Can someone that has been following this closely update the group? Thank you in advance! 2C

Thanks to Steve Leonard, I've been able to upload photos taken by his father at the 1969 Marfa National Championships and the 1970 Marfa World Soaring Championships. Thanks Steve, for allowing me to post these beautiful photos to the Public. 2C http://www.flickr.com/photos/49579078@N03/

York Soaring (www.yorksoaring.com), will be hosting it's third annual aerobatics course 3rd to 9th of June 2013. York is located ~60 miles NW of the Toronto International airport. The course is provided by Canadian aerobatic instructors from SOSA and York and is open to members from other clubs as...

Hawke Tracking is sponsoring the Eagleville, TN GTA race. Follow the contest at Maps: Google Maps: http://www.hawketracking.org/gta/files/tracking.htm Google Maps Large: http://www.hawketracking.org/gta/files/trackinglarge.htm Mobile: http://www.hawketracking.org/gta/files/mobile.htm Google...

In the past couple days I have come across two videos the were the result of converting 8 mm home movies to digital videos. I have added both of them to the video section of the Schreder Sailplane Designs website. (http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder) The direct link to the video page is...

For Sale- L-nav 50mm variometer readout L-nav repeater 50mm variometer ..45 liter capacity flask Instruments were installed in a privately owned Grob 103 twin three C

I'm interested in the utility of ADS-B and XM weather products for soaring (I know about the geographic availability). Has anyone used either enough to know? For example, XM weather has the visible satellite images, but I don't think ADS-B does. Is that a deal killer? -- Eric Greenwell -...

Inter-club competition is well underway in the PA/NJ/NY tri-state area. The Brandywine Soaring team has jumped out to a commanding lead - we'll have to see if they can hold. We have had some great early season conditions this year ... and a 1-26 driven by Dan Sazhin has posted the highest...

If you have a deserving soaring youth associate, help them with this opportunity to spread their wings. http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=7503688335&show=blog&id=2389

Automatic or Manual. Which is the best?

Would appreciate the opportunity to purchase Winning on the Wind. Any condition is acceptable as this is for reading and not collecting. Just email first name at last name dot org. Thank you, Buddy Sessoms

At the risk of jumping into something I'm really not in the middle of, I'd like to suggest that we are not presenting our sport in a positive light to those who are considering joining our ranks. It would be great to see an active thread on how to create buyers for gliders instead. We face a...

Does anyone care that the flarm vertical range has been reduced to 500 meters in the new firmware version. Why would the vertical range for ADS-b, and PCAS be more or less unlimited and configurable and the PowerFlarm be limited to 500 meters. Henry

After the winter break my Ilec SB 9 backup vario is declining to work. When switched on (regardless of position V1, V2 or Res - and also on back up battery power and Res), the needle deflects to fully negative and stays there (with a muted humming sound) until switched off. I checked plumbing and...

Anyone venture to guess when we will think of carbon fiber as 'heavy'? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22079592

I noticed after yesterday's flight that my flight display on Skylines had metric values in the altitude graph. I sent an email to Max and today got an email from Turbo letting me know that it was fixed. Now that's service! Maybe some of the vendors of high-tech stuff should use that as an...

Hi, First let me acknowledge and thank those who are testing and evaluating the location and installation of various antennae for best performance for/with the PowerFlarm core/brick. In the next week I will be installing the core and butterfly in panel display in my V2b. Has/can a...

I'm not alarmist to say that the FAA is going to ground 80% of the senescent USA glider training fleet sometime soon. The only question is when. The L-13s are being recycled. The few people who know how to properly inspect and keep the 27 wooden Schleichers KA-* gliders flying safely are...

kinda long, but a lot of fun had on a marginal day. Hero3 mounted to Ron Clarks LS3 pursuing Brads Tetra-15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMxmbS9cDbw&feature=youtu.be Brad

Preface: I'm in favor of allowing team flying in US soaring competition. I hope it can be practiced in such a manner that the next rule cycle will allow team flying in all US contests. Concern: Air-to-air soaring radio traffic will be more apt to "interfere" with powered aviation management. What...