I'm trying to have an Ilec TE Probe mounted on my ASW-15. It looks like one will have to cut a hole behind the rudder to fit the probe from the backside of the fin. If anyone has any information or better yet some pictures or drawings on the best way to install this, it would be a great help. Thank...

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Entry fee increase of $10 to $225.00. Tows have been raised to $53. All 7 tows and entry fees must be paid before first contest day tow. If you choose to fly on the practice day, Saturday, June 30th, then you must be registered and have all fees paid and tows paid before you fly. Shortly, after May...

I'm replacing my Cobra trailer axle with a new one that uses different wheels than the original axle , so I'll need three wheels with 14" diameter, 5" to 6" rim width, and a 112 mm, 5 bolt pattern. Standard steel wheels would be fine, but I'd like to upgrade to something fancier. My problem is...

I have a Labelle in the shop that has had the ailerons refinished without having been removed from the glider. Which meant that the surfaces could not have been weighed nor mass balance checked. Additionally the AD 97-03-02 requiring weighing and mass balance checks has never been completed. I...

On Thursday April 26th two pilots, Johnny Durand from Australia and Dustin Martin from AZ, flew 283 miles from Groveland FL to just south of the South Carolina border. They had tremendous support from their driver, Chris Smith of CA, and others back at the flight park to ensure they flew around...

The BGA instructor qualifications require candidates to have cross country gliding experience. Is the Silver C satisfactory for all instructor levels, or do some require more testing cross country experience. Instructors in the USA are not required to have any cross country training or experience....

Hello, I just heard that a clubmember of mine just died in an accident in italy today. Is there anybody who can give me more information about this accident? I don't know if he flew a glider, motorglider or ulralight. Thanks David

We hope you Club and FBO leaders have given thought to recognizing one of your young line-crew workers and have prepared an application to send in to SSA by the 4/30 deadline. See www.ssa.org/Youth/youthships.asp and www.coloradosoaring.org/ssa/ssay/byfs.htm (inc. application PDF). We really would...

Hi, On April 19th at 1 AM (yes, 1 in the morning) I was interviewed on WCCO Radio by Al Malmberg's "World of Aviation" radio show. We discussed the upcoming Albert Lea Soaring Contests. Being the father of young kids - I'm not used to being up at 1 AM, but hopefully I don't sound too tired...

Ballast dump times are usually nothing but a reasonable guess so I decided to measure them. Put a Discus CS wing on the standards (horizontal) and filled her up. Times are for one wing thus double the volume for real life and with vent holes as in flight. 20L: 73 seconds 40L: 105 seconds 60L: 150...

Today, Wednesday, April 18th, has been xcelled due to weather. We had a pilots meeting this morning at 10:30 am, and the daily winners from the 4 classes, from yesterdy, the first cntest day, told their stories. Dave Martin, BV, who has been contest soaring since about 1977.....err......30 years,...

.... works on Terra 720 radios? Jack Womack

Any ownership/registration tax to be paid on new glider in Colorado? California has one, Nevada doesn't. Any ideas? Andy

Has anybody connected a FLARM to Winpilot? Is it possible to splice a FLARM siganal to an Ipaq whilst running a Cambridge 302 NMEA input. Any help would be appreciated!

RASers, I'm making a couple of ASK21 disassembly tools for a friend. If anybody else wants one, let me know. They'll be $50 each, plus shipping, satisfaction guaranteed. I'm only making one batch of these things, so if you want to buy one next year plan on spending about twice as much to have it...

Even as the sun heads even further north, there are still reasonable conditions in the Potchefstroom area. 3 competition days so far with 120+Kph speeds over 300K tasks. See http://www.sssa.org.za for all the details. OLC is also carrying some of the news.

On Apr 23, 9:24 pm, g l i d e r s t u d wrote: This is the last call for the US Team Sponsered XC camp held at Warner Springs May 7-11 2007. Please contact me if you are interested by this Friday April 27th. As of right now I have twice the amount of mentors...

This is the last call for the US Team Sponsered XC camp held at Warner Springs May 7-11 2007. Please contact me if you are interested by this Friday April 27th. As of right now I have twice the amount of mentors signed up as students and I need to let them off the hook, so they can get their...

I was absolutely stunned the other day when I was looking at the aerial view of my glider club (http://skysoaring.com) on Mapquest only to find that there was a glider on tow complete with shadow! Hard to tell but it looks like our Schweizer 1-34R being towed by our venerable L-19 Birddog. I...