Anyone up on the current scene as far as Turkey is concerned? Can foreigners fly there? Are there active clubs? Ian

I know there are sailplanes around the world that are equipped with lights but I've never read about any night time soaring, are there any stories out there? I'm refurbishing an SGS 2-32 and I'm going to install nav lights on it so that I don't have to come down late in the day, just as the wave...

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www.lasoaring.com Don't know anything else about it, but I bet they are getting a LOT of new (foriegn) customers with this damn TSA thing shutting down the ASEL foriegn training. In article , Larry Dighera wrote: On Tue, 7 Dec 2004...

Does anyone have a digital copy of the S 2-32 manual? I hear that Las Vegas Soaring has a few to rent and it would be much nicer than a 2-33. I've flown Jerry Marshall's 1-34 quite a bit out there and have had some great flights in the wave off of Clark Mountain up to Mt. Potosi. Jerry's no longer...

We are refinishing the outer panels of my Nimbus 3 and want to verify placement of the turbulator strips....when I bought the glider they were about 1/2 inch in front of the trailing edge (in front of aelirons)....... they did not cover the last 7 feet (approximately) of the outer panel. Any...

I saw a post a while ago, but can't find it now. Is there a replacement site for the Harvard site and all the turnpoint files? Fred

"Paul Lynch" writes: It is not just your lungs. Your blood would be boiling without the pressure suit because of the low partial pressure. The `Armstrong Line', where the BP of water is 98F. -- Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd., +61 (08) 9257-1001...

Would any of you Marfa Veterans have any words of wisdom to pass along about flying at Marfa? Has there been a book published about flying Marfa, similar to Tom Knauff's book about flying the Appalachian ridges? I've gotten some info from Burt Compton, but was hoping 'visitors' to Marfa could...

I recently noticed a Cherokee II project in Nebraska for sale on Barnstormers. Called and it's reported sold to "someone in Illinois". If anyone out there knows where it's ended up I'd love to hear about it. We have a restored Cherokee here in Iowa and it would be great to share knowledge and...

I just soloed a Schweizer 2-33 on my 14th birthday! It was the very last day of operations for the Windy City Soaring Association (11/28/04) and I was the last flight of the season. I was amazed how much nicer the 2-33 seemed to fly solo (or maybe it was just me). A special thank you goes out...

Can't find the link, and a google search for UK and smoking and DVD turns up all sorts of things, but not much to do with soaring...

Written in the early seventies about soaring at Marfa - in big wing (open class) sailplanes. Map enclosed with green/red landable/unlandable areas (for big wings at least), and known "sink holes" and lift areas. I have copies available. I also have DVD copies of "The Sun Ship Game" movie. Then...

http://www.glidingmagazine.com/NewsArticle.asp?id=1371 http://www.glidingmagazine.com/ Correct "CG" release was used, which on PW5 is offsett forward of the CG. I was told that the nose hook is not allowed for winch towing of PW5. That's what manual sais, but who knows why? Which other gliders are...

How old can trailer tires get before they should be replaced?

G'day All, Just a quick one to let you all know that the Inagural Australian Junior Nationals is taking place at the moment. For all results and daily updates check out www.joeyglide.com Unfortunately a lay day here, but have had two very interesting days sofar - both with thunderstorms and big...

Anyone else wonder why 1 gliding club got 3 motorgliders? See the latest issude of soaring for the details. Brad

Hmmm...being a bit of a screwball, I've always wondered about getting an Airline Transport Pilot license for Gliders. It seems this is now possible... 61.165(f) says if you have an ATP already, you can apply for a category and class rating limited to a specific make and model of experimental...

Curious if any thought has been given to the idea of registering some of the two seat touring motor glider types as "Light Sport Aircraft" in the US under the new Sport Pilot initiative? I'm thinking of the Scheibe SF-25 or 28, Grob, Vivat, Ximango (although with its gear it may not be...

I'm with the Orange County Soaring Association. Sean Clancy left a piece of equipment in one of our gliders a few months ago. He called about it, but I lost his phone number. If you know how to reach him, please ask him to contact me so I can mail it to him. Roger Worden Thank...