https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_dnAD5TD-E Makes you want to fit some floats on an Antares and give it a go!

GREETINGS!!!! Santa Barbara Soaring is pleased to announce their celebration of three years in operation, and an invitation to the public to come fly with us at the Santa Ynez Airport over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Â* Towing service will be available on Friday through Sunday (25-27...

I would definitely fly a USA/North American GP - so long as I could find a competitive glider to borrow/rent. Yes, my means keep me stuck in Club Class :-( , but my ambitions are high :-) You know, there is mostly NOTHING but $$$'s stopping interested US pilots from going overseas and competing...

This AD came out in the last few days and sent me into a tizzy. This has to do with the elevator bearing stand breaking loose. All applicable ships must grind off and replace the difficult to get at fiberglass and metal stand by Jan 19, 2010. The part itself is 39 Euros (plus VAT and shipping,...

Looking for a replacement for the visor-mounted PZL compass on my PW-5, which is leaking kerosene like a sieve. Thanks in advance, Jordan

I have people ask me about gliding all the time. I always send them to the http://www.letsgogliding.com/ site and forward them links for Bruno Vassel or Balleka videos on YouTube. Does anyone else have any favorite sites that they send people to in order for them to get interested in gliding?

Has anyone of the early adopters actually flown with the new DeLorme InReach ? I had a contact with their tech support a while back, who mentioned that they report elevation, not altitude. Also their tracking pages mention elevation. I found tracks of Paul/Frank and Sean, but they look like they...

Say overall speed is not an issue (you are not racing) and the only objective is to achieve best glide to make it home with a marginal final glide. Also lets assume you fail to maintain the correct speed and deviate +/- 10 knots. Which will have less penalty, flying 10 knots too fast or too slow...

Why is it that the JS-1C seem to be the open class ship? One would think the 3 choices of wing span for the EB-29 and the extra wing span would make this the best hands down open ship. I noticed that the JS-1C-18 is equal to the ASG-29-18. One would think the ASH-31 with the same outer tips as...

Those of us flying sailplanes licensed Experimental Exhibition or some variant of this, and having limitations requiring submission of a program letter to our local FSDO can expect changes in how these are being handled. I have been contacted by my local "helper" and requested to make some specific...

Like many others, I was saddened to learn of Dick Johnson's death earlier this month. I interviewed Dick at the SSA convention in February, but had not completed processing the video and let it sit, like a number of other digital projects. Events of course, kicked me in action, so this video...

Has anyone a good Puchacz Polar ? I need to generate a polar file to use in the Winpilot. Thomas

What are X/C Pilots taking along for lunch on the there long flights?

TORONTO AREA GLIDER PILOT GROUND SCHOOL! Spring 2005 Session starting Friday April 22 ============================================ York Soaring will be hosting a Glider Pilot Ground School directed at beginning pilots to prepare them both for basic flight training and the Transport Canada...

Does anybody have any suggestions for this problem? At the moment I run version 1.2.4.7. NMEA source is my LX-20. I have hard-reset the unit, and installed only GPS_LOG (on a dedicated Ipaq 3130). NMEA sentence is set to RMC, 4800 bps. enjoy the sky Aldo Cernezzi

Pilots on the US competition ranking list will (or have) be receiving a request for donations to the SRA. The return address envelope was supposed to be to the SRA Treasurer (Roy McMaster) but something went astray and the SSA office became the destination. If you wish to send your check directly...

A couple of keen Kiwi's are looking to hire or swap either an ASH25 or = Ventus 2's for the Nationals at Hobbs this year. We have a couple of ASH25's & Ventus 2cxt at Omarama, New Zealand with = Chalets on the airfield. If you can assist we would love to hear about = it. Please contact Grae...

The movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" includes no soaring and no gliders, but in one scene there is a _picture_ of a sailplane hanging on the wall. http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/sunshine_sailplane.jpg Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white,...

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Did anyone fly a straight-out 500k flight originating in either the U.S. central or eastern time zones between Oct. 1, 2002, and September 30, 2003? The flight must be in a motorless glider with the 500k distance being measured from release to landing. If so, please contact me because you could be...