Reminder - The Washington DC Area FIRC is just over 1 month Away -- See Below Don't forget to sign up before the holidays.... The Soaring Safety Foundation will present a Flight Instructor Refresher Course in the Washington D.C. area on January 18 and 19, 2020. The course will be presented by...

Ilec SN-10b with remote, RAZ vario, PS-5a converter, all the cables to allow hook-up to Volkslogger-PDA-Laptop, multi-Datalogger download switching. Excellent condition with less than 50 hours in use. $2600 E-mail or 561/350-0034 for more info.

Anyone driving chicago to arizona in the next few months? A friend is looking for help with glider delivery. contact John Harrison at jharrison46 atsign gmail dot com John cochrane

New pilot entry list should be posted on the website tomorrow. http://parowan.soaringweb.net/index.html Thermal tight, Soar high, Fly safe, # 711 reporting.

I am sure this is old news to others - but tonight was the first time I had seen the VIDEO link on the website. Some really good ones here - but I know you all have favorites that need to be added. This is the sort of thing we need to promote to our you-tube generation...

I need a fiberglass panel for the interior of my Std Cirrus. It is the piece that goes behind the pilot's shoulders and has the seat belts running through it. This is merely a trim piece. If anyone has one for sale please let me know. I am also looking to buy a Tasman Vario if anyone has one...

Val Paget's feature article appears also in the print magazine http://www.subarudrive.com/Sum09/Sum09_Feature.htm Nicely done Val. Frank Whiteley

USA aircraft owners. A note to remind you if you have not already heard: As of March 1, 2010, the FAA is no longer mailing paper copies of Airworthiness Directives (AD's) and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIB's) to aircraft owners. Paper copies are now only available by paid...

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This week I had the pleasure to fly with a couple of freshly minted 2nd Lt.'s from the US Air Force Academy class of 2006. They were converting their glider time from the USAFA soaring program to civilian CFIG's. To say this young lady and gentleman are "good sticks" would be an understatement. ...

Blank ATTENTION The "Control Points" and "Other Waypoints" have been updated for Avenal. http://soaring.xinqu.net/TP/Avenal/

Currently, the El Paso Soaring Society operates from West Texas Airport, just southeast of El Paso, Texas. The future of the airport is uncertain, and we are starting to consider new homes. One of the options is to operate south of the Rio Grande. The Chihuahuan desert and surrounding...

The regionals are on at Ely. If you go to ElySoaring.com you will see that Carl Herold will have a area orientation June 2 thur the 4 with the regionals from the 5th thur the 11th of June. Those of you going to Parowan might just want to drop over to Ely and get in a few days of Carl's camp,...

Hello all, Just a note to let you know that I am posting informal reports about flying in St. Auban, France at the World Sailplane Grand Prix at www.susanmcallister.blogspot.com instead of the usual U.S. Team website. Tim and I arrived Friday night. Bruce Taylor of Australia is already here, and...

Hi, A customer has asked me to help him sell his used Cambridge Aero Instruments CAF-302A GPS flight recorder. This unit is the version that does NOT include a variometer or speed-to-fly director. The customer purchased this unit from me (new) on July 1, 2005 - so it is only a few months old. ...

Happy holidays all: A project for me this Winter is to upgrade my ballast system on my PIK-20. I have two questions and would appreciate any assistance. (1) One of my bags has a single pinhole leak and I wonder if this can be repaired in a reliable manner. The material seems to be a thick...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a Glider Flight Instructor Recertification Clinic as follows: Location: Blackburg, VA Date: March 25-26, 2006 Registration: Jay Pokorski

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a European pilot's license based on a US license? If so, what does it take? Is there only paperwork, or is a checkride involved? Regards,

Hi, does anybody know annything about Pilatus B4 having issues with corrosion? I heard that parts of the plane are somehow corrosion protected, but does it work even today when most of the B4s are 30 years old with 3000 hours or so? Google does not give much information about it, so does this mean...

Anyone got the pin outs for the Peschges VP8 DB9 & the Din connector Pin outs. Richard