On Sunday afternoon June 19th Joseph Patton died in a glider accident at Bergseth Field near Enumclaw, WA. Joe had been flying for a few hours in his motorglider, came in for landing with too much altitude, stalled and crashed. Joe died instantly. There will be a visitation (opportunity to pay...

A Slovenian pilot is in the process of flying a Pipistrel Sinus motorglider around the world. You can follow his adventures, including the almost obligtory intercept by a MiG fighter while flying in Russia, at http://www.rtvslo.si/protisoncu/ Or got to http://www.pipistrel.si/ and follow the...

There is another thread on RAS proposing a change to the "once only" rule. Other threads have discussed the use of COTS loggers. I'd like to see a subdivision of loggers available that do not support barometric pressure sensors. This could be implemented quite simply by having a clause that...

The ships you are promoting may very well be something the soaring community needs. The tone and style in your posts do not contribute to there acceptance IMHO. If they do everything as well as you say, they will be accepted without the brow-beating.

First, read the Glider aircraft Airworthiness Certificate, and its Operating Limitations. Do all USA airworthiness certificated gliders have operating limitation of Day VFR ?

Thanks to people like Ian, Robert, Herbert, Jack, Ruud, Janos and other respectable guys, I am very much convinced now that it cannot be that an excellent 1000 km performance is japordized by an FAI rule of which the true intention has been fulfilled in a very convincing way. I am talking again...

I just received my 'new' issue of 'SOARING'. Today is 29 JUN 04. The issue I received is the April, 2004 issue. Did anyone else get the April issue instead of the July issue? Just wondering. I've e-mailed the SSA and requested a July issue.

http://www.firnspiegel.com/perlan/ Well I suppose those that have a problem with Klaus Ohlman flying a self-launcher in the Andes, can go apes--t over this :)

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If you have a new Cobra trailer you may wish to inspect your tongue jack. The handle is fixed to the worm stem by means of a roll pin. If the roll pin comes out the handle falls off and the inside of the jack, including the wheel, will fall out of the outer casing and contact the road. I...

Any one out there got the pinout for the AERO 1520 serial port connector? I have looked but can't find it in the archives. Tia Jon

I just received a note from Lanier Frantz stating that all competitors at R4S must have an ELT. I understand the reason for this decision, but I question whether it will have the intended effect. I have long been against mandatory ELT use in soaring competitions for one reason only: they do not...

Come race with us! The Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association (M-ASA), serving the greater Washington/Baltimore/Harrisburg area for more than 50 years, will host several "M-ASA Weekend Opens" each season at its Mid-Atlantic Soaring Center (W73) in Fairfield, Pennsylvania (about 8sm WSW of...

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No results on Reg 1 published by SSA since Wednesday 23 June. Anyone know what happened there?

The reason I carry a EPIRB in my parachute strap is I have cleaned up a mid air of two gliders. Fact not much was left of the fuslage after the wings came off any ELB would have been dust like the 3/4 of the front part of the fuselage we could not find, we found fibers. The most recognised part...

I'm prepping for a presentation and was wondering: who was the first to actually thermal. I assume that early glider pilots noted soaring birds and thought "there must be rising air where they're turning and climbing." I've read a few references as to WHEN it was achieved by glider pilots (but not...

This is a pretty good article today in the LA Times. The writer's email (at the end of the piece), is The void calls Why are some people compelled to rappel down slot canyons, surf big waves or -- at the far end of the danger spectrum -- jump from cliffs and...

This is a pretty good article today in the LA Times. The writer's email (at the end of the piece), is The void calls Why are some people compelled to rappel down slot canyons, surf big waves or -- at the far end of the danger spectrum -- jump from cliffs and...

Looks like the Sports next year is going to be sold out. So for those of us who haven't been, how about some rating on the Hotels in the area. Karl put up a list on the website, but some of those looked "interesting". Bruce Patton