Very uniform Cloud Street formations seen over the Sea of Okhotsk last summer: http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/02/video-cloud-streets/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPLLeJKStAo&eurl=http://www.pinktentacle.com/ Chris

Does anyone have any pictures, videos, or transcripts from the Marfa event held yesterday? Last year I wrote my Senior Honors Thesis on Marfa 69&70 using Joe Lincolns original notes courtesy of Peter Smith at the NSM. I would like to update it with material from this event and then release it...

Can someone please point me to the connector pin specifications for the cannon D connectors on the 302 and the mode 25 GPS NAV. I'd like to find out if the Cannon D sub connector on the 302 has the same pin specification as the GPS NAV. I could not find the info in my manuals or on the...

I am trying to replace a 14 foot length of bicycle wire that goes to my rear ballast tank. Does anyone know of a source for that length of wire? Thanks.

I have the original Comet trailer that came with my ASW-20A and the original gas struts on the trailer. Anyone know where to get replacement struts (the clamshell is sagging now) without having to take out a loan to buy new ones from Germany?

What's going on here??? Oh! April fools! Too funny! Chris Fleming F2

If anyone knows an FAA designee in Arizona who can do an experimental C of A on a new glider, please let me know ASAP. (Not Mike Moyer at the Scottsdale FSDO -- he's busy until mid April.) Advance thanks -- ~ted/2NO 480-296-9022 ps Also -- I have conflicting advice about whether a FSDO in one...

Any of our British friends know if either R G Seyes or F M Gobeil are still around? 65 years ago in June, they piloted a Troop / Cargo glider from Montreal Canada to Preswick Scotland as an experiment in shipping these D-Day Silent Wings machines from the USA to UK. Apparently the 6-7 hours ( per...

LS-8/18 built fall of 2001. Total time 321 hours, 88 starts, no damage history, green trim. Complete racing package with tow-out gear (wing wheel, tail dolly, tow bar), water ballast filling equipment. ACK ELT with panel mount controller, oxygen, M-Nav with electric vario/ audio, Winter...

Our own, Tony Condon, aka The Cherokee Kid today passed his initial Part 135 checkride with the FAA flying the Cessna 421. For comparison, the 421 weighs approximately 10 times more than the Cherokee II, lands faster than the Cherokee's redline, and has two 375 hp engines for self launch...

Unfortunately the major glider equipment markets are not in the US. I believe that WinPilot 9.0b complies with the majority of the contest rules in the world although not in the US. But I may be wrong. I guess a couple of pilots could install Flarm in their gliders in the US, team fly and cheat,...

Can anyone with a Cobra trailer made for an ASG-29 please let me know the total length of the trailer (including tongue), and the distance from the wheels to the aft end. Thanks! ~ted/2NO

Anyone fancy a trip or have an empty tow ball from Austin TX (fault line flyers) to Minden NV? Please email me on this Gmail account. Thanks Al

I have a 2002 glasstop cobra and I have a lift strut (nitrogen spring?) that just failed on me. It is very difficult to lift the clamshell with even just one failed strut. Is there anyone in the US that might have these in stock? If anyone has replaced theirs with a US made strut I would also...

Our club is in need of an official Blanik break-away canopy strap for our L-13. We're currently grounded until we can get one. We have one on order, but cannot get any sort of anticipated delivery date from LET. If you have a spare you could loan us, we would be very...

Looking for opinions on a portable, handheld aviation radio for ground support operations. No special features needed beyond the basic transciever functions, as far as I know. If there is a handheld that would be suitable for use in the glider using an established external antenna, please comment...

“The problem is time,” offered Walter Hurney, a real estate developer. “There just isn’t enough time. Men won’t spend a whole day away from their family anymore.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/nyregion/21golf.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Are there any news reg. the SSA convention? Photos of the exhibition floor, interesting papers, reactions to the winch on display, etc.? Those of us not able to make it are dieing to hear from you...

Do we have a unique situation? My daughter, much to her dads delight, has decided to take up gliding. Last weekend we signed her up as a member. She has also brought along another teenage girl who will sign up this weekend. At first I thought having two teenage girls at once in a single club might...

Arriving about 1700 hrs Wed 13 Feb 08 on WN (Southwest) 2372; looking to share cabfare to the Doubletree.