While is does not apply to gliders, well maybe motor gliders?, the FAA has started offering a rebate to folks single engine aircraft when they install appropriate equipment. Better then a sharp stick in the eye! Ron Gleason

How does a FAA radar confirm if a non TSO'd GPS is connected to a mode S, ADS-B out transponder? Wonder if we'll soon see a transponder, ELT,or perhaps PowerFLARM offer an option to include a TSO'd 1201 WAAS/GPS sensor board? OK, so the transponder costs $2,300 and a TSO'd 1201 WAAS/GPS sensor...

This is the news from AOPA on Oct. 7, 2018: ADS-B rebate will be back again in a few days. From the AvWeb bulletin: "As for the ADS-B rebate, it will be a repeat of the $500 incentive launched last year that did not attract much interest." ...

It must be time for some more ADS-B posts, either that or we can talk about PW5 :-) With the ~$350 street price Trig TN72 GPS source now available in the USA I wanted to revisit my understanding of the situation with ADS-B Out in gliders. I wrote a forum post for local Northern California pilots...

I have a PowerFlarm and transponder. Ninety percent of my flying is from the Southern Cal operating areas up through the Sierras and typical operating area out of Minden. So while I do pass through a few more trafficked areas, (Cajon& Banning Pass, Tahoe, Reno...etc) the majority of my flight...

I was flying my Skywagon up to Santa Fe yesterday to practice instrument approaches and there was a Centurion departing SAF.Â* The weather was VMC, the tower was calling each of out to the other, and we were both ADS-B equipped.Â* He was at 10,500' and the 12 mile arc around the VORTAC required...

Is anyone interested in a Skunk Works ADS-B-in dual-band receiver that integrates with a moving map program running on an Oudie? I guess it would integrate with a moving map program like SeeYouMobile or XCSoar. The project might just be a matter of integrating one of the proven ADS-B-in receivers...

I just saw this. Doesn't look good. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/01/nextgen_on_track/page2.html -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |

One of our Pawnees has an ADSB out transponder now. (Evergreen Soaring) We’ve had glider pilots we’re towing that have FLARM ask us to turn off our transponder. We’ve told the glider pilots to turn their FLARM down or off. My recommendation is to either have a switch for your FLARM or know...

My Trig22 now generates ADSB-out in my Experimental glider. I'd like to add a reasonable-cost adsb-in receiver and a bright panel-mounted traffic display (I can't see iphone or ipad screens here in the western sunlight). Any suggestions? I see the PingUSB adsb receiver ($200) and the AirAvionics...

The following quote comes from the Trig web page for their TN72 GPS. "Wherever ADS-B technology is used it is worth highlighting that most ADS-B In traffic receivers will only display aircraft traffic that generate a non-zero quality indicator, (also referred to as SIL 1). In contrast a zero...

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Mile High Gliding, Inc., of Boulder, Colorado, is pleased to announce it has been appointed a dealer by Borgelt Instruments, makers of the exciting new B2000 glide computer (and industry-standard B40 club vario). We have also been appointed a dealer by that other fine Australian company, MicroAir...

The silent sport of soaring can risk an unfortunate reputation with community neighbors by operating loud towplanes. Mile High Gliding, Inc., a commercial glider operator in Boulder, Colorado, now offers a solution. They have acquired an STC for fitting a smaller diameter four-blade propeller to...

The camera shutter shows the propeller stopped on the Durango Pawnee. It's a Hoffmann HO 4/27BHM-185 "quiet" prop, and your operation can have one, too. Enjoy the phenomenal noise reduction and consequent neighbor pleasure that Val-Air Soaring is the latest to attest to in the USA. We hold and...

With a new Spring, we have filled more orders for Hoffmann 4-blade "quiet" propellers. Available for all PA-25 Pawnees with O-540 engines. Consider joining the ranks of the noise-courteous: http://www.milehighgliding.com/colorado/products.htm#props Mile High Gliding, Inc. Boulder, CO

We have just delivered a Hoffmann HO 4/27BHM-185 four-blade "quiet" prop to Soar Minden and are ready to process your order. Enjoy phenomenal noise reduction and consequent neighbor pleasure, be a courteous Pawnee operator. We hold the STC (SA2515NM) for this FAA approved, 20 minute...

You're invited to visit "Roger's Soaring Blog" at http://rogersoaring.blogspot.com. I've been writing it for about three years, but it includes my soaring journal all the way back to my first flights. Some of my posts contain lists of books, weather resources on the web, notes on equipment and...

What ever happened to Tor Jensen and Advanced Soaring Concepts?

With Xmas fast approaching, hers an idea for a present! I’m now the proud owner of the second edition of “Advanced Soaring Made Easy”. This new book was released only a few months ago and has had good reviews in major gliding magazines around the world. More than 3000 copies are already in...