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Microair vs Becker by
Ian McPhee
99% Microair are perfect but yes there have been problems with earlier
sr nos. There are several service notes from Microair that address
some of these problems. I will admit Microair are sensitive to its
antenna even problems with just some frequencies in the middle to
upper part of freq. ALSO...
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Odp: Vintage Glider PWS 102 PWS 101 by
Janusz Kesik
Try to ask at the pl.rec.lotnictwo group (available on most news =
servers), or at the group ava.szybowce (server: news.ava.net.pl).
There should be someone who has something to offer You. :)
Regards,
--=20
Janusz Kesik
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Gauteng Regionals (South Africa) - The Fat Lady sings! by
Stephen Thomas
This year's Gauteng regionals has closed out after 4 days. It appears
that high winds on the last two days precluded further competition.
For a full list of Trophy awards and final results see:
http://www.sssa.org.za
I see the SSSA webmaster came in at 10th in his class - at least he's
out there...
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September 28th 03 12:17 AM
by Mark
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DG 808B shares available at Omarama New Zealand by
Paul
Anybody interested in purchasing shares in a DG 808B to be based at Omarama
for this coming season ( and beyond ) should contact me
urgently. This is an opportunity to have a self
launching sailplane at your deposal at one of the premier gliding sites in
the world. Visit...
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by Paul
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Soaring Marfa w/ Bob Wander by
Burt Compton
Dual time available September 29 thru October 2.
Marfa, west Texas
See www.FLYGLIDERS.com
Call Burt Compton: 1-800-667-9464 (toll-free)
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First Flight by
Shirley
"BTIZ" wrote:
we are lucky.. winter is "training time"..
summer is cross country and safari time..
we try not to pick up students after 1 May..
encouraging them to come if they want.. but
summer is hard to train.. air is very turbulent
to teach flying on tow..
I...
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September 10th 03 05:43 AM
by Shirley
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Publicity and Flying the Tow Plane by
Burt Compton
Publicity for soaring. We now have an excellent article about flying the
towplane on a major aviation internet news magazine.
Aviation writer Rick Durden explains the tow endorsement and towing experiences
in his AvWeb internet news column with references from "The Towpilot Manual".
We met while...
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gear warning plus by
K.P. Termaat
Hello,
Several reactions on my "gear warning plus" system inspired me to introduce
a pressure switch to the original diagram. Now the conditions "still on the
ground and ready for take off" can be distinguished from "in flight and
ready to land".
Have another look at...
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Let's keep BLIPMap alive by
Martin Hellman
Those of you who have come to depend on BLIPMap will probably be
interested in knowing that Jack is now accepting contributions to help
keep the web site going. Up to now, it's been a free service and Jack
has put in not only thousands of hours, but also whatever costs have
been involved. He really...
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new TASKs and SCORING - or roll the dice by
CH
"Snead1" wrote in message
I am currently flying with a Cambridge GPS NAV and a L-Nav. I would like
to upgrade or add equipment to help me fly the Turn Area Task. What works
well and what are the important features that can aid in making correct
deci-
sions while flying...
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August 10th 03 07:32 AM
by CH
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Updated IGC approval documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders by
Ian Strachan
I am pleased to announce that on 25 August 2003 the IGC GNSS Flight
Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) agreed updates to the IGC approval
documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders.
These updates involve only small changes of wording and are currently
being placed on the fai/gliding/gnss web...
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FREE mapping tools for extreme SeeYou geeks by
Dave Nadler \YO\
Hey Jonathan - Why don't you do the USA preprocessing and see if
Geunther and John can host the files for us unwashed masses ? And
for heavens sake get a better komputer.
See ya, Dave
"Jonathan Gere" wrote in...
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mid-air at MSC, hawkesbury, Ont. by
Antony Clark
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id=4ADCAF97-1E5E-45BB-B4C9-DB93F8A0B10D
"John Firth" wrote in message
...
Anyonehave any names or other details about this one?
Rumour is one chute, one fatality.
JMF
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PocketNav-CE3.exe by
Andy Durbin
Did you find what you wanted? I checked my hard drive and I can't
find that version. I do have PN4.5 and 4.5d for CE3. (I'm still
running CE2)
I see Cambridge and pulled these from their web site and now only has
links to Cumulus for GNII.
Andy (GY)
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Current standings in the 2002 r.a.s. League by
Dr. Guenther Eichhorn
This is a collection of flights submitted by the pilots on an honour basis. Up to four flights count for the standings.p
It can be accessed at a href="http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html"http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html/ap
Following are all the flights currently...
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Glider Club Video Montage by
Todd Burch
Hello all,
The following message is aimed at readers in the United States:
I know that for many of you the soaring season is in full swing right now,
but I just wanted to let you all know about a service that your glider club
might be interested in. A glider pilot myself, I own a digital...
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Contribute to BLIPMAPS (was Biting the (weather) hand that feeds) by
Mark James Boyd
http://www.drjack.net/BLIPMAP/contributors.html
is a way to contribute and show thanks for an excellent soaring
and weather resource. I will continue my shameless plug
of this fine service. If you want to work a few extra
shifts and earn $500 to contribute and become an Angel
donor, all the...
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Announce/USA: FAA Glider Flying Handbook / Bob Wander by
SoarBooks
Hi Folks,
The new FAA publication
FAA Glider Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-13)
can now be seen at my soaring website www.bobwander.com.
You can view the
- book cover
- my review of the book
- the entire table of contents (very comprehensive), and
- order a copy if you like!
Will ship orders ASAP.
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Gliders at Oshkosh 2003 by
Apis Gliders
Rather than post my annual Oshkosh report directly to the news group I decided
to place it on my Apis web site. Not to get you to look at the site but because
there are pictures and hyperlinks this year and my limited time and computer
skills allow me to use this method without problem.
go to...
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