why would a "young" PW5 be in a museum.. was it damaged beyond flyable repair? waste of a good airframe JMHO BT "JohnD" wrote in message ...

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:08:46 -0700, Eric Greenwell wrote: No, but Dick only tested one glider, and a very early one (early '94 production). Several changes have been made in the wing since then, such as more blowholes, adding winglets, an additional flap...

I guess a 12v automotive light bulb would be a readily available load? Perhaps one of the electronic wizards here could suggest an appropriate wattage for a meaningful, safe, fast test? Also, is it valid to do a 'fast' test when a glider load is hopefully closer to 10 to 20 hrs? Can we presume...

Robert Bates wrote: Does anyone know of a good, layman's reference to the differences between airfoils? I've heard some "old-timers" refer to characteristics of different ones, and was wondering if there was an "Airfoils for Dummies" out there somewhere... ;) Thanks! --

Location, location, location! A well-known US pilot had the gold altitude and distance certified when he had a total of 19hrs gliding time and had not yet done the 5-hr flight. He is a person for whom I have enormous respect, a natural, but he still had to have the location at that stage of the...

Well, we finally discovered that the propeller was totally worn out. We took the prop to our local Sensenich dealer-repairshop. The very helpful people of BL Aviation took no more than 15 minutes on the prop stand to measure out the defective "windmill". Actually, the measurement were quite...

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Bob Kuykendall wrote in message ... Earlier, "Jim Price" wrote: Bob, reading your report reminded me of one of the most fun experiences I've had in soaring. I hauled my LS4 out to Air...

I believe there is a disc brake modification kit available from Wings and Wheels at about $1200US. That seems hard to justify given that it is about 7% of the resale price of the glider. I just decided not to aim the monster at anything I want to keep. Bill Daniels Lark owner "Kurt"...

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I heard that Avia Stroitel is buying Schempp-Hirth. And PZL-Swidnick has made on offer on Schleicher. "BTIZ" wrote in message news:IwMOa.120527$hd6.38941@fed1read05... I heard that from someone else in a news letter yesterday.. DG buys LS.. no "official"...

Looks like our Team had a pretty good day today in Nitra - and the web coverage is excellent. Well worth your time, click on http://www.ssa.org/UsTeam/ust_reports_sr.htm DJ

In The Thick Of It - U.S. Team Reports Thanks to Frank Whiteley and Junior/World Team Captain Conrad Suechting the U.S. Team Day Reports are available direct from the ongoing World Championships in Nitra. The reports and pictures have that exciting, "direct from the flight line" quality and manage...

Reb Byrne wrote: My Cingular phone does work at Hobbs. There is a problem in town of caller ID not working and your calls go out as having the number blocked (can be a problem if calling someone who won't accept those calls). Once you get out of town it seems to work just fine. Reb...

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On 8 Jul 2003 13:46:44 -0700, (Doug Jacobs) wrote: Very complicated, quite unsafe in competition if anyone else may be turning with you since this is largely a heads down manoever. But it is never used in competition!

Day 4 early report and start times http://www.ssa.org/UsTeam/nitra2003/07092003.htm

"jwren" wrote in message I can get you a PDF version. "BTIZ" wrote I'd like a copy aol me too /aol Michael