Seriously, I want to grid more 15 gliders! Our WX outlook for the week looks pretty good for now. Chance to redeem for the crappy weather at Mifflin and Ionia. Would love to have some of the old regulars come visit......we start on Saturday, June 18th and run to the 24th. Gary Adams "GA2"

I am seriously looking for a peice of land to build a grass runway to fly gliders from. There are lots of things I hope to fulfill with this, one of them is hosting an annual glider contest. Land has fallen to a very cheap price - 1,500-2,000 an acre. In the near term the plan would be to have...

Sorry for the unedited raw footage but I though some of you might enjoy this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m1yonHrh4 http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=1862922621 Boggs

I would like to find someone to help me get the most out of the SN-10 at Hobbs. I have been reading the manual and have flown with the instrument about 25 hours, but Hobbs will be my first contest with the SN-10. If an experienced SN-10 user could help me get the most out the instrument it would...

If you haven’t yet commented on the proposed changes to the Grand Canyon SUA the comment period is about to end. During scoping the idea that since this is a noise regulation gliders should be exempt was brought up. It didn’t make it into the final document but maybe it would help if many of us...

The Moriarty Club Class/Modern Super Regional is going on right now at the Moriarty club near Alburquerque, NM. The 'Club Class' is for planes with handicaps from 0.935-1.05 plus Ventus (15m), ASW-20 (15m), and LS-6 (15m). The 'Modern Class' is for planes with handicaps 0.9349 and lower. Water...

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I've Googled for STC's for outside mirrors for Pawnee but haven't found any hits since 2004 and no link to an STC. There have been a couple of messages about the FAA requiring the removal of outside mirrors which did not have STC's. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to get an outside...

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Need you to get back to me on used parachute you refered to from TSA. Thanks, Gary Adams "GA2"

I uploaded a flight on OLC using GPS-NAV model20 output CAI file - I used the recommended software to convert the *.CAI file to an OLC file - the file passed all security checks but OLC still set the file status as invalid. Does anyone have ideas on what the problem might be? M. Guerin

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I'm exhibiting at Oshkosh again this year, and as always trying to promote Soaring (between participating in electric airplane competitions and airshow flying). I'm looking for assistance ! Required: - ability to talk about Soaring for days non-stop - good communications and presentation skills -...

The Cordele Regional is now history. Six days of awesome soaring, and you can count the number of landouts (in all classes) on the fingers of one hand. George Green (5) won 18m, Frank Paynter (TA) won 15m, and Wally Berry won Sports. Full report available at the SSA reports site and at...

I've just installed an LX Red Box FLARM with the SD card option and used the SD card to update the firmware to version 5.03 and have one question that neither the Red Box manual or the FLARM and LX websites answer: Should the .fw file should be left on the SD card once the firmware has been...

The authorities that govern our airport have adopted this new ordinance regulating activity here. What do you think? http://www.portofhoodriver.com/airport/Ordinance%2023.php I have filed a complaint with the FAA. We will see what they think soon. Boggs

Does anyone know if there is still glider towing service in Salida, CO. It has been a couple years since I have flown out there and would to fly there again. Randy

The daily report is available at the SSA reports site for R5S and on SoaringCafe.com. Due to a minor foul-up on the Soaring Cafe site, you'll have to select 'Racing News' and then 'All the racing news' to see the regional reports. Enjoy TA

Unfortunately I found out how fragile my brand new Oudie touch screen is. Yup, broken for sure. So I'm looking for a replacement Anyone got a good one for sale? contact me off line danrihn at aol.com Dan WO

I'm looking for glider transport and possibly crew for Logan (15 meter nationals July 17-28) and Uvalde (August 5-14). The job includes all or parts of driving a car and glider from Chicago to Logan, crewing Logan, driving from Logan to Uvalde, crewing Uvalde, and driving back to Chicago. The...