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Dick Johnson by
Clint
Its almost a year since Dick Johnson's crash. Has the accident
investigation been concluded and are there any reasons given for the
crash?
Clinton Birch
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June 6th 09 10:40 PM
by danlj
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SN10B for sale by
Dick[_3_]
SN10B for sale with Garmin GPS. I just bought a beautiful 2001 model
Discus 2 B equipped with the SN10. I have had Cambridge equipment
since the C Nav first came out and as they say “old dogs don’t learn
new tricks”. I plan to replace the SN10 with a Cambridge 302. I will
sell it to the best...
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reply from Erwin Salzinger by
hretting
I don't think Erwin read the part about not being funny, John, and
what he wrote was most funny. I didn't think Germans could be funny.
Except my grandfather, who liked to dance around in his underwear
after consuming large quantity of beer. Growing up in Miami with no
air condition and...
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FAI triangle records speed question by
Bruno
How much faster do you need to fly any FAI distance for it to count as
a new record? For example, if my current state's 300km triangle
record is 72 miles per hour does someone just need to fly it 73 miles
per hour or is there a certain percentage to improve by?
Thanks,
Bruno
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Soaring in the Swiss Alps by
[email protected]
Hi all,
I'll be in Switzerland (Lugano) from 6/20 through 6/23 and I'd love to
go soaring when I'm there.
Does anyone know of a site near enough to Lugano that I could go
soaring one day that I'm there (checkout w/instructor and rental)?
Thanks,
Dave
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Flying in Slovakia by
RRK
What are the license and medical validations required for an American
pilot flying German register glider in Slovakia.
All timely input will be greatly appreciated.
RK
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reply from Erwin Salzinger by
Darryl Ramm
On Jun 5, 5:56*am, John Smith wrote:
the correct way is horizontal.
The idea is to make it insensitive to "uncoordinated" flight.
I've never flown that probe myself, but I've heard good critics from
other pilots.
That makes much more sense than claiming the a...
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Short field glider ops by
[email protected]
Hi I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas on how to calculate
short field operations for takeoff on hot summer days.
2400 foot runway, with a supercub at 95 degrees for a single place
glider seems like it would work fine. Your pucker factor does get to
you as you cross the trees at 30-40...
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Total energy probe orientation? by
John Bojack[_2_]
Using the newer esa probe, model DN/3-fach/UN, with the two "prongs".
Does the orientation matter, and if so, which way is correct? Horizontal
or up/down?
Thanks.
also, comedic replies not needed.
J4
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June 5th 09 02:33 PM
by Tuno
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New SPOT Rebate Program by
Paul Remde
Hi,
SPOT has just announced a new rebate program. I like this one because you
get a good deal and you can still purchase the SPOT from your favorite
soaring dealer.
SPOT Summer 2009 Rebate Program (June 1 to August 3, 2009)
FREE SPOT - with purchase of 2 years of Basic and Tracking service...
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June 5th 09 12:20 AM
by Barny
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Vertex VXA-150 troubleshooting by
JS
Does anyone on the group know the button combination to press to
unlokc the radio from "E 121.500"? An odd combination of buttons
pressed in flight with an elbow has locked it up.
David Jansen's wife unlocked it once, but I was in the middle of
launching 50+ gliders and don't remember her...
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June 5th 09 12:17 AM
by vaughn
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Vertical stabilizer wont come out (Asw-19) by
[email protected]
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone experienced anything alike before and
might have any useful insights:
My vertical stabilizer on the Asw-19 has always been a problem when
being disassembled and has always required little more force to remove
than it was called for. Anyways, today I have assembled a...
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mountain flying-Pacific NW by
Brad[_2_]
A short video of a flight made in April in my Apis back in the Cascade
Mountains. A really fun day and lot's of other good flights made by
pilots flying from Arlington Airport, KAWO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ty3VorheY
Brad
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SSA Competition Rules Committee Nominations and Poll by
[email protected]
One seat is up for election this year for the SSA Competition Rules
Subcommittee currently held by Garrett Willat.
Nominations are due by the end of June.
If you are interested in serving, contact your regional director who
can nominate you.
Nomimations go to Ken Sorenson at...
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SeeYou Wind Calculation by
Ken Kochanski (KK)
Good Morning,
How does SeeYou calc wind speed and direction when you are reviewewing
flight logs.
I notice the wind shifts direction and velocity ... even while running
ridges ... so I assume it is not using some measurement of drift while
thermal-ing ...
KK
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Grob 102 on board Indicators by
jmarc
Does anyone know were to find "Air speed indicator markings"
clean photo to go on board and checklists ?
With time goes by, those white on black indicators become unreadable..
Need to replace them... With clean images, I wil be able
to reproduce them and stick in the cockpit.
Thanks!
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June 2nd 09 08:34 PM
by sisu1a
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ASW-20 seat back by
[email protected]
I need an ASW-20 seat back. The adjustable locking mechanism must be
sevicable/usable, otherwise any condition OK. Jim Callaway
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German Club class championship calls a +500KM task! by
Bob
Check out the website for the German 2009 Club Class Championships!
Sorry it is in German but a translator will let you see the important
info. The impressive 504KM task at 95kmh in a Libelle.
http://www.lsv-schwarzwald.de/pages/dmwinzeln2009.php/
Bob
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Some improvements to my Airport Information website by
2KA
As I previously announced (see my posting on April 1), I have built a
little website that publishes US airport information that has been
extracted from the FAA's National Airspace System Resource
subscription files. The site supports several different output
formats including SeeYou .CUP,...
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June 1st 09 11:39 PM
by 2KA
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