I would like to get in touch with Mclean Aviation in the UK. Would someone from there please send me thier URL, Email address and phone #. Thank you Tom Idaho, USA

I was trying to use Autocad to plot the airfoil shape for eventually creating leading edge templates. In doing so I came up with a couple of questions. I started with the coordinates from the UIUC database. http://www.aae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/coord/fx67k150.dat What I wanted to come out with was...

Last weekend was the first time I've ever been able to thermal up to a wave -- what an experience! The whole flight was bizarre. The weather conditions were scattered to broken stratus clouds at about 4,000 feet AGL, with weak instability below the clouds and calm surface winds. I hadn't flown...

I recently bought an IPAQ 3630 off eBay. I'm happy with it but its battery is definitely on the way out. Judging by the number of replacement batteries advertised on eBay it is possible to replace it if you know what you're doing; I don't but am willing to learn, so my question is: - is there a...

Could someone direct me to the site that gives the specifics on getting a low level aerobatic waiver valid for carrying passengers? So far I have been unable to find this data on the net and I have done a pretty good search on the IAC and NAA sites.

There are some designs which have no horizontal stab: flying wings for example. There are also canard setups (the speed canard, for example). For a sailplane, I was thinking about how one might design away the typical T-tail stabilizer and elevator. First of all, how much dynamic stability does...

If someone is thinking about doing it, they should make some noise now while people can still schedule their vacation or everyone will just go to Region 9 or an eastern Regional contest.... Nothing showing on the SSA site and the last two years have unfortunately been a bust for region 10. Gary

New Pez is posted. www.soaravenal.com click on What's New button. Pez is going for altitude.

A Pawnee is now in Chaffee County, Colorado. It will be towing starting this spring. For those passing through on the way to Region 9 Parowan, or for anyone who has not experienced Colorado high country and big air, well worth visiting. Boomer thermals, pleasant temperatures, and a friendly,...

We'd like to know the terms of any US Clubs who currently have a land-lease from an FBO for a hangar they built themselves . . .especially annual cost, length of lease. Jim Kellett

Can anyone tell me the most commonly used medium for advertising gliders for sale in the USA...?

Hi, Many of you who follow this newsgroup know that Cambridge Aero Instruments has had a tough couple of years. Their products have always been very nice, but other issues have led to confusion for customers in regard to the future of the company. I was a dealer for them in 2003 and I have now...

Hi, I just released GPLIGC 1.3 Its an open source (GPL) flightdata analysis and 3D-visualization software for Linux/Unix and also Windows. More information available at http://pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php

I'm not going to submit anywhere in Arizona as a candidate for "Best Soaring Site". At least down here in the Phoenix area, we can only soar reliably for about nine months of the year. Soaring conditions are a bit spotty from November through January (we only made about 100 miles cross-country...

I have been conducting some bench experiments with my Bohli taut-band bellows with capillary leak vario to determine the system time constant. The set-up is a 0.45 liter glass vacuum flask attached to the vario with .5 meter of 3mm Tygon tubing with a 1cc syringe teed into the tubing at the flask. ...

I would definitely endorse CSVVA at Challes les Eaux (Chambery). A brilliant fleet, superb site, lots of atmosphere and cameraderie and pretty cheap (winch and aerotow). Knowledge of French a definite advantage but I suppose that goes for almost every French club. I have about 20 hours flying there...

Please reply directly with details. El Paso, Texas.

Fellow r.a.s.'ers: Tell me about the Lark. I don't yet know which model, but I hear that our club is about to acquire one. Should I be ecstatic, or concerned?

I'm looking for a place to get soaring instruction and I see the glider symbol on the airchart near Osceola, WI. Does anybody know if they have a commercial operation there (if so, any contact info?) or is it just some local glider owners? Thanks! -- Scott Gotta Fly or Gonna Die

White Sands Soaring Association is pleased to invite all soaring pilots (motorglider or pure--does not matter) to a Soaring Fiesta over Memorial Day week, Saturday to Wednesday. Last year's success drove the WSSA board to more formally host and support a 'fun contest' soaring get-together when New...