Recent tragedies will certainly bring insurance rates and coverage into the spotlight once again. IMHO things will change not only in cost but coverage as well. Underwriters cannot continue to pay out high amounts for such a small population of their overall policies. I foresee changes coming to...

The record camp at Refugio TX is an official go! A couple of us 1-26 fliers have put together a one week xc camp June 6 thru June 14. The Refugio Soaring club is providing tows for the week. You are welcome to join in specially if you are a low performance glider flier looking for your distance...

Two years young, GPS antenna and old cables, original box, works great. No longer needed thanks to my PowerFLARM. ~ted/2NO (tedcwagner ... gmail ...)

In the UK a small team has been developing a new task type for club and competition use. We call it a Handicap Distance Task and its purpose is to overcome the problems associated with setting tasks suitable for a wide range of handicaps whereby high handicap gliders finish early and low...

Our club 1-34 lives outside, and during heavy rains will accumulate some water in the fuselage. There appear to be no drain holes in the bottom of the fuselage. Is there supposed to be a drain in there? If not is there an approved method of adding these? Peter

Somebody has to have a good, used ASI sitting on their shelf that they would be willing to sell. 0-160Kts. Gary Boggs 503-708-8869 gboggs0107 at gmail

The main Soaring Server (soaringweb.org) and its co-located mirrors (soaring.geichhorn.com and soaring.guenther-eichhorn.com) are off-line, probably through tomorrow, however the remotely located mirrors are fine: soaring.gahsys.com (courtesy of Glenn Holden) and serkowski.com/soaring/ (courtesy...

I have a becker 4401 transponder for sale. This is the 175 watt version and for those not familiar its mode C. It comes with the altitude encoder, wiring harness, and shark fin style antenna. It had a transponder check a few months ago and a new wiring harness over the winter too. 1500 or make...

I would like to buy an Ilec SN-10b. Prefer to also get the "brick" USB adapter. email me at jlp-scs at pacbell dot net thanks "NF" Steve Smith

The US Team Committee will be holding an election for a position on the committee. Please see the SSA home page for details, or contact Peter Deane, Sarah Arnold, or myself for particulars. Please have your regional director nominate you and then forward a short bio for the election. Richard...

Has anyone had any experience in removing the steerable tailwheel fork from an APIS motorglider. I am having great difficulty in removing same, perhaps due to corrosion. I have tried various releasing agents such as Releasall, WD-40, etc, with no results. Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Another option, of course, is to just fly dry. Accept the lower speed and the rougher ride in turbulence, and just fly. Heck, it has been done that way before! As for studies, I remember hearing of Bob Barber flying his Mosquito wet, high, under a cloudstreet in Colorado. He would get...

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For some reason GNII is not turning on or recognizing the receiver. It worked originally but has stopped. The receiver is working and generating data strings (checked this with the provided software). When starting GNII it says it found and is initializing the GPS. When the Nav screen comes on it...

.. there is no twist in the wing. And that's why it will tip-stall......................keep your speed up in the pattern! JJ

On Mar 25, 2:38*pm, Paul T wrote: Hi I need some help translating a few documents/letters/e-mails for a charity project connected with gliding into FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH AND ARABIC. Anyone who can help? *Would be really grateful. No money for compensation- ...

As the northern season draws to a close, the end of Q3 as well. In July, "FLARM" posted: ***** FLARM View profile More options Jul 11, 8:58 am Core collision avoidance functionality had priority over the flight recording. Now that the users are happy with the first, we can move on to the 'fringe...

Any ex or current hg's care to comment on their experience getting a sailplane ticket? I have a friend considering this, he is a very experienced HG type...with zip for powered or sailplane experience. I explained to him that he quite likely will be able to out-thermal his instructor...but that...

Looking to have a sailplane trailered from SoCal to the midwest, preferrably by end of April, 2007. I could also settle for the end of May delivery if anyone is coming out for the 18m nationals in Albert Lea. Please contact Adam at: adam_y2k5 ....amp-sand....yahoo.com

We currently have 1 cable with Dyneema shock rope attached to semi rigid strop with weak link and 1 cable with a more traditional 2/3rd in hemp rope, the hemp shock rope has more weight and makes cable drop clear quicker than the floaty Dyneema set up - it has been mentioned that we will return to...