A freind of mine sent me this youtube vid today. The pilot hets a wee bit low during his final glide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZxvYMC2QvI Enjoy Pete

Does anyone know if Dale Masters will be at the SSA Convention? I have read his book "Soaring Beyond the Basics" and would like to meet him if he is planning to attend. Randy

AndersP wrote: AndersP wrote: Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:44:34 -0800, stephanevdv wrote: Well, when I look at all the other projects sold on that website, it seems we're back in the fifties! With the Hiller flying platform and other gizmos that were...

Lifted off , thanks Christopher McDonnell... Terry Delore broke the 2500k mark out of Omarama. Jim http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10615370

I belong to a glider club that is looking at the possibility of offering rides to help us to defray our operating costs and keep our club healthy financially. In order to evaluate the feasibility of this I am looking into the regulations that would apply to such an operation, as well as...

Cliff Hilty asked me to post this on behalf of Prescott Soaring Society: A very unfortunate wind has claimed the usefulness of the Prescott Soaring Society's primary trainer 2-33. We are therefore looking for a replacement. Since we only winch tow we need one with a factory CG hook and for obvious...

Does anyone have experience towing with a Moravan Zlin 242L? There's been one for sale for quite some time with an AEIO 360-A1B6 200hp engine with constant speed prop and Tost tow hook. Thanks much.

No moisture drain hole in the spoiler enclosures. Searched for any blog or discussion group on this subject. No joy. Waiting to hear back from the factory for a mod or some solution besides a hangar or wing covers. Doesn't water get in also flying through storms and perhaps freeze as you go high...

Alex Rokitnicki ("Rocky") passed away 10 Dec 09 after a long illness. Rocky was a Hurricane pilot with the Polish RAF and emigrated to Canada after WWII. He spent many years with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, teaching countless numbers of our youth (including me) to fly gliders. He was a...

I sure would like see some detailed pictures of the Glasflugel 303 canopy mechanism. http://www.ssa.org/sport/PhotoGalleryDetail.asp?PhotoId=290 If you have any pictures or drawing, please email them to me . Thank you, Wayne http://tinyurl.com/N990-6F

When you water ballast the four wing tanks of an LS8a you fill the inner tanks first, and when you dump the water there’s provision for the inner tanks to drain last. With a RS LS8-18 (and the newer DG LS8- s) this procedure is reversed - the outer tanks are filled first and there’s provision for...

Contact Kevin Christner or 7166402779

Contact Kevin Christner or 7166402779

Herbert Weiss died on 21 December 2007 during the GP in Omarama. I have not heard or found any report of the probable cause. Does anyone have facts? Bruce

I'm looking for a ship to buy and find that I don't have much perspective in evaluating various glide computers. Is there an existing and comprehensive glide computer review? My doubtlessly flawed view of the glide computer universe divides things into two main groups - panel mounted and...

Anyone know the specs for the gas strut used on the SZD-59's canopy? The writing on mine is beyond reading and I would like to replace it (without paying the $ZD factory price or waiting weeks for the infos...) since mine is a bit soft. I've measured the shaft at 8mm and eye to eye being somewhere...

These fit a Standard Cirrus size glider. It came with one I recently purchased. I don't ever see myself using it, so it's up for sale. Willing to sell it for any reasonable offer. Or.....if you have an old parachute or GPS recorder, I would be interested in trading for it. They are white in...

Which US and non-US national gliding team owns gliders? Hello, I am trying to gather statistical information about how common that a National Gliding Organization/Team in a country (anywhere in the world), owns lots of high value gliders, like Ventus2, Discus2, etc.? I am sure that I will get...

We are starting to get some very good wave flights in SE Oklahoma and would like to start the process of getting a wave window. I would like to know what is required to get a wave window to access the Class A airspace? We would be in Ft Worth airspace. Any a assistance would be very much...

Dear all, I'm searching the internet already for a long time to find a flapped polar curve of a ventus ct but I can't find any. I can find the standard polar curve in the flight manual, but not the one with the flaps in it. Can anybody help me out with a flapped polar curve of the ventus ct...