The issue is with the printer and will be mailed next week. It is our
biggest issue ever. (72 pages). We are being flooded with story
submissions for the magazine which is very encouraging.

This issue covers

1. Jochen Ewald's report of the April sailplane exhibition at
Friedrichshafen, Germany with a multitude photos.

2. A report on the IGC meeting in March in Lausanne, Switzerland.

3. The U.S. Army have spent millions on their new rifle scope sights.
We have a report that states that the army's new second stage
technology could provide effective distinctive outlines of thermals
for soaring pilots.

3. Airbus, NASA and Boeing are spending millions on research in
regard to aerofoils of the future. Little is previously known of the
research institute they own in Germany. (Complete with graphics).

4. A distinctive photograph and report on the longest, most expensive
aero retrieve ever.

5. Paul Remde provides a report on the use and results you can expect
from the latest soaring instruments. An educational piece of great
interest.

6. FAA's report on the Steve Fossett accident.

7. The former C.O. of the U.S. Edwards air force base test pilot
school addresses a Gliding club on the benefits of gliding training
for all pilots in emergencies. He stated in his address that everyone
that went through his school when he was C.O. had to take a coarse in
gliding.

8. The new 15 metre sailplane with a 52:1 performance.

9. Results of the IGC survey on all On Line Contest flights. It
clearly shows which country is the most successful in the world in
producing long distance flights, and which country has flown the most
OLC flights..

10. Details and graphics on the March meeting in Amsterdam (Air
Traffic Control Exhibition and Conference), outlining the NEWSKY
consortium's live demonstration of how aircraft, satellites and ground
stations can communicate with each other through an innovative new
data network. They claim this will be the form of all aircraft
communications within the next 10 years.

11. And a new 180 hp tug released to the market in April.

All this and more in the new issue. New subscriptions be be effected
through our web site

www.glidinginternational.com

Regards to all

JOHN ROAKE