Anybody know of a color decal of the diamond badge? Say about 3" dia. Or even a good resolution color picture that one could make a decal from. Dennis Brown

Hi, The winglets on my Discus, as supplied by SH when the glider was new, don't have turbulator tape. I believe the original Masak winglets did use ziz-zag tape to good effect. Anyone out there know whether it's worth fitting to SH winglets & if so do you have an accurate position?

I've been receiving about 15 emails a day for several days with the Swen virus attached. Since this is the most likely group to have the email address I use here, I suggest anyone with this address do a virus scan on their computer. -- !Replace DECIMAL.POINT in my e-mail address with just a . to...

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for a Dittel FSG50. I have a lot of colour coded wires trailing out the back from the cradle and no idea where they go! Thanks Chris

Tail dolly suitable for LS3 and LS4 series gliders availble in MA. Used for two seasons. $165 plus shipping.

Good report Tom, What's happening here? JJ being civil to a MG pilot? John Cochrane and I are bud's over the 500 foot gate (still got a needle in your doll, over the +15 minute thing) By Spring we'll all be Kissin' Cousins. I would add one thing though, you wrote If the pilot kills himself...

One of the members of the ASW-24 Newsgroup, Jannis Dimas, provided a trace of a wave flight he did in 1999 with his ASW-24E. The trace shows tremendous wave conditions including one climb of about 2 1/2 minutes which averaged about 20 knots and peaked at about 32 knots. The links to have a look at...

I got the idea of putting together a glider humor picture web site. It is stored at; http://skysoaring.com/modules/gallery/gliderhumor I have put a few pictures there (glider and other aviation) and am looking for more to add. A few people have posted me some humorous general aviation pictures...

At 03:00 12 October 2003, Jack wrote: in article , Dave Martin at wrote on 2003/10/11 4:41: I would defend to the end your right to do what you want with your life.

According to my wife and my work schedule, I'm now grounded until Sunday, which has me climbing up the walls ... That aside, this could be a daft newbie question ... Does anybody know of any decent sites (or, at a push, books) that illustrate the various different types/makes/models of glider...

hi does anyone know if there are companies or people who may loan someone a glider for the juniors next year all feedback welcome cheers taz

I need a seat pan for a PIK 20 Call Tom at (775) 782-4944

Spar design and Construction workshop with Jim Marske. Saturday and Sunday November 22 and 23, 2003. Cost $250 Topics covered: Introduction to Carbon rods and their properties compared to wood, aluminum and fiberglass Hand layup rovings compared to Carbon rods General construction techniques of a...

Looking for a used winglet set for Ventus C... Damaged are OK I can rebuild. Please email me to (please remove the word ".nospam" for email) Thanks Enrique

Looks like Alex's Sailplane Directory is no longer available. Are there any others that have all the info? I know a CD or magazine can be ordered from SSA, but Alex's was convenient and free.

Where and how much. Tom Kelley # 711

Tom Seim wrote: ... This type of adrenaline rush is what attracts people to our sport. They don't like to admit (I took some heat when I characterized them as "adrenaline junkies"), but it is true. We want to subscribe to some higher calling, such as "the thrill of the flight". But we...

A new yahoo group has been formed exclusively for owners of the ASW-27. To subscribe to this group send a blank email to: The purpose is to facilitate discussions regarding maintenance, safety, performance tuning, flight characteristics and racing technique...

Kissie.....Kissie...smooch.........email me with your email address.......711

Has anyone had any experience using a solid state gyro through an Ipaq? If so, I would be most interested to here from you re performance, reliability, etc. I am also interested to know how this software cohabitates with Winpilot. Do you have to shut down winpilot whilst the AI software is...