We're hoping to have some newbies trying XC next season - and are looking for best cots logger options. I have an older garmim that works fine - but it requires a serial interface. I'm thinking there must be better options. gracias' kk

Hi all, I'm selling a Nano 2, an EW Micro and a Cambridge 20. The Nano has been my backup flight recorder for a year or two and comes "as new" in the original box with all the associated bits and pieces. This unit has around 35 hours of battery life per charge. You can read all about it on the LX...

Those of you with TOST hooks, how do you track the number of times the release is activated? As I understand it, the mechanism has to be rebuilt when it's been exercised 10,000 times due to the main spring getting worn out.

EVENT WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/site/sgpflusa/ The final event in the Florida Sailplane Grand Prix series is only one week away! This is going to be, by far, the largest event with numerous pilots pre-positioned at Seminole for the winter season. The previous 4 events have been a blast,...

There is an opportunity of adding gliding disciplines to The World Games formula, which is going to be held in Wroclaw, Poland in 2017. The event is held under auspicies of The International Olympic Commitee, which would make gliding discipline closer to The Olympic Games (the closest in history...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-206159/Two-die-glider-crash.html

I'm getting interested in taking some hd videos on XC missions ... is the GoPro Hero 3 considered the best camera for this type of project. I've also been fooling with a new Video Editor called Power Director ... great app... much better then then older software I had before. I re-reprocessed a...

Not a glider video but great video from the paragliding pre-worlds in Brazil. Remember this was filmed in Brazil so no need to comment on cloud flying. Next time you want to whine about gaggle flying with your glider remember this video Enjoy http://vimeo.com/86473511

All, Version 2.03 is now available on my Google Drive site at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwILkoZHUvTMTDVpZ29FWnh5UlU/edit?usp=sharing This version adds the ability to skip the potentially annoying 'blank glider type encountered on Log row xxx - Skipping!' message. You'll still get it...

You passenger is all buckled up in the sailplane, and you have pushed out onto the runway. The tow plane has pulled up in front of you and is ready to go. Just before you get into the glider yourself, you feel a little fart coming on. To save the passenger from the noxious fumes, you decide to...

This is a voluntary pop quiz. You're circling in a 30 degree left bank at 3000 AGL. You hear a thunk and the glider enters a spin. Your practiced spin recovery technique does not work in the usual amount of time. You look in the direction of the thunk and see that the left spoiler is full open,...

Found this the other day when I was looking for some info concerning the Horton IV flying wing results in a National contest. The good old days? "Coder told of working a thermal so low he could see through a second story window of a farm house. He also said he saw Bikle disappear out of sight...

5 Feb. 2014 A Tech Note for Grob gliders has recently been issued by the Type Certificate holder, Fiberglas_Technik, Rudolf Lindner of Germany. TM-G05 Calls for the replacement of the 42mm diameter white or brown plastic pulleys with aluminum ones. The plastic ones crack. This applies to several...

I took advantage of Burt's offer and completed my Commercial Glider Pilot addon in Dec. 2013 at Marfa, Texas. Burt runs a first class operation with an emphasis on safety. I had completed all my solo flights in a SGS 2-33 and 1-26 at my home glider port Cedar Valley Airport, Eagle Mountain, UT...

A Schweizer 1-26 was found crashed on the ramp at Tonopah. Gary Boggs was sitting in it. How did this happen? Wasn't Gary flying an Open Jantar? There were no cards or even snakes to be found. And most important... Where are the photos, Gary? Jim

The recent safety seminar at Jacksonville, Florida this past weekend was very successful, and we will conduct another one at Seminole Lake Gliderport on an up-coming, non-flying day. It will be helpful if we have some idea how many will attend, so please send us an email to ...

Hello, My partner and I are 86'ing our venerable Cambridge MNAV and are looking to fill 80mm and 57mm holes in the panel. We are mainly looking for a decent vario, but more capability would be welcome. Can you-all rummage through your garages and attics and see if there is anything you'd be...

http://why.knovel.com/all-engineering-news/2981-nonflammable-lithium-battery-developed-by-scientists.html yes it is only in the lab at this point. Yes it is winter time

I recently upgraded my panel and I have a few instruments that I don't need any more. -Sage SV vario -Butterfly Flarm Display 57mm - Altimeter 20,00 FT (80mm) - Air Speed Indicator Winter 0-200 Kts (80mm) - Volkslogger, IGC datalogger The ads for these can be found at...

This is a voluntary pop quiz. You're circling in a 30 degree left bank at 3000 AGL. You hear a sudden change in the relative wind. Both rudder pedals go to the floor. The yaw string is not straight. Sub-scenarios: 2A The yaw string points to the right pedal (adverse yaw to the left)