Hi, 2000 Like! Wow! Today I see that Soaring News has reached 2000 Likes! I enjoy posting soaring news and photos there. I appreciate every follower! https://www.facebook.com/CumulusSoaring Good Soaring,

SALE - Butterfly FLARM Displays These are on sale because they haven't been selling since the LXNAV FlarmView products were introduced. This is a very good price. These are new units in perfect condition and with the latest firmware installed. Butterfly Display Rectangular: $195 (formerly...

I want to change a network so that I can get DHCP allocated IP's from a new modem/router, and still route a "base" IP to a server, which then connects to another router/modem. The server has it's own DHCP, and also runs ISA Server (which is causing the connectivity problems with devices such...

Want to Buy (WTB) - Does anyone have a FLARM portable that they want to sell? This is the self-contained version, not the in-panel version. Please contact me directly. john at derosaweb.com Thanks, John

http://youtu.be/PMWeVvjXytE Shocking. The world did not end. ;-)

I love my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.9.5) and SeeYou (6.17) running in Windows emulator VM Fusion (6.0.5), but I've never been able to get natural looking terrain in 3-D mode, either running the animation or stopped. I have both vector and raster maps installed for the areas of my flight traces - the 2-D...

Great news today from the head of SOAR (Save Our Allegheny Ridges) that one of the two proposed wind farms on Jacks Mt. has been halted. This project would have put a hurt on soaring at Mifflin. Here's the posting: Dear Friends, We hope you will attend our next Friends of Jacks Mtn. meeting on...

Hi Pilots, I recall there was a piece about this in SOARING mag several years ago but I couldn't find it in the archives. Does anyone have any info about this? Our club would like to update how we keep our records, bill our members, collect our money, accept credit cards, keep track of aircraft...

As far as I can tell all three of these Dittel radios use the same mounting tray, connector type, connector location and wiring layout so I should be able to slip a 60 or 60M right into the mounting tray I have for the FSG-50 in my glider. Can anyone with experience confirm this for me? I finally...

Supposed to be released in March 2014. Looks like a direct competitor to the Butterfly vario. Anyone actually have one?

My GNII, running on an iPAQ 3955, won't load files. I have the program file under the "Start" menu. I have the turnpoint file, in *.txt format, under "My Documents." I have the airspace file, in *.sua format, under "My Documents." The same files are on the storage card. I've been using this...

I would like to share with you information that LAK17B FES received EASA certification! LZ design and SAirKo worked together on this certification project, with EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) in Cologne, for more than 4 years, and now we finally succeded. This achivement represent a major...

Hi soaring group. I have Winter altimeter in feet (57mm type) that I would like to exchange against one in meters (also 57 mm). Anyone interested? Thanks Philipp

Similar to the US Women's Soaring Seminar... The Annual WIG event was hosted at Lake Keepit this year. Jim http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/11/05/4122189.htm?site=newengland

Want to Buy (WTB) - Does anyone have an L23 strut rebuild kit that they would be willing to sell? Or L13 - same strut in both. If so, please contact me directly. john at derosaweb.com Thanks, John

We have not seen much performance increase with new gliders for couple of decades, other than increased wingloading. I wonder if anyone has run the numbers for glider with FBW steering. I'm thinking of flapped glider with multiple moving segments of flaps (independent servos) and very small rear...

Although I enjoyed the discussion in my previous thread on drag and handicaps, I was trying to create a discussion about the benefit of having a reliable propulsion system versus a pure glider. For this discussion, please assume that someone created an FES system that had no drag and no additional...

;-) Perhaps we can infer a correlation between the proliferation of electronic gadgets in our cockpits with the dumbing down of glider pilots? There are Standford University studies that indicate that multitasking can lower your IQ or that "people who are regularly bombarded with several streams...

Hello All, I am giving a presentation about soaring to the local EAA chapter tomorrow. I would like to educate the local power pilots about what we do as a glider club as well as what gliders are capable of doing, while providing entertaining anecdotes along the way. I have a keynote, and...

Hi, The SPOT Global Phone is an interesting product. Are any of you using them? http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/spot.htm#SPOT-Global-Phone I would think they would be great for use in contacting your retrieve crew while in flight - especially during a long downwind dash. I believe the Gordon...