Qualcomm's Mirasol products and supposedly project were discontinued in July, rumored difficulties with production (yield cost etc ?). Fletcher imported a Mirasol PDA from Korea and it looked good running XCsoar (well, the replacement for the first unit that died looked...

Does anyone have a Tail Dolly for a Libelle they would like to sell?

Hi all, I'm looking for any information I can find about a sailplane pilot named (I think) Hutch Hutchins. Last I heard, he flew in Southern California, and he once owned a Ventus. Is he still around? Where did he fly? I'm trying to track down a piece of soaring lore that he was allegedly involved...

Anybody have a strong Backpack parachute bag to sell. Thanks, Jim 702-371-1513

For those of you interested in trying your hand at Grand Prix Sailplane Racing (short of qualifying for the real deal), here is your chance! Each weekend (alternating Sat/Sun) one of the US Nightly Soaring races will now become US Nightly Soaring Grand Prix. These races will be scored as a brand...

Hi, I received a question from a customer today that I couldn't answer. He is going to fly in the World Gliding Contest in Argentina soon and couldn't figure out whether or not his Cambridge GPS-NAV would be acceptable to the contest - since it is no longer approved for world records. I can't...

There are a few old horror stories about taking your parachute on a commercial flight. Anyone have good/bad experience with TSA in the last year or so?

Over the years we've managed to "deflate" the tailwheel on our club's Twin Astir due to rough landings, rocks, cactus, whatever. It has always been a pain to remove and replace the tire/tube and often the 90-degree valve stem on the tube we buy is a bit long and hits the fiberglass tailwheel...

Due to lack of registrations, the Condor Christmas Online Contest has been cancelled. It is clear from the lack of registrations for both the Condor Thanksgiving and Condor Xmas online contests that either the weekend contest format, or the dates proposed, or both did not excite much interest. I...

This would be a great time to send out any instruments that need repair, and maybe even take the glider to your mechanic for fixing any squawks and an annual. Beats waiting in the long springtime line when everyone else remembers their maintenance issues ;-) Have a great Holiday season, Best...

Looking for a PDF copy of an article from SSA Technical Soaring Volume 19, Number 1, January, 1995.

The 2013 Cross Country & Racing Camp is scheduled to be the week following the Seniors contest at Seminole Lake, FL. This post is merely to get an idea of how many would attend. I am not a director for this camp, just offering a helping hand as I now live in Clermont.

Has anyone tried to connect a Nano, PowerFlarm, or V7 vario to a Nexus 7? Thanks ES

It amounts to a "free" spot 2 with service activation. http://tinyurl.com/bfm2vsg

I recently read a a blurb on the SSA home page that claims the following. High AVGAS prices ($6-$13/gal currently) are hurting aero tow operations. Ultimately, US soaring will have to adopt fuel efficient winch launch to keep the sport affordable Locally here in Ca we currently pay $5.60 per...

Does anyone have any experience with any mounts for a nexus 7? Preferably it would be something I can attach to my current ram suction cup arm. I'm thinking the one I'm looking for is the first one (RAM Tab-Tite™ Clamping Cradle for the Google Nexus 7)...

I have a 1999 Cobra trailer (Recently purchased). I believe the strut on the tongue is due for a service because it moves so easily that you can almost not back up because the brakes are applied. I looked for a lockout (Like on my old trailer and I could not find one. Can these struts be serviced...

Our club uses 4 pin jones plugs for battery plugs, 2 pins positive and 2 pins negative for redundancy. But even this is not fool proof after passage of time: sometimes they need to be "wiggled" to connect and they are getting hard to find now too. What kinds of plugs are other clubs or...

Hello all. I use an AV8OR for both powered flights as well as soaring by switching back and forth between the stock software and XC-Soar. I recently aquired an LX Nav Nano for badge flights and records for our club members. I'm able to pair the two via Bluetooth but I'm not having any luck trying...

I was asked last night "Why don't commercial airliners (747, A380, etc) have 'super wings' like gliders?" I mumbled something semi- coherent but didn't really know the correct answer. So, would high aspect ratio and highly efficient glider-like wings enhance fuel economy for all airplanes? What...