The rain had stopped earlier in the day, but it left a solid cloud deck at about 1000 feet. The tow pilot and ride pilot were sitting in front of the heater, swapping lies when a paying customer walked in! How much for one of them glider rides, he asked? The owner knew it wasn’t wise to attempt...

Hi all, Planning to install a Transponder Antenna on my Ventus CM. Schempp Hirth indicates the possibilty of installing on top of the fuselage , behind the engine compartment doors. Regarding being seen by ATC and Airlines, would that location perform better/worse/same as the standard location on...

The SSA’s US Team Committee is responsible for all aspects of US participation in world and continental gliding championships organized by the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale). Current committee members are Pete Alexander (chairman), Sarah Arnold, Doug Jacobs. Bob Fletcher’s...

Listed on W&W. I'm planning on bringing the glider to FL and the Seniors in March. I'm sort of on the geographic periphery of the soaring world here in Northern Lower Michigan, so this might be a good opportunity to finalize a sale… Erik Saxon - 2316315489 I have more photos, and if you're...

Our club recently was gifted a late production Phoebus for our youth program to assist it rebuilding. The ship is like no Phoebus that you have ever seen! Without further detail all I will say is WOW! World class painter was commissioned to do the artwork on the tail. What we need is some...

U.S. Junior Soaring and the SSA's Junior/Youth Committee are pleased to announce it will be awarding an estimated fifteen (15) $2,000 SSA/Purduski/Costello Flight Training Scholarships in 2020 (for student pilots ages 13-24), plus two (2) $1,000 Bultman Awards. Scholarship Applications are...

Sugarbush Soaring Association at the Warren-Sugarbush Airport in Warren, Vermont, 0B7, is seeking a highly qualified Certified Flight Instructor-Glider (CFI-G) to join our team for the 2020 season. Sugarbush Soaring is an active glider operation that specializes in flight instruction with...

I just started pimping out my ASW20. I am putting in a LXNAV S100, FLARM and an ADS-B Trig transponder. Thant’s three puck antennas and I haven’t even figured out where to put the FLARM antennas yet! Does anyone have a good solution?

For all those that have emailed us about the January/February issue, we would apologise for the late despatch. We have been besieged with computer problems and with the Christmas holidays down here (when everybody goes on holiday) getting the support we needed has been a trial. Happy to say the...

So it's wintertime in the northern hemisphere (short days/long nights), and on a recent thread it's (yet again) been implied out how crucial GPS is to routine navigation (you're doomed without it), and part of increasingly-geezeristic me gazes back fondly upon those forever-vanished days when...

This is a problem for those of us vertically challenged as well, I am 5 foot 4 inches with an inside leg of 271/2" I own a share in a Standard Cirrus and previously I owned a IS29D2 To fit the Cirrus I need to sit really quite upright or I can't reach the instrument panel. On a turbulent...

At 06:05 12 January 2020, wrote: Guys quiet. We don't have separate women's races because they are better o= r worse pilots we have separate races so we can race without women around t= o nag us. Don't screw it up with this equality talk. Besides think how po= pular...

Can you offline send me a copy of the drawing? I’ve had parts made at the local tech school.

I'm going to be in Vero Beach next week, and if I can, I'd like to visit GTreasure Coast Soaring to see it. But I can't find the operations, - days or just weekends, on the club's website. Can anyone advise?

Rather than a question, this is more of a solution... While I had attempted to match the color of my SH glider glare shield in the past, I was never willing to send off my glare shield to do a proper color match. As such my attempt was close, but it was noticeable if you were paying attention. I...

300N, extended length 239mm, Hahn-Gasfedern GmbH Art.Nr. 188872.1 Suggested sources? None yet available from Schempp-USA. Seems like there should be some US sources for these parts. Thanks in advance. Ken Sorenson

TRIG shows a new product on their website - TN72 X GPS Receiver (which couples with a cheaper GPS antenna than the TA70 WAAS antenna). They now show 2 TN72 versions - one with label TABS (SIL=1) and one with label X (SIL=3) on the face of the box. The TABS can be installed on experimental or...

I am in my shop working full time now generally not working on weekends. Does anyone have suggestions on a one man rigger for a two place ship? Would this work for say a Grob 103? - https://wingsandwheels.com/ground-handling-equipment/sailplane-rigger/imi-one-man-rigging-system.html

Happy New Year! Aero Club Albatross' February 2nd seminar on ridge soaring, featuring expert ridge pilots Karl Striedeick, Richard Kellerman, Erik Mann, Jonathan Leal, Robert Cook, and Bill Thar is reaching its ticket capacity. There are only 13 tickets left! Be sure to secure your spot...

2001 Discus 2b, SN 119 2017 & 2019 US Club Class Nationals Winner, 2nd at 2018 Standard Nationals. Factory winglets, metal top Cobra trailer with anti-sway, Ridge Sewing canopy cover, hydraulic disk brake, 3 batteries. 870 Hours Total Time. Lots of extra spares for the glider and trailer, wing...