Today(July 28), the JWGC begins in Szeged, Hungary. The US is represented by 4 capable competitors: JP Stewart, Daniel Sazhin and Noah Reitter are flying in the Club Class, and Michael Marshall in the Standard Class. Bookmark these sites to follow the action: US Team...

What was the cockpit like? Roomy or constrained compared to k6e? How does it handle turbulence? What are your general opinions? Thanks for your time and thoughts! -Nick

I have a Naviter Oudie that came with a used glider I bought 2 years ago. I've had nothing but trouble with the unit even though I keep the firmware (software?) updated with the Oudie Updater (now version 9.02.001). Recently it occurred to me that the unit I have may not be an Oudie 2. I...

I just updated my PowerFlarm to v6.80 and after the update I'm now getting a solid "red" LED rather than the usual "Green". PowerFlarm feeds Butterfly display and LXNav S80/Oudie 2. All show reception of GPS signal from Flarm and Flarm targets are displayed on all. I've looked at the .TXT file...

In responses to my "Traveling Checkride Examiner" post and questions on the SSA Clubs & Chapters group I have received e-mails such as this one: Q. "Burt - Your recent message on Chapters-SSA got me thinking about site surveys. What exactly are they? How much time is required? What's the...

Where does one get those "doughnuts" that you put over instrument tubing to help secure and seal the connection?

TOWPILOT needed to fly and live in my guest cottage next to my home in town just 3 miles from Marfa Airport in far southwest Texas, near the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park. Marfa Airport elevation is near 5,000' so we enjoy a pleasant year-round climate. 3 runways at MRF airport, a...

This is copied from the SSA web site: As with all race days, the pilots gather in the tiedown area to describe the highs and lows of the task and enjoy a cold beverage with friends and the end of Day 3 began that same way. By 7 pm everyone was back except Steven Coggins flying JS-1 “DT�. With...

Any one with practical experience? How do they compare? SÅ‚awek

So my Garmin 196 gave up the ghost and is not updatable anyway. So Im looking to replace it with one of the two above. One big question is (and I searched both manuals before asking this) do either of them give the current required glide ratio to a point? My 196 did and I had it on my custom field....

We need a source for the tail wheel control cable for a 1977 SZD-45A Ogar glider. Urgent! Please respond soon. Contact Erin OR Joanie Smiling Aviation Delta, CO 970-874-5181

Apparently there is a difference between setting a task and making a declaration in a Colibri II. I can import a task easily enough from a *.cup file, and modify it on the logger. It leads me around the task as it should, bleeps at the turnpoints, and directs me to the next one. If however, I...

I tried to post a recent flight to the OLC only to have it rejected due an improper date being associated with the flight. It showed as 1999 as the year and from what I have read and been told this has something to do with the Colibri GPS engine not being able to register the date from the GPS...

Hi, A friend who has had a few glider flights asked me about the Strojnik S-2a motorglider. Apparently, he has seen one for sale somewhere. I suspect this will not be a suitable ship for him. However, his questions made me realize that I have no real information about the ship, just some vague...

Hi, Any HPH304s owners (with Fes would be excellent) out there willing to share their experience with that bird? Not much interested in performance , more comfort, easy of handling and suitability for low time pilot. Post sales service etc. I will much appreciate it.

Per Schempp-Hirth, I am the owner of a Discus CS with NON-Schempp-Hirth water dump seats on the wing dump valves. Per S-H, ALL S-H, including CS's, have aluminum discs for seats. My ship has what appears to be rubber or similar material for seats. Soon, they will be leaking and though I think I...

I have periodically seen Pilatus B4s for sale. Mostly in the mid-teen price range. There was one in Germany a couple years ago for $5,500 w/o a trailer - THAT wasn't going to work! I have come to enjoy glider aerobatics. I live in Augusta, GA. If someone were to have a Pilatus they wanted to sell,...

I ended up with 2 new sealed wheel bearings for a 1600#, single axle Cobra trailer. Measure OD 60mm, ID 30 mm, H 37mm. Should match single axle, 1600#, Cobras sold after 2000. $30.00 ea. Johnsinclair210 (at) yahoo.com

Just curious, how is the performance of the Ventus C with 17.6m tips installed versus standard 15m with good winglets? I have done some searching and seen some consensus that the 16.6m tips are typically not used much due to the performance degradation at high air speeds. But what about the 17.6...

I think a lizard died in my wing... Boggs