The May issue is great reading with “a tonne of exclusive to us new news”. Articles, specially written for Gliding International include • The new two seater with the 40 hp electric motor for self-launching now being shipped from Slovenia. Factory now has 65 employees. • China has a factory...

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According to this, there is at least one AMS LS-4-b out there flying in Germany. http://www.ams-flight.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149%3Afirst-ls-4-b-delivered-from-ams&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=94&lang=en At 11:49 02 May 2011, Paul Remde wrote:

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This story has taken another interesting twist. I received an e-mail from Ales in response to a message I sent to him via segelflug.de where he has posted an ad selling off his assets for the LS4, LS4A, and LS4B. His response to my message claims that he has built the LS3 horizontal stabilizer and...

Cambridge L-NAV ver.5.8 with 2.25" vario display - $500.00 Contact: Wiktor Kozlik

I came across this 3M product for protecting boats during storage. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=2160&familyName=3M+Marine+Protection+Tape It comes in 12" widths, but could be easily slit into 3/4" rolls. Does anyone have any experience with this...

Among the many long flights at Ridge Soaring Gliderport yesterday, was a 595 km flight flown by 85 year old Bob Harvey in his LS-4. Bob also did very well at this year's Seniors contest at Seminole Lake Gliderport in Florida. Tom Knauff

Hi All I currently fly a DG300 elan, built in '84, without winglets (s/n 3Exx) According to wikipedia the elan-built has winglets and a different airfoil (vs the original dg300). I can imagine back in the days the winglets were an option, but I'd like to figure out if the ship I fly has the new...

Hi, SPOT is offering a nice incentive to buy a SPOT 2 this summer. It is a $50 mail-in rebate that is only available from May 1st through July 31st. It only applies to the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger (SPOT 2) - not the SPOT Connect. You pay the normal $149.95 price for the hardware and use...

A while ago there was a thread on "what book would be best for a young student?" The response: "the one their instructor recommends" being most appropriate. But considering books are becoming obsolete, something like Jim Burch's CD and online resources might be the way to get young...

On Apr 18, 8:06*pm, Sean Fidler wrote: LOL! Has it dawned on anyone the problem with government and soaring is that they both cost too much?

I'm writing this from my home in Columbus, OH after starting from Perry this morning about 6am. Last night featured a relaxing pizza and beer dinner with the Tylers and some of us that decided to leave Sunday morning instead of Saturday afternoon. Day 4 at Perry dawned with heavy fog over the...

With the growing popularity of the Online Contest, SoaringNV is trying a new kind of cross country soaring camp this summer: an OLC mentoring camp that we will repeat three times (May 24-29, July 25-30, and August 22-27) to include as many pilots as possible. This will be your chance to try...

Hello fellow aviators, I have just released a new version of the GliderGPS application for the iPhone and iPad (Version 1.0.3). It includes a Final Glide calculator, Speed to fly calculator, Lambert Conformal Conic maps (for loading your favorite official aviation maps), Thermal Optimizer, Usable...

Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective May 5, 2011 is now available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info; it should also be available on the Airspace section of the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange soon. Updated US airport data in formats that support...

Borgelt B50 flight computer 80mm instruments, Volkslogger with square RJ45 connector, Craggy Aero power converter, temperature probe, etc. needs an 8ohm speaker for the audio. $1000

The action at the Chilhowee Sports Class Nationals can be followed on our (shameless plug here) Hawke Tracking LLC Contest map at: Url's a Google Maps - http://www.hawketracking.org/chilhowee/files/tracking.htm Google Maps Large -...

Thanks to all. I have been able to download a flight. It seems the memory reset worked fine. gabriel

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