All days are open for passengers in the KS Duo Discus at the Sport Nationals at Mifflin in three weeks. All juniors ride for free. KS

Just wanted everyone who may be interested to know that this coming Wednesday evening I will be giving a live online EAA webinar: Sailplane Mountain Flying - What is Possible? You even get FAA Wings credit if you join in. Here is a link to...

I just tried to log in to OLC using Chrome and got a message: "Your Connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.onlinecontest.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID Automatically report details of possible...

Any new news on this? Excited to see what is new.

Does anyone else think this would be an unbelievable combination?

Anyone know if someone stocks Combi Tape here in the US? The "usual suspects" don't seem to. Want to finish up a project this coming weekend, so oversees isn't an option. Thanks in advance, Erik Mann

I am looking to buy my first glider and wanted to get some feedback on total cost of ownership. Excluding tow fees and club membership fees, what do you typically spend on insurance, annuals, spare parts, etc.? Looking to buy an ASW20, Discus B, Discus CS, LS3, LS4, DG-202, DG-300, etc. Trying...

The May issue of the magazine will be dispatched on Monday. The issue includes: • A report on the IGC annual conference. • The result of our approach to FAI about not providing value for the money they get from Gliding. Encouraging! • Photograph review from the annual gliding exposition...

This is a set (one left, one right) of Type 1637 wheel hubs made by Al-Ko Kober for a Cobra trailer. These are the type with 4 lug bolts, rated at 500 kg each, as used on most Cobra trailers set up for 15-meter-span gliders. Photos he...

My OLC daily score for the USA seems to be stuck on 22 Apr. I can find later flights by looking at specific regions of the US, but not the main US page. I have tried going through the SSA's website link to the OLC and get the same result. Is it just me, or are others having this problem, and if...

I see there are draw bar adapters/extensions that enable mounting a bicycle rack plus your standard hitch ball for coupling the trailer, e.g: https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Receiver-Adapter-Extender-Extension/dp/B000P6CJ9O/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1493239546&sr=8-5&keywords=bike+rack+extender#Ask...

I would like to buy a Bohli compass in good working order. A "like new" compass would be best! Thank you

Looking for two used Winter Vario's in Knots or FT/ MIN for a Grob two Seat sailplane. 80 mm or 57 mm will work...Anyone remove one to make way for a fancy instrument? Let me know.. Thanks, Tim Hanke Saratoga Springs, NY 518-693-689 E-mail:

Took the Duo up for a late afternoon wave hop out of Minden yesterday. Although winds had a very northerly component for the Minden area, beautiful wave clouds set up for a great photo op. Here's an unedited view from around 17K. Gordon Boettger https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PhhWsQrz4

New glider coming soon, this one must go, make me an offer! Details on WingsAndWheels (search manufacturer Lange, type Antares 20E): http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds

This last weekend my club, Southern Eagles Soaring, hosted a "Glider Competition 101 Seminar". The seminar was a success with a full house of 29 attendees from SES, and as far away as Huntsville, AL, Sylacauga, AL, somewhere in SC ;-), and Jacksonville, FL. We had an engaged audience and some good...

How often should the mylar be redone on a horizontal stab/elevator? The glider is always stored indoors in its trailer,and everything looks fine with the factory installed tapes, etc. There is sometimes a quiet air sound that changes pitch with elevator deflection especially when cold.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/Features/TGALS_first_flight.html Looks like a SH fuselage with side canopy hinges. Anyone know more details?

Come fly the beautiful skies of Hobbs this June. The Region 9 Contest is going to be held along with the Club Class Nationals. Experience a great organization and fly the Hobbs dry line with potentially some of the best weather in the country all from the storied Hobbs ramp. Sign up for one of the...

I moved my annual up for my Libelle 201b from June to this past weekend. who the heck wants to take their ship down in the middle of prime time soaring? Anyways, Over the years of sweat touching the control stick it has began to rust and I need to take it apart and bead blast and prime/paint...