The FAA's charting office (NACO) has delivered on their promise to properly depict the Grand Canyon Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) in the National Flight Database (NFD). I have some Google Earth snapshots of the new airspace, and the kml file, he http://justsoar.com/public/stuff/ Reminder...

I ignore if this has been posted before in the group, but I have just received this report from a witness. It is about a tragic accident of a motorglider in Corowa, Australia. http://www.aeroclubdeocana.aero/Vanilla/?PostBackAction=Download&AttachmentID=1159 Winter time is usually a good time to...

http://www.ssa.org/magazine/classifieds.asp Will someone please buy this thing already so I can stop scheming ;) -Paul

If you can come fly with us in the heart of Region 5 this year please join us. There are 3 regionals, and 2 nationals in our Region this year. GTA is a great way to practice, you can fly with us before the Sports and Standard class nationals, at Chilhowee and Cordele. Please take a look and mark...

LS6a 1985,925 Hrs TT, Has been refinished & profiled, gelcoat 9 out of 10, Glider and trailer are in excellent overall condition, fresh annual, CAI 302 w/1530 PDA (GNII), Sage mechanical vario, Dittel FSG2T radio, Boom mic, PTT on stick, pilot relief system, new Smiley bags, tow out bar, wing...

I ignore if this has been posted before in the group, but I have just received this report from a witness. It is about a tragic accident of a motorglider in Corowa, Australia. http://www.aeroclubdeocana.aero/Vanilla/?PostBackAction=Download&AttachmentID=1159 Winter time is usually a good time to...

I ignore if this has been posted before in the group, but I have just received this report from a witness. It is about a tragic accident of a motorglider in Corowa, Australia. http://www.aeroclubdeocana.aero/Vanilla/?PostBackAction=Download&AttachmentID=1159 Winter time is usually a good time to...

Hi all, I am inspecting my LS6-b at the moment - a recent purchase. I have a few queries that hopefully others have come across previously. Any help appreciated!: - I have partially dis-assembled the rudder pedals to remove the nose release for testing. There is an upper tube that the pedals...

As an aerodynamicist/flight dynamicist recently re-soloed after 25 years off, people keep asking me hard questions. One that has come up recently is why a heavy glider on tow feels horrible, but thermalling in the same glider at lower speeds is fine? (see also Mike Fox's article on aerotowing...

Every year at this time, we receive many orders for the new year soaring calendars from people who did not receive one as a gift during the recent holidays. We still have several copies of each of the three calendars still in stock. In case you are not familar with them, the European calendars,...

Fellow aviator Ilmari Rintasalo flew his last flight on Christmas eve in Corowa. Hitting the powerlines after take of with his ASW-22BLE. RIP.

Does anyone have a strong recommendation for a good handheld radio/ transceiver for me to use as a backup? I don't need ILS/Nav aides. I am confused after looking at Sporty's, ICom, & Vertex. My children are trying to get a recommendation from me for a Christmas gift Steve Chase Lambada...

We are claeninig the stockroom and want to sell our used LX instruments. Some are "like new" trades, some NOS.(New Od Stock) Examples: LX8000 $ 4395.- LX7007proIGC - 2695.- LX5000 - 1995.- Colibri with USB- 595.- LX1600 - 1295.- DX50 - 995.-

A gifted and helpful weather-guesser will be making forecasts for Seminole Lake Gliderport in Florida for the next little while. Frank Pennauer is a former route planner for BA, and a prognosticator-par- excellence for our club near Toronto (www.yorksoaring.com), and he has again agreed to do some...

This may be of interst to those who have ordered PowerFLARM: http://flarm.net/support/updates/index_en.html This part is very worrying to me: "When is the next scheduled service update due? Since its creation FLARM has maintained scheduled updates, initially in a one year cycle, in 2006 a two...

We have ordered one of the "s" shaped electronic tension meters for our auto tow operations. We want to make the strain guage a part of the tow hitch (not in the rope). If anyone has a good design, we would like suggestions. A picture would also be nice. Bill Snead 6W

http://www.findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=116 http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/spot-connect-brings-gps-tracking-and-communication-to-your-bluet/ No word yet on how open the API might be, but it's bluetooth, so nature will find a way.

For a business to maintain a specified level of activity over many years of success, it requires that the stadium for the area of development and more effective at certain times where indications are that improved transparency is required. For the longer term to have a flexible design business, it...

An SSA sanction is being applied for a Super Regional Club Class/ Sports Class contest to be held at the Moriarty Municipal Airport. The practice days will be June 11 and 12 with the contest running from June 13 through the 17th. There will be a limit of 40 contestants - 25 Club, 15 Sports. The...

Hi all, anything new here? Did they build the wings?