I'm being promoted and moved to Clovis, NM. I had thought I would end up in Amarillo or Albuquerque, but the boss said it's Clovis. I flew out of Littlefield in the early '90s in a Region 10 contest, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Is that club, I think it's Caprock Soaring, still active? If not, what...

Apparently Hemet Ryan Airport was flooded with 200,000 gallons of raw sewage. Commisserations to the three soaring operations there.

From a semi-reliable source: "On September 20th, CBS's 60 MINUTES crew came out to Seminole-Lake Gliderport, Clermont, FL. where they had scheduled bringing a "Mystery Man" Glider Pilot for a glider flight check-out and filming. Knut Kjenslie, owner and operator of the Gliderport found out the...

I normally assemble and dis-assemble my glider each time I fly. As a result, I go through a fair amount of gap tape each soaring season. In the past, I have used the 3/4 inch electrical tape to save on cost. The problem is that 3/4 inch didn't work as well as the 1 inch tape. I tried several...

Mountain High Oxygen is now selling a low cost oximeter ($199): http://mountainhighoxygen.com/index.phtml?nav_id=28&product_id=424 At this price, anyone that flies with oxygen ought to get one, and be sure their oxygen system is actually doing the job. Besides the low cost, it's LCD display gives...

How about sharing a few hangar flying stories? I'll start: A friend of mine was flying his glider in a contest. He had been out on task for some time, and still had a way to go when nature called. He had no relief system in the glider but a search of the cockpit turned up a latex glove. Ever the...

If someone would send me, or point me to, an electronic copy of this manual, I'd appreciate it. I'm trying to help a club member with an intermittent squeal in his transmissions. We've already tried exchanging it with another one, but it also has the squeal, so I'm suspecting it's the installation,...

Moderately interesting article on the power control system for the Antares electric glider: http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7732522579.html

Paul Remde wrote: If you can't find a used unit I have new ones in stock and for sale here Paul Remde's post is exactly the sort of blatant solicitation that has made me decide to always order from his competitors, who don't exhibit the same egregious commercialization of RAS. If all were like...

Let's get off this! With a sport in declining numbers, this forum topic has turned into a steaming pile and is a despicable representation of our sport and it's pilots. It appears that Naresh is the pivot man in a circle jerk. Move on!

Hi All, Recently, I was invited by the Diana-2 dealer to be part of the potential customer flight tests in Switzerland. It was a humiliating fiasco. I've written about it on my blog www.neshe.com Please feel free to browse. In a few days, it will also contain a technical part with photographs and...

Anyone have - or know of - a left wing for a 2-33? (USA - probably goes without saying). Thanks -- Roger Kelly to reply replace the IP address above with ceressenior.com

I wonder if these guys have fireproof flying suits. See: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051018075220.htm Quote from article: "Previous observations near the Andes Mountains in Peru had found that the atmosphere directly above some peaks was approximately 100 Kelvin hotter than in...

Y'all, Been many years on rec.aviation.student but even more years since gliding. Unable to explain the 'why' of water ballast to increase performance in gliders to argumentative airplane student. I need a simple explanation in 25 words or less. Gene Whitt

A video of a flying replica of the wright Flyer III. This will warm the heart of any pilot! http://www.daytondailynews.com/photo/content/videos/1005flight.html John Cochrane BB

Hi all, I plan to buy a used glider (in the States of course). Have some problems to find a lot of offers. Do you have any tips, eg webpages, magazines with advertisements? Thanks! Thomas

Paul is one of the most dedicated vendors for soaring that you could find. Considering how small the soaring community is, and how the soaring community is shrinking...you should go OUT OF YOUR WAY to do business with Paul and Tim and Tom because they are investing in a shrinking market that YOU...

Looking for rims for an older Komet Trailer. 14 inch Lemerz 1447-1. Have checked junk yards and internet, no luck as yet. Need a dealer in the U.S. Can anyone help? The U.S. Komet dealer ony has 13 inch. Gary

Dear Frank, Thank you for drawing my atention to the following site http://www.cumulus-soaring.com Your posting made me read what was a simple and honest response to a question, that normally I would have left un read

From my reading of flarm and my limited knowledge about the product. I understand that you could in theory have the location of other gliders on screen and use it to your advantage during a competition given that it transmits such data? www.flarm.com