I'm trying to find out what happened to Heini Dittmar after WWII. He was a famous german glider pilot, and the first official Soaring World Champion in 1937. He was also the first test pilot of the Me-163 during WWII, his name is usually associated with that project and with Lippisch and his flying...

Anybody knows about Soaring places in Mexico ? I never heard of anything there... Arnold

Although TAS is not as useful for glider pilots, as IAS and GS, some recent posts seem to sugget that TAS is not a clear concept for many pilots. Some people even consider it a "Sophisticated calculation", which is really astonishing. The advent of GPSs with the easy read out of Ground Speed has...

I'm looking for an original "Parts Catalog" for the Grob G103B. Information please in private to apieper at sbcglobal.net

1) "The spin is caused primarily by the position of the controls" - True, but spins can also be cause by external factors. 2) "...Stick in the aft stop is the 'Stall' position" - Not exactly true. It is true only with the wings level. It is possible to fly regularly in a thermal with the stick...

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Hi all, Do we have in EU something similar to these e-shops www.wingsandwheels.com or www.cumulus-soaring.com for gliding stuff? I need new safety harnesses and delivery within EU countries wouldn’t be so complex. BR Artiom DG-100

Hi all, I’m trying to understand how to determine CofG of my DG-100. In the maintenance manual there is such sentence which I do not understand: “The fuselage must be leveled so that the top of the aft fuselage boom has a tail-down slope of l00 : 3.67.“ I understood that I need to lift up the...

Hi, Is here anybody who has experience with Socata Rally 235 as tow-plane? Have you been flying this plane as tow-plane or being towed behind? What are pros and cons? How does this plane look in comparison to competitors like Pawnee, Maule, Husky, Wilga, Robin and so on. I'll appreciate any...

Dear Friends, Soaring Chillies World Tour the first worldwide different soaring calendar, with alpine impressions from Austria would accompanied in short time glider pilots and their friends through 2007. The *SoaringChillies World Tour Calendar 2008 is going to replace the last edition in just...

do you need to spice up your (soaring) life? let's give a look up to the new soaring chillies calendar 2007. http://www.soaringchillies.com in few days you will find more in information also in english. best regards arturo & the soaring chillies crew

hi we http://www.soaringchillies.com are still looking for soaring reporters preferential native speakers. more info by mail. best regards arturo

Please, Anyone can help me? I have changed my PC and when I tried to install the LaunchPoint 2000 I found that the Webpage was empty. How can I get a username to be able to use the log in my new PC? The God of Gliding will reward with thermals, and no cross-wind at landing Arturo

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I am not a frequent Amazon.com shopper but I just found out about 'Amazon Smiles'. It is a program in which Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchase price to a charity of your choice at no cost to you. The SSA is on their list, so shop away and support! Get your kids and friends to sign up,...

Hi y'all, I have to replace the cloth tape gap seal after loosing the one on the rudder in flight. I removed the adhesive residue with GooOff, which worked really well and washed the area with denatured alcohol. The new tape still won't stick very strong. The glider is metal with PU-paint. What...

Question for the Moriarty, NM locals: Is there a parachute rigger available at the field or in the area who is familiar with chutes used in gliders, i.e. who can repack a chute 'lump-free'? Uli 'AS'

Virgin Galactic successfully completed another test flight. Out of curiosity, I looked up the reg.-number N202VG of the space plane. Turns out that it is registered as an Experimental Glider - without an engine! So that massive rocket sticking out the back is not an engine? Hmmm... the...

Does anyone know the status of the Solar Flight 'Sunseeker Duo'? There was some fanfare about it on one of the past Aero-shows in Friederichshafen but their website https://www.solar-flight.com/sunseeker-duo/ hasn't been updated for a while. Sent an email but that went unanswered. Looks like an...

Ran across this neat clip on Yahoo. I circled with bald- and golden eagles, ospreys, etc. but never saw them that close, mostly because the speed difference. https://www.yahoo.com/news/vultures-fly-alongside-paragliders-200431352.html Enjoy, Uli 'AS'