Max, Great Job! Been playing with this in Florida this week and it works incredibly well on the Motorola Xoom tablet & the DroidX. Sean

Question: I would like information regarding installation in the USA of the TOST tow release - as sold on Wings and Wheels - for a tow plane in regards to FAA approval of the installation. I am interested in any installation but am looking at installing on a Scout 8GCBC in particular.

Each year I like to test my batteries and replace those that do not have enough capacity for a typical flight of 3-4-ish hours with all the electronics running. I run two batteries so that removes a worry about loosing power during a record flight. But how do you perform a good real world...

Any word on the U.S. Flarm shipments? S9

Okay folks, your thoughts on the Standard Cirrus? Good, bad indifferent? Flying tail, pros and cons? I am new to gliding, Commercial Add on, 140 flights and approx 100 hours, mostly in 1-34. Would this be a reasonable next step? Walt

It’s Saturday morning at 0700, and I’m sitting in my camper at Seminole Lake Gliderport, sipping my coffee and watching the airport take form through the dawn and the fog. Right now I can just see the top of Bob Spitz’s camper, but in a few minutes the office, the runway, and the trailers on the...

This happened to most of us - after interesting flight you would like to show the flight track to your fellow pilots and friends. The easiest way out is sending IGC file by Email. But there are two problems. First you have to find appropriate IGC file (they all have this short eight letter cryptic...

We recently purchased this a/c & really enjoy flying it. However there are two minor problems with the vent line from the removable 18L fuel tank: 1) We initially put 15L in the tank & over a period of approx 10hrs flying, we've lost 3 - 4L due to it sloshing about & draining overboard. The vent...

Do you have a 15M glider? Please Help! Aussie pilots looking for gliders to hire or swap for the Pre-Worlds 2011 & WGC 2012 Peter Trotter and Lisa Trotter are on the Australian team to fly 15M in the WGC 2012 in Uvalde. We are searching for two 15M gliders to compete in. We are both very...

Well, today dawned foggy again, but at least I wasn’t accosted by the hawk family on my run. I think I was early enough so they couldn’t see me go by in all the fog. At the morning meeting, weatherman Ray Galloway told us that the synoptic weather conditions were pretty much the same as...

Hi there, I have about 70 ft. of 5.5 mm silicone tube that I used to seal my canopy. The manufacturer is selling it in 100 ft section and that is how I ended up with that excessive amount. If anyone has an interest of buying it, please call me at 509-380-4106. Jacek Pasco, WA

Day 4 at the 2011 Seniors dawned with thick ground fog hanging over the field. As I made my way around the field this morning on my morning ‘run’, the resident hawk family made its displeasure at my intrusion known by screeching at me for a while, and then flying away. The fog burned off fairly...

Some friends have asked me this question and I thought I might relay it here. Do you know of glider pilots who completed the diamond badge after they have passed their 80th birthday?

This story ( http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316222022.htm ) may explain some encounters with birds. A couple of weeks ago I had a red tail hawk glide nonchalantly across my flight path between the tow plane and me.

A quick question or four: Does you club verify that a member has a license, a valid BFR, and/or any other certification documents? Do you record the actual numbers, photocopy, or just verify? Is it different if that member is just towing with their private ship, as opposed to flying a club...

Day 3 here at the 2011 Seniors was a boomer in every sense of the word. Clouds to die for in all quadrants. Cloud bases at about 4500’ at the start, rising to above 6000’ in the last turn area. Cloud streets and 5-6kt climbs were common. There was an early concern about a band of mid-level...

I purchased one of the new SPOT’s (SPOT Satellite Messenger, sometimes called SPOT II). As a fall-back, I have a few options for mounting it directly on my ship, but I’d prefer a chute mount. I’ve read Allen Silvers 2009 file on how NOT to attach it to a parachute, although that file didn’t seem to...

Day 2 of the 2011 Seniors is in the bag, and we all had a pretty good time of it. Weather seemed to be better to the south, so the CD called a 3-turn TAT; south to Myakka Head with a 15 mile radius, then ENE to Frostproof with a 20 mile radius, then NW to Blackwater Creek with a 20 mile radius,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyTCZxjNr_w Came into thermal just below 1500 and left at 5+. 8.5 average and occasional 10+. I have the full flight coming soon but need to edit down a bit. Karl ended up 3rd on this task, incredible flight! Thanks Karl! What a blast.

Folk, Does anyone have any leads for possible glider hire during the pre- world comp perriod in Argentina (25/12/11 to-mid Jan 2012) ? Best Regards, Mike