Here is a message I received about the glider operation at Gardner Airport near Arcadia, Florida. Pat and Harriet were inducted into the SSA Hall of Fame at last year's SSA convention. They began a commercial gliderport in Ohio, nearly 40 years ago, and moved to Florida, probably 30 years...

1968 K6E Sn.4161 N3083 TT.1701.7 With Enclosed Metal trailer with Solar Vent Cambridge Vario with C-Nav.Mechanical Vario total Energy probe on fuselage Fuselage and Ailerons refinished with Polyuathane Paint. New Insterment Panel. originaly owned by Dick Butler.Send e-mail for pictures and...

I am going to be in Seattle, WA the first 3 weeks of October. Any guidance on soaring opportunities? I am a CFIG and fly Learjets for a living. Paul

For those who would like to fly to the nearest airport to watch the launch, you can use California City Airport. Mojave Airport has a TFR posted, which requires you to skirt west of Mojave to achieve Cal City. We have better viewing here, as the climb is overhead, the separation and rocket burn...

http://www.virgingalactic.com/ Tom Serkowski ASH-26E

You all should go and check this out it's a really crazy air race in Reno. The pilots are awesome! http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html

I was watching my friend struggle with (AD required)safty wires for Hotellier connectors on his recently purchased Pegasus. He said the AD notes alternatives to the safty wires like the Wedekind sleeves. Anyone know if these are retrofittable and where they can be obtained. I'm sure this has been...

I've got my ASW-27B in the shop to have some cosmetic work done - building up the tip skids and fixing some minor scrapes. At the same time I'm wondering if a profiling job is in order as I can now see spar and rib dimples top and bottom all along both wings. The shop tells me that it's going to...

Is anyone able to tell me what these projects were? Any reference will be appreciated as I have found none anywhere. Terry Beasley.

Hi, I used to visit Zimbabwe for gliding facilities. The best weather is starting now. There were facilities in Gweru : Harvey Quail, Paul Cooper ...etc. , and facilities in Harare. Now when I phone previously valid numbers, they are all 'native' occupants. Have all the 'whites' fled ?

This 1977 Janatr 2A is in excellent condition. Minden Fab trailer, Cambridge L-nav, gps-nav, and flight recorder. Hinged canopy, Tow-out ger, & new radio. E-mail for details. . Located in Boulder,CO, USA $22,500

i'm looking for..... where ? Thanks Paolo

I'm interested in knowing if anyone has any direct experience with the increase in take-off run when launching a self-launch glider on grass? I'm specifically interested in the performance of the Russia AC-5M, but would enjoy hearing from anyone with grass-strip experience in any type...

Hi, I have just completed testing of a method for uploading waypoint databases and downloading flight logs from an ILEC SN-10 to a Pocket PC. Details are found on my ILEC page: http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ilec.htm It worked great. It is easy for a Pocket PC power user like me but may or may...

LS-3 (1977) with aluminum top Cobra trailer (1987). Both in very good condition. Entire glider was refinished several years ago. Glider is just back from cosmetic work at Yankee Composites in Williams CA -- removed scratches under the nose, repainted gear doors, refinished spoiler caps, and...

Anyone had a problem with an EDS turning into a constant flow instead of pulsing?

Recent updates to IGC approval documents for GNSS flight recorders include the following: Cambridge 10, 20 and 25, Edition 5 dated 12 September 2004 Zander 940, Edition 2 dated 20 September 2004 and, to take effect on 1 October 2004: Filser LX20, Edition 6. Peschges VP8, Edition 2A

With 4 days out of a possible 7 flown, GTR2004 results are available from the SSSA site at: http://www.sssa.org.za One correspondant was heard to winge about 50 to 75Kph winds - they don't make competition pilots like they used to!!

Having a wobbling problem with the cradle on my KOMET Trailer while installing the wings on my glider. Any experience or suggestion to fixing this annoying problem? It causes excessive effort while installing the wings.

Greetings. I am looking for the formal spec document for the Cambridge .dat waypoint file format, if such document exists. My direct email query to Cambrisge Instruments was not answered. Thanks in advance, David Anisman