To future Parowan visitors, I stayed at the Cedar Breaks Lodge in Brian Head for three nights last week (I flew a day with Karl during the Region 9 contest and toured Bryce/Zion on the ground). It's a 20 minute drive up a wide two-lane highway from the field and is at 9,500 feet - stays cool...

This ELT thread, particularly the liability issue, raises another question. What is the liability of contest ogranizers? What happes if the CD calls an overly difficult task and someone gets hurt? Are SSA-sanctioned contests covered by liability insurance that will protect the people running...

The US Schleicher dealer warned me of a problem with the stick mounted trim lever. If the trim is full forward the instument console will hit the trim lever when the canopy is closed. I heeded the warning and avoided breaking it for over 2 years. My luck ran out last week when, as I rushed to...

Has anyone got an up-to-date and current set of airspace for the iberian penninsula that I can upload to my seeyou? TIA Ian

hello http://www.airliners.net/open.file/607298/M/ franck

Hi everybody, Some news : http://www.airliners.net/open.file/607297/L/ -- Dummy

White Knight/Space Ship One launched approx. 1347Z (on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, FNN in US). Jack

Can I get some opinions from some of the 302 users on the pros and cons of using TE compensation verses electronic compensation? Such as, which do you prefer and what your experience has been using each. In short, what do you like and what are you not totally happy with about this instrument. M...

While working recently on a Java program to combine and geographically filter turnpoints from multiple .CUP files, I noted that when I use SeeYou to convert from .CUP to .DA4 (for Filser/LX Nav products) format, the turnpoint names get truncated to 8 characters and all uppercase. This presents name...

More information on Gordon and Afandi's flight on the Lasham web site http://www.lasham.org.uk Steve Dutton

Today the weather gods removed just enough moisture to let us race on this the last day. After the pilots meeting, we have a grid time of 11 am. Charlie wants to make sure we get out of Dodge before it thunders, all of us are thinkin we wanta get back before it Ka Booms. Both Standard and 15 Meter...

Where's the Russia website?

What is lak-12 maximum weight of the non lifting parts? I was wondering is it possible to install self-launch engine to lak?

What is maximum weight of the non lifting parts? I wonder is it possible to install self-launch engine to lak?

In the future, everybody, who is interested, in flying, aviation, travelling, will search first at .aero. The aero-domain is a restricted and exclusive domain. It is only available for members of the aviation community. The aviation community is a very broad one. Not only pilots, stewardesses and...

I would like any comments on the handling/owning these ships Any experience on SB5 ? How does a V-tail handle ? Thanks MT

I've been analyzing the IGC files from my flights and comparing them to others. Generally, in good conditions, I'm circling less than 25% of the time. Other, far better pilots than I, are circling less than 15% of the time. This means that wind data that depends on the glider flying circles gets...

Today when we walked out of the pilots meeting, the sky to the East, had.a very big build up, and it was growing. To the south, more build ups, to the North, more, and oh ya, west also. We grid at 11:15 am. The pilots meeting is pushed back to 12:30, a little after 1 pm the day is cancelled due to...

After 5 flying days at Elverum,Norway, the folks are packing up to return home. See Carol's final report at: http://www.sssa.org.za/wcc2004/index.htm

Hi guys, The Olympic Flame arrives in Paris : http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.cgi?226322 -- Fil330