Does anyone out there have an old Zander SR 940 setup disc kicking around? If so, I'd like to be able to arrange for a copy to be made to use in setting an SR 940 up here. Thanks, RO

Dear Pilots, Recently I started using XCSoar on my smartphone to record IGC logger traces of my flights in club gliders. Naturally I wanted to review my flights on a PC afterwards, but this was not easy to do without expensive commercial software. Some free programs exist, but I found them to...

Does anyone know more? https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2020/08/10/glider-plane-crash-lake-winnipesaukee

Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=-FYwGOT0SG8&feature=emb_logo Dan

Which vario has lowest latency? (Least delay to indicate thermal we pass) Anyone has done side by side tests? S

This AD (2020-16-05) was just released with a mandatory compliance by 8/28: https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgad.nsf/AOCADSearch/844AE70112B71B29862585C30041B06E?OpenDocument SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Blanik Aircraft CZ s.r.o....

Do you have a Junior pilot (17-24) has the potential to become an excellent CFI-G and has the local support to succeed? If so, please share the following link https://www.ssa.org/files/member/SSA%20Spirit%20of%20Dr.%20John%20H.%20Campbell%20CFI-G%20Scholarship%20Application%20fillable.pdf Frank...

Does anyone have a good source for a US shop that can repair or sells replacement 235 Hp Pawnee exhaust manifolds, clamps and gaskets? RO

Due to an upgrade to a steerable chute I am selling my Softie Mini Made 1998 and last packed last year it is still in very good condition Color blue, std release Open to sensible offers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=-FYwGOT0SG8&feature=emb_logo Dan

Anyone have a nice, elegant solution on how to mount Flarm antennas on the glare shield of a JS1? I have used plastic brackets velcroed to the glare shield but in this Ga heat the Velcro just won’t hold. I am considering using plastic screws but hate the idea of drilling holes in my glare shield....

Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxkqiCaPaJM Dan

Where and what product is the best white wing tape to be bought?

Anyone know tha size / weight of the FES (Gen3) batteries in the new DG1001e? Regards PF

Kind of cool link courtesy of Jim Rutherford at the FAA Small Aircraft Directorate. https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/47436d482fcd9d8b86257bcf006373cf/9d18a2c751ace00b86257beb00529fe2/$FILE/Basic%20Glider%20Criteria%20Handbook.pdf

Hi Pilots, I usually do analysis on my flights and those of other pilots I flew with to try understand what I did right or wrong and what I can learn from pilots better than me. A recent flight on OLC showed that I circled 15.5% of the time at an average of 3.3m/s (about 6.4 kts). Opening the...

Looking to borrow or rent a portable FLARM unit for the Pre-pre-pre Worlds @ Uvalde August 15-22 '20 If so, please PM

Hi all, Id like to ask for help here. My Ventus a SN143 right wing ballast is leaking around the ballast valve actuator rod. I've contacted S&H but no response so far. I do not know if a O-ring seal would fit in the small recess. Have anyone in this group experienced this problem? Thanks to...

With the PowerMouse with ADSB Module, what non-Flarm traffic will I be able to see and not see? Obviously I will be able to see ADSB traffic, but what about regular transponder equipped aircraft?

Hello, who knows anything about a retrofittable electric drive unit for gliders, build in Argentina (link?). Probably will have a foldable pylon, otherwise concept as with Antares. Thanks