I have owned two LS1-F gliders. Both have factory wingroot fillets. I would like to talk to other LS1-F owners that have the same factory fillets. Thanks, Sam

In the Condor flight sim program it's easy to configure joystick buttons to change screens, zoom the PDA in/out, etc. Anyone with more electrical engineering skills than me look at what it would take to integrate similar capability into a ship? Putting buttons on a stick is easy, it's getting...

I've just started to look a little closer at the features and settings in SeeYou mobile. What I can't figure out is how to change the units for the distance numbers that show up next to the waypoints on the map. These are the ones that get a green box around them when you're within glide range. I'm...

I have a functioning B-100 flight computer (version 1.1). My new ship (SZD-59) is equipped with an LX-4000. The LX has integrated GPS and the B-100 takes a separate unit (offhand that seems better since new GPS's kick the crap out of early units) I also have an Ilec SB-8 with the ASR unit, that for...

Are there any? Larry 01 "zero one"

Has anyone located a source in the US for the neat little "resettable fuses" that SH is using? Also, I'd also like to get my hands on the protected blade terminal strip that SH also uses. Male blade terminals that are protected by a rectangular clear plastic shield that is in a terminal strip...

Is there a safe way to carry water ballast when the outside air temperature is below freezing?

I looked around the SSA site for 5 miutes or so, and couldn't seem to find out who my SG is ... Advise if I am incorrect, but I suspect the SSA site does not list the State Govenors ... do the SGs not exist in the eyes of the SSA? KK

1999 Diamond Extreme HK38TC. Always hangared. 250 hours. Extended range fuel tanks. Max cruise: 113 knots. Exceptionally nice and well equipped. Located in Houston, TX. Asking $145,000.00

Ok, I could probably arrange with the winch driver to experiment, but is there any definitive guidance on getting the greatest height off a winch launch? (eg. Skylaunch). i.e. if I'm "driven" at the higher end of the speed range acceptable to my gliders placarding, will I get higher or lower...

Colorado soaring pilot Stewart Kissell perished Friday in the crash of his Ventus on Methodist Mountain after towing out of Salida, Colorado. A search involving 11 CAP aircraft and other local pilots was started at 7am Saturday morning after he failed to return from the Friday flight. The...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF) will cooperate with your gliding organization to present a gliding safety seminar to pilots in your city. The SSF will provide an instructor to present four to six hours' worth of presentations to help you and your fellow pilots identify and reduce risk factors...

Looks like they recapitalized and set up a new entity to buy up all the assets from the old business. Good news, would have been a pity to see such an innovative and well made glider disappear: http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/htm/english/news/news_01_11_2007.html It suggests that all the key...

A new soaring operation is opening its doors in Minden: "Soaring NV." We hope to offer quality instruction in high performance gliders (one Duo Discus is already in the hangar) with an emphasis on cross country instruction in the Great Basin, which has fabulous flying conditions. It is now time...

Contrary to popular belief, fuses and circuit breakers ("overcurrent devices") are not designed to protect equipment (machines, radios, TVs, final glide calculators, nor other electric or electronic devices) from damage caused by overcurrent or short-circuit conditions. These are safety devices...

Looks like they recapitalized and set up a new entity to buy up all the assets from the old business. Good news, would have been a pity to see such an innovative and well made glider disappear: http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/htm/english/news/news_01_11_2007.html It suggests that all the key...

Bumper I am sorry to learn of this driving test there. They did that at Jean, NV and it adversely affected soaring. My wife and I are considering a move to Minden and this is going to dampen my enthusiasm for the airport and the area in general. Have they presented a good reason for doing...

Qualifying Grand Prix - Call for bids IGC has issued a call for bids to host a Qualifying Grand Prix in the 2008-2009 competition period. Here is the link to SSA's news, which has all the info, including site selection requirements and application form....

The audience of earth-bound people cannot appreciate the joy, sights and feelings of a sailplane pilot; high above the traffic jams and millions of TV sets polluting minds and wasting useful lives. No earth bound person can understand the many motions and boundless energy of the atmosphere. Few...

What is the current status on this? With the DAFIF link shut down is this capability gone?