There must be a good number of our crowd out there that contributed their talents to getting us to the moon via the Apollo program. One is Roy Cundiff (formerly “R1� Ventus) who was an engineer on those mighty first stage F1 engines that put out 7.5 million pounds of thrust, consuming 318,000...

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Good day, I'm looking for successful Commercial/Club Operators winch launching gliders from small Public Use Municipal/County Airports. I want to understand how you're successfully working with GA Power pilots and Public Servants to run your winch-glider operation. Please let's keep the "power...

I just installed a Becker AR4201 that I picked up used from the UK (frequency spacing change from 25 to 8.33). I have it paired with a Peiker TM 170 I got from W&W based on their compatibility statements on the website. It will transmit voice, but it is extremely soft/quite and the receiver needs...

Hi! I have finished my theoretical course (online) for a glider pilot over year ago and I missed that I had to attemp at least one exam. I almost finished practical courses. What exactly should I do at this point? I'm depressed.... Here you have the part-FCL 0.25: (3) The recommendation by an...

Wanted O2 Cylinder about 22" long total X 5" Diameter.

I just got a windows 10 machine and I am having difficulty converting my .cai files from my Cambridge flight recorder using the caiolc conversion. I can’t drag the file out of the Cambridge Aero Explorer into a folder that I can access with the caiolc converter. Never had this issue with windows...

Hey everyone! Due to switching to a Self-launcher I am selling my beautiful and well kept LS-3. If you are interested get in touch with me via Segelflug.de https://www.segelflug.de/osclass/index.php?page=item&id=36523 Kind regards from Germany,

I am very sorry to report that there has been another fatality in our sport.. Yesterday, July 17th, at the annual Alvord Desert Safari, Dave Kibby crashed during an auto tow launch. All I have at this time is that as he rotated into his climb he was hit with a gust, rolled to the left and hit the...

https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.10249 "During the last few years members expressed through a series of informal meetings with the directors and a series of resolutions at Annual General Meetings an increasing desire that the directors replace or upgrade the technical assets with more up to date...

Hi All My CAI 303 display has got a couple of intermittently working buttons. Can I take this apart at home and clean them? Has anyone done this procedure? How do you do it? Thanks in advance.

hello all, I am searching for if someone still hauls gliders cross country. I knew a couple of people, but neither do it currently hauling from Tulsa, OK 74107 hauling to Linden, NJ 07036

Anyone know what fuse rating i would need for an old Edo-Aire RT-551 radio. Its marked inop now but i still want to replace the fuse in the panel for it

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I've been flying my DG-101 for a year now and really love it. However, there are some gaps which haven't been sealed and I'd like to give tuning a shot. Does anyone have experience using aileron fences? Would it be worth using to increase handling? My rudder has no gap sealing to transition from...

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The Specification for IGC Flight Recorders and the 2019 Edition of Annex B to the Sporting Code for Gliding have been updated as follows : (1) the Technical Specification for IGC-approved Flight Recorders has been updated with Amendment List 5 and is effective from 10 July. (2) IGC Sporting...

Two Oxygen bottles suitable for gliders or small airplanes. One is Precise Flight 22 cu ft and has a regulator with 4 ports for cannulas or mask, the other is an Aerox 13 cu ft no regulator. Included are several cannulas and a couple masks. Both out of date but bottles are in very good...

Saturday, July 13, 2019. https://youtu.be/oykTfd4ClS4?list=PLC40EB4949AD5395B https://dlapilota.pl/wiadomosci/pap/krosno-wypadek-szybowca-ranny-pilot-trafil-do-szpitala SZD-30 'Pirat' glider. Close to the Krosno airfield, the 56 years old student pilot hit a powerline pole and a tree. Survived,...

Right aileron needed, new, refurbished or new. Send info to : or call 604 261 7024.