Our club (US) keeps 8 batteries charged in two banks of 4 batteries. We use two Battery Tender Junior chargers, one for each bank. The charging rate is not very fast, but they have at least 20 hours between use and often a week. Mostly this has worked pretty well, but we are more often...

To someone/anyone out there who cares, I imagine that of our SSA membership information (member expiration date, etc) in held an SSA database under our member profiles. This same profile auto-fill's our contest registration forms when we do online SSA contest registration, etc. If this is true,...

The Discus 2 is now well over 15 years old - why is there nothing better in Standard Class? Has glider design reached a plateau in terms of performance in the Standard Class?

First congratulations to you and your team for the incredible wave flights. Outstanding! If not a proprietary secret, I would be interested in knowing the make and model of the clothes you wear to stay warm during your long, cold flights. I'm especially interested in knowing how you keep your...

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3448602

The Eagle Field Winch Team will be offering a number of winch launch classes this coming season. See: http://mifflin.ridgesewing.com/Eagle_Field_Winch_School.pdf The weekend classes are limited to four pilots and dates are as follows: April 26-27 class filled, June 7-9, Jul 5-6. More will be...

The Soaring Safety Foundation will present a Flight Instructor's Revalidation Clinic in the Washington D.C. area on the weekend of January 18 and 19, 2014. The clinic will be held at a very nice venue in Gainesville, Virginia. This site should be convenient for those who live in vicinity of...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF), the training and safety arm of the Soaring Society of America, encourages all US glider pilots of all experience levels to make their "first flight" of the year with an instructor. This does not necessarily mean you must fly on January 1, just schedule...

Dec 2013 Newsletter posted. http://swsoaringmuseum.org/Whats_new.htm

Its my understanding DG and Lange do not "finish" their sailplanes. What third party company does this for them?

I have purchased my first glider, an LS1-f s/n 435. I was wondering how to search the forum for threads concerning this model glider. Thanks in advance for your help, I look forward to exchanging information on this forum. Joe Maloy

I decided traveling with a tablet computer in a touring motorglider would be easier than lugging around my 6+ pound Windows laptop, so I took advantage of a good deal on an iPad mini. I thought it's wealth of aviation apps, including soaring apps like iGlide, and others was a plus. It's a...

Hi, I have been proud to sell the book "Completing in Gliders" by Leonardo and Riccardo Brigliadori for many years. It is a wonderful and very popular book. Unfortunately Leonardo died this year. He will be missed. He was my contact for purchasing the books. I am trying to order more but so...

A prospect was checking out the nifty Antares 18T sustainer system somewhere over the forest west of ZWB, when to his great surprise, the propeller departed. Hell of a way to impress a prospect. The problem is with the Solo propeller shaft with the belt reduction system as used on, IIRC: - Ventus...

I'm trying to get a replacement battery for a IPAQ PDA 3955 the part # 263897-001 I ordered one from amazon / Powerwarehouse but they no longer have them. Anybody got any idea where I could get a new battery?? Merry Christmas Glen

Our very own FAA Designated Examiner has departed for warmer climes, and we are now left with a very real problem of getting checkrides for our upcoming new pilots. We have explored (and continue to explore) the 'Sport Pilot' option, but we are also looking around for other DE's in the area. ...

Does anyone know of an LS4B for sale or a Nice ASW20? Thanks for any referrals. Doug

New Craggy Aero Ultimate GPS cockpit display with SeeYou mobile software. Mounting hardware, cables, mouse included. Brightness control . NEVER USED. Full factory warrantee. See it he http://www.craggyaero.com/ultimate_le.htm It was intended to be used in Sunseeker Duo, but later we got...

I got tired of freezing my assets up in Hood River, Oregon, so I have taken my Pawnee and a 2-32 down to the Pleasant Valley Airport. 8700 Carefree Hwy, Peoria, Arizona, Turf's old location,(P48). Tows and rides will be available until April or maybe later? If you know someone that wants a ride...

Just one more day to go at the SA Nationals at Welkom, RSA. For all the results see: http://www.soaringspot.com/sanats2013/ . Facebook carries the daily stories from Carol Clifford. See https://www.facebook.com/SouthAfricanNationals2012?ref=hl for more.