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Happy New Year by
[email protected]
Wishing all my RAS friends a happy and prosperous New Year with plenty of time off to seek soaring fun.
Special thanks yo JJ for the LNav display for junior Michelle's project.
Not withstanding a few unpleasant folks this is a very useful and interesting forum.
Happy New Year to all
UH
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Winter TeamXC cooperative Condor soaring and OLC+ type flights startJan 3 by
Bret Hess
If you're interested in OLC+ type flights on Condor and cooperative flying, join us at www.teamxc.us/about-us, and we can help you get started. We fly quite a few different sceneries (www.teamxc.us/sceneries), often with challenging conditions for realism (see www.teamxc.us/how-we-fly). We talk via...
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Cobra Trailer Fenders by
Patrick McMahon
Hey all, I trailered a (new to me and a partner) glider from Ontario to Alberta last week and through the trip blew out both trailer tires on the late-80's aluminum Cobra trailer and destroyed the fenders on the trailer through the event.
The first blowout (1:15am east of Madison, Wisconsin)...
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2020 SSA Contest Rules Change Summary Now Available by
Andy Blackburn[_3_]
US Competition Pilots
Happy Nee Year.
A summary of proposed rule changes for the 2020 season is now available at: https://www.ssa.org/ContestRules
For the Rules Committee
Andy Blackburn, Chair
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Changes to Flight Recorder IGC-approval levels by
Ian Strachan
Updated IGC-approval documents for 11 types of Flight Recorders (FRs) have been published on the IGC and GFAC web sites and take effect from 1 January 2020. These documents lower the Approval level of older types of FR that no longer comply with the current IGC FR Specification. Reductions of...
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1895 Lilienthal and 1902 Wright Gliders Fly in NC by
Ray Lovinggood[_2_]
Interesting article about reproductions of the Lilienthal and Wright gliders flying together on Jockey's Ridge in North Carolina.
https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/more-century-later-lilienthal-and-wright-gliders-fly-together-first-time-kitty-hawk-180973882/
Direct to the YouTube...
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Kobo vs Nook by
6PK
I have been running a Kobo Glo for three seasons now and for the most part I'm happy with it. The one problem I had encountered a few times when down low in the heat, the screen tends to fade out but so far every time it recovered-no problem it had never crashed.
I just wondered if anyone...
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The Thermal Podcast by
Herrie ten Cate[_2_]
Listen to Episode #8 of The Thermal for a 2-week free trial of SkySight. Just listen for the promo code.
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/12550193
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ventus tailwheel by
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Does anyone know a US source for the solid-tire tailwheel of a 2003 Ventus 2cxm (steerable)? Its marked Downey California, but the maker's name is worn away.
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Future has arrived by
kinsell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_dnAD5TD-E
Makes you want to fit some floats on an Antares and give it a go!
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LS-6 for sale. by
Matt Herron (Sr)
My pristine LS- 6, recently refinished in poly is about to go up on Wings and Wheels for $50k.
TT 1553, Instruments include Power Flarm, Calibri II, LX V-7 vario, Oudie II, Flightline 750 transcever with headset, and Trig TT21 transponder, which can easily be upgraded to ADS-B, plus standard...
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US Team Camp @ SSA Convention by
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Folks, The US Team Committee are organizing a short Team Camp following the SSA Convention in Little Rock. It will take place on Sunday, February 23rd, from 9am through mid-afternoon. The facility will accommodate about 35 people. I'll be reaching out to the current team pilots and reserves,...
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Woodstock Glider by
[email protected]
Hello
I have had my glider plans for approximatly 9 years now.
My question is, does anyone know the Airfoil used by the Woodstock
Glider?
NACA ###?
Thanks
Herbie
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Start flying with glider self launch certificate? by
James Stauffer
Is it harder to get a first pilot certificate for glider - self launch vs. normal powered aircraft near St. Paul, MN? It seems like a self launch glider certificate would be a great way to start because of better stick and rudder skills, lower age requirements (for my son), cheaper operating costs,...
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Come fly with me! by
DJ
Flying the Duo Discus at the Seniors in March and have several days available for back seat riders. Here’s a chance to be part of a high end race day, learn more about competitive flying, or just enjoy the Florida scenery! Cost is a $300 a day donation to the US Soaring Team, so you’re...
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AVier Display Pin-outs / Specifications .. by
[email protected]
Does anyone have the pin-out diagram / specifications for the AVier navigation display unit? It's an old unit, and I'm looking for a suitable display for my Cambridge 302A data logger. A fellow club member gave me an AVier display to evaluate, but none of the cables provided with the AVier unit...
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