Has everyone seen the below? Comments? Spoken English proficiency might be "easy" to determine during routine meetings, but what about written? Ask the pilot to write an essay? Will the CFI(G) remain anonymous when they "turns in" a pilot to the FSDO for mispronouncing...

My old orbital buffer died, so I am throwing the question to US RAS members to suggest a replacement. I know they run the whole gamut from $29 to $999 - looking for a recommendation for a reliable and cost-effective unit. Mike

For Sale: Cambridge Flight Computer (L-Nav) and GPS Navigator / Flight Recorder Data (GPS-NAV). The following complete system is for sale. It works great but has become surplus to my needs. L-NAV Features • Firmware version: V6.0 • External 57 mm variometer readout • 0.45-Liter variometer...

SAC announces Stephen Szikora has won the election as Director, Ontario Zone. SAC announces that it is proposing a $20 reduction in annual dues at its AGM in March in Calgary. Comment on these and more at: http://boblepp.com/smf/index.php?board=1.0 discussion forums for Canadians and anyone...

After 12 months of development and 18 beta versions, we are announcing by february 24th the delivery of V4.0. You can list the changes and improvements at http://www.lk8000.it/Features40/Features%20V4.htm paolo

I am delighted to announce the launch of a new cross-country soaring site: http://www.crosscountry.aero Here are a few of the site highlights: Crosscountry.aero introduces evaluation of flights according to IGC rules as well as OLC-type tasks. Flights are also evaluated for FAI badge...

The word floating around my club that "no one will work in Becker Radios in the USA and it will need to be sent back to the factory in Germany, this is likely going to take a lot of time and money." Is this correct? Has anyone gotten one fixed in the US recently? Ours is an AR 3201. Thanks, Larry

Derek Sear went to prison in July 2009 for child abuse. I now believe he is a car park attendant at at university in Dunstable

In his article on avoiding PIO in Grob 103's, http://www.soaringsafety.org/pilots/ic8.htm Dean Carswell writes, "the more the airbrakes are closed, the less pitch stability the Grob will have, making a PIO more likely if otherwise mishandled" Is there a simple explanation why opening the...

THE MARCH 2013 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL The March 2013 issue is about to go in the mail. Another 64 page issue that has a spread of news and photos from around the planet. Another issue with some great reading plus a wealth of new press release stories for soaring pilots wherever you are....

Friends: Jim Payne will be making a presentation on the activities of the Perlan Project tomorrow, Feb 16 at 11 am, in the Mojave Airport Meeting room. This is part of the Mojave Transportation Museum's Plane Crazy Open House monthly series. Jim is a wonderful speaker, and airplane fly-ins to...

Great to see some new solid marketing efforts for the sport of soaring and sailplane racing popping up, albeit in Europe. http://youtu.be/dwMFXd2wNx0

I’ve been out of it for two years and intend to be flying again this spring in my ASW 24. Practice and FAI and/or Sports Class competition. Currently I have an LNAV and GPS 20 with a Compaq 1550 (in the original Cambridge mounting cradle) running GN II, a Winter mechanical backup vario, and a...

Hello, All, I'm very happy to announce the inaugural use of our club's new winch this past weekend. We had a total of 37 launches and 36 were incident free. Our one, minor glitch was when a slack rope worked its way under one of our vertical rollers. This was fixed with a small, piece of high...

I have people ask me about gliding all the time. I always send them to the http://www.letsgogliding.com/ site and forward them links for Bruno Vassel or Balleka videos on YouTube. Does anyone else have any favorite sites that they send people to in order for them to get interested in gliding?

I poked around for this information on the SSA website but did not find much current information. In the USA and Canada... What happened in 2012? What are plans for 2013? Old trainers retired? New trainers put in service?

Roger Bard has a letter to the editor in this month's SOARING mag. His point is "Why even bother" to fly the OLC contest and he lists four reasons why.. Answering his "reasons why not" is the following: 1&2. A Nimbus 4 is not required since results are handicapped. Ron Schwartz flew his 1-26 to...

Hi, I've been selling and supporting the SPOT and SPOT 2 products for several years. They are great products. When the DeLorme inReach was announced, I didn't think it would be competitive with the SPOT units because of its higher price. After doing extensive research and testing of a...

No plans for production.. Students exercise in design of electric gliders. Flays great. Sort of PW-7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poy8OUohNKQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIpkwWF93vo RRK

The ChicagoLand Glider Council is hosting the 5th semi-annual Midwest Soaring and Safety Seminar on Saturday, February 16th, 2013, 8AM to 5PM. Nationally known speakers will cover topics of safety, medicine, racing, competition, gear and gliders. The cost of this Seminar is being partially...