Hello Folks, Any suggestions of a good person in the UK to repair my Winter mechanical vario? Ian

Hi, I finally put some of the photos from the Region 7 Soaring Contest in Albert Lea, Minnesota on the web site. I also put up the score sheets and the preliminary post contest write-up. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/contest.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde

Friends: This has been a torturous week for us. Mark Navarre went soaring with several friends on Sunday, July 3, and discontinued his position reporting shortly after 3 pm. It was a normal, nice summer afternoon on the Sierras, working altitudes of 14 ~ 15,000 msl were possible. The other...

I am refurbishing an Schreder trailer. The under side has white corrosion markings all over. I would like to know if I can apply an oil spray of sorts that would "stabilize" the oxidization and help protecting the under side over time with repeated application if necessary. If that would work what...

I'm looking for glider insurance in the USA. Any leads are appreciated. Ron

In case you missed the excellent 12-minute long story on soaring at Sugarbush Vermont that aired on public radio last weekend. Here is a link: http://www.onlyagame.org/ It was produced by WBUR Boston. It requires Realplayer for streaming audio. If it doesn't work click on the "find out more"...

A Club in SSA Region IV, operating at a public airport, is facing the imposition of a "Based Aircraft Fee" in addition to hangar rental. Is anyone aware of any public airport, one at which gliders operate or not, that charges a fee, in addition to tiedown or hangar fee, for "basing" the aircraft...

Is there a US domestic repair shop that can repair Winter and PZL flight instruments? TIA

Last fall someone asked how to buy an affordable glider from Europe with the Euro going thru the roof. My response was: "Invest your money sensibly and wait". I suggested a top ranked diversified mutual fund such as Fidelity's Contrafund. Here is an update on that strategy. Euro: $1.2944...

All pilots that have registered or made contact with the contest organization, please review the pilot list AND the pilot qualifications on the forum page at www.glider.com. I'm just the messenger; please contact the contest organization if you have any gripes or good wishes.

Many people suggest a large benefit for student power pilots to fly some dual in a glider and similarly many parts of successful glider piloting can be more cost effectively learned in a power plane. As an example, it is cheaper to do multiple landings in a power plane when learning to land. Do...

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It must be the the first 'real' completed 1000k task in thermal only. Well done to the pilots but very well done to the organisation, fantastic. I know of a one well known international task setter who probebly would have set a 4 hour assigned area task on that day !! Mel.

Money is a constant problem for any club. We try keep the costs of flying to a bare minimum and thus are always on the lookout for novel ways to raise funds for the club. On Fathers Day, we had an open day aimed at non-members and had over 60 flights. This was coupled to breakfast and lunch, which...

Larry wrote: 'I noticed in looking at the pictures from the contest that many of the gliders shown had what I presume was bug wipers at the leading edge wing root. Are bug wipers back in vogue in Europe?' Have you ever flown in Finland? The (non-malarial) mosquitos are the size of large...

Larry wrote: 'I noticed in looking at the pictures from the contest that many of the gliders shown had what I presume was bug wipers at the leading edge wing root. Are bug wipers back in vogue in Europe?' Have you ever flown in Finland? The (non-malarial) mosquitos are the size of large...

I wanted to start a new thread related to my other thread "Surviving Flight Recorder Power Failures". Thanks for all your comments. I plan on asking the SSA to allow me to give a presentation (at the next convention) on how soaring electronics all bolts together and the proper wiring techniques. ...

I'm looking for a glider to race in the 2005 15M Nationals in Uvalde. Borrow or rent, I'm interested. Contest starts Aug 2.

S-Nav version 7.9 for sale with 80 mm display in knots $1000 Forgive if this is repeat. Rich Chesser

After seeing all the comments on RAS the SSA person in charge of getting access information to the contest organizers contacted scorer, John Daly and you can now find all reports on the SSA website. Gary Kemp