So what were the results at Minden? The contest page at SSA is missing most of the days. Bruce Patton

I am getting a little ticked off with the support for my LX1600 unit. Are there any other LX1600 users out there that I can discuss some issues with? Ian

I notice from the brief minutes of the FAI meeting in Lausanne that a proposal to use Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) flight recorders was not accepted. In other words, the widely available, cheap units are again rejected in favor of expensive, proprietary units. I'd like to know...

It seems that Bush will be in the Reno area tomorrow, Thursday, June 18. If you you were planning to fly there tomorrow, I suggest you see http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html And the BLIPMAPs make it look like it would have been a good day :-(( -Dan

(CO2ID) wrote in message ... It's been awhile since I have crewed but I have the drill down pat. Every pilot seems to want to do the simplest of things differently from the next guy. Having a crew that is intimate with the...

If starting a completely new panel, but already having a Volkslogger and an iPAQ 3850, which computer and vario systems would people recommend? Which software for moving map etc.? Is there a difference between optimum for competitions and optimum for non-comp flying? Does the country of use (UK)...

I have a Casio E100 (Wife's old PDA) running CE 2.11. It has 16 meg of memory. I would like to use it to (at least) download the flight files from an LX5000. I would love to use this as a cockpit management system. Any ideas. Bob

The B40 that came with my glider has this curious fault: after experiencing an updraft of 10 knots or greater, the rapid, high-pitched (i.e. "saturated") audio tone gets "stuck" and continues indicating 10+ knots until the B40 registers a negative value (sink). Has anyone else encountered this...

For the Canadian homebuilders or future builders, and motorglider enthusiasts of the Diamond Xtreme ilk, the Europa kit plane factory folks will be attending the Aviation Expo http://www.canadianaviationexpo.com/html-frame.html (Canada's largest aviation show) this weekend on June 18th at the...

I went for a ride in a glider many years ago and was immediately taken with the whole experience. I have always wanted to fly and now have the time to do it as I am finished with my skydiving career. Before I sell my rigs I wanted to ask a question. Do any of you wear pilot rigs? Before I...

I am fortunate to have a lot of time-off piled up. Lately I have been thinking about a soaring vacation. I have narrowed down my choices to 'Soar Minden' in Nevada and 'Estrella Soaring' in Arizona (a little concerned about July heat in phx). Has anybody had any experience with the above schools? ...

Why not just winch launch the thing and leave all this FAR bible pounding behind? Bill Daniels

If anyone has a copy of this book they would like to part with, please let me know.

Hello gliding world ! Please visit http://www.vpos.no for a presentation of the vPos system - a impressive new technology that amazes pilots, crews and spectators at the 3rd Club Class World gliding Championship currently beeing held at Elverum, Norway. 15-20 gliders are equipped with the vPos...

Security 350 chair type emergency parachute for auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2481984646 Auction ends Friday afternoon.

Hi Guys & Gals, It seems that I might be able to fly the Contest at Parowan Utah next week. The contest runs from Sunday June 20 to Saturday June 26 with Saturday June 19 a practice day. I know this is very short notice, but I just found out last night that I had been moved from 74th on the...

Some time ago I bought a used Bohli mechanical variometer ( over 15 years old ) for $ 400 from a certain Mr. Bill Daniels in " good condition " The photo he did send me showed only the back (!) of the instrument. I received the instrument DOA; poorly packed, broken glass, in other words useless....

I had a problem downloading a log from my 302 last Sunday (June 13). Several attempts to download with utility 3UT15255 gave a transfer or communication error (don't remember which). Still didn't work after reset the PDA and power cycing the 302. I verified that MC exchange was working with the...

Has anyone tried to run the old Cambridge software PocketNAV-CE3 on an IPAQ 3800 ? I do not want to use it for flying (I fly with Winpilot), but only for sending tasks to and downloading flights from the Cambridge GPS-NAV 20. My Ipaq is a 3870 with Windows CE 3.0/pocketPC 2002 operating system and...

On the used market front, what is a good price to pay for a used L-Nav and Model 20 logger? I think the L-Nav has the latest program installed. The GPS/Nav display is not included in the sale and I am not sure if a vario is part of the deal either. Thanks in advance, Brian