At 5'6" & 155lbs you'd fit a Ventus 2a. Smaller Fus so better performance. Not really enough performance difference between any of the current crop of 15m to make a difference. Go for the one with the best trailer PF

Does anyone have a contact at the Svifflugfélag Íslands glider club outside of Reykjavik? If not there, any contact in the Iceland soaring community would be helpful. Thanks, Bob

Any UK pilot who is flying with LK8000 or XCSoar and would like to use the UK Landout files created by David Taylor and myself can find them he http://www.gregorie.org/gliding/pna/data.html If you have any additions or corrections we'd be pleased to add them to the database if you send me...

I have an address in Deming, NM, but no email or phone. Can anyone put me in contact? "Reply to author" to contact me. -Evan Ludeman / T8

From Uvalde LiveATC: 15 meter cancelled dut to mid-air. Open and 18 meter class still underway and not cancelled.

I'm looking for someplace in the USA to get dual instruction in a glider that has flaps. (yet another reason to regret the grounding of the L-13s)

Hi, Today I learned from Naviter that the Oudie 2 units will be shipping to us in the USA again starting immediately. I should have stock in 1 to 2 weeks. I have about 50 customers waiting for Oudie2 units but have many more than that coming. Also, anyone that wants their original version...

I'd like to upload tasks I've created in SeeYou to my ClearNav. The ClearNav documentation that I can find (online on ClearNav website, plus the older partially completed manual by Paul Remde) don't seem to address this. I've tried creating a .cup file with waypoints and a sample task, then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuTBQIb721g&feature=youtube_gdata_player This was yesterday am...

http://www.xcsoar.org/discover/2012/07/31/XCSoar_6.4_released.html

for those who cares: the final results a http://www.civa-results.com/2012/WGAC_2012/multi_R008s01s02s03s04s05s06.htm

Hi Has anyone experienced an engine extraction problem on an ASH26E ? The Ilec does not seem to switch on, and when you push the 15A breaker in the cockpit you hear a "clonck" noise in the engine bay (could not identify where this is coming from exactly). Any tips on how to proceed ? - Try to feed...

The air scoop on my Libelle canopy lost the outer piece, so I'm looking for a replacement, either just the air scoop or the whole sliding window. Please let me know if you have a used one for sale. Thanks, Jeff

At last, your excuse to visit Moriarty, NM, on historic Route 66. What: US Southwest Soaring Museum Annual Benefit When: September 8th, 2012, 6pm social, 7pm dinner, 8pm speaker Whe US Southwest Soaring Museum, Moriarty, NM Speaker: National Record Holder, Gordon Boettger Topic: Chasing...

Been trying to upload the day's flight but can't connect to the OLC website. Anyone else have problems?

THE SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL The September issue will be posted next week. Another 72 page issue that has a spread of news and photos from the Worlds in Uvalde complete with the scores in a new format. This, plus a wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. ...

Long AAT tasks assigned; all gates open, but so far no takers (2pm cst). I think there was concern about a seabreeze front coming in, but satellite looks like some nice cus and poss cu-streets developing everywhere, perhaps until late evening. The official WGC website has all but been abandoned....

Friday, Aug. 17 1:30 EDT. Are you able to log on?

Can't find them. Help!

Rick Sheppe spent a lot of his daytime downtime last week putting together a system to stream radio from Uvalde online. It is available on liveatc.net: http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=kuva 123.3 is used for the launch, mainly for CD/Sniffer communications and towplanes calling their landing...