It's been quite a while since I've flown an HG, but since the description of this newsgroup is "All aspects of sailplanes and hang- gliders" and these guys are having so much fun... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AiTI_5fbJg -Gary

Anybody have a set of gear doors for a Ventus CM that they would sale ?

Looking for a source of details for the Pawnee Hutchinson wing conversion. (yes there are still some undone out there) No joy from the Piper user's group. Thank you. Michael

For those of you who have asked about mounting options for the portable PowerFLARM, I have taken the time to make a 3-d model of an idea I've had for a while and which should lend itself well to this application. It is described and rendered here http://www.FlarmFund.org/flarm_fund_002.htm I hope...

All, It is corn havest time here in the upper midwest. After pulling the corn kernels off the cob, the harvestors grind up the left over corn stalks and spray them out onto the field for mulch. The lighter corn stalk leaves sometimes get sucked into thermals and I have seen them at 7-8K AGL. ...

This is 'keychain cam" video, straight from the camera. In addition to the annoying time stamp, the aspect ratio is wrong. For some unfathomable reason, the camera shoots 640 x 480, 4:3 aspect ratio and resamples to 720 x 480 which results in the squashed perspective (can be fixed in editing, of...

I'm looking for a complete list of all USA competitions for 2011, including those with tentative dates. Lots of major upcoming meets are not listed on SSA site (18m nationals, open nationals, Uvalde pre-worlds). Can anybody point me at this info ? Thanks, Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

I am having a problem using the OLC convertor program that is supposed to convert Cambridge files to a standard acceptable to OLC. It worked fine on my now-dead XP laptop, but won't do anything on my new W7 machine. Any suggestions? HL

With the conclusion of Region 4 North, the 2010 sanctioned contests are finished and the first release of the Pilot Ranking List for 2011 is available on the three identical Soaring Servers at http://soaringweb.org/PRL, http://soaring.gahsys.com/PRL, and http://soaring.xinqu.net/PRL Some of the...

I have been test flying my new self-launching ultralight sailplane design this fall, and it is going well. The Red Tail Hawk so far looks like it has a glide ratio of around 21/1 at about 60 mph, which is at the low end of the range of what was expected. But it has a minimum sink of about 250 fpm...

Our trusty Grob 103 is undergoing an 'extension of life" inspection (AKA 6000 hour inspection) One of the issues is with minor repairs to its front canopy. We have one small crack starting from the right rail, less than 2 inches in length and well out of line of sight. The plan was to do the usual...

Anybody know of a repairable left aileron please contact me directly. Thanks, Bruce

Being a retired earth systems scientist, I try to keep up on whats in the news, and do a lot of reading, especially when it is available on the web. And, being involved in gliding (formerly in hang gliding) I found a recent article in SCIENCE NEWS to be "interesting." Check out:...

i sell my hp 310 / 314 like new including LK8000 and igo8 and connector cable to flarm/vario fast sd card all box items like new. original packaging. great display, extremly bright and 800x600 resolution. better than oudie 220€ without cable

I am looking for the benefit of recent experience with modern ropes for auto tows. We fly off a 5000 foot grass runway (with a couple of rocky spots). What size and type of rope would be best? Bill Snead

Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective 23 September , 2010 is now (a little belatedly) available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info. Due to some technical difficulties, it hasn't yet been posted on the airspace section of the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint...

Hi, the XCSoar development team has released the XCSoar version 6.0 alpha 1 yesterday. There are 8556 changes since the last official release (5.2.4). XCSoar 6.0 is being written by 14 developers and 16 translators (new team members of course very welcome!). This is not the final stable release...

After Tucson Soaring Club's first decent cross-country flights of the 2011 OLC season, we noted a change to the scoring. This introduces the category "OLC Plus" that combines the OLC Classic with 0.3 of the FAI triangle score. The intent is to encourage cross-country triangle flights rather than...

s/n 26185 (2001) I love the ship, but an ASW-27 will better fit my flying style, so a trade could be the best deal for both of us. Posted on Wings & Wheels: http://www.wingsandwheels.com/want-ads10.htm 996 hours with 65 hours on the engine. One owner, no damage history. Metal Cobra trailer. 302,...

Hey all, I have a massive collection of aviation and a few model aviation magazines for sale in the Philadelphia area. I'll ship elsewhere, but we're talking about nearly 500 pounds of magazines in 23 boxes... so it will be expensive. More info...