I purchased a used Volkslogger and it works fine, but the I can't seem to get rid of the previous owner's Home Waypoint. I have downloaded the waypoints from the logger and uploaded mine, but the Home Waypoint stays. When I upload the flight, the departure point is the home waypoint even though I...

I bought a glider I had previously checked out and had it trailed to Moriarty, New Mexico so Fidel Ramirez could do a little touch up to the gel coat on the left wing. It is perfect now. I had also asked Mark Mocho to build me a wing wheel,(the one that came with it was substandard) and a tow bar...

We can squeeze a few more gliders into the contest at Minden, June 10-21. There are two 15m gliders entered, as well as 18m, 20m, and a few true open class birds. Please let me know if you are coming, or have a question about racing at Minden. Mentors are available for those who have not raced...

I am looking for a contest ready Libelle to fly in Moriarty and Parawon. I will lease or buy. I will also give you an option to buy back at a profit after the contests. It would be best if it was located within 600 miles of Austin Texas. I want a glider and trailer that has been used recently...

We will soon be flying our DG1000S. Since many pilots will be flying we will need to have a standardized process for determining the correct tail ballast or front ballast. Does anyone have a work sheet for the DG1000 W&B? Thanks Phil

Not as exciting as the Brick reports from Mifflin with the new hardware, but we had a good showing of PowerFlarm at Avenal. In total about half the field was equipped with portable units of our own or from the Rental Program through Rex at Williams Soaring. I also put PF in each towplane for the...

We had a bunch of PF bricks flying for the first time yesterday. One is in my cockpit. Notwithstanding my inability to get around the course (I had distinguished company today), the device appears to be working well. I had one collision warning of about 2 seconds duration (it was warranted), and...

I've emailed the folks developing products that display traffic from FLARM, for those I know, but for those I do not know, a quick reminder... Hi Guys, probably you know this already, but just in case... PowerFLARM defaults to the older FLARM protocol which does not include PCAS (transponder)...

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The Touring Motor Glider Association (TMGA) is now well established, with 211 members in the U.S. and 33 members from overseas. The goal of the organization is to promote touring motor gliders through discussion groups both model-specific and TMGs in general, and through regional and national...

If you have a Colibri II make sure that the battery does not fully discharge. Doing so will break the seal and it will need to be returned for resealing. If you plan to store it for a period of time make sure you check it on a schedule to ensure that the battery still has a charge. The manual...

An LS7-WL, Reg. No. F-CGW, flying out of Grenoble, France, is reported to have crashed into the eastern site of Mount Roche Saint-Michel on May 3, 2012, killing the pilot: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=145585 Does anyone have any additional information about this...

Hi, The video below was taken at a Minnesota Soaring Club member meeting a week or 2 ago. Brian Utley is a soaring pilot and also (as a hobby) validates world records for the FAI. He was there for one of Steve Fossett's around the world flights in the jet. The video shows Brian giving an...

I am really impressed! Leading the event after steadily ascending the ranking list all week. Any news on live "in the air" performance vs. traditional gliders? Running fast/slow, ridge, climbing, etc? I understand that this is the Duckhawks very first contest. Winning (Jerzy aside) the...

Very sad to report.... http://www.pnc-contact.com/2012/05/06/air-france-2-pilotes-meurent-dans-un-accident-de-planeur-34087

Hi All, I'd like to get one of my club's parachutes re-packed, but it's beyond the 10 year service life. Does anyone have an e-mail address for this company, or knowledge of whether this parachute can be re-certified for Canada? Company: Tesar Padakova Technika Holandska 17 571 61 Moravska...

So far, the USA's 2012 northern spring appears to be shaping up to be a "typical soaring season" in accident terms. In my view, that's not a good thing. Why? Summary-to-date follows... - - - - - - 1/28/12 - 2-33 seriously damaged in a non-rope-break approach accident; at least one occupant...

At the morning meeting today, we all got a briefing from Brian Glick and John Good regarding the rumored crash of Brian Milner (GJ). Apparently Brian was attempting a save on the side of a ridge, and made the classic mistake of trying to turn into the hill with not enough room to complete the...

Good day all, due to a mishap my club need a rear canopy for our Twin Astir. Complete assembly or plain plexiglass. Please reply at my private email, arcapep hat cam dot org. Thank you and fly safely. "DB"

Here's a towpilot's take on a regional contest... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVw8sJ9nhog Jordan ASW20 E