Friday: A cold front moved into southern California and the wave set up along the coastal mountains. The winning speed was 82 mph, over 256 miles, for a 3 hour MAT. The beer, Worm Burner Pale Ale, is flowing.

Some time ago I bought a used Bohli mechanical variometer ( over 15 years old ) for $ 400 from a certain Mr. Bill Daniels in " good condition " The photo he did send me showed only the back (!) of the instrument. I received the instrument DOA; poorly packed, broken glass, in other words useless....

I just finished registering for three contests online through the SAA site. While still on line I received an e-mail titled "On Line Registration". When I opened the e-mail it had nothing to do the soaring contests. Hope I did not pick up a virus! Bill Snead 6W

I am trying to sell my glider which I advertised on various gliding websites and e-mail correspondence with a potential buyer went as follows (in reverse order of course); Hi, Thanks for the response...I am Happy with the price and its present condition. Now I will like to inform you that the...

All sensible and non suicidal glider pilots are hereby warned: Tomorrow, 8-14-2004, Lennie the Lurker will once again strap his useless ass in a 2-33 and be flung skyward at 12:00 noon. For the next hour he will polute the air with his disjointed, discoordinated, and in general sloppy flying...

I have debated for a few months if I really should post this or not but think I should share my experience. First, I LOVE the concept of the PCAS MRX and I have received nothing short of exceptional customer service from Zaon. I also would strongly recommend to every pilot to purchase one of...

This past week I received a response to one of my r.a.s. classified ads, the respondent asked me to accept a check for 10 times the item value and offered 150% of the sale price of the item for me to launder the money through my account and wire it to a third party. Some quick research indicated...

Just a friendly warning. If you write new post or follow-up message and you worked long and hard on it, make sure that you copy, paste, save using Notepad BEFORE you click "PREVIEW MESSAGE" or "POST MESSAGE-NO PREVIEW"! Your 3 hours of creativity may just disappear forever the moment you click...

Sailplane pilots seem to have high techno-geek standings. I have been watching with curiosity/amusement the media frenzy over this device. Cell phones are quite useful for many of us, and particularly for retrieves(when we have coverage!). So is this device clever marketing by Steve Jobs, or is...

Our gliderport received a message Warren went down Saturday before last in Maholgany Canyon and no more explanation. No joy with my google search and we don't know who to call to find where to write his family. Reply off RAS if you wish. We remember what a nice, pleasant man and we were the exact...

Reminder - for anyone who flew at Warrenton Airpark (7VG0) with the Warrenton Soaring Center - we'll have our second potluck picnic reunion starting at 1100 hours on Saturday, September 3. Rain or shine (if it's raining, we can use the hangar at DC Skydiving). For more information, contact jim at...

The Warrenton Soaring Center operated out of Warrenton Airpark, a grass strip in Fauquier County, Virginia for years until 1991. It's now the home of a popular skydiving company and several somewhat unique airplanes. Glider pilots who flew there (or anyone interested in Virginia's soaring...

Did you ever fly at the Warrenton Soaring Center (WSC) in Virginia? WSC operated out of Warrenton Airpark (7VGO) in Fauquier County until 1991. Hundreds of people flew there over the years, many moving on into aviation careers. Even one astronaut visited and flew there! Several of the staff and...

We have a lawyer in our club and, fortunately for the club, he does some lawyer stuff for free. I have met many very interesting people since I got involved with soaring, most with technical background of some sort but certainly not all by a long shot. What I haven't met are any fellow soaring...

I know it has been in the past... just wondering about this year. Larry Goddard --Zero One--

From: recreationalflying.com.au/ today Anyone recognize the field at Caboolture or witness what Craig describes? ............................................... Was this a close shave? Hi guys,

The Region One contest last week suffered hot humid weather and we sweated a LOT. The sheepskin (?) snap-on pad on my Softy long 'chute smelled really bad afterwards, so I hand-washed it in cold water with Woolite detergent. It's somewhat better now (takes forever to hang-dry!) but still smells...

Please send comments TODAY (Nov. 2)!!! Scott Original message from EAA: Dear EAA Chapter Member,

http://washingtonexaminer.com/time-for-faa-to-act-on-glider-safety/article/2525829

the best place in Washington State to be more precise: http://www.methownet.com/grist/features/sailplanes.html check to OLC stats for Twisp. Next year we'll have a Pawnee available for tows. come on out! Brad