No facts, just an ego. Dig in google, the final straw of the down and drowning. Just admit it, tommy boy, you shot off your overstuffed ego and oversized mouth, and my foot is in it. I even made sure that you were insinuating what I thought you were, and you swallowed the hook, line and sinker. ...

I have put the source code for the Cambridge Aero Explorer on my source code download page so those who are interested can download and play with it. It is now an opensource project. The opensource name is simply "Aero Explorer" as Cambridge is no longer involved with the...

IMHO highly interesting site, even without an English translation - gives an idea about the history and (past) popularity of soaring around the world: http://www.glider-phile.pl Tomasz Sielicki

As the proud new owner of a PDA (oh yeah and a Discus to go with it), I'm looking for suggestions on how to mount it in the glider. Where is the best place to find a mount for it, and how are you running the wires? With all this "glass" in the cockpit, it's getting harder and harder to remember...

If you had to (re)install an antenna in a glider, how would you do it? What material would you use, what length would it be, how would you terminate the aft end, how do you get the aft end all the way back there and secured, etc? Thanks, Ken

Today, a report from Poland said, “There is no progress on the PW-9 project due to lack of funds. I don’t see that it will happen soon. I think that the university project team has switched to working on an ultra light project.” Regards,

any first hand experiences? i am considering some for my 20

A few of us low time club renters are considering buying audio variometers to help keep our eyes outside the cockpit and our planes in lift. One unit we're looking at is from Blue Sky Avionics, the M12 Cricket http://www.blueskyavionics.com/M12_Cricket_HG.htm There's also a fancier M19. Does...

StrePla Users, There are new versions of StrePla3 and pocket*StrePla available. Below are the release notes on the free upgrades. The new 3D glider models are very cool. It is fun to replay my flight from last summer using the model of the glider type I flew. The other huge new feature is that...

I am selling my 305 Chairpack. New in 1994 (STRONG packed new October 1994), never jumped. It was just repacked in March (next repack due July 2004). It was unused for a number of years & always stored in home. Navy Blue & has matching Strong carry bag. It is in excelent condition - looks like...

I bought a wrecked 1-26 a while back and it came with a Rico vario (serial number VAS2095) that appears to work just fine with power applied. There is no wiring harness, otherwise it's OK. If someone has a use for it, I'll mail it to you for the cost of postage... or trade for low-time Nimbus 4M...

The Cambridge Aero Explorer is not ready to be taken out and shot just yet. While it might not be as refined as SeeYou or Strepla, it is *free* and it does provide the tightest and most complete integration with the Cambridge Recorder Boxes. I have fixed the 2004/1994 date rollover problem and...

BlankI hate to sound paranoid, but I had put on a posting asking for information on oxygen systems. It disappeared after several days. I reposted - same thing - was gone several days later. I then posted what I thought was a nice bit of information and suggested preflight for the D1 - same thing -...

I would like to rent a D2b or LS8 for the USA Standard Nationals, July 15-29,2004. Offering $3k, or a similar donation (in your name) to the Junior or World team. Please email Rick Walters at

Hi Everyone, I have a Glide Navigator II customer with an iPAQ h5455 and neither of us can get it work with Glide Navigator II - or any other GPS program. I've tried using a GPS test utility called Crux_View that allows me to test each serial port one at a time. I'm connected to a GPS-NAV but...

Just received a cambridge CPT 505 with C Nav50 tring to find a operating manual to install and operate the vario. please let me know if someone could e-mail or fax the info. Thanks Mark

I'm looking for a couple of tools to use with my log (IGC) files. First, is there an electronic logbook available that allows me to drag-and-drop (or otherwise import) IGC files to create new logbook entries? Second, is there a simple IGC file browser that allows me to sort them by their various...

The weather briefing called for 5 kts to 6,000 ft. A TAT was called with a 3 hour window. Turn points were Nisbet and then Bedfort with 25 mile radius around both. Alot of landouts. Weather didn't pan out. Most cruising done below 4,000 msl. Some streeting. Only 2 got around. SM and P7. A high...

Today a backside ridge misson was called. Three Barns and Mill Creek were the turnpoints. It was a AST. About 96 to 100 miles on how you flew it. The first starters ran into big trouble near the first turn with many splashing down. Some at the airport near the turn or others in fields. The later...

I'm looking for an SZD-48 Jantar Std 3 or Jantar Std 2. Optionally with trailer. Preffered location: Europe Contact: