Is a color Kobo Useable in the cockpit? I'm very happy with my Streak 5 but, at $14.99 (yup, that's under $15) in the US, who's willing to give it a shot? http://computers.woot.com/offers/kobo-4-3-color-pocketreader-with-microsd-13?ref=cnt_wp_0_32 -- Dan Marotta

Seat-type, comes with a carrying case, always stored dry and cool. The chute fit my 74" height really well in a Standard Cirrus and Ventus b/T, as well as a variety of newer (DG-500) and older (2-32) gliders. Parachute was just repacked 22 October 2014 - passed pull and Ph tests with no...

Wing Rigger (tm) Acquired By MM Fabrication LLC October 31, 2014 Steve Koerner's successful Wing Rigger product has been acquired by Mark Mocho's MM Fabrication LLC. Wing Rigger will add to the line of soaring specific products manufactured at MM Fabrication's Moriarty, New Mexico facility....

Is there a variometer out there that hides behind your instrument panel without a face that streams the information to a PDA running soaring software? mas

For Sale LX7000 pro IGC with color vario and digital display unit. Look new, 2011, work perfectly, included cables, speaker and user manual. Asking $1200. Info; gaseguinatcgocable.ca Gilles-Andre

The casting of my lever broke on my Ventus. Anyone know of a local source for lever replacement? Dennis

We did some communal glider waxing over the week end using Mothers 3 step method. The room temperature was 15-20C maybe a bit on the humid side, we found that wherever we applied a thicker dab of wax a stain remained after the wax off process. Was this a reaction between the wax and gelcoat? Old...

You could slit the center grommet for the wires to allow them to be passed through the slit very easily before installation.

It would be useful to hear your stories of how incidents of tow plane engine failure turned out for you. It seems that there is very little time to recognize, react, and recover. What are classic mistakes to make in this scenario? Would it be useful to practice 'release and land to the side of...

Hi, The "alternative McCready theory" has been around for decades now. http://www.tbss.us/txfiles/Kai_intro_XC.pdf It's not opposing McCready, just making a strong case for steadier inter-thermal speeds. But as I'm reading it, it makes the speed command feature superficial. Is there a variometer...

One comment and one question: - Question: It was my understanding that neither pole of the dipole antenna was supposed to come into contact with the glider. I drew that conclusion from the statement in the manual: "The antennas must not be subjected to physical pressure and may not be bent....

Does anyone recognize where this hangar is and who might be a contact for blueprints/plans for it? http://fisincorporated.com/photos/Hangar%20-%20Overlapping%20wings.png Thanks Eric

Hi Anybody from Australia or Germany has flown with the Vaulter inertial vario made by Wharington Smith instrument from Australia? Comments, opinions. Thank you, Gilles

SeeYou automatically updated today on my computer. I tried to upload today's flight. I am presented with a new screen that makes me choose the takeoff location from a dropdown list. My airfield is not on the list. Stuck. Help.

Hi, I have a few slightly outdated varios in stock which are for sale: LX 16-D: $395 (2 available, formerly $635) http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/lx.htm#LX-LX16-D Best Regards, Paul Remde

The beta release of the PRL is available at soaringweb.org/PRL . There are always some glitches in identifying pilots from the score sheets, etc, so please check things over and send along your questions and comments directly to me at best wishes for a great, safe...

http://www.xcbrasil.com.br/flight/115498 IMHO the SSA should be putting more effort into "headhunting" these guys into our sport. They know how to fly, they know weather, they want to go soaring and XC. At Nephi during the OLC event this year Bruno got all the 750 km + pilots up for a photo, I...

For authoring a very nice article on Soaring in this month's Flying Magazine. BV

Sorry to report that Space Ship 2 was lost today, 1 injured, 1 worse. Jim http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/virgin-galactics-spaceship-two-experiences-in-flight-anomaly-103114

I've read the information on the Glideport.aero web site, and the SSA magazine August 2014 article on the GlideTrack phone app. One thing I didn't see was whether the flight log sent to the GlidePort.aero website can be downloaded as a IGC file that is valid for use with OLC (either as Green or...