York Soaring has an excellent "what is soaring" on their web site. Unfortunately, the web site, http://www.yorksoaring.com/, has been out of action for a few weeks. Does any one know when (or if) it will be back up - or if there's al alternate URL? thanx Tony V.

YO-3A QUIET STAR BUILT FROM SCHWITZER GLIDER NOW HAS OWN WEBSITE WWW.YO-3A.COM. PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE. A YO-3A REUNION IS PLANNED FOR SPRING 2004. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR VIETNAM ERA FILM OF YO-3A. CONTACT KURT

Did some soaring in Moriarty, NM (0E0) today to get prepared for my check ride. We did the boxing the wake (flying a vertical rectangle pattern behind the towplane), steep turns, stalls, slips. I did quite ok, so I hope to get my checkride soon. But it was really fun to ride the thermals of 8kn or...

Do I correctly understand the AD below to mean that any Pegasus in the US with 3000 hours cannot be flown after January 6, 2006? Certainly would have an effect of the market value of this glider, even one with significantly less than 3000 hours. I notice that someone put one on the market today...

I susspect that anything as obvious as the following has been thought of and rejected for equally obvious reasons that I'm also not aware of. Anyway, here goes.... Why not adjust turn area tasks so that turn area diameters are porportional to a competitors handicap - i.e. small diameter turn...

Hello All, As the proud custodian of a schempp-Hirth SHK-1, I would like to know if anybody has any recomendations for a filler primer suitable for reprofiling. I have read most of the posts which came up after searching this forum. Was going to use simtec 2081, however, sombody reported it clogs...

Some years ago I wrote a program to extract airport information from the NASR data published by the FAA's National Flight Data Center. I've finally gotten around to putting a dumb little website around it, so that others can use it to build their own database extracts. The site produces .CUP files...

posted: Jim this is your Polish joke : Gotta admit, those Polish pilots put on one helluvan airshow, don't they? Wonder how many time they had to practice that stunt to get it just right . . . In yet another Polish joke, I understand that ACA's already...

Tow pilot Channing Morse, 67, was killed in the crash. http://theavtimes.com/2015/08/27/one-killed-in-small-plane-crash/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/5400870.stm

BBC News is reporting the death of a pilot in his 90s when their two-seater based at the Cotswold Gliding Club crashed while attempting to land on a school playing field in Cheltenham yesterday. The other pilot reportedly received minor injuries. Mike

What is a sensible and safe FLOAT charge rate for a 14 V, 12 AH sealed lead acid battery? Thanks in advance, Paul

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bucks-county-glider-crash-tinicum-20130504,0,800249.story

It wouldn't surprise me, not after I found this X-rated video while rummaging through NASA's garbage behind Mission Control at Cape Canaveral back in early August of...

Hi to all, Everything is yellow : http://www.airliners.net/open.file/258138/M/ -- Fil330

It is a pleasure knowing that the Yellow Gorilla is headed to Byron, California tomorrow morning. My beloved Pawnee will be wheels up in the morning, best of luck to a great bunch of people . Bob

I will be departing with my beloved Yellow Gorilla Pawnee towplane in the near future. The new Towplane is named Towpecker and is another Pawnee, but a bit more HP. The Gorilla is a real beauty, extremely low time 180 HP Pawnee that is absolutely gorgeous. I really love this bird, it is a wonderful...

I have been reading the threads about the Sports Class with interest. I note that currently the Sports Class tries to adjust for performance differences between older and newer gliders. I suspect this is always going to be hard since the performance difference between any two gliders is not...

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The US Soaring Team is proudly sponsering a handful of cross-country camps this coming summer. Among these will be two focused on junior pilots, one in Harris Hill, NY, and the other in Moriarty, NM. The Team is also sponsering a cross-country camp in Mifilin, PA that is open to all who are...