When the aircraft manf has not done the research or made any recommendations - how is the location for a CG hook computed? One example - the SGS 2-33 installations I have seen (not factory) seem to be far ahead of the actual CG. TNX Michael

Hi, If you're interested ;) you can watch some movies from wave flying over Zar (EPZR) with Diana 2 and other gliders. Most of the movies were made by Sebastian Kawa and Pawel Drenda. Here is the link to one of them from flying on the last day of...

NO.1 At the end of 2006 it was my time to pay my SSA dues, so I also asked to renew my sporting license (1hr later and after B.S. with three people I got "NO")(so much for cutoff date Jan 1, 2007) NO.2 Now it costs $45 for a NAA sporting license, how much was it before? It had to be $ 0 since our...

Well, the Jonker's new baby has made a debut of note at Bloemfontein. Some say that this year's championships should be put in the legendary class - have a look at the results and judge for yourself. see: http://www.sssa.org.za

Can you clarify for me the FAR definition of "pilot-in-command time" and "flights as pilot in command" ? Regarding the commercial pilot certificate with a glider rating, 61.129(f)(1) requires at least 100 flights in a glider as pilot in command. Regarding logging pilot-in-command flight time,...

Schweizer hook for Cessna http://tinyurl.com/y82slo Jantar Std 2 http://tinyurl.com/y8hf38

Some (most?) of you are in u.r.a.s as well so know about this. Anyway, I did an Excel spreadsheet that I use as a version of my flightlog that can add up - I can't! If anyone is interested I can email a stripped-out version along with a readme.txt.

A very respectable start by any standards . After eight consecutive contest days the new South African built 18 m glider is only just out of first place in a field with many excellent established brand name sailplanes behind . Yesterday's task resulted in a flight of over 700km at very good...

What are the diffrences betwenn the L/NAV an S/NAV?

Most of the tension indicators I have seen were some kind of home-brew. What have other operations obtained or created and with what components from where? Thank you. Michael

Will be visiting Tuscon last week of March 07 and Ohio first week of April 07 and would really like to fly if I can. I have found the arizona sailplane association website and hence links to Turf Soaring School and Tucson Gliding Club. Struggling a bit on the Ohio side of things. I will be in...

the new HpH Glasflugel 304S presentation and description is now available onthe following link http://www.hph.cz/304s_technical.php?lang=en best regards Tim Mara Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at: www.wingsandwheels.com

This is the square one, 60 X 80 mm, with 4 memory channels and no internal battery to go bad. A reliable 720 radio, tested and in good working order. $600.00 New boom mic, speaker & PTT..................$100.00 JJ Sinclair

Its day 10 tomorrow, and places are still changing daily. Catch all the news at http://www.sssa.org.za The task setter(s) have thrown 1200km+ down on 2 days but no-one has yet to oblige them! Task speeds over 147Kph+ over 449km area task have been seen and much racing has been the order of the...

Did anyone else in the US order one? I did, and it seems the postal service between here and there has eaten both shipments. The second set was shipped about a month ago, and still nothing. I have typically gotten things quicker than this, so I fear the second set has also been lost. Anyone...

Can anyone give a comparison between Glider Service in Slovenia, and Refinish in Poland? Costs are within spitting distance, so looking for ease of communication, quality of finish, follow up service and all those other things that make you choose a over b. Cheers Ian K

Hi, The EW microRecorder is fantastic as a stand-alone flight recorder. But I've been receiving a lot of requests for standard cables for connecting it to a PDA - so I created some. You can see a few complete example systems...

The tail battery in the DG-1000 (and probably the 500/505) use a funky connector that's a bit smaller than a cigarette lighter plug. It snaps in place and holds on tight. Here are a few pics: http://flickr.com/photos/jzawodn/323962116/ http://flickr.com/photos/jzawodn/323961429/ Does anyone...

Cheap conectors can be foun online at: http://export.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=6583 64

Having a Solo 2350 on a Ventus 2cT, I've been annoyed that when it runs it constantly triggers the squelsh of the VHF-radio. (No, raising the trigger level doesn't do the trick) It is possible to use the radio with the squelsh turned off and using a headset. This makes the noiselevel even...