Last December I reported in this forum that I was starting a project to extract airspace information from the National Airspace Resource Files (NASR) published by the National Flight Data Center, and to translate that information into file formats commonly used in the sport aviation community (such...

Last year I spent a very interesting and inspiring afternoon at the Lone Star Flight Museum and Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in Galveston, TX. Any of you who may have visited them in the past may be interested to know that the buildings, aircraft, and exhibits were severely damaged by the...

The 30th WGC held in Rieti will be the subject of a book, richly illustrated with photos of gliders, people, structures and action. We have a full set of official photos of the teams, taken during the opening ceremony. Nevertheless, if you have nicer, happier, funnier pictures of your team (as a...

Padded aluminum cusp that slips over trailing edge with web strap that goes over leading edge then down to cable or stake with hooks and ratchet for tightning. Can be easily carried in ship. E-mail me for picture.........see Williams Soaring, set of two for $125 + shipping. JJ

I want to put this book on my xmas list and read that there is a new edition. has it been published yet? Bob

I would like to thank the people responsible for putting together the SRA Poll. A lot of work for sure. I do take issue with item 3.0 and 3.1, Club Class First 3.0 states that the WGCs Club Class List is too unstable and excludes too many ships in widespread use in the US. The whole idea of a Club...

Friends: I was contacted by a couple pilots with glider insurance through AIG. They wondered what was happening in the SSA's glider insurance program. There is a nice news item on the SSA's web page which should answer the majority of...

Does anyone know a source for the little (about) 3 inch hard rubber wheels that seem to be on the dollys in most Minden trailers? I had one break yesterday. Greg

We are trying to organize a Western Seniors for 2009. To possible be held @ Warner Springs, Ca. from Sept. 9 thur Sept. 13 or 14. We had a western senior event years ago, but the interest ...errrr... fell off. So, it would be the same format as the Seniors in Seminole, being 55 and older along...

Perfect Condition. Available immediately (New Jersey). Race ready. Less than 200 hours. Tinted Canopy, hydraulic disc brake. Ilec SN10b, Mode C transponder, ELT. Cobra metal trailer, tow out gear. Parachute and many extras. US$95K. -- Bob bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom --fix this before responding

has anyone done it? If so could you send me some details. Also buying same as a retro fit would be of interest to me. Udo

I purchased a glider that came with a PZL Vario (WRs-5D). All of the instruments had been removed from the panel. I do have all the components for this system, but I am looking to see if anyone has a manual on how to correctly set this up. http://web.me.com/rgteel/Site/PZL_Vario.html Randy N184N

The annual SSA Rules Committee election and SSA/SRA Pilot Opinion Poll opened today at http://adamsfive.com/survey/surveys.php. Both close on October 8. You are eligible to participate if you're on the US Pilot Ranking List (basically if you've flown an SSA-sanctioned contest in the past 3...

I've been seeing some of the small Zaon traffic avoidance units (http://www.zaon.aero) and they look pretty slick. The larger module even will hook into many GPS displays. Knowing that such a product will only come down in price and in size, can one of the larger, XRX, units be plugged into any...

Yesterday Monday 15 I had one of my best flights: not a cloud in the sky, at least not in my vicinity. Gound temperature 104* F. Fred Robinson, operator of Great Western Soaring at Crystal tells me that the lift will be good. That's an understatement. Take off at 12:45, release at 6,400 ft MSL,...

Just one word: Hoehenflossen It's part of a glider! My specialist aviation dictionary is (a) not here and (b) about eighty years old. Vielen Dank in advance,

Like the title says, I've got blue 2001 Strong 305 parachute in excellent condition for sale. New would cost more than $1600. Buy mine for $1150 including shipping in the CONUS. Motti Pikelny 708-297-0686 motti123 @ gmail.com

Like the title says, I've got blue 2001 Strong 305 parachute in excellent condition for sale. New would cost more than $1600. Buy mine for $1150 including shipping in the CONUS. Motti Pikelny 708-297-0686 motti123 @ gmail.com

I would like to buy a Borgelt B40 vario. If you have one that's available, please drop me a line. Cam Martin Tehachapi CA jcmartinATbak.rr.com

Has anybody tried running SeeYou (the desktop version, not SeeYou mobile) under Linux? Did it work? If so, how did you do it, i.e. did you use WINE or did you go the guest OS route and host a copy of XP under VMWare or Xen? TIA