Hi, There is an interesting and unique new soaring product available from Tasman Instruments. Tasman is known for the successful V1000 variometer. The new FP10 Flight Pack is a small flight data module which turns a V1000 variometer into a speed-to-fly variometer. A PDA with soaring flight...

It is my pleasure to report that the latest Newsletter from Lange Aviation GmbH is now available in english: http://lange-aviation.com/htm/english/news/news.html Best Regards Andor

Thank you all for responding to my last post about glider operations at other airports. I am refining that request. I am looking of any written operational plans for glider operations at public airports with a single runway. The airport owners at my airport are not letting me stage our gliders...

The latest issue of the Region 12 newsletter, "Southern California Soaring," is now online at http://www.SoCalSoaring.com. Articles in this issue include: Warner Springs Contest The Future of Torrey Pines Review of Platinum Canopy Cap Coyote Ground Launch Weekend Region 12 OLC Standings

Apparently without injury http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/15/vo.plane.lands.on.plane.wfaa

We have a few Vertex handhelds with the standard wall chargers. Does anyone know if there is a cheap add on trickle charger module for something like this? I have something like that from Ace RC for a RC plane. It wired directly into the output of the standard wall charger and it charges at the...

I am looking to put a battery behind the seat, on the rear deck of an LS-4. Any experience or advice? Don K.

I bought the Explorer new, it's a 4 door, 4 wheel drive automatic. The car has less than 10,000 miles on it. It comes with a towing package, never used, a Yakima rack, not installed, battery disconnect for storage, car cover still useable, and extended warranty to 60,000 miles or 3/5/11. The car...

Is anyone using Launchpoint 2000 logbook successfully with Vista? I've been using it for years on my XP computer but it will not work on my new Vista notebook. It keeps complaining about COMDLG32.OCX. Unfortunately the software is no longer supported. Otherwise, any recomendation for a good logbook...

At last! A contest photographer who understands that we are more interested in seeing photos of people than gliders! Thanks, Leo!

A SILENT PICTURE SHOW Each year, Al and Rhonda Tyler host the Region 5 North Soaring Championships in Perry, S.C. This year, more than 75 aircraft and 150 people participated in the weeklong event. Most camped on the airport, enjoying great flying weather and nightly cookouts. Check out...

Hi, I am looking for some suggestions for a headrest im my Ka-6. Mine didn't come with one, and from various pictures I've seen it looks like there should be some padding on the slanted bulkhead right under the turtledeck. Thanks Pete Ka-6Cr N4793T

On Saturday (May 10th) a few of us raced out of Sun Valley, AZ. Two of us were unable to make it out of the valley to the task area over the high ground, but the one who did, GW, was carrying a SPOT. We were able to monitor his progress in the air conditioned confines of the FBO. Very cool...

If anyone has any information on a company called "Atlantic Aviation" in the U.S. it would be greatly appreciated. My LS-3 was refinished by this company in 1993 but I can not find any information in the paperwork that came with the glider. It looks like a proffesional job so I'm assuming that this...

When configuring a new SPOT there are three areas in which you can include custom messages. The OK message is easy, "ABC is still flying and OK", the Help message is easy as well, which might be, "ABC has landed out at the coordinates provided and is OK. My cell number is xxx xxx xxxx." The 911...

I have an L-Nav connected to a Model 20 GPS and also a Winter variometer. While at Marfa I had several oppotunities to fly some long distances without having to thermal. What I noticed is that the speed to fly commands are really off. The other variometers seem to track each other and the...

Looking for an enclosed trailer suitable for a Schweizer 1-35C. Thanks. fulda304 'at' hotmail.com

The latest post documents an April flight with Stefan Luetenegger in the ASH-25. We towed out of Williams, California to the Sierra wave to test some new equipment and wound up working a variety of lift on a new course. This 16 minute Quicktime video is posted in an ipod 640x360 size and the big...

Hello, I'm thinking of making a small and short motorhome to tow my DG800b trailer. Can anyone share positive and negative experience in this. Today I use a 2 door Montero, which is fantastic. Tks, Thomas DG800b

I'm looking to buy a Colibri Logger (preferably a v4- with the micro SD card) for this coming season. Does anyone have one for sale (eg. after upgrading to the FLARM- equipped version)? Please email me at cjfieldgmailcom Thanks!