Richard Green of the Wycombe Test Group, High Wycombe, Bucks. UK designed and tested an auto release and offered to sell me one back in 1980. His long hand letter to me said that he was "an old age pensioner" so maybe he and his BGA certified release are something of history. The engineering blue...

EASA (which is the European FAA) has awarded the OGN system and its author: https://www.fai.org/news/OGN-wins-EASA-award One can watch gliders flying all over the world here (and on some more websites): https://live.glidernet.org/#c=49.01760,-38.03518&z=3&s=1&l=r&p=3 There are just a handful of...

All, There is an L33 on Wings and Wheels that interests me. It is in Ottawa. I'd like to have a mechanic look at it for me. Do you know of anyone in the Vermont, New Hampshire, or close part(s) of New York who you would recommend? I know I'll need an export certificate of airworthiness. I know...

If you have first hand experience, please switch over to the KGARS thread and let us know what you experienced in the towplane.

In the W&W Claasifieds there is a L33 Solo listed for 13K Canadian, that about 9400 USD. I read Dick Johnsons flight report and he liked it, he was concerned that it had very little aerodynamic stall warning and would readily drop into a spin. He thought it best if low timers had real spin...

Like Many others, every spring, I think about attempting some state records.. In my world that would be Colorado and Utah. Maybe NV. So I look through the existing records and realize that there are none in Colorado I would have any chance of. Tom Serkowski, Dave Leonard and Bob Faris and others...

Just wondering if anyone knew the story behind the F-35 design finally getting the canopy to open the correct way. Did a chief designer final look at a glider?

Hi! I have developed last year a solid-state AOA indicator, based on a differential pressure measurement (total pressure/pressure at angle) Undoubtedly, this is a primary flight instrument to me: -It shows where you are aerodynamically speaking, independently of all the variable parameters:...

This free online IGC file viewer has just had an upgrade. It now has ENL detection, and improved flight analysis capabilitie, also configuration options for reporting. Check it out at http://glidingweb.org.

Greetings all! This is my first post to the forums and I come with a rather unusual proposition. Beginning on June 7th (20 days from this post), I will begin a road trip of epic proportions. The goal is to reach all 50 states in 50 days and I intend to live stream as much of the journey as...

Here is a link to a drawing and BGA approval of the automatic upset release engineered by Richard Greene: http://karlstriedieck.com/Automatic_Tow_Release_1980.pdf

http://glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=1570 Link to glidersource listing, thanks, Joe

I was using see you recorder app, but it no longer works. I am looking for a replacement. Does anyone have suggestions? I’ve seen skylogger xxl, skyvario, iglide and sensbox. None of them have enough ratings to know which one is worthwhile purchasing. If a anyone on this discussion has used...

Clear Nav I with hand remote and GPS antenna and RAMM ball mount. $1000 doug126 at cox dot net

I am new to ClearNav2. I have planned and flown two FAI tasks using the ClearNav2. ClearNav gave me a start time and changed from the start to first way point and then to the second way point, and then to the finish but no finish was acknowledged. I had the same task in my Nano and my Oudie,...

Looking for a 2-seat trainer for our club operations in North Alabama. Have placed an ad on GliderSource.com (http://glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=1572) Have an open trailer (suitable for metal gliders) and are willing to travel to pick up. Preference is towards metal (Blanik L-23) but...

On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8:38:49 AM UTC-4, wrote: KGARS – Kiting Glider Automatic Release System About 10 years ago I assembled an auto tow hitch that utilized a TOST release and a small pneumatic cylinder. With a small air bottle at ~100 psi and a solenoid valve and...

With prideful boasting of reusing white tape, I was curious if the Covid issue, has caused glider order cancellations? Have manufacturers changed longer term plans, forecasts, hiring? Will this be the end of smaller manufacturers in our sport? I am sure many pilots have put thoughts on hold of...

I wonder if the existing back release mechanism(s) used on CG hooks would not already perform the needed function. Maybe an existing CG hook from a glider, chosen to match the towplane's structural limits, and mounted at an appropriate orientation and angle, would be sufficient. A more...

Anybody here remembers this music video by the band Stardust? "Music sounds better with you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlAEiCb8m0 The band appears on an old TV set, climbing the charts against artists mimicking Robert Palmer and others. The story is about a boy building and flying his model...