SSA Sailplane Directory

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:03:21 -0700, Frank Whiteley wrote:

Would a few of you see if you can get to the login page for the SSA
Sailplane Directory? ssa.orgMember Resources menu. It goes to a
landing page with two links to the login page. No need to log in, just
need to see if there are any fails at reaching the login page.

If you're looking for this site: http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/
I really wouldn't bother because:

- the range of gliders it covers is very much smaller than the old site

- the so-called 'search tool' is virtually useless for finding gliders
and doesn't work at all for at least some of the manufacturers on its
dropdown list

- the information about most gliders they do cover is laughable: the
text about the H.201 Libelle would have you believe that they were all
fixed gear until the H.201B was rolled out. In summary, the old
site was better informed than this one is.

- the site is slow and the photos are ever fuzzier than they were on
the old site.

- *and* they seem to have destroyed the old website, leaving a
misdirected link that tries and fails to connect back to the 'new' site.

By comparison, try looking for glider details on Wikipedia. It has good
information about many more types than even the old, deceased Sailplane
directory had. There's more detail about every glider I've looked at, the
photos are better and the pages are much better laid out.

Another good site, if you're interested in vintage gliders, is
https://scalesoaring.co.uk/

The list of types on Scale Soaring isn't as all-embracing as the Eqip
books (Sailplanes 1920-1945, Sailplanes 1945-1965, and Sailplanes
1965-2000) but in many cases Scale Soaring has many more photos and much
more written detail. The only thing it lacks is Martin Simons' fabulous
3-view drawings.


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