I am working though some calculations and need the sink rate as a function of speed with the spoilers fully extended. Does anyone know of such data for a glider? How do spoilers extended affect sink rate as a function of speed? Thanks, Tim

So far I've had little luck finding any replacement parts for my abused Pik project here in the USA. It looks like I'll need rudder pedals, stick, trim, flap mechanism, and all of the linkages for the cockpit. Does anybody else in the world have any Pik salvage with usable parts? Gary...

Stewart Kissel, long-time Colorado pilot, towed in his Ventus from Salida on Friday and failed to return as planned. Wreckage on Methodist Peak, just south of town, was spotted late Saturday afternoon and a ground search team reached the site Saturday night. He did not survive. Stu was an...

I was thinking we really needed one to test fly flights. Did a search and found this: Google Earth's Hidden Surprise: A Flight Simulator Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/31/google-earths-easter-egg-a-flight-simulator/ We've always known that Google has wanted to challenge...

The SSA Future Restructuring Task Force (FRTF) has made available their final report/recommendations recently presented to the SSA Board of Directors. To access the files, you'll need to log in on the SSA home page, www.ssa.org, then click on the News link "FRTF Final Report". Janine Acee SSA...

Just curious if anyone is making a viable bluetooth microphone or perhaps a bluetooth headset that is compatible with our typical aviation radios. Obviously glider pilots really only need the microphone, but since it's a small market one might have to live with the headset. A bit of googling...

Details of the Predator UAV crash in Arizona have just been released. Currently two of these pilotless 66-foot wing-span beasts are flying along the Arizona border as part of border patrols and a third will be added next year. Some of us local pilots are underwhelmed. The crash resulted from loss...

I am currently working on a website on 'Baby's' and i am looking for photos of Grunau's, EoN's and Nord 1300's to use on the site both old and new. It will be a purely non-commercial site and full credit will be given to any photos used. Happy to accept digital shots no problem with size or...

Tim Taylor wrote: 'Maybe, but can you dive, lose the altitude, decelerate and get it on the ground for a tail wheel first, full stall landing?' Don't miss out an a VERY important lesson I nearly learnd the hard way, on the home field, in front of many of my friends. And that lesson is:

The soaringweb.org Soaring Server is down, and I have been unable to reboot the machine by the telephone modem so it will be out of service until a least the 22nd when Guenther Eichhorn is able to reboot it. But the two mirror sites - http://soaring.gahsys.com, maintained by Glen Holden, and...

A well respected and well liked glider pilot has been promoted to hero status in my opinion. The busiest pilot I know is now fighting fires 600 miles from home. He is allowed two minutes of phone time each day. I was a Firefighter long ago and I know what it is like to work a disaster for 24 hours...

Does anyone know of someone in North Carolina or the surrounding states that could do a professional gel coat inspection? Preferably someone who has experience with glider refinishing and old gel coats. I've been unable to find any sailplane repair (refinishing) facilities in the above area. Matt

Zander SR940 ver. 9900 (flash ROM memory) flight computer system with Large dot matrix graphic screen with text and graphic pages; moving map display, compass option, Stick grip with remote control and NMEA-183 interface box. Asking $1995.00 US. Contact David Coggins at 281-682-1090 or Email...

Well anyway...Teller went up October 22nd. (Still looking for a glider big enough for Penn) http://www.soaringcenter.net/Photos.html Friends and show employees from the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas were treated to a day of soaring at the Jean Sport Aviation Center OL7, southern Nevada, courtesy of...

Hello everyone, I'm thinking about replacing my current Colibri logger with the new version with built-in Flarm. It seems to be an easy way to add Flarm without the hassle of rewiring and adding yet another box to the panel. Any experiences and pros/cons out there? Reliability? Compatibility with...

October 24, 2007 was the first known ridge flight, flown by a sailplane, in the state of Oklahoma. We were flying out of the Talihina, OK airport. This area has been used by hang glider pilots for many years. There are about 65+ miles of ridge line available when using the north facing ridge. The...

Well anyway...Teller went up October 22nd. (Still looking for a glider big enough for Penn) http://www.soaringcenter.net/Photos.html Friends and show employees from the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas were treated to a day of soaring at the Jean Sport Aviation Center OL7, southern Nevada, courtesy of...

October 24, 2007 was the first known ridge flight, flown by a sailplane, in the state of Oklahoma. We were flying out of the Talihina, OK airport. This area has been used by hang glider pilots for many years. There are about 65+ miles of ridge line available when using the north facing ridge. The...

Hi, This note is in regard to having training rooms available on the Wednesday before the start of the SSA Convention. I am not doing any organizing for the SSA. Please contact the SSA if you have any questions or concerns or want to schedule something. In past years Gaynell Temple at the SSA...

Hannes at OLC advises that the correct url is now: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/getScoring.html?scoringId=1&today ssa.org has the old link, perhaps one of you knows who to contact to get that fixed. It will prevent a lot of bug reports. I guess each year we need to double check our...