Daniel is making another run on a 1000k 1-26 flight. Looks like he is running well with an early start this morning. Go Daniel!

Hey Gary, now that's the way to extend your flight time.....and be comfortable! Five hours was my limit in my old Sensor 510 with a Bennet pod (I am dating myself here...:o) Of course I did not drink anything either. This was back in the days of B.C. (Before Camelbacks) Blue skies!

Are the contest sites for 2006 know n for the US nationals yet? J4

Dont quite understand any of this, but it is interesting enough, with great...

Interesting article. Too bad (for US pilots) it uses the "despised in the US" rotax engine. But this is a real favorite in Europe, I'm told. CFR 61.69(a)(1) requires tow pilots to "Holds at least a private pilot certificate with a category rating for powered aircraft." Perhaps the last 7 words...

I've come across some thin (0.008 inches), flexible solar panels that look like they'd be ideal for gliders. These are the PowerFilm 7.2V 100mA ($30) units, with and without adhesive on the back: http://store.sundancesolar.com/pow72v100maf1.html So, $120 would buy me 4 panels, which would give me...

The promo is a great idea, nice graphics and all. Love the ASH-25 pic.........just one question. Why did you use a picture from Australia? Not a slam on Australian soaring, but isn't the intent to promote U.S. Soaring and get people's butts in gliders here? No suitable American scenes, pictures of...

I find it odd that there's no posts regarding the first-time use of PowerFlarm in a US contest. Surely they're all flying with them.

Today is the first contest day for the 2009 Senior Contest at Seminole Lakes Gliderport in Florida. There are 55 participants and 4 guests on the contestants list. Of those, we currently have 12 of the participants who have SPOT Personal Trackers and are being tracked. There may be more that will...

How about 100% electric powered ultralights? What problems can anyone forsee to building a 100% electric ultralight aircraft for short & mid-range commuters to get back & forth to work (aside from air traffic issues... it IS a big sky after all)? I understand the average commute is less than 30...

I have seen a glider trailer in which the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer is strapped to the glider's tail boom for storage and transport. I can't recall where I saw this, and a google image search did not yield any hits. At any rate, strapping the horizontal stabilizer to the tail boom is one...

We installed a new Micro Air in a sailplane. This is the 5th one we have installed. All have worked great except this last one receives perfectly, but when transmitting it sounds garbled. The boom mic is a Micro Air. Anyone have an idea what this could be? Thanks Kurt

Michael Singleton, an Aviation Safety Inspector at Tampa FSDO asserts that ad revenue earned by Youtube on drone footage makes it a commercial use of drones which is prohibited. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-faa-says-you-cant-post-drone-videos-on-youtube

i'm looking for..... where ? Thanks Paolo

With all the talk about doing a PCC, I thought I'd post a presentation I just did at Tom Knauff's Safety Seminar last weekend. I know I posted this deep in the thread on PCC, but just wanted to give it more visibility for those who did not follow the thread. The presentation covers PCC, CAC,...

Captain Pete Alexander's report from the first official training day https://ussoaringteams.org/captains-report-official-training-day-1-july-25/

Today, the Canadian government announced that a new luxury tax (Italian style) will be implemented Jan 1st, 2022. The tax applies to vehicles retailing for CDN$100,000 (equivalent to US$80,000) at the rate of 10% on total price or 20% on price over CDN$100,000, whichever is less. The sales tax of...

This may be of interst to those who have ordered PowerFLARM: http://flarm.net/support/updates/index_en.html This part is very worrying to me: "When is the next scheduled service update due? Since its creation FLARM has maintained scheduled updates, initially in a one year cycle, in 2006 a two...

Aviation has lost one of it's bright shining geniuses whose innovative work revolutionized and expanded the boundaries of aviation. He is credited with imploring, ""Imagine the impossible and do it." A daring experimental physicist, MacCready was one of the few scientists to fly a free balloon...

Janusz Kesik )wrote of using 30m tow ropes as standard and 20m for experienced pilots in Poland. In the US I'm accustomed to being aerotowed behind a 150 to 200 foot tow rope. However my club has been experimenting with using a longer rope: 275ft. This struck me as...