Just a first post to say Hello! I just found this whole news group thing and was very happy to find a soaring newsgroup (though I haven't been gliding for several months due to school and huge lack of funds! No!) which is very bad as I just went solo and then couldn't go. I must save up some...

Have just seen on the news that the EU is changing the farming subsidy rules from next year, to try and reduce the food mountain I would guess. Now they are going to pay the subsidy regardless of the farmer actually growing anything with the subsidy being based on an average of x past years...

There is considerable interest in the UK in using plasma/dyneema rope for winch launching. However, the main obstacle appears to be finding an efficient method of cutting the rope in event of an emergency. Has anyone ot there found the definitive method???

It's intriguing how much attention any post about winch launching seems to generate here on RAS. I must admit I, like most here in the USA, cried "foul" or was it"fool" any time one would suggest that winching could be a viable alternative to the much perferred aero tow. Shame on me. Perhaps it's...

Hi, this is urgent, please read this note and help us stop this development. It's like the loss of your favorite gliderport next to your favorite ridge. This will be tragic if THEY build big hotel at this spot. Many of us glider pilots are also windsurfers or kiters and we need your help to just...

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There was a story in S&G some years ago about a ASW 20 sucessfully landed without damage by use of flap changes; the pilot had read the manual. Following the fatal crash of a Cessna 150/150 hp two plane, due to a burned throughj elevator cable, two of us tow pilots experimented with pitch trim on...

Hello, Somebody has the coordinates, references or image file of Irv Culver airfoil? Thanks, Roberto M. Besser Brazil

Completely daft newbie question that I'm hoping will have a simple answer. Mention is frequently made of the term L/D, which I know is an abbreviation of Lift / Drag. For example, the L/D cited in an advert for a Ka6 recently was "L/d 33" If L/D is the Lift/Drag ratio, why are the figures...

Hmmm.... I was wondering if metal gliders have an L/D disadvantage due to the metal, or because of the lousy rivets and poor wing airfoil and draggy struts (of the SGS gliders, for example). Is it possible to make a retract gear metal glider with flush rivets and a carry-through spar which would...

2000 DG-800B 26 hours TTAF 3 Hours engine Dittle radio, SN10 computer, most factory options Cobra trailer, always hangered $120,000 Hank Marlowe 310-337-1510

I'm scheduled to Solo this weekend (yipeee!) and am thinking about whats next. Plan was to train at a FBO then join a club. Question is when to transition? I know theres going to be more lessons before I take the FAA license test. FBO advantage is familiar aircraft, airfield, soaring conditions,...

For Sale Discus 2b http://www.gfbyars.com/d2b/index.html * Year of mfg: 2000 S/N 58. * Approx 120 flights, 180 hours. * Factory Cobra trailer with glass top. * Cambridge 302 * Becker Radio * Winter Mechanical Vario

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I'm in the market for a Discus, Ventus or Nimbus turbo installation ( Engine, prop, mast electric ram , engine control panel and centre section - the remains of the centre spaceframe ) any and all leads gladly received! Ian

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Which specific FAR? Michael Michael www.northwestsoaring.com

Anyone have a used volkslogger for sale? To reply, remove the ZSPAM from my email address. Glenn

Sorry folks, re original article on tailplane/elevator turbulators. My E-Mail address is Send me your snailmail address if you want a copy. Cheers, Ron Baker (Australia)

Looking at the Windpath Corporation's website www.windpath.ca] I have = found a technical AD regarding the Puchacz's life extension over = 6000hrs. It seems that now it's 6750hrs, and (if I have understood it = properly) can be made even longer by overhauling glider every next = 1000hrs. There's...