If you were pulling up stakes, where would one move to find: 1. The longest soaring season. 2. The best x-c conditions, on average. The OLC would suggest Blairstown, NJ... Any other opinions, with or without objective data? Erik N.

Training manuals and,in the USA, the FAA test, require knowledge of all the in-air signals between a glider and towplane. In all my 25-years of aerotows, I've only had four go bad (less than 1%). In one, the towplane engine quit just after liftoff, but early enough to enable us both to land on...

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...

Did anyone run across any information related to Wingtips design/availability for the PW-5. This is understood that it will negate PW-5 World Class categorization however shell be available to all PW-5 registered uder Experimental Cert... I believe I SAW it only once somewhere in Australia (Website...

The US Rules Subcommittee has added Club Class as a national championship class starting in 2013. The plan is to co locate with Sports. Generally described, subject to usual wordsmithing and refinement, Club will be gliders with a handicap of .898(similar to what Worlds does except letting in LS-6...

Rec.aviation.soaring favorite, Devin was kicked out of the Junior Worlds for being up until 4:00 AM drinking on flying days, and general disrespect for the coaching staff. It is unfortunate that such a potentially talented young pilot was unable to meet his duties to the U.S. team due to his...

I need a Cambridge 1500 series ball joint mount exactly as shown in http://www.cambridge-aero.com/1500mnt.htm If you have one you no longer need please email me. Thanks

I am researching the film 'The Sun Ship Game' which featured George Moffat and Gleb Derujinsky in the 1969 Sugarbush Regionals in Vermont and the 1969 US Nationals in Marfa. I would appreciate any recollections of these two contests and their filming and would especially like photographs. Can...

2014: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GYqUEaesROmKdkzS2Y1h7MSBUrQCdfydJxu6WnSbzOQ/edit?usp=sharing 2013: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NO7073Z6J-r77aUbR1oOEKrusXwfYf4amtaem_Rw-E4/edit?usp=sharing 2014 US Tasking Highlights Total Number of Tasks - 189 TATs - 122 or 65% MATs -...

Blanik L-13 for sale. Circumstances have forced me to cease my commercial operation. Therefore I have a very clean, well maintained, low hour L-13 for sale with an open trailer. This plane is ready to fly. * Total Time 1179.6 Hours * Ball Audio Vario in Front Seat, Mechanical Vario in back...

With all the new (and some of the older - SN10 for example) vario-computers having accelerometers and settings for ballast and polars, would it be possible to compute and display the optimum thermalling speed adjusted for wingloading and bank angle (as a function of instantaneous G-loading)? Since...

Seems to be a common thing at contests or any other time you are flying something different than what the pilot is use to pulling. How about the next time it happens to you, have your radio call be 'Towplane pulling Glider (Insert your callsign here), please speed up 5 MPH' or some such if you...

Looking at getting a new vehicle this spring, and am currently looking into a Jetta Sportwagon TDI. Any of you guys use one to tow your ship? Good or bad? Peter

bioennodepot.com is offering 15% off LiFePO4 glider batteries. 12V 9A only $85.00 bucks If your old "Sealed Lead Acid" (SLA) needs replacing, here is an opportunity to get a 12 Volt 9 Amp hour LiFePO4 battery. I have been using these for several years and would never go back to SLA's. Lots of...

My gliding partner and I have a LX1000 in our DG202. This instrument needs some attention, and we are wondering if its time to replace it rather than spending money on something outdated. We have a separate GPS/logger/nav display system (Garmin 89, EW B, Compaq 1550), so we aren't looking for all...

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

I am a newly soloed student pilot, still flying the club's 2-seat trainer. I'll be moving to the club's single-seater soon. Then I hope to be allowed by my instructor to make solo flights in my own mid-performance sailplane that I bought before starting glider lessons. It was flown by advanced solo...

I have a 16mm home movie showing a test flight of the Bumble Bee at Rosamond Dry Lake in 1945. I need help with 2 things: 1) I would imagine that Bowlus and Nelson are part of this movie but I can't find a photograph of either of these guys so that I can ID them. Does anyone know where there is a...

Does anyone know of a source of any statistics that might indicate the effectiveness or otherwise of FLARM in reducing the rate collisions between FLARM fitted gliders in those European countries in which it is in widespread use? Thanks in advance. John Galloway

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...