My Ventus airbrake doesn’t always stay closed during the roll out on tow. Now our grass runway is hard and ruff and causes a lot of bouncing around but over the last few years the brake come on if I don’t lean my hand against it. Is there any adjustments or could something have broke? I can’t...

At 06:25 31 August 2018, Andy Blackburn wrote: On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 10:44:06 PM UTC-7, wrote: Watch this.....and consider your life. https://youtu.be/oYpG0HDcFsA Wow! That's pretty cool. Amazing how inherently simple turbojets are. Andy Blackburn

Hello everybody! I just created a page dedicated to the Rolladen-Schneider LS7 WL on gliderreview.com along with its 2016 OLC stats. If you ever flew or even owned an LS7 (WL or not), I'd be glad to get your star rating about these...

Hey you all. I am working on making some more videos about gliding and I want to start making more talking to the camera type videos. This is my first real crack at it so I am looking for your feedback. What do you like about it? What don't you like about it? what would you like to see more...

https://youtu.be/n6aclrHYTh8

Is there anyone that knows if an Blanik L13 open trailer will work for an L23?

I've done four Canadian Nationals now and paid the Transport Canada fee each time. It's not really very difficult (they take credit cards over the phone) and it's easier than complying with the requirements of some other countries (France made me get a full medical exam for example). This is all...

FLARM Technology and uAvionix today announced a partnership to collaborate on Electronic Conspicuity (EC) and Detect and Avoid (DAA) solutions for manned and unmanned aircraft. uAvionix specializes in ADS-B, Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) transponders, and GNSS position sources for manned...

Have there been stall spins during an aero tow? Today, I had a very scary aero retrieve. From being towed to fast to-to slow. Anyways the scaries part was when, the tow plane started to climb and to slow. The indicated speed on the glider was 50 knots and decreasing. The glider kept slowing down...

My avier battery does not want to take a charge. Can the battery be replaced?

Attention US contest pilots(Canadians are part of the group). The 2019 15 meter nationals has been rescheduled to be held at Bermuda High from May 7- 15. This change spreads the schedule and allows pilots with 15/18 gliders to consider flying both. Hobbs will still hold 18 and Open as originally...

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Anyone know of an occurrence of a forward hinged canopy that opening in flight? Any possibility of this happening if the forward hinged canopy was unlocked on a flight? Thanks Tom

After the Arcus rudder failure in Nephi this summer, and the Early JS1 rudder failure in Moriarty, both resulting in bailouts; I've been wondering..... In a 15 meter ship like a ASW 20 or LS3a or ASW27, does a hard over rudder failure mean its bailout time, or is it possible to "catch" the ensuing...

There is an infobox in tophat CRUISE GR Which given achieved L/D in last cruise. I cannot find equivalent in SeeYou. Does it exist? S

Has anyone had the opportunity to play or fly with both? Wondering about the pro's and con's of each. Both same price, any features that would set one apart from the other?

I have a share in a Peg 90. I feel that over 65/70kt the LD really drops off, though, I don't have evidence for this and hope it's higher :) What do others think? Mark

I am looking to purchase a new (to me) XC ship. Which ones have the largest/roomiest cockpit? Not for a tall person, one with broad shoulders, about 5'9 and 200lbs. Discuss and Thank you in advance!

Looking for a well cared for APIS 13 meter ship. Contact Ted at

Hello everyone. I just upgraded my PowerFlarm firmware from 6.42 to version 6.60 this past weekend. After flying I uploaded my .igc file to the PowerFlarm Range Tool to see if anything had changed for the better or worse. Interestingly, the 6.60 generated log file shows zero FLARM data points of...