JANUARY 2019 ISSUE The January issue will be mailed during the coming week. Printers, Christmas and Post Offices are not too accommodating at this time of the year. New Soaring Potential - A location for an easier 1000 metre flight has been found in South America and we have a story of the...

GLIDING INTERNATIONAL ISSUE MAY 2016 The May issue goes in the mail as I write and your copy should be with you next week. Meantime, we are able to announce that our planned Digital Issue starts with this issue on May 10. (The subscription is less than half the hard copy airmailed issue which...

I am looking for copy of Soaring Magazine from 1957. It would be an issue from late in the year with an article about a fatal glider crash. The pilot was Stanley Graham and the flight was out of El Mirage in a Baby Bowlus. The crash occurred in late August 1957. Thank you, Richard Graham

Since I have been unable to get access to the XCSoar forum thus far, I thought I'd go ahead and post my questions here. I just got a used Dell Streak 5 that was previously an AT&T one. It appears it is Android 1.6 and seems to be functioning fine. I attempted to install XCSoar using wifi. I first...

We bitch about declining numbers and then when a presumbly competent power pilot asks a transition question people add how hard it is to fly gliders. Give it a rest it is not that hard- Ok going far and fast that takes skill and time to learn but just flying gliders safely is not hard nor...

Recently, I got a commercial glider add-on. I have lots of flights, but I don't have much actual soaring experience, and today was day 3 (out of 4) learning to soar, and it was the first day I had really great soaring weather.. On my second flight today in the 1-36 out of Estrella, I got off tow...

Insurance people told me you get a "good" discount if you agree to NEVER LET ANYBODY ELSE FLY YOUR GLIDER. Man! Lots to learn. I'm having to relearn a lot about Insurance and Aircraft. Like they don't care of the "experimental" word written on your glider. In GA that makes your insurance sky...

Can we all do a group hug, or something? Perry was mediocre. 15m Nats got rained out. Bermudah high had one good day, but did get a contest in with some rather weak weather. And finally, Caesar Creek had their typical rain-out to keep things going. What have we done to deserve this?

February 5th, Pennsylvania, USA Light wind, 45=B0F max temperature, TOL 2000AGL at best I know only 3 glider pilots crazy enough to take the time to learn to reproject images for bug races. So with the others in mind I keep a lookout for free, lat long grid images with known corner...

Hi all, I've been checking recently different online shops to see what tail fin mounted TE probe I can get. All manufacturers have probes in more less two different lengths, 80-90 cm and 55 cm. And now I'm wondering if it's worth spending around 30 Euro more to get the longer one, ...

FAI has ratified the following Class D (Gliders) North-American record : ================================================ Claim number : 17837 Sub-class : D13.5 / 13.5m Class Gliders Category : General Group : Not applicable Type of record : Distance using up to 3 turn points Course/location :...

Well it should be, chief super health guy Fauci says it is OK to have sex with random people. Friends it is time to open the clubs. Flying clubs that is. “You know, everybody has their own tolerance for risks, and it depends on the level of the interaction that you want to have. If you’re...

A fellow instructor and I were just musing today that this is the perfect weather for students. We live and fly in some of the most dynamic soaring conditions in the world, where half the year you're being battered by thermals from 11:00 am until sunset, and a good part of the rest of the year the...

..... and contrary to some other recent video suggestions, this one is actually soaring related! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrnis7-hvJE Uli 'AS'

I receive many questions from foreign pilots about the new tax. So I thought I might spread the news here too. So far, many details of the new tax are undefined. The government has set the rule, but it won't be implemented in real life until the Tax Agency defines the operational details, who, how...

Hello, I am selling my CAI 302, good working order, currently installed in the glider. No 303 display. Asking price $1000 USD Also available Peter Masak LiftDetector 200, asking price $350 If interested please contact me directly. luke "at" silentflight "dot" ca Luke Szczepaniak

Clearing out the parts bin... 85mm Winter AS-3-20 airspeed gauge factory marked for ASW20 flap settings, in knots. $200 85mm Kollsman altimeter, without the screw in adapter for static air. Had been using the cockpit air for the last few decades, but probably could be easily updated....

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I was at IVSM last weekend...unfortunately couldn't stay longer, but this is again a great event and if you get a chance to go well worth the time spent.....I've added a few images of the event (quickly) and will add more if anyone has images or comments they too would like to share.... please look...

I have returned from my weekend at IVSM 2009. What a blast. I really enjoyed flying off Harris Hill and could've stared at the beautiful gliders and visited with the pilots for days and days. I did manage to get a couple good soaring flights in, one hour in the ASK-13 and an hour and 45 minutes...