Bouncing off a comment from another thread. a number of we "not in our 40s anymore" pilots are setting the O2 to kick in at 5000 msl. O2 is cheap. Clarity of mind at altitude - priceless! Being in the middle of my 40s myself. I recall spending time periodically in various smoke...

I noticed my trace from spot 3 yesterday had altitude included. When did that start happening? Matt

Is anyone aware of any near term plans for Power Flarm with an ADS-B out solution? I fly airspace fairly congested with light GA aircraft, and would really like that powered traffic to be able to see me as well as me seeing them. With most US powered aircraft being required to have ADS-B in...

http://www.kaaltv.com/news/more-than-20-glider-teams-coming-compete-in-albert-lea-/4483097/ It's good to get coverage, but wow. How can someone get this so wrong? 5Z

Hopefully someone has been through this exercise (successfully). I just received my PowerFlarm today and I'm installing it into the panel (that's no problem). The plan is to use the Zeus for the target display. There's a "Flarm" port on the back of the Zeus, but it's not RJ-45, like the port on...

A couple questions. I had ailerons removed for refinishing and now looking at maintenance manual to see what is needed for the gap seal. The maintenance manual indicates using double sided adhesive to glue non-adhesive gap seal between wing and aileron. I could have sworn though that the gap seal...

Wilbur has been busted! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUYSZRybYo Best. #711.

Hello Everyoe: My name is Chris McKeon. I am a longtime Hang Glider Pilot, twenty plus years of flying Flex-Wings. I was flying my Beloved Altair Predator 158 from Mount Diablo on March twenty Eight 2010. Well the wind strength turned on really strong. The wind was blowing something like...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wR4aBVyVW0&feature=youtube_gdata_player Please endure the music and watch this video, paying particular attention to 2:00 to 2:25 into the short video. As was often argued with other PNA bases systems recently...why would these well known soaring manufactures offer...

Ron Schwartz has been pounding the Appalachian Ridge system since shortly after dawn this morning in his trusty 1-26. As of now (about 14:00 local) he's got about 600K under his belt and looks to be across the Potomac for the tricky Sleepy Creek Mountain transition. Assuming this works out, he...

I need some help with a Dittel FSG 60M. Everything works as expected, except the frequency display is now showing 188.88 regardless of the frequency it's tuned to. Any suggestions?

I have a LNav / meter that has worked fine in the past. Sunday the meter pegged out at 10 knots and stayed there. I cycled the LNav a few times and it kept doing the same thing. Does anyone have experience with this, and if so, what was the fix? The LNav itself seems to be fine. Thanks Kurt

TeST Atlas 10M, 48UG, 2005, 40/1 glide ratio, AF 330 (113 flights) Engine Rotax 447 27 hours, great climb performance, Brauniger Alpha MFD, Custom 2007 Avionic AFG trailer, plane and trailer excellent condition, always hangered and covered, MH oxygen, all ground and rigging equipment, chute, full...

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I spent a day at Oshkosh last Monday and had a chance to talk to Trig about their ADS-B plans. The Trig TT22 Mode S Transponder is currently shipping and supports 1090ES ADS-B Out, if it is connected to an approved WAAS GPS position source. Up to now, approved GPS sources have been quite...

Does anyone know the proper paint type and color for touching up a scratch on a 2010 Aluminum Cobra trailer top? Thanks!

I'm not attacking the TAT. I'm attacking the fact that the Good Old Boys, US RC, SSA, etc., has totally lost touch with sailplane racing and has allowed TATs to become the ONLY competition measure. The US no longer holds ANY straight forward racing tasks. None, nada, ziltch, zero. And the US...

I'm not attacking the TAT. I'm attacking that the USA, Good Old Boys, US RC, SSA, etc., has totally lost touch with Sailplane racing and has allowed TATs to become the ONLY measure. The US no longer holds ANY straight forward racing tasks. None, nada, ziltch, zero. And the US team is selected...

I have an alluminum "cigar tube" trailer for my Glasflugel Libelle. Over the past 5 years the previous owner has left it outside in the Texas sun and weather which has resulted in some chips of paint starting to fall off and some algae growing on the paint. (By the way, it rigs great and is...

I was in Robert Mudd's shop yesterday and he had a Grob 103, N928BG. He told me that it came from Hawaii. I just looked in my log book and found that it was the first glider I ever flew! My brother took me to Dillingham Field and introduced me to Elmer and, after talking a while, he gave me...