear. Has anyone designed and or constructed equipment to facilitate towing a L-13, 13ac, or 23 behind a vehicle? Now that I have mine flying again I am looking for a way to move it around the airport by myself. Boise Pilot

On Thursday, 20 September 2018 18:09:01 UTC-6, wrote: Clearnav club vario surplus to requirements. It has an analog pointer and comes with ADC, speaker, GPS aerial, on/off switch and can be easily upgraded to the x/c version. It's in excellent condition and ready to go. ...

Military A-14 dilutor demand/Pressure demand Regulator, fully refurbished and brought to day 0 in 2014, approximately 50 hour total on it. Also have hoses with bailout quick-disconnects, CRU-60 adapter for bailout bottle, 1 emergency bailout bottle, and Air Force MBU-12/P Mask with microphone...

in my iGlide data base and on my Oudie? FAA recently changed San Francisco Bravo airspace to a bit of a jigsaw puzzle. Where to I find current airspace files for the two nav tools? I'm pretty sure I know how to update the Oudie but how do I do that for iGlide? Thanks, Larry FP

Need a set of Gear Doors for a Duo Discus. 2 Place Nimbus 3 or 4 will also fit. ROY

Sebastian Kawa is ANNOYED - FRUSTRATED - DISGRUNTLED - EMBARRASSED - DISENCHANTED - DISILLUSIONED at the format of gliding competitions and the constant leeching that surrounds his every move. The world Champion provides a review of the problem and his suggestions for change. He has every right...

http://www.nadler.com/backups/GO_RedSox_take1.mp4

I just returned from the LAK factory in Lithuania where I discovered to my great surprise my former Ventus C (22 Tango) fully restored and ready to fly. The new owner, Martynas Bykovas would like to find a pair of 17.6 meter tips to enhance his soaring in the mild lift conditions prevalent in...

N90846 flew on 10/18/18 after about 10 years of being grounded by an AD that covered around 850 worldwide including approx. 125 in the USA. Due to Greg Mecklenburg’s efforts starting two years ago the FAA approved a repair. (See the article in SOARING a couple of months ago). Three gliders were...

Hello. I'm looking for a sailplane with my partner and we've come across a very nice ASW-19 that we are interested in. The aircraft has a maximum pilot weight of 196 pounds, which my partner just barely squeaks under with a parachute and will probably be over with drinking water and any other...

I like Top Hat a lot. But as with an attractive woman who seems to fulfill all your wishes, things aren't quite perfect. And like most men, I just want to make one tiny change. It's driving me crazy. :) I need two screens: Circling screen: automatically displayed when I started to circle. Zoomed...

I have at my disposal the insurance salvage of a PZL Krosno KR-03A Puchatek 2-seat glider. Almost all of the parts are up for purchase. Let me know your needs. Cheers, Mike Maskell Winnipeg, MB

Hi everyone, My name is Emir Sherbi, i'm a mechanical engineer from Argentina. With a partner who is an electronic engineer we've designed an electric self launching system that can be retrofitted in most of the composite sailplanes. Some of you may be saw my booth in the SSA convention in Reno...

These radios new are about $740 Are they good units? Are they reliable? Are they worth a S#*t? I'm looking for a new radio Thanks in advance

Just had a look at the "new and improved" coloring of forecast maps in SkySight. In the areas East of the Mississippi, are we ever going to see the warmer colors or even green again for thermal height? I know the answer: Nope Is Matt's favorite movie 'Frozen'? Herb