I got the following message from Jim Herd today and, since he doesn't post to RAS and this was important information, he said it would be OK for me to post in his stead. I'll add some comments that I sent him as the first reply on this thread: On Apr 5, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Jim Herd wrote: Pilots...

Our club is reviewing emergency procedures. Does anyone have a good checklist we might be able to use. We would like to create a list of emergency numbers and contacts for use by whoever is on the airport at the time.

In recent discussions on accidents, there seems to be an assumption that a common cause is older pilots losing control - perhaps forgetting after fifty years how to do a coordinated turn. I have long suspected that many accidents may have a medical component resulting from the pilot becoming...

I have found the very excellent series "Air Accident Investigation" on YouTube. Google "Air Accident Investigation", click "video", long (24 min+) then YouTube. This series focuses on airline accidents in the last 1/2 century or so. However, the accidents, subsequent investigations and the...

Another tire pressure gage fell apart last weekend. Looking to get an accurage gage. Any opinions on one this durable and accurate? (especially, accurate).

Can just anyone be a witness to the 50km if you do a straight line distance and land at another airport? For example, if my wingrunner who is a commercial pilot, drags the trailer to a declared airport 50km away and then come to pick me up there, can he official witness this? Will this count? ...

....he KNOWS how disappointed he will be, having to read (poorly) from his cheat sheets!

I have an ACK E-01 ELT for sale in good condition. 121.5 and 249.0 Mhz Includes remote for panel. Includes mounting tray, which is a bit bent on removal. Includes remote antenna and mount. Battery replacement date is 2014 (overdue) Pulled from my glider and in very good condition except the...

Hi, Now that ACR has release the new MicroFix personal ELT, I have decided to sell my stock of the AeroFix units at a low cost to reduce inventory levels. I have a limited supply for sale at $495. That is an extremely good deal on a new portable ELT. You can see details...

Hello, would anyone have advice on what to do to repair long cracks on a blue-tinted canopy ? I am sort of good at producing bubble-less repairs on regular plexi and wonder if there is a secret recipe or procedure to tint Acrifix TIA, gliderpilotGR

AcroFest #2. Saturday-Sunday April 2-3 Calling all glider acro junkies! Calling all glider pilots wanting to have a glider acro experience! This will be our second glider aerobatic workshop. Mallory Lynch (CFIG) and Guy Acheson (private pilot) will be your mentors in the back seat. We will have...

David Grah The flight had been arranged for Wednesday out of my home airport at Bishop, California, but the weather didn't look good enough that day for the flight I hoped for. The weather forecast looked better on Thursday, 10 July 2003, so, the flight would be that day. The main impact of the...

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Sorry, eh? I am sorry to interrupt your normally highly productive use of the internet. But your glider is at risk. It is only time separating you from the obvious damage coming to your aircraft soon. When I bought my first glass ship, the competition letters had been applied with EXTENSIVE use of...

Ive recently moved to Wichita, KS, and have had this question asked of me several times, and I don't have a good answer. I know that supposedly around 150 Cherokee II's were built worldwide. I only for certain know of 2 that are still flying. Mine and David Standley's (im sure thats spelled...

Last summer my IPAQ connected to my PC no problem. After resting for the winter the IPAQ no longer connects to my PC. (It was kept charged all winter) When I plug into the USB, the XP system tray shows the USB device being installed and then says your device is ready to use. The IPAQ shows the...

Greetings from a new member. I read the previous posts regarding this subject but did not discern a consensus. I have a new laptop with Vista and an old PDA (Ipaq5555) with PocketPC2003. ActiveSync 4.x is designed for Vista, but doesn't support PocketPC. (supposedly) Must I convert the 5555 to...

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I had my first "rope break" ever today. I was approximately 200-250ft above the ground. Emergency procedures were not a problem. The Tost released for some reason. Its a nose hook so the back release mechanism could not have been the culprit. Further testing with the wheel break on the ground...

I see in the 18M nationals Day 1 results that two pilots got zapped for airspace violations. I find the applied rule (12.2.5.5.2, "100 plus loss of all daily points") to be somewhat curious. It means that a pilot who flies the minimum distance while nicking an airspace before landing out...