July 23, 2008 I just received a telephone call from a reliable source that Dick Johnson has crashed at the combined World Class / 1-26 Nationals at Midlothian, Texas (south of Dallas). He was flying as sniffer. Apparently he dove-in after release from tow. My source reports that Dick has...

I had a pretty good flight last Saturday. Was on pace to fly another 120-150 miles, but overflew the conditions and ran into the stagnant remains of an old front that had been infecting the pahandle region for several...

Hi All Our radio is dead :( For reasons of budget we are looking at the Microair M760. We would appreciate any comments that users have concerning this product. Usually those who have no problems tend not to say anything, so please chip in if you have had a positive experience. In particular we...

Does anyone out there in this world make glider launch winches or are there plans available?? THANKS!! Ted

Any SSA member that would like to leave a note about their memory of Dick Johnson is invited to share on the blog that Doug Easton just set up. Go the SSA website, Link: http://ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=8022257685 Click on the top right box: Remembrances Then click the item at the bottom of the...

http://www.soaringspot.com/nsm2008/results/18-meter/daily/day1.html and again......1st! tim

If you read the NPRM for ADS-B, you'll remember that you cannot even get above 10K MSL without ADS-B regardless of the aircraft, glider, balloon, lawn chair... makes no matter. So Transponders now, and ADS-B later. BT "Greg Arnold" wrote in message

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Friends: I need a logger file for a flight that lands at Torrey Pines, CA. This does NOT need to be from a secure logger, any GPS log file would do. If this can come tonight, whhooee, you are my hero. Thanks, Cindy B

The tires on my Cobra trailer from the factory are marked 185R14C8PF (102/100N)LT They appear to be GT Radial Max Miler X Load Range D 1875 lb at 450KPA 65# cold They need to be replaced, and the local tire stores seem to be having an issue identifying the correct replacement. A brief web search...

VENTUS B 15/16.6, #165, Masak winglets, O2, GPS, Sage, T/B, Dittel ATR 720B, Lx4000 w/gps, tow-out gear (wing wheel, tail dolly, tow bar), solar panel, Jaxida full covers, spare main tire, Cobra trailer w/ metal top, Security 160 parachute, One person assembly...

Hi All Our radio is dead :( For reasons of budget we are looking at the Microair M760. We would appreciate any comments that users have concerning this product. Usually those who have no problems tend not to say anything, so please chip in if you have had a positive experience. In particular we...

I am looking for a winpilot polar file for the Apis-13. Thanks, Brad N199AK S/N-1

I wonder why there aren't any of them on the WGC entry list.

I recently built a small fan system to dry my wing tanks. It is 12 volt and runs off of a 9 amp hour glider battery. I thought that when the battery would get down to about 9 volts that the fan would stop, this is not the case, the fan keeps working till the battery is down into the 5 volt...

is there anyone who knows why 2 pilots are not on the scoresheet for day1.they were there on the practice days? Thanks. Dennis aka 4Q

I'm crewing this season, and no doubt my pilot will be expecting me out at 7am with Mer in hand. My question is (and I'm sure it's been debated before, I did search, but want fresh input) how worthwhile is polishing? I can understand keeping the fuselage as slippery as possible to reduce skin...

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Hi, Does anyone have a copy of the above article scanned? It was by Jerry Gibbs and provided a non-technical approach to understanding a SkewTLogP chart. I had my own xeroxed copy (so 1980's), but I can't find it right now. TIA P3

I got all my cables today to hook the GPS and the PDA up. But...........this evening, here in WA state I have not been able to get a good lock on any satellites. Anyone else have any problems with their GPS today? Just curious. Brad