Our beloved 1-26 (the Karmann Ghia of sailplanes) keeps busting inner tubes. Like every other flight! NOTE that there is nothing rough on the inside of the tire or rim. My thinking is that we have a mismatch between the tube and the tire. The are in fact of different sizes. I should have...

Hi All My CAI 303 display has got a couple of intermittently working buttons. Can I take this apart at home and clean them? Has anyone done this procedure? How do you do it? Thanks in advance.

Hi, Does anyone know where there is a source (in the US hopefully) for a TSO'd, STC'd seat belt set or have one that is not aged out that they can part with? Thanks, Bob 7U

We should have cu in most areas with bases eventually near 15000 ft. Winds from the west 15-20 knots. Much less chance for OD today. Primary assigned task for 263 miles. Launches underway-began at noon local

Anyone have a winter 57mm altimeter laying around they'd be willing to sell? Working on some panel reorientation... Jordan

We received sad news earlier today that Sam Fly passed away this morning. As most of you know, Sam has been a long time TSA member. Many of you heard of Sam's contributions at our September annual meeting, where Sam was honored. Sam was instrumental in much of what we currently enjoy at TSA. The...

Just as a "hypothetical," say one wanted to relocate to Canada for a period of, say, four years or so -- maybe eight, maybe permanently.... And one owns a glider registered in the Experimental, Racing and Exhibition Category. Are there issues bringing this along? Can it be flown there with US...

Anyone know what a FLARM error three is. I get this voice message on my Butterfly Vario then the flarm page goes to a large X.

Congratulations to Air Sailing for winning the Region 13 OLC competition for 2014. However!!! Minden Soaring Club has very impressive numbers. Air Sailing had 104,000 points and 95,000Km for 28 pilots. Minden Soaring Club had 90,000 points and 93,400Km for 15 pilots. Air Sailing = 3,714 points...

Hi, I've been a certified glider pilot in the Netherlands for the past 20 years. I now live in the U.S. and belong to a local gliding club. It's gotten expensive to keep returning to Holland to renew my certification in order to soar here. Would anyone know how to "convert" all or some of my...

The new owner of Turf Soaring School, Mr. Steve Stauber, and his staff are pleased to announce the re-opening of the operation at Pleasant Valley Airport. We will initially be a smaller school than in the past, but we still have the usual passion and support for our our wonderful sport. Flying will...

I just tried my new unit today. It seemed to be working fine but when I uploaded the flight to the SD card it was "busy" for a long time then shutoff and It won't turn back on. Anybody with any experience on these new units?? Rick

With a handheld GPS, like any Garmin unit for example, if using some technique, could it be possible to connect the GPS to a laptop, like a MacBook, so you could view what you are seeing on your handheld also on your laptop, especially while you are moving? I have no understanding of the working of...

I own a Open Cirrus and was wondering what polar I should be using in SeeYou mobile? SeeYou has two polars, Cirrus 18m, with a L/D of 39:1 and Cir.L265, with a L/D of 44:1 The 44:1 matches the Cirrus’s L/D, but I’ve never seen it called Cir. L265 ?, and when you google Cir.L265 it shows pics of a...

Hi, I am absolutely overwhelmed by the very positive response to the new Naviter Oudie. I have received 36 orders for them already! They should be shipping from Slovenia this week if everything continues to go as planned. Therefore I should have them in stock in about 1 to 2 weeks. I have...

I'm looking for the belt material that was used on a take up real on a tow plane we are using. It was 3/16" round, orange, rubber like material. We had to cut the belt to length and splice it together in place because there is no way to get it on without taking the reel all apart. We would melt...

I know that a number of folks have been waiting for hard data on the current consumption of the new Trig transponder in actual operating conditions. I measured the current consumption today on an actual flight of 2 hours 52 minutes. The flight was in fairly congested airspace all within 10 miles...

Hi, I have a couple of 'hot spots' in the anti-reflective coating forward of the instrument panel on my Ventus. In particular, the outline of the forward vent shows up quite nicely in my forward view as a reflection on the canopy. Almost like a gunsight - useful for locking up on that glider...

In my experience a good printed map is critical for establishing situational awareness even in the GPS world. Over the years we have all done pretty much the same thing when flying a new site. We bought the sectionals, cut and pasted them together, manually put on the various waypoints provided on...

I am thinking of going up to Airsailing this weekend for some XC paractice. Does anyone have any info on the impact the fires are having in the area? Visibility, TFRs? (extra thermals???) Friday looks windy, but the weekend looks OK according to NOAA Matt Jr.