Everybody is invited to the Houston area FIRC in January of 2017. WHAT: The main goals of a FIRC, Flight Instructor Revalidation Clinic, include reducing the accident rate in soaring, increasing pilot awareness of soaring safety issues and disseminating training information and material. WHEN:...

Google, Dynon and probably others are offering low-cost instruments such as this one for the Experimental market: https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/prod514383.html Since the G5 includes attitude information it would be illegal under current rules to take it to a glider contest, but... What we have...

I am pleased to announce IGC-approval for the LX9000HAFR Flight Recorder from LXNAV d.o.o. of Celje, Slovenia, for "all flights" including world records. HAFR stands for High Altitude Flight Recorder and, as well as other flights, may be used for world altitude records over 15,000 metres...

We invite all interested pilots to join us at the Region 4 North Soaring Contest sponsored by MidAtlantic Soaring. It will be held from October 9-15, 2016 with an official practice day on Saturday October 8, 2016. We can have thermal, wave and ridge soaring conditions in a beautiful and...

On Wednesday, October 4, 2000 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, John H. Campbell wrote: Interesting challenge. No direct counter-claims, but some related thoughts: 1) I thought that the Toledo Glider Club was active ca 1929 via Ed Knight and the Funk brothers, contemporaneously with other nearby...

On Wednesday, October 4, 2000 at 8:50:37 PM UTC-4, wrote: In the process of compiling the history of my club (Adrian Soaring Club) originally the "Toledo Glider Club", I was told that we might be the oldest or one of the oldest "continuously operating glider clubs" in the...

So Lak are producing a 21m tipped LAK 17B - so a glider you cn fly in 15, 18, and Open Class - will it be competetive in any?

Looking for headrest assy for ASW-20 Gene (714) 330 1598

I wish I knew how that was calculated too!

GammaFV (an IGC file viewer for Mac OS X) was released on the Mac App Store just over a year ago. For interest, discussion and general amusement, here's how its sales were distributed globally during that time:...

Results from practice day 1: http://www.sgp.aero/usa2016/results-sgp/results.aspx?contestID=15947 1. Sean Fidler - 9 2. Jerzy Szemplinski - 8 3. John Mittell - 7 Follow the event (reports, photos, videos, live tracking) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FAISailplaneGrandPrixUSA/ Website: ...

Hi All African problem. The wing carts have been stolen from the trailer for their scrap metal value... I have a Slingsby T59D series 1. Does anyone have any idea where I might get drawings, or obtain a second hand pair, before I start trying to reverse engineer and bodge something together.

1979 Komet trailer keys have been lost. Are replacements available?

My 29 is already pumped for one and if anyone has one they are will to sell, I am interested. Email. Pilotnx211@yahoo dot com. Thanks. Best. #711.

AOPA announcement By Mary Grady When the FAA changed its certification process in April to include TSA security vetting, one unintended consequence was that the tradition of student pilots flying their first solo on their birthday fell by the wayside — until today. Acting on a request from...

Came across this the other day.. The wingtip belongs to an Eurotech E-310 drone. http://www.defence24.pl/media/cache/inside_article_image/uploads/images/232f9343cc38284572617537f44aae96.jpeg Looks like a mix of a standard winglet and the experimental tip on the...

Ignoring airspace and start/finish gate implications, which is better for managing final glides: GPS or pressure altitude? At the Nephi Nationals, I was using a Dell Streak 5 running Top Hat glide computer software. I'd built a wiring harness for my PowerFLARM to successfully input traffic and...

New club forming and needs a 2-33 Please call 972-754-1893 Jim Callaway

What rules of thumb for min width do you use when choosing runways to avoid lights for 15m and 18m ships? Crosswinds? Are the lights at a standard distance from the asphalt in the US? Do any of you hang your wings over the lights?

Has anyone read up on the upcoming change to US Student Pilot certificates on April 1? (1) Paper certificates being done away with. Current ones still valid until they expire. The new plastic certificates will have no expiration date. (2) AMEs will no longer issue Student Pilot certificates....