Anybody have any experience and / or advice on putting vortex generators on our Cessna 182 (swept tail) tow plane? Do they actually do much? Or are they hocus-pocus? We often tow with 15 to 20 knot, gusty, direct cross winds. Also, on take off, we have a paved taxiway crossing our grass...

Anybody out there familiar with the B4 canopy to frame attachment method? We have a "new to us" B4 in our club, and the canopy has become detached from the aluminum frame along the right side. It appears to have been glued in place. A previous B4 we owned had the canopy attached to the rails by...

3M makes a heavy duty double sided foam tape it is used to attach fender flairs and suff on cars and trucks...works great... git it in auto parts store On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 9:56:11 PM UTC-4, wrote: I recently sheared off the tailwheel assembly on my LS 3a by...

We just got a used LX4000 "as removed"... Does anybody have a wiring diagram, or pin-out diagram for the LX4000? We can find the user manual online...but not the install manual. Thanks, Cookie

Hi We are looking for a 15m or Open Class glider to compete in the pre- worlds at Lusse in July. Unfortunately the glider we thought we had arranged fell through. Preference is for a Schempp-Hirth glider if possible. Can anyone help? We can offer a swap here in Australia with use of our Ventus...

Someone at the gliderport brought in a 1969 version of "Joy of Soaring". It was fascinating to flip through the pages. Many things are the same then as now. There were several pictures of gliders; Diamant, Standard Libelle, 1-26, 2-33, Sisu, Skylark 4, Dart, Kestrel - all of which I have heard of...

When I purchased the Cambridge 302 I was somewhat bewildered by the different tones that the 302 can make during flight - other than lift/ sink that is. Once I flew with the 302 for a while the various tones started to make sense. You can listen to lift, sink, speed to fly, gear warnings, slow...

I just read the following in the Cambridge 302 manual (http:// www.cambridge-aero.com/manuals/302_v3.pdf - page 7) "...used to log Pilot EVents (PEV) in the flight log as mandated by the IGC." I have never heard that Pilot Event logging was *MANDATED* by the IGC. I searched and found...

I am in the midst of a project to install a gear/airbrake warning system on my glider based on the built-in capability of my Cambridge 302. This system is better than the simple "airbrakes open, gear up" warning system (http://www.wingsandwheels.com/pdf/gear%20warning.pdf) as it also alerts the...

I have compiled a group of YouTube glider videos which are all set to music. Below is a link. Enjoy and let me know if you find any other Glider music videos to share. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDD72342AA854F88B

Anyone have an address in the Chicago area to obtain aviation grade oxygen? I have a friend who is having a heck of a time finding it. You would think that some of the smaller airports handling executive jets would have it. Thanks, John

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We have a small informal "contest" going on this weekend at Sky Soaring outside of Chicago (http://skysoaring.com) and are laying out the grid for about 20 gliders. The even gliders are in one line and odd gliders in the other. We are about to start painting numbers on the turf and said to...

A while ago I created an Excel Spreadsheet to decode IGC file names into something more useful to the average mind. I just updated it to include all the new manufacturers in the past few years and a number of other small changes. http://aviation.derosaweb.net/#igcfile Enjoy! John DeRosa

Maybe this has come up before, if so I appologize. I know that we have had a thread on the need for an airport to have an FCC license. This came up when one of the gliderports was fined for having an expired license. This was useful, and timely, information for other glider ports. So there are...

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2009/db0608/DA-09-1258A1.doc FYI - One of our proactive members found this article about an FCC fine of $9,000 against the Texas Soaring Association (TSA) in Lubbock TX because their airport's radio license had expired. It appears what tripped this...

Interesting and web done soaring "blog" on the AOPA web site created by Bill Daniels of Soaring Society of Boulder. http://blog.aopa.org/letsgoflying/?author=50 - John DeRosa

The local Chicago soaring community needs your help. The FAA is well on their way to the expansion of the ORD Class B Airspace that will have a direct impact on soaring here in the Chicagoland area. More information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ordclassb. The most problematic expansion is...

I uploaded some old Pathe News Reel glider videos to http://aviation.derosaweb.net/videos. They date from the 20's to the 60's. Enjoy. - John DeRosa

Interesting Photos of the salvage operation in the Hudson. http://www.stephenm allon.com/ gallery.html? gallery=The% 20salvage% 20of%20flight% 201549