On Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at 4:34:39 AM UTC-8, Jean Richard wrote: Kirk Stant a écrit : Why? While I may agree that metric units are OK for ground use, in the air and on the sea the Nautical mile (one minute of latitude) is the preferred unit of distance, easily measured on any...

Hey Guys, It's been great in Condor-land. Folks are joining on in droves! Come and join the fun in the virtual soaring community! https://soaringeconomist.com/2020/04/06/condor-activity-increases-four-fold/ All the best, Daniel

On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association, you are invited to compete or visit R4N's fall contest October 6 - 13 from it's Fairfield, PA airport (W73). Details are he http://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2423. Fairfield is a beautiful soaring site nestled not far from Amish farmland and...

Calling all pilots - Please join us for the Region 7 Contest at the beautiful Albert Lea MN. The contest practice day is Saturday May 20 and the contest runs from Sunday May 21 through Saturday May 26. This is a very well run contest. The CD is Geoff Weck and the CM is Leon Zeug. Minnesota...

First flight of the year in my Cherokee. I really really didn't mean to landout but sometimes it just happens. Oh well it was at a friends house although he wasn't home. He is supposed to be taking his first glider lesson tomorrow. I owe Leah Ice Cream. It must be getting close to...

I just put some model Blanik kits for sale on eBay. Two kits, new in box. They make great prizes for fun contests. http://www.ebay.com/itm/190892824340

EW MicroRecorder with GPS antenna and USB cable for sale. If interested, please contact me at 'paynterfgmailcom TIA, Frank (TA)

Is there a owner's or pilot's group for Ventus sailplanes? I hope to purchase a Ventus c and would like to join a group of like minded pilots. Del

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2014/20140930_hrrr.html Walt Rogers has written about using this model in a few posts. I have used the beta version with reasonable success, specifically the mid and high level cloud predictions. I would like to see better explanations of the fields and to...

Accident Prevention Flying gliders is dangerous. The “Accident Prevention Manual For Glider Pilots” written in 1992 has been an important and effective tool to train pilots to fly safer. The difficulty is getting pilots to read the manual. The relatively light sales of this book, and the fact...

Anyone now where you can purchase the rubber blocks for the Schwizer tow hooks (airplane hook) ?

There is an excellent program for Palm OS handhelds called Soaring Pilot. It can be found at http://www.soaringpilot. org/ jeff

There's an idea for the Juniors to take up....this side of the pond

We are considering the purchase of a DG 505 as our top end cross country and aerobatic training glider. Our budget and delivery requirements, preclude consideration of either a DG 1000 or a Duo Discus at this time. Any feedback concerning glider handling on the ground and in the air would be...

This announcement has been made form the Lasham Gliding Society's office: "It is with great sadness that we have heard of the recent death at his home in Richmond of Frank Irving. He was a member of Lasham from its inception and known worldwide in the gliding movement. He was a key member of the...

I'm posting this for someone in my club here in Virginia Beach, VA: Schleicher ASW27, Total Time 432 hrs, GPS NAV/ L NAV, Compaq Aero PDA w Cambridge mount, Dittel FSG 71M, Winter Mechanical, Winter ASI, 35K Alt, Vertical Card Compass, Oxygen, 5 Pt. Harness, Relief System, Parachute, Tow Out Gear/w...

A few changes to GPS Visualizer lately which are worth announcing: * Google Maps: a lot of changes here, although a few are under the hood where most people won't notice them. The most notable is the ability to have GPS Visualizer automatically generate a list of waypoints and display it...

Hi all in US-glider land! I am just curious: what happened to the rebirth of the Polish Kr-03 trainer, which was supposed to be built by a company in Florida? With the Euro growing stronger and stronger against the US$ and the aging fleet of 2-33, I thought there would be a good market for this US...

Cover up the face. The Cambridge 302 vario needle can fail to zero correctly at power up. The instrument uses a light source and photo sensor to find the zero position. If bright light overpowers the light source then the needle can fail to position properly. Sometimes it goes around in circles...

21/2 yo LS8-18 with 225 hours, Kobra, with or without instruments( Dittel FSG 71, Ilec SN10). NDH or 864 288 0326 EST eve before 9PM