Her name is Anna, she is a teenager in Poland, now graduating high school. Anna wanted to fly gliders very bad. I have never met a person in my entire life that wanted to learn to fly that bad. The problem is that she has no money to learn to fly. Today the cost of flying in Poland is as high as it...

1995 L33 Solo, ~350TT, Excellent Condition, All Metal, Stored in Trailer, Radio, Audio Vario, Full Tow-Out Gear, more... $25,000. (GPS/LNAV Extra$$$) Chicago, IL USA http://hometown.aol.com/curtl33/myhomepage/l33.html

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/3859452/detail.html

Well, whilst we are at it on the 'First glider - no gel coat' lets have a little competition... What is the most beautiful glider in the following classes? 1. Club 2. Standard

I'm wondering how much the modern reluctance to land out and desire for collision avoidance technology is driven by an underlying fear that if society knew about soaring, society would ban it. Granted no one wants to die or have anyone else die but we've been recreational flying for 100 years and...

A long while back somebody (Ian Molesworth?) mentioned "lashing a Camelbak under the beam supporting the stick" in a Standard Libelle. With the season visible on the horizon I'm wondering how he did that. There's obviously sufficient space available under the beam and little chance of fouling...

Hi, I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure, like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE. Gilles

XC Soar (open source) runs phenomenally on driodX (any andriod phone) and the Motorola Xoom Tablet. I think apple can run this but I might be wrong. XC Soar is full featured cc sailplane racing software, is entirely free and is being developed and updated nearly every day by a dedicated and...

Getting ready for the winter plane projects. The question comes up every year...what to smear over the gel coat. Is there any credible comparison of wax vs PTFE vs Wx? I don't want to hear about avoiding silicones because that seems to be a non-issue since refinishers don't have much of a problem...

There had been yet another fatality recently as a result of misinterpreting the open spoilers signal. True we all passed the written test and know that wiggeling the rudder means check spoilers and rocking the wings means release, yet so many students and experienced pilots alike continiue to...

Anyone ever hear of a seaplane/amphibious motor-glider? I wonder if there is one out there that I have never heard about. If not, what do you all think about the possibility of creating one? Would it be possible to have all of these qualifications in one aircraft? I have toyed with the idea,...

Heard that Kempton Izuno flew from Minden to Cal City to Herlong back to Inyokern. What is the rest of the story Kempton Gary

A lot of the clubs here tow with thickish (5/8 inch and some 1/2inch) poly and nylon ropes, without weak links, and pilots with years of experience say that no load exerted by the glider can damage the tug - and in the worst of cases even a 5/8 rope will break before damaging the Tug (Most often...

Not to start another chapter in "Battery Wars" but I have a simple question about "drop in" LiFePO4 battery replacements for SLA batteries in gliders. For years, I've used an SLA battery with the same footprint as the common glider size of 7Ah to 9Ah--i.e., 5.95" x 2.56"--except a little...

Any suggestions for self-launch two-seater glider at 100 000 EUR range? My current list: ASH-25M: ASH25 self launchers tend to start from EUR 160 000 unfortunately. Do you know how sophisticated is the engine operation? Is there any flight manual available in the net? (my brief look at Duo Discus...

I'm preparing for my Private test, and in discussing it with the local FAA examiner, he indicated that one item on the test is a landing with no drag devices, using only a turning and forward slips. As he explained it, the task in the PTS is to demonstrate the ability to land totally...

Does anyone know whether the LCD display for this unit is transflective or transmissive? Thanks, John Galloway

E-Vario required/wanted. What you got?

Hello, I am closing in on my first glider purchase and have narrowed it down to three. What is a safe purchase procedure for an older glider? Two are LS3's and one is an LS3A. All have been refinished in PU. Is a new annual sufficient or it is advisable to have a pre-purchase inspection as...

I promised Bill Daniels that I'd burn him a DVD of some of my winch videos and the result is pretty horrible quality which is a result of two things. A. I'm using Pinnacle Studio 8 and it's given me some problems and I'm more than a bit peeved that in less than 6 months I am foced to buy Version...