Hello all, I am a retired airline pilot who is getting back into GA flying. I intend to pursue a commercial add on this coming season assuming virus restrictions are lifted or changed. Looking for an organized zoom/FaceTime type ground school geared towards people like me so I can hit the ground...

Here are a few to get you started; - lifting streams of light - fingers bold and brave fulfill - my giddy hearts delight - Gear is down and locked - air speed, traffic, spoilers, wind - no going around

Looking for something basic in good condition with a trailer like a SGS 2-33 or 2-33A. Hopefully in the north west. Boise, ID

Hi everybody. I am testing the XCSoar program on a Kobo Mini. I ask for your help to know how to prepare some useful pages to navigate on local flights. My interest is to know at all times: Distance and course to the field. Altitude necessary to arrive. Should I schedule a task for this purpose? I...

Hi all in Glider-Land! Does anyone have a good number for how long it takes or the FLARM Core to boot up? Background: I am trying to update my Butterfly 57mm round display to the latest revision. The instructions say to connect the USB stick with the update file to the FLARM port, push and hold the...

Are most of these glider tow plane mid-airs in the landing or approach to pattern?

Like first ascents in climbing, first ridge traverses in soaring can be challenging. We had the pleasure today to do a first traverse on the Wyoming Range in western Wyoming, just south of Jackson Hole. Many years ago I pioneered the ridge run on the Salt River Range, it took several years to...

Is this still a good reference today? ..... or is it outdated with much better information in the multitudes of books printed now?

Five three-student ground launch clinics will be offered this year. The flying is done on one day of a weekend (depending on weather) on the following dates: May 1-2 (filled), June 5-6 (one opening) July 2-3, August 21-22 (two openings) and September 4-5. Included are room and board at Eagle...

Hi there, I'm not a glider pilot but I am a PhD student in meteorology. I study how clouds form and it seems that the glider community has a lot of knowledge in that area. There is one article in particular I am seeking that may be directly related to my research. I can't find it for free and I...

On Tuesday, December 25, 2001 5:15:06 AM UTC-8, Niclas Schopenhauer wrote: Has anyone here tried mounting a camera on the wing (or tail) of a glider? If so, how did you do it? All my pictures (from inside the cockpit) are pretty boring in comparison with the pictures you see in glider...

Congratulations to Matt Seymour who won the Region 3 Sports Class. This nice young man won flying his grandfather's KA-6E using just a map and a round "whiz wheel" glide computer. This is what glider racing should be more about. As Rick Walters said- It's not what you brung- It's how it's...

I am looking at buying a used glider located near Philly in NJ. Does anyone have a recommendation?

Very interesting to see Chip Garner in the 15m Duck Hawk winning the day in what appears to be relatively weak conditions. Span-limited in comparison to many of the ships with longer legs, he was nearly 10% faster in raw speed than KS, who is leading in a Duo. Gary Osoba

On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:04:55 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Papa wrote: 'these glider pilots really know how to fly' Reminds me of a guy who once told me "I went to a woman doctor once and she really seemed to know what she was doing"...

All, Version 2.11 of my IGCLogger Excel spreadsheet is now available for download at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwILkoZHUvTMTDVpZ29FWnh5UlU/edit?usp=sharing This version corrects an error in the 'Import From Previous Version' feature that caused it to fail occasionally. Frank(TA)

Can you clarify for me the FAR definition of "pilot-in-command time" and "flights as pilot in command" ? Regarding the commercial pilot certificate with a glider rating, 61.129(f)(1) requires at least 100 flights in a glider as pilot in command. Regarding logging pilot-in-command flight time,...

2006 Region 8 Soaring Championships Ephrata, Washington June 30, 2006 - Day 5 Greetings to all our loyal readers from beautiful downtown Ephrata, Washington where today the sun shined, the birds chirped, the dogs barked, the gliders flew and the pilots were happy ... well, mostly happy anyway.

Looking for someone with an available westbound trailer hitch, in May. Please reply to: staniforth at aol dot com Thanks, Jim

Is there a web site that allows one to research the history of a particular aircraft, e.g. by registration or serial number? ~ted/2NO