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Our clubs new glider by
Brad
Recently our Club, Evergreen Soaring, bought an APIS 13M from Robert
Mudd. Through a lot of dedicated work by our chief CFIG, we began
checking out pilots last weekend to fly her. There were about a half
dozen or so of us who got the check out and there were more than
enough smiles to go...
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Compaq Pocket PC Repair by
Ken Pruchnick
I have a Compaq Aero 1500 Pocket PC that has a crack in the upper
third of the screen. It worked for awhile but now the upper half of
the screen is blank, but the bottom half seams to work ok. If I touch
the upper right blank corner of the screen it seems to work, but the
upper half is still blank....
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2004 Barnaby Lecture [Denver] by
F.L. Whiteley
Just in case you're free Oct 16, 7PM, hungry, and in the area.
Call NSM for reservations. $30 for lecture and dinner, by check and mail
now! No CC's.
Ralph S. Barnaby Lecture
October 16, 2004
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Denver Renaissance Hotel, Denver, Colorado
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The Puchacz incident: check the sticks! by
Janusz Kesik
On the Polish newsgroup there appeared a posting regarding an incident =
of Puchacz that occured on 2.10.2004 in Gdansk club. Its stick (in front =
seat) has broken near the main screw that fixes the stick, due to tired =
material (there was a growing crack). The glider has circa 1500h flown.
The...
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FS: L-23 Super Blanik for parts by
Matti Adolfsen
Hi!
In the beginnig of this season our club's Super Blanik was damaged in a
hard landing. The wreck is for sale either for parts, or the whole
plane. With/without instruments and radio (Dittel FSG-71).
The damaged areas start from the aerotow release, the bottom of the
fuselage was flattened. The...
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For sale: Mosquito (Denmark) by
Lars P. Hansen
One-of-a-kind Glasflügel Mosquito with new gelcoat for sale, price Euro
21.000. Check the details at
http://www.segelflug.de/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=18917&exact_match=on&query=retrieval
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Replace numbers with post1.tele.dk to e-mail me...
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'Thermal City' by
Ray Lovinggood
There is a small community in the foothills of the
Appalachain Mountains in North Carolina, USA, named
'Thermal City.' No kidding! Take a look at the state
road map:
http://207.4.62.65/GISftp/default.asp?directory=\DOTStateTravelMap
&download=rutherford.jpg
It's located at approximately 35deg...
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Elder Statesman/Most Senior Glider Pilot? - Otto Zauner by
Mike Fadden
One of our club members has been approached by a local newspaper
reporter wanting to do story on him. It seems the reporter was tipped
off that he may be the oldest glider pilot in southern New Jersey. The
subject of the story would be Otto Zauner, a name that may be familiar
to many of you who...
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thermal lift by
ekantian
i am searching for any studies / info on the variation of rising
versus sinking air & specifically the variation of the maximum rate of
rising air within convective thermals.
i am curious how this max lift rate changes with thermal size / total
thermal energy. are larger "spikes" due to smaller...
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Glider Noises by
Jerz Rossignol
Hi Guys,
My LS-6a makes some serious humming noises. Not wind noises, not
loose gap seal tape noise, not noises from the glider not being
aligned with the airflow, not noises from my gear doors. The noise is
like a loud revirberation or resinance or loud humming coming from the
rear of the...
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For sale: Nice ASK-13 by
Christian Husvik
Hei,
our ASK-13, LN-GBQ, is for sale. The glider recently (1999) had an
extensive overhaul, and is in very good condition. For more info, see:
http://www.wavecamp.no/2005/ln-gbq/
or contact mr. Hans Langan at
email:
phone: +47 934 22 441
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US Team Junior News, Calling US Juniors by
John Seaborn
US Team Junior News, Calling US Juniors
The second edition of the US Team Junior News will be mailed out soon
and all US Junior soaring pilots are invited to sign up and receive
their free copy. Brought to you by US Soaring Teams and the US Team
Committee, this edition of the Junior News is packed...
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ignore - testing by
Norb@s
bla, bla, bla
just testing, sorry for the inconvenience.
Norb@s (Lak12)
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October 4th 04 08:05 PM
by Norb@s
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First Glider by
Jeff Runciman
Thanks for all of the advise. I may have to get a
glider in between 30 and 35 ld. I am concerned about
getting in deeper than I should and not having fun.
It is possible that I should get a club class glider
due to my hang gliding experience (tighter turn radius?).
A PW5 or Russia may be an...
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October 4th 04 04:58 PM
by Stefan
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Inquiry about 2nd hand value borgelt B100 and capabilities by
goneill
I am considering a B100 for my glider and as in the header I
am trying to get an idea of it's value.
I looked on the Borgelt site and he has not got a manual listed
so I can get a better idea of it's capabilities
Any comments from user's.
gary
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Elder Statesman by
Douglas Cline
In the Rochester area 92 year old Ed Seymour is an elder statesman of
soaring. Ed still instructs as well as being a tow pilot for the Finger
Lakes Soaring Club. We still try to emulate his soaring prowess when he
flies his K6E. Ed has been soaring since he was a teenager and he is a
member of the...
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F/S - Standard Cirrus 75 by
Bob
Hi all
I have for sale my dearly loved Canadian registered Standard Cirrus 75
- Canadian registration C-GGXT
- Serial # 612 (member of Standard Cirrus Newsgroup)
- 760 total hours ..... no damage history
- totally refinished about 1996 or so, and still in excellent shape.
- Borgelt B100 computer...
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by Bob
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3 Day Contest Alamogordo, #711 reporting. by
TomnKeyLargo
White Sands Soaring will hold a 3 day contest over Thanksgiving day weekend in
Alamogordo, NM. This will be a 3 day contest with only your best 2 days
counting. Daliy prizes and for the top 3 places. The only cost will be tows @
$30 and will be to 2,000 ft agl, You must land back at Alamogordo for...
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Be on a new National Extreme Sports network television show by
[email protected]
A new cable network is launching a National extreme sports channel.
24/7 of nothing but extreme sports. Clayton Entertainment is a full
service production company that is currently looking/casting/searching
for the newest craze in sports. If you know of or have a group of
friends, club, or family...
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wood in aircraft manufacturing, was First Glider by
stephanevdv
You can trust a tree, but you can't trust a glue. Due to a catastrophic
in-flight failure of a Robin DR 400 wing, the French authorities
discovered badly glued wingspars in a lot of airplanes of this type.
Consequently, reinforcements have been made mandatory (C.N. 2003-348).
To see how this is...
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