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ADS-B Compliance by
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I confirmed with the FAA recently what others have said here befo after 1/1/2020 glider flight at altitudes 10,000 ft and above AND above 2,500 ft AGL WILL require ADS-B out. The only good news that I got is that the FAA is actively looking at low-cost, low-power GPS sources for the GPS part of...
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For Sale: Cobra Hangar Dolly - New by
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I have a brand new Cobra hangar dolly for sale at $990, a 10% discount from the list price on Wings and Wheels. I ordered this by mistake with my new ASH31Mi. You can see a photo of this dolly at:
https://wingsandwheels.com/hangar-dolly.html
Shipping cost by UPS Ground is between $30 and $60,...
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ASH26e Motorglider for sale with NEW PANEL of buyers choice! by
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I will install a new panel with the instruments of the buyer's choice (up to $10k total cost). The installation will be done professionally by Rex Mayes of Williams Soaring. You can view details of the glider at:
https://wingsandwheels.com/class/classified.php?id=2999
Now is the time to act so...
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March 19th 20 01:49 AM
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Got time to kill? Watch these old films on high-speed flight by
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No, they are not about supersonic gliders, but they do a great job of explaining wing aerodynamics. The only question I have is what business did Shell Oil have in aviation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSmqsg0DbTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciIv_7WkPxQ
And here are some interesting...
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Wing wheel from Craggy Aero by
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I wanted to replace the Cobra wing wheel I had been using because 1) it goes with the ASH26e I have for sale and 2) the tire scrubs the tarmac as I go around turns, putting stress on the wing. I ordered the CA WingWheel from Craggy Aero because the wheel swivels with the direction of...
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June 15th 20 06:43 AM
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For Posteriority - Part D – By Daryl S. Kabatoff by
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If I were mayor of Saskatoon I would have an annual Indonesian Islamist day of pedophilic cannibalism supervised by Catholic priests at every Tim Horton's in the area surrounded by tortured trees with decorated idols while black rap music is being played by Doukhobors who are obsessing about their...
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Paraglider pilot missing in eastern Nevada by
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He flew with two other paragliders last Saturday and hasn't been heard from since:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/infrared-tech-used-in-hunt-for-paraglider-pilot-missing-in-nevada-2104357/
This is very unforgiving country to be flying over. You can walk for an entire day and not...
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December 12th 20 06:28 PM
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Winch launch simulation with Matlab by
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I ran across this fascinating thesis on winch launching from Germany by Christoph Santel (2008). It uses Matlab+Simulink for the modelling platform. He deals with a variety of issues such as steel vs synthetic cable....
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Canadian pilot posts ILLEGAL flight into US on OLC by
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This pilot made a DEEP entry into the US w/o, apparently, following the laws of the US:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7436890
Here is what you have to do PRIOR to flying into the US, regardless of whether or not you are a US...
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Supplemental oxygen by
2G
The other day a couple of pilots were treating 123.3 as their private chat line which I was forced to listen to so I could hear my friend's hourly position reports. One of the things one kept (repeatedly) talking about was having to descend to 12,500 to "reset" the 30 minute clock. This is entirely...
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Cobra hatch weather stripping/seal by
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Does anyone know where I can get the weather stripping that is used on the front hatch of Cobra trailers? The stripping is about 1 inch (25 mm) wide.
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Eric June's accident - stall warning by
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On Wednesday, October 7, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Eric June wrote:
Armand,
The CAI L-NAV has such an alarm built-in. It is a slow speed alarm that
sounds whenever your airspeed drops below the speed that you set it at.
I never used that feature as it didn't seem that useful, since...
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Power Flarm Repairs by
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I talked to Rex Mayes @ Williams Soaring yesterday about a broken Power Flarm I sent him. He said that the company is looking to setup a USA repair station and is in discussions with two others besides him. According to Rex they are not accepting broken units for repair at this time, so we must...
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ASH26E For Sale by
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I just ordered a new ASH31Mi and will be selling my ASH26E after the season is over. This is a 2006 model with pretty much every option available at the time, including polyurethane finish. Interested parties can contact me directly at:
soar2morrow AT yahoo.com
for more details.
Tom
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What has become of Gliding International? by
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I subscribed to the digital edition at the first of the year. I received access to one issue. Then the next issue came out and I couldn't access it. I sent John an email asking for a resolution to my problem and got no response whatsoever. Since then there hasn't been any notice of another issue,...
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August 23rd 18 06:20 AM
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July 6th 19 06:09 PM
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Pulse Ox meters may not be accurate for people of color by
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Because they are based on the transmission of two wavelengths of visible light, dark skinned pilots may get an incorrect oxygen saturation level:
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/fda-warns-pulse-oximeters-less-accurate-people-darker-skin
This has obvious implications for high altitude flight,...
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June 7th 21 02:38 AM
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