'I'll be using no engine, just perfect aerodynamics and my skills' With a glide ratio of 1:3.8 his definition of 'perfect aerodynamics' leaves something to be desired I think. Ian "Mark Stevens" wrote in message...

Open class, set at Ely, Nv yesterday. Our intrepid billionaire is now of= f to Omarama to go after altitude record.

28th World Soaring Championship in Leszno, hourly reports in English he http://www.wgc2003.pl/ Name "Leszno" brings special memories of those who flew "One Design" competitions on Jantar Standard-3, year 1991-1994. Please send me your new email address for reunion. Best wishes to all who enjoy...

When is a wing not a wing? I've just watched Felix Baumgartner land live on television. He has a 1.5 m span 'wing' contraption strapped to his back. In effect we have a bloke who has succesfully talked a drinks company out of a chunk of money to fly a very low performance glider across the...

David Grah The flight had been arranged for Wednesday out of my home airport at Bishop, California, but the weather didn't look good enough that day for the flight I hoped for. The weather forecast looked better on Thursday, 10 July 2003, so, the flight would be that day. The main impact of the...

Pilots who want information regarding what is happening at Cambirdge Aero Instruments, Inc., should look at the company website at www.cambridge-aero.com and, for futher information refer to news accounts in the Martinsville, Virginia Post at www.martinsvillepost.com. I suggest that Paul Remde...

Better weather and big tasks for Day 3 - see what happend with the U.S. Team in Poland today. http://www.ssa.org/UsTeam/ust_reports_pl.htm U.S. Team Day Reports Read all the Day Reports on the SSA U.S. Team Web site direct from Team Captain John Good in Poland. Lots of pictures and day...

In his book Gliding, p100, Derek Piggott writes: "In most modern gliders, the elevator power is not adequate to pull the wing beyond the stalling angle in a steep bank and it is only just possible to reach the pre-stall buffet with the stick right back. This is very different from straight flight...

Hi. For reasons unrelated to soaring, I am in the market for a Maule, M(x)-235 (where x= 4,5,6,or 7). I am fairly active in my local club and we occasionally find ourselves short a tow plane. There is an STC'd tow hook for the thing, so I wanna know: Anyone ever tow with or behind a Maule 235? I...

I envy you. I wish I could join, but now I am stuck in flat NC. I have flown in Sta Cilia several times and always enjoyed spectacular views and glides. Keep us posted on your performance. And send a couple of pics. Cheers, Eduard "cernauta" wrote in...

The Flying Innkeeper http://www.centennialjournal.com/articlesview.php?ID=166 "Be My Guest" http://www.centennialjournal.com/articlesview.php?ID=167

Planning a trip to UT in early August. Are tows availabel daily at Parawan and if so who do I contact? Tom Dixon Idaho

I have seen many (including mine!) Total Energy probes fail: hairpin cracks in the carbonfibre tube, in the area that fits most deeply into the plug (in the fin of the glider). The terminal pin, made of aluminum and glued to the inside of the tube, then is not retained correctly... and it may stay...

Wanted GPS-NAV display..any version considered, any language

On Scott Richmond's third flight in his newly purchased ASW-24E, at about 500ft, the motor stalled. He had already turned 90 degrees to the right, he turned another 90 towards the airport, did several PIOs, maybe pulling on the manual starter cable, then stalled and spun into an orchard 600 yards...

Just hit the Cambridge webpage and there is some interesting information (non-technical) info to be found on the main homepage. Later!-Mark

U.S. Team Day Reports - Day 1 & NCD Today, July 28, was a no contest day for competitors attending the 28th World Gliding Championships in Poland. Read all the reports on the SSA U.S. Team Web site direct from Team Captain John Good in Poland. See the links below for the U.S. Team...

Dear all I have just bought a second hand SN-10 (A). I had downloaded the manual a few weeks ago, where I discovered I need a program called PCLink, and a special serial cable. Both are missing... I searched for the websites (eglider + ilec-gmbh), but they have both been down in the last 36...

I fly with the sample rate on my VL set to give me about 9+ hours of data recording. That's sufficient for two normal flights, and I usually dump it after every flight. However, the thing begins complaining about low memory when it has 8 hours left, and it keeps complaining every few minutes. ...

One thing is for sure, the climb gets no better. But there is an interesting effect that few people are aware of: Higher speed means higher Reynold's numbers accross all of the wing, in direct proportion. Higher Reynold's number generally means higher efficiency. Therefore, there may be some small...