Does anyone have a manual that I may copy? postage etc gratefully re-imbursed.

It seem that the safety finish was rejected based on the revised score sheet. What are the details? Regards Udo

Jantar Standard 3 - N483SZ, 40:1 L/D. Low time, excellent condition. Gear up warning. Nose and CG hook. In flight adjustable rudder pedals. Powerful main wheel brake. Easy chair reclined cockpit (I am 5'11' , 225 lbs, and fit fine, even significantly taller OK). Electric audio vario and...

Ralph Kolstad has announced that his father, Ken Kolstad, passed away yesterday, June 18th, at the age of 96. Ken and his family have had a long involvement with Colorado soaring. Ken and Mid Kolstad received a Paul Schweizer Lifetime Achievement Award at the SSA Convention earlier this...

Want to get paid to soar at the world's best soaring site? Soar Minden would like to hear from you. Office manager/instructor/tow pilot. Call Tony at 1 800 345-7627 or email soarminden "AT" powernet.net

Some time ago, I was able to fix a friend's problem with a CAI 302 by clearing out the flight log memory. The procedure involved connecting to the CAI 302 with a comm program like hyperterm and typing in something like 'RESET' at the command prompt. I have gotten a couple of similar requests here...

The original Schweizer airspeed indicator in my glider sticks. Once on the ground I blew into the pitot and the indicator shows an airspeed but then it takes 10 seconds to slowly go back down to 0. On the back of the instrument there are 2 vertical ports. I disconnected and blew through the top...

One thing that you should be careful of is comparing the Diana with the Diana 2 as far as wing location. The leading edge at the wing root was moved forward from the Diana to the Diana 2. This was most likely due to the overall shift in the wing planform. On the Diana, the leading edge is more...

'The famous Cherokee II with this intrepid pilot behind the controls has set a new season record for the shortest cross country flight flown. approximately 15 miles to the east with a landing in an often stared down grass strip next to a state highway. I've driven past that one millions of times...

Hi, I'm looking for write-ups about transitioning from powered to gliders to get a Commercial Add-On. Also looking for any write-ups on getting a CFI-G. I have a bunch of soaring books including the Flight Manual, Transition to Gliders (Knauff), but it is always good to hear it from the...

The Franconia Soaring Association is looking to lease and/or purchase a 2-33 in the near future. If you know of any on the market, please reply to with price and condition info. We are in contact with the owners of the ones on offer on the Wings and Wheels web...

Hi folks, Would like to fit a headrest to our K6cr, don't like the sharp edge to the rear of the cockpit just at head height...been looking at lots of photos for ideas but no luck so far. Was wondering if anybody has some hints, tips, suggestions, or indeed any reasons why we should NOT fit a...

looking for user manual /instrctions please

The sites and dates for the 2008 Nationals are as follows: Open/15M, Uvalde, TX, August 5-15 18M, Mifflin, PA, May 13-22 Standard, Cordele, GA, May 13-22 Sports, Montague, CA, July 1-10 World Class, Texas Soaring Association, Dallas, TX, July 22-31 1-26, Texas Soaring Association, Dallas, TX, July...

We installed a new Micro Air in a sailplane. This is the 5th one we have installed. All have worked great except this last one receives perfectly, but when transmitting it sounds garbled. The boom mic is a Micro Air. Anyone have an idea what this could be? Thanks Kurt

We had a couple show up at our club with an email indicating the husband had bought a glider ride through an online company devoted to thrill event sales. The email indicated they had contacted our club, talked with our president, and made an appointment for a flight at 1:00pm. No such...

I am looking for help in the home AC field? N E one know where I can post request? I have an AC unit...I was wondering...sonds slow but here goes. AC filters are paper, aluminum, and fiberglass at times, they are not suppose to rust. Mine is. Why?

Can fellow glider pilots from European states covered by EASA rulings , advise me if it's possible to import a glider into their own from abroad , without the glider having either a Export C/A or a current C/A. I'm looking to import from france into England thanks in advance

Yesterday, Steve Koerner in his ASW-27B completed an FAI 500 km triangle in northern Arizona at just over 90 mph to claim a new US record . This adds to two World records recently claimed by Mike Parker in his PW-5 in south-eastern Arizona. Flight logs of all files are on OLC. Mike

Anyone out there have one available in USA or anywhere for that matter!! Thanks Al