180 hp Super cub with experienced tow pilot for hire at your next glider outing or special event. The tow plane performs well even at high density altitudes. We keep our costs to a minimum in order to make it less expensive for the glider pilots. We are based out of Las Vegas, NV but of course are...

My apologies for not posting earlier, but the schedule here has been a killer. My reports can be found at SoaringCafe.com in the Racing News section TA

I have posted some thoughts (mine and Mike Shakman's) on the Logan 15m Nationals on the Soaring Cafe site (SoaringCafe.com/Racing News/2011 15m Nationals). These thoughts have very little to do with Logan's censorship of my posts at that contest and a lot to do with contest management organization...

Our club's Junior has a headrest that is built into the seatpan that is incredibly uncomfortable (at the maximum up position it hits me right about at the shoulder blades, and pushes me forward, even with a thick pillow on the seat back). Are all Juniors like this? Is there a mod to the seat...

Well, it's been quite a month so far, hasn't it? A 200 foot "practice" rope break resulting in crash. A recently purchased old wooden glider where the spoilers came open and weren't noticed except by the tow pilot who gave the 'check your aircraft' signal and this was misintereperted to mean...

Just in time for the last major US national soaring contest at Uvalde Tx. and a few more regional contests around the country, a program has been developed that makes a small cache of portable PowerFlarm units available to competing pilots who do not own...

Hey, I made a simple logbook for glider pilots. I found the ones available on the Android marked too complicated for my taste. It's available from the Android Marked by searching for "Flight Journal Lite" and it is free. Currently only English and Danish language is available. If you want it...

My 2002 ASW 27 B is for sale. $82,000. sn# 27186. TT 295 hrs. Instruments include Becker ATC 4401-1 transponder, Dittel FSG 71 Transceiver, Cambridge 302 with 303. Backup Cambridge 25 gps with head. Compaq 1550 pda with GN11 installed. Electronic vario, 20,000ft Alt, Winter ASI,...

Best U.S. only offer over $360 by August 10. Email me at This Cambridge LNAV is just back from the factory with the latest software update, new internal backup battery and calibration. It includes a .45 ml flask and 2.25" electric vario with connecting cable and plug. ...

Has anyone else noticed that it takes several days for posts to show up in the group? As I write this on 5 August, the latest posts are dated 1 August. This is a relatively new phenomenon as previously posts were showing up very soon after being written.

I want to buy a back-up flight recorder. 63 invalid fixes on a long flight has convinced me that my Volkslogger won't always record the flight with the required accuracy. (I had the battery replaced last year but now I am having problems on about 1 out of 4 flights. The pattern of invalid fixes...

Dear fellow soaring geeks and nerds, I'm going to try to run a Dr. Jack "RASP" soaring forecast for Uvalde during the Pre-Worlds. No guarantees, but a successful run was done last night for Aug 3, 4, and 5. It is set up for a 2.6KM grid resolution. If all continues to go well, I will try to make...

Hi This question has probably been ask many time! My new to me LX 7000 offer the choice of Netto or Relative netto for the vario needle. Why should I choose one or the other? Or which is most usefull? Thank you S6

Hi Gang I am thinking of purchasing a Westerboer 1020 vario that does not require a total energy probe. It uses the static and pitot inputs and calculates the total energy numbers. Now this vario costs around $1,000 and would replace my Tasman which costs about $600. The motor glider that I would...

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Hi All - A special thanks to all those who helped promote Soaring at Oshkosh, especially: Gary Boggs, magician extraordinaire, took off an entire week to help me, and generated lots of interest in gliding - talked to literally hundreds of people. Ron Rose and Joan Lazar, thanks for doing lots of...

The following message from Ken Sorenson speaks for the Rules Committee and the rest of the contest commitee on the subject of contest reports from Logan. Please especially note that NO ONE from SSA censored the previously posted reports. UH Ken's message: Many of us enjoy following contests by...

Perhaps we should consider teaching that the first thought with a sudden signal (fan, wag, rock, ...) should be check your configuration, particularly the spoilers. It should not take more than a second or two. If the signal really is to release, there would be a very slight delay to pull the...

The towplane rudder waggle signal has done more harm than good. We have spent at least ten years trying to educate our pilots about this signal, and we have failed. It is time we got rid of the signal. http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20110715X11650&key=1 -Pat

In case anyone at Oshkosh is heading to Milwaukee Sunday mid-day, Please ring Gary on (503) 708-8869. Gary is here helping promote Soaring ! Thanks, Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"