My fiberglass topped Cobra trailer has a significant leak when being towed in the rain that results in good deal of water in the big plastic bin up front. It appears that when closed there is a noticable gap between the rubber gasket on the fixed part of the trailer, and the movable fiberglass...

With 3 days remaining, the Open/18 Metre and 15 Metre have 4 days and the Club Class has 3 days of competition each. Today's 508k task should see the mob stretch their legs for the first time. see http://www.sssa.org.za for all the news and scores. With 10 JS1s ganging up on the the lonely ASW...

Does anyone have a solution to the problem of having two `flask` varios fitted with one total energy tube. I understand, although I may be wrong, that having a tee piece split near to the panel to provide the two t/e requirements is a `no no`.

Hi, I just found the new ClearNav Instruments (formerly with NK) web site. http://www.clearnav.net/main/cn-vario.html The new variometer is sounding very interesting! Happy Holidays, Paul Remde

Hi, the XCSoar development team has released the new version 6.0 yesterday. This is our original announcement on the xcsoar-user mailing list: http://xcsoar.1045713.n5.nabble.com/Release-6-0-final-td3311330.html XCSoar is a free glide computer for Pocket PC / Windows Mobile. There is an...

Was looking at some old Soaring magazines the other day, and I noticed a number of badges earned from Great Barrington in the 1980s and into th e1990s. So, I'm assuming there was some sort of regular operation there for a while. Any ideas what happened to this operation?

DG 100G - ASKING $26,900 Built in 1980 by ELAN, Registered EXPERIMENTAL, Total Time: 967 hours, SN# E47 G26, N86DG, Dittel Radio with boom mic, Winter Mechanical Vario, ILEC SB-8 electric Vario with ILEC Flight Computer, Oxygen bottle, Airspeed in knots, Altimeter in feet, gear warning,...

Hi Gang Maybe you do occasionally what I am about to describe or maybe you have never done it. Regardless it is something you should be aware of. Firstly a disclaimer. What I am about to describe may be technically illegal where you fly and I am not suggesting you do it. However it can be fun. ...

The Wright Brothers invented the towplane. Celebrate!

Yesterday at the South African Nationals they reported "There was also a gift for Mark Hutchings, who out-landed at the start point " http://www.sssa.org.za/page.php?46

While browsing all the various international racing rules to get ideas for our upcoming soaring camp, I came across the FAI's 39-page treatise on performance enhancing drugs, including the testing criteria. As an old geezer who doesn't fly cross-country nearly as fast as I could (some call me...

A little video I shot last year in my DG-303 near Houston, TX. Something for you guys buried in snow up north. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0FOnjJGLk

Who knows the story on this Jantar 2 being auctioned? http://www.semplesells.com/

This week I have released new version of the flyWithCE Logbook which is shipped together with popular flyWithCE Flight Recorder. The upgrade is free of charge and I would encourage users to download update and start using new interesting feautures: - program is now translated into English,...

I recently was high bidder at a bankruptcy auction in Ohio for the subject sailplane and trailer. I took a chance on it as I live 1000 miles away and only became aware of the sale some 20 hours before closing. All I could get out of the auctioneer was it did not appear to be broken! Got my bid in...

With almost perfect timing to answer some of the problems raised by the USA Competition Rules Committee, Tucson Soaring Club is pleased to make a preliminary announcement of a Cross-Country Soaring Camp. The idea for this came independently from several pilots and is intended to provide a venue to...

Tomorrow when I have more time I will post my synopsis on the subject. Paul As promised (warned? but then encouraged...) here is my exhaust project so far, which I felt I should post to it's own thread to not hijack the OP's thread looking for more advice on other subjects... Dick...

this is worth watching for field landing pilot perspective http://www.youtube.com/user/bviv#p/a bwBB

SSA Conference Schedule Posted http://www.ssa.org/ January 27-29, 2011 Philadelphia, PA

On Saturday Alex McCaw flew a 1000k task in blue wave at Omarama, NZ A fantastic effort from the young man. http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/140467/alex-touches-down-plenty-caw-about http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0tC2L0T1AizSR4gpNn6iRoEcyeNI5AD86 Colin