It was a wow day with one climb by QV, the weather man, at 18 kts over 3 thousand feet, ya, I mean wow. P7, as of now, smoked everyone at 92 mph DRY in the 15 meter over a course of 268 miles. KS wins sports class at a raw 89 mph in his DUO, OE as of now is leading the standard, but 7V, says that...

All: Can anyone recommend a good aircraft radio repair shop in Southern California. I need to have the entire installation gone over, antena and all. Thanks in advance, Raphael Warshaw 1LK

An excerpt from the Operating Limitations for the Exhibition and Air Racing Airworthiness Certificate for my Experimental glider has the following wording: 31. All proficiency/practice flights must be conducted within the geographical area described in the applicant's program letter and...

The Club: Greater Houston Soaring Assoc. Situation: our club has 2 Blaniks in our basic training fleet. One L-13 and one L-23 Super. BOTH now have damaged wheel and gear boxes. One let go last week in a hard landing, the other flunked an inspection this week. BOTH are now lost for at least 4-6...

Do the standard medical insurance policies in the USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Cosidering the benefits of emmigrating to the colonies! Would appreciate contact details for the major health insurers. What general insurance policies are available to cover pilots...

Is there a kind soul out there that might have a wiring diagram for a Ball 101A Variometer. I have a brand new one. Allthough it is old, It is brand new if that makes any sense. I'm trying to install it, but need a wiring diagram, is there anyone who has one or can get ahold of one? Any help...

This day, will be remembered by many. Charlie and the advisors just let everyone call thier first turn as all classes got a MAT of 3 hrs. The sky was covered with high clouds, but X reported 11 thousand so launch was started. Well, Mr. Big Bumper came cruising in from the west towards Cedar City....

Is it legal in the US to fly gliders while taking drugs such as Prozac, Effexor, or Lithium for depression given that a medical certificate is not required??

Does anyone have experience, and hopefully a photo to share, of an ELT installation and antenna in a 27? thx, Chip Fitzpatrick

I have an IBM Thinkpad with no serial port. For downloading from an LX-5000, I have used a Belkin USB to serial adapter. It has worked fine. I now am trying to download from a Cambridge 302. When everything works, it takes roughly a minute to download 3 minutes of flight data (and at least a...

The Soaring Server came back online a couple of hours ago at http://acro.harvard.edu/SOARING/JL and will have the last couple of days updates in 10 hours or so. Please do remember to save the URL of the mirror site "just in case" http://soaring.xinqu.net/JL/

Mike Melvill reported 5Gs on reentry, meaning the trajectory went much higher than normal. It appears he went over 100Km, confirmation will follow. Mike Melvill to get his astronaut wings.

Ever had the sensation that you are flying way too fast for your landing? It happens when you see objects coming by the cockpit, going way too fast for a normal landing. When does this happen? Well, when you're landing down-wind or when you forgot to put the flaps down. I have done both and got a...

Need a Grob 103 III manual (Prefer electronic). I am learning to fly here in Germany and my German isn't good enough yet to read the manual with the glider. I am ready to solo and I need to have read the manual beforehand. Thanks in advance. Bob

Does any body have the BGA UK turnpoit list in .da4 format, or do you know where I can download it. The SAA site does not have that format available. Thanks.

Does ANYONE know what is happening in Ionia? What calendar day was Day 1? Is ANYTHING else happening? SixThree

Hi all, I've been trying to reach the World Soaring Turnpoint Exchange web site for the last 2-3 days at http://acro.harvard.edu/SOARING/JL/TP/EU.html, but no luck. It is only me, or have others experienced this? Happy Soaring, Lars Peder Hansen Denmark

For gliding contest at GatorCity, Florida the following kit is recommended, but nothing is required: Signal Mirror . WaterproofMatchKit Flares, either groundstake type or flare gun type

Practice day speeds ran from high 70's for standard, with MM winning the day. I don't recall the winner for sports, but it was in the mid 70's. The high 80"s was the winning speed for 15 Meter, and you only get one guess as to who. Remember this was just the practice day. Fly safe, Soar high,...

I recently had the alarming experience of the canopy coming nearly fully open on a Duo Discus shortly after take-off on aerotow. Both my student (who was flying the glider at the time) and I grabbed the handles when the canopy was about 45 degrees open and managed to close it. However all efforts...