Our glider club in Israel is looking to buy a used Pawnee in the US. As we are far away we are looking for Someone that can manage the process for us. That is finding suitable planes inspecting the ones that meet the need and managing the purchasing. We will be happy to pay for the service. Please...

Things appear to be improving for air travel, borders, vaccination, and I'm wondering if there have been decisions on whether there will be a 2022 Convention, in the spring, and, if yes, its location? The links on the SSA webpage still go to Little Rock 2020 ( I went to both LR conventions, the...

The budget of 20.000€ for design, development and procurement of IGC owned glider tracking system for use in WGC’s. Standards for the system are still to be determined but will focus on safety, fairness and transparency Not allow organizers of the championships to mandate a particular FLARM...

Flarm antennas are a real pain for ships with carbon hulls. Coverage is always poor, especially below. Is there a way to make a perfectly flat and thin antenna that could be taped to the outside of the hull and fed through a small (1/8"?) hole? I am thinking 2 thin wire strands, or foil strips,...

Anyone know what has happened with the ruc sounding plots that used to be available from NOAA? All I get is access forbidden now. http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/

Looking for information on installing a tow hook on a 182, 337, STC,

I sent out emails last night to what felt like half of the SSA membership (pilots registered for this year's Nephi OLC/XC camp) with updates and answers to questions. For those of you who might have had it go to a wrong mail box or who are crazy enough to not have registered yet, here is a link to...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028185.700-autopiloted-glider-knows-where-to-fly-for-a-free-ride.html

Can anybody point me at a definition of the SUA airspace file format, please? LK8000 uses it, but so far I haven't been able to find the UK airspace in SUA format, so its looking more and more as if I'll have to convert a TNP or OpenAir file to SUA. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie

Hi all, I've seen a lot of interesting discussion on this group improving skills and safety, so I thought I'd ask this he I'm currently training for my private pilot glider ticket, starting from zero. I have about 12hrs in my logbook over 43 flights, about a third of which are solo. I did...

Anyone upgrading with a Borgelt B50 to spare? Please let me know. Thanks Roy

http://www.kzc.nl/irene/Longmynd/Longmynd_2002_L2_mpg2.mpg Might be a bit big unless you have broadband

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The Tasman V1000 has no moving parts. It is completely solid state. It requires no capacity flask. It has both visual and audio output along with a continuously displayed averager. The averager is the numerical output in the center of the display. There is an input on the back of the vario for...

Wanted links regarding the history of gliding. sample http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/pilcher.html Thanks -- Mal www.mals.net

Hi Pilots, =20 If any Minden area pilots are familiar with the procedures followed to secure your glider specific XPDR code please contact me. I would like to see a similar specific code for the Front Range of the Rockies. I haven't a clue where to start the process. =20

Syndicate requires high performance 2 seater similar to Nimbus 3DM or Janus CM.

Hi Race fans - I've started a blog for the Hobbs contest: http://www.nadler.com/public/2010_Hobbs/2010_Hobbs.html Wrap-up for the Caesar Creek 18-meter nationals is he http://www.nadler.com/public/2010_CaesarCreek/2010_CaesarCreek.html Enjoy, Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

For Sale: Cambridge GPS NAV Model 20 with S NAV -- The GPS NAV is a model 20 . Currently a version 5.1E. Cambridge Aero charges $75 to upgrade this unit to the current version 5.3E. -- The S NAV includes a 57 mm vario display and currently is version 7.6. Cambridge charges $75 to...

Hi, Please accept my apologies ahead of time for my ignorance. If I am posting to the wrong group or if the questions have been answered before, please direct me to the appropriate place. I would really like to try to sail-plane (is this the right terminology?) and have really no idea where to...