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Region 10 North June 9-16 Yoder, KS by
Tony[_5_]
RAS,
I'm pleased to announce that the Kansas Soaring Association is hosting Region 10 North at the Sunflower Aerodrome near Yoder, KS this year. Practice June 9-10 and Contest June 11-16. We hope you can join us!
Kansas is conveniently located approximately half way between the East Coast and the...
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Day 6 13.5m by
Tony[_5_]
Good morning USA,
Weather is expected to be excellent here in Szatymaz for the 6th day of the 13.5m WGC. Task is a 499km racing task. Tracking links at wgc2017.hu. First launch is 11:30 local which would be 4:30 AM US Central Daylight Time.
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Oudie task declaration to PowerFLARM by
Tony[_5_]
I have noticed this year that my Oudie will upload the task to my Portable PowerFLARM but it will not update the pilot name, glider type, contest I'd Etc. The dialog box on the Oudie during task upload indicates it is sending the glider info but the flarm config file does not get rewritten and the...
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Gapa Geezer has been outed! by
Tony[_5_]
Uh oh! The Gapa Geezer hasn't done a very good job of controlling his alter-ego. Gotta be careful what you say to the guy who runs the club website. Nice work on the GAPA trailer though, I'm glad that you think you'll fly far enough to need it! :D
http://www.soaravenal.com/Intro.html
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ELT for Sale by
Tony[_5_]
I have an ACK E-01 ELT for sale. This is a 121.5/243.0 ELT. The batteries need replaced but the unit does work. $100
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glider transport from europe to Uvalde by
Tony[_5_]
hey maybe everyone should pool their money and rent this sucker. Or maybe they've got an empty leg coming up US bound. Think the runway at Uvalde can handle it?
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Yingling-Aviation-Antonov-225/YdFjXPkKnUWutwMFRbkFOA.cspx
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Minimoa first flight by
Tony[_5_]
I was surfing around today and found this cool website about Minimoa's. Turns out this group has built a new one from scratch and had their first flight in it yesterday. Wow!
http://minimoa.jimdo.com/maiden-flight/
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Anyone heading west from the Seniors? TN to KS transport needed by
Tony[_5_]
Our Rowing Club here in Wichita has purchased a single place rowing
shell in Murfreesboro, TN and are trying to figure out a way to get it
here. Like Sailplanes, rowing shells are oddly shaped and a little
difficult to transport around the country. A cartop rack is included
so if your vehicle has...
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Flightline 760 Radio by
Tony[_5_]
Is anyone out there using these radios? Thanks to limited archive
searchability all I was able to find was a post a while back from Tim
Mara saying that he had sold about 50 of them. I'm curious what the
real world power drain is on them from a 12V sealed lead acid battery.
Spec is a bit high at...
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new gliding world record by
Tony[_5_]
paper airplane world distance record broken
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/32911/former+quarterback+tosses+paper+airplane+a+record+226+feet+10+inches/
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SeeYou 4 registration by
Tony[_5_]
In April, it was mentioned on this group that:
"To use version 4.x, you need to buy an upgrade - unless you purchased
SeeYou
for PC or an upgrade in the last year. "
I purchased version 3 last winter so i downloaded version 4. I thought
I put in my name and registration key but today when opening...
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Another Downwind Dash by
Tony[_5_]
I had quit reading the Barry Schiff thread until I was alerted to
this:
"After ~40 years of participation in 'flying for fun' (mostly
soaring), I
recently participated in my Very First vulgar downwind dash...as Joe
Crew.
Proving that ships of 1-26 performance are incapable of XC, Joe...
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I made it back by
Tony[_5_]
Somewhat revolutionary (for me), I actually returned to my point of
takeoff yesterday after a good cross country flight. I took the new-
ish to me NG-1 (a modified BG-12/16) out for a 300 km FAI triangle.
Had a good time, finished the task, and didn't need a retrieve. I can
see why you guys like...
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making a wing wheel by
Tony[_5_]
I'm going to start making a wing wheel for the Cherokee here shortly.
I have some 9 oz glass cloth and some fiberglass resin from advance
auto parts. I'm curious how many layers of glass those of you who
have done it used?
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Oudie not making valid IGC files by
Tony[_5_]
My last few flights have been with Oudie only and when uploading to
the OLC the IGC validation has failed. I also had a format issue with
my last flight and had to send it to the OLC help email. The response
I got said "I fixed the file, but it has no signature at the end, so
it will be invalid...
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Thank you Badge Dude (US) by
Tony[_5_]
Just had to say something. Last monday I mailed the paperwork for a
Silver Altitude and a Diamond Goal/Gold Distance claim. I emailed
the .igc files to Rollin. Today both came back approved. Fantastic
turn around time and great service from the new badge dude.
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National Records & Citizenship by
Tony[_5_]
I couldn't find much on a search but am really curious as to why
apparently National records are based on citizenship and not on the
location of the actual flight? This leads to very misleading listings
of National Records. For example the World Altitude Record of Fossett
and Enevoldsen of 50,721...
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FAI Ultralight Definition by
Tony[_5_]
Curious,
Sporting Code 3 defines the Ultralight Class as a take off weight of
less than 220 kg, or 485 lbs. Is this maximum allowed takeoff weigth
or the actual weight of the glider for that flight?
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