I'm writing this from my home in Columbus, OH after starting from Perry this morning about 6am. Last night featured a relaxing pizza and beer dinner with the Tylers and some of us that decided to leave Sunday morning instead of Saturday afternoon. Day 4 at Perry dawned with heavy fog over the...

I have a perfect high res scan of Michigan Aeronautical Chart (ideal for the 2011 R6N Contest Ionia Flying Area) and need to figure out how to create a suitable(.twf) file for use with GlidePlan Contest Map creation software The "geolocated" sectional file...

Saw the Spot 2 at Costco for $69. Not sure what it includes but looks like a good deal. Will

Under threat of violence from Rhonda and Al Tyler, I have been persuaded to post all my Perry reports on the SSA contest site for R5N. So for all of you out there that wanted to read all the reports again, go there ;-). TA

The 32nd World Gliding Championship (July 28-August 19, 2012, Uvalde, Texas) Web site is now live. The Web addresses for the site are www.wgc2012uvalde.com and www.wgc2012uvalde.us The site was released April 20. It was developed after a detailed review of prior WGC websites. The features and...

On Apr 18, 8:06*pm, Sean Fidler wrote: LOL! Has it dawned on anyone the problem with government and soaring is that they both cost too much?

All - My plot to buy a 15-meter ship in time for this year's Nationals at Logan, UT has been foiled. I know its a stretch, but does anyone know of anybody who'd be willing to rent a 15-meter ship in the UT/ID/OR/WA area? I've got a couple of years of contest experience now, and did well at last...

Around 70 contestants on the roster for the R5N race at Perry, SC and so far no contest report posted on the SSA web-site? C'on - what gives?? There has to be at least one person capable of writing a short summary about the tasks, weather and other stuff that typically goes on for those that...

Our normal 10:30am pilots meeting was held this morning in a torrential downpour - giving us a mild hint that today would be a no- fly day. There were all sorts of options proposed for activities, none of which involve glider assembly or flight. Tonight's activity involves a pig roast and a Keg...

As of 3:30p, Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett flying a Duo Discus, are on the third leg entering the Owens Valley.. Conditions are, as they say in the meteorology world, SCREAMIN', as they've been at max speed speed most of the time. Follow the flight on the spot...

The May issue is great reading with “a tonne of exclusive to us new news”. Articles, specially written for Gliding International include • The new two seater with the 40 hp electric motor for self-launching now being shipped from Slovenia. Factory now has 65 employees. • China has a factory...

http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html/ Ran into this on the AOPA news line. Pretty good basic course in clouds and reading the sky

Hi, the XCSoar developer team is proud to announce the first stable release of XCSoar for Android. XCSoar is a free glide computer for Android, Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, PocketPC. It is being developed by a large team of pilots in their free time. The source code is...

Just came across this game while browsing at random through a database. Can anyone explain this one-move wonder? Was there a forfeit? Or is there just no complete score?

In an effort to get "Big Ugly's" water ballast system working correctly I was hoping one of you might have the dump adjustment screw from the ballast rocker. I only need one and prefer not to spend 500 Euros on a service contract. This is for an LS-3a, but they are the same on many LS's and I...

We're getting ready to re-install the oxygen system in an old LS-3 Do I understand correctly that the aluminum tank needs to be pressure tested, (hydrostatic test) every 5 years? Is the an FAA rule, or recommendation of the tank mfrg's...or just common practice for the refilling people? Cookie

For the US based competition pilots. There have been a number of changes and enhancements made to WINSCORE for 2011 (WINSCORE is the program used to score US based competitions). 1 - some nice enhancements for new and experienced scorers 2 - A few YOUTUBE tutorial videos to demystify how to get...

I'm sitting in my micro-camper at about 3pm, after the day was called here at Perry. A storm system was moving in from the southwest, with major blow-ups visible on radar and visible satellite loops. At the morning meeting it was decided to move the grid time up slightly to see if a task could be...

And just to be clear the Mountain High electronic box - aka the metering device is designed to be used with their special low pressure regulator. I like this system very much. And another plug for Mohntain High is you can return the hardeare to them for free testing. Nit a bad idea to do every year...

I recently used SeeG to find out what would happen to my CG if I took off with the tail dolly still attached, and I thought I would share my results. I fly a Ventus C, and I wanted to know if I would still be within normal operating limits and would have enough elevator authority to keep from...