Fellow US pilots: This year's SRA pilot poll will be on line in a few days. It contains a question on the 500 foot rule. I urge you to read it, think about it, and vote. In particular, this is a rule that benefits newer, less experienced pilots. It doesn't matter much to the top 5 national...

I have been considering buying an ASW20, ASW20B, or ASW20C. I knew they were champions in their day and still have a lot of admirers. However a few folks from my club say they have some nasty spin characteristics. Specifically, that they have a tendancy to not only immediately spin when stalled,...

For many of us soaring cross country pilots the condom catheter and a leg bag are essential parts of a successful flight. David Sedaris has a different take on the product. He's hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y

Dear people, Last week, Sept 24 - Sept 29, 2006, the Glider U.S. National Aerobatic Championship contest was held at the Grayson County Airport (KGYI) in Sherman/Denison, TX together with the power U.S. National Aerobatic Contest. Contest results are posted he www.usnationalaerobatics.org ...

ALOJAMENTO PROFISSIONAL DE WEBSITES A PREÇOS COMPETITIVO REGISTO DE DOMÍNIOS, WEBDESIGN http://www.weboeste.com TODOS OS PLANOS PERMITEM CONTEÚDO COMERCIAL ALGUMAS CARACTERISTICAS COMUNS EM TODOS OS PLANOS DE ALOJAMENTO

I have been very concerned about our club, which discourages cross country in club gliders. My thought is that purpose of soaring is cross country and if one just concentrates on flying above the airport then ones member ship tends to end when you have your license. We have many airports withing a...

No, I am not planning to buy anything for at least a year ... but I have often wondered what other "hidden" expenses or obstacles there are associated with buying a used glider. I regularly see older planes in the $10K USD range (which is well within my price range). BUT, for future reference,...

I am looking for some advice on the forms and process I need to go through, to buy a glider registered in the US. From what I can tell, I need a Bill of Sale (form 8050-2) and an Aircraft Registration Application (form 8050-1). It appears that the latter form is only available from the local FSDO...

Hi I'm looking for a scan of a manual for a Dittel 720B radio. I can find manuals online for the A & C versions which are considerably different, and the few previous enquiries seem to have hit dead ends - but someone, somewhere must have one! I'm in the UK.

Lark IS-28B2 1981, S/N 310, 449 hours TT, with open trailer. Standard Airworthiness Certificate, Radio with PTT and boom mic, Nose & CG Tost releases, Dual 12V batteries. Last annual Mar. 07 $18,000 email for pictures Ron 813-929-9100

Anybody have a new or used Mecaplex windows with green tint and scoop they would like to sell? Will also consider one without green tint.

My Ventus C didn't survive the last landing, the insurance company totaled it and I have the remains. I may have been the only bidder as I was able to acquire it as a salvage sale for a ridiculously low price. So, if anyone wants to offer a reasonable for the entire plane, let me know - I'll be...

Just for fun...... A long time ago, I was told that a compass correction card is required. I was also told it didn't have to be filled out. That may not be a good idea. No need to upset our FAA friends. GA

Hi, we recently launched a petition against Flarm decision to encrypt their communication protocols. Although Flarm have the majority of the market for anti-collision systems there are others vendors and we think that monopolies are not a good things in any market and more important security comes...

The original question stated a glider doing 100kts with/without 100kgs of ballast. Ignoring the stalling speed for the moment, Does anyone out there think the pull-up takes more than 4 or 5 seconds? Does anyone out there think that the sink rate of the unballasted glider at 100kts is more than...

SZD Bielsko is in the final phase of testing of "new" 2 seat glider designed for initial and advanced training. It will be fully aerobatic with 17.5 m wings and with 20 m wings it becomes pretty good x-c sailplane with L/D of 41.8. The reason I am saying "new" with quotation marks is that the...

All, I've just embarked on a project to extract US (CONUS) airspace data from the FAA National Airspace System Resource files and process it into more accessible formats (such as OpenAir and Tim Newport-Peace). This is a little more complicated than it sounds, because the NASR uses ESRI shapefile...

Soaring friends! I've spent my life in soaring and have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to attract a younger crowd. Pictures of Old guys in glider hats has always been at the bottom of my list of ways. Until I heard some news out of Moriarty NM Where a gentleman from Mexico bought a...

Hi all, for those interested in the status of the project, here is a video of current development point, new features etc. http://www.bware.it/xcsoar/LK8000-1.12b.wmv The public version will be available for free at Xmas time. At that point it will also an opensource project, of...

What a surprise, just today my son brought me a great gift to fight off the flaming liberals at the gliderport. It is a Bulgarian AK47 with 2000 rounds of ammunition. Thank god that I raised this kid correctly, educated him and he achieved the status of a Structural Engineer, PE. He advised me to...