OK, here we go, just to exite trolls, believers, non-believers, math fereaks, the lot: Off course wet pullups go higher. In the end, a pullup is conversion from kinetic energy (speed) to potential energy (altitude). Soaring is all about trading one of these for the other. Picture two identical...

I intend to buy a state of the art new glider and I was looking at this choice. My main priority is to enjoy the flying and so I want good performance, nice handling and safe behaviour (no incipient spin tendency to keep me on edge). I am not sure if I will loose a lot of climb performance if I go...

Delivered new Dec. 2000. Driven under 1,000 miles. Top of the line, with aluminum top and deck and crank down rear "feet". In Sterling, MA. Asking $8.5K US. Al

Winter vario 3.125 in. 10 kts with capacity for sale. Asking $225 us obo. Good condition. No room on panel. GS

For Sale 1994 Ventus C like new 350 hr NDH SB8 w/ASR. Winter, Becker 4201 Nelson w/flow, tow out gear, one man strong parachute, aerograph barograph Cobra glass top Call Tom Stowers $56.000 (775) 782-4944

(Bruno Ramseyer) wrote in message ... For Details please see http://www.tcw.ie/for_sale.htm Glider is sold Bruno

Hi! I'm looking for a rather old movie (I've seen it about 18 years ago). It's about a glider pilot living in his hangar who is being chased every day by a glider that looks like his own. It has some really good acrobatics in it. But that's almost all I know about this movie. Any ideas? Thanks

I fly a lot in the mountains and find MacCready speed-to-fly information, completely worthless. Let me explain; Before crossing a ridge, I will fly slower (below MC), so that I'm assured of making the next ridge. After crossing the ridge, I may fly faster than MacCready. If I set the proper MC...

The past 2 times I have flown, my Volkslogger seems to have not recorded a flight log. I have the Volkslogger driving an SN-10 – the SN-10 has a flight log. I cleared the Volkslogger memory before both flights. I am using SeeYou to download the logs. The prgm shows a connection but doesn't show...

Good luck on getting high enough, this time of year, to generate enough pressure to dislodge the pesky little critters. Seriously, I have used an air bottle with about 50 psi in it to blow out the TE probe hole. Give it very short bursts, like sssttt, then wait and hit her...

Hello fellow glider/sailplane pilots... many years ago I had the opportunity to see a movie that featured two 1-26's chasing each other around the sky, down a mountain-side, thermalling, etc. I have looked for a copy of this movie a few times but have never been able to find it, save one time and...

.... don't exist in the real world.. most (all) of the time, ya I know. But I'm trying to get a "picture" in my mind of what is happening in the sky. So, a hypothetical situation : Pretend you are designing an "ideal thermal generation field" that's 100 square miles in size. The terrain is...

.... don't exist in the real world.. most (all) of the time, ya I know. But I'm trying to get a "picture" in my mind of what is happening in the sky. So, a hypothetical situation : Pretend you are designing an "ideal thermal generation field" that's 100 square miles in size. The terrain is...

All, This is to announce the availability of SoaringPilot version 1.9.5. It may be downloaded from: www.soaringpilot.org The below is just a partial list of the new features, enhancements and fixes included in Version 1.9.5 since the last publically announced version of SoaringPilot (version...

I will be flying a 2-33 next week. I have only flown Blaniks, Larks and my Libelle. What are the important speeds for the 2-33? Does it have any unusual characteristics? Thanks, Fred

Since July, when I cashed in a "trial lesson" voucher at a gliding club in the Black Mountains of Wales and had my first experience of gliding, I've been lurking here but otherwise stranded on the ground staring wistfully at the sky. I'd warned my wife continually of what she was in danger of...

Dear All, Has anyone got a spare trailer for a Slingsby T21 or a set of drawings for one. We've got a glider but if we land out we have to burn it. Robin -- Robin Birch

Hello. I was wondering if there are any good places to take a paid sailplane ride in the White Mountains region. This is for a birthday present. I've done some googling and have discovered there is a glider field in Franconia, NH and another one in Gorham, NH. I've also run...

I am selling sailplane decals that can be put on your car windshield, inside or out; put on your cars body; stuck on a wall, locker, trailer, binder, briefcase; anywhere you'd like to put it. I have mine on my car trunk. Through snow, rain, freezing cold, extreme heat, salt on the roads, the...

I think the brakes are designed so they don't work when the wheels are turning backwards. So be careful about parking the trailer when the tongue is aiming uphill. "Udo Rumpf" wrote in message ... What is the mechanism to prevent the breaks...