Jim.......your number in the SGC roster gets me a fax! Could you contact me via my e-mail please. Would like to ask you about the finish work you did on your Nimbus. Thanks, Brad PS...............I met you in Ephrata a few years ago, I brought my Apis 13 over and was tied down next to your Nimbus.

Going to be visiting the folks in Pensacola FL this month. Was wondering if there might be any place nearby that I could rent a sailplane. Thanks, Brad N199AK

Anyone else wonder why 1 gliding club got 3 motorgliders? See the latest issude of soaring for the details. Brad

My guess is that the fatalities we saw last season are the reason ELT's are being considered. Making contest pilots use them is the logical first step, very clever. I sat in the local airport restaurant for over 2 hours coordiating with the local Police and SAR folks last spring, we were pretty...

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!

A friend has an LS-1C that we are planning on completly restoring. One of the planned changes is to add a 1 piece canopy. Anyone out there ever done this? Also, we are looking for front hinge canopy parts and latching hardware from wrecked gliders that we can use for the project. Thanks, Brad

Are there any active glider/sailplane forums? I'm familiar with several of the generic pilot forums (Pilots of America, AOPA, Purple Board, etc.), but is there anywhere to go in addition to this newsgroup for glider talk?

I took my first glider flight a couple of months ago at Low Country Soaring in Ridgeland, SC. (Cool group of guys there!) The flight was really cool.. As much as I wanted to, I couldn't really justify making the investment in a membership because I'll be moving in about a month. I'm headed up...

Looking for a Transponder Mode C including encoder etc, located anywhere within europe.

I took the USAF training program at Beal many years ago. Does the Air Force still offer the program or has it gone the way of all good things in budget cuts? I know the FAA offers it in Oklahoma city. I am taking an Instrument ground school and the others wanted to know if it was still...

Looks like the Sports next year is going to be sold out. So for those of us who haven't been, how about some rating on the Hotels in the area. Karl put up a list on the website, but some of those looked "interesting". Bruce Patton

So what were the results at Minden? The contest page at SSA is missing most of the days. Bruce Patton

Try as I will to influence the contest rules to more rational and simpler rules, I can not get in to vote on the next committee members. I am ranked (183) and a member of SSA since 69. E-mailed the administrator of the "survey" twice, no response. Anyone else try and manage to get in? Bruce...

Any news on new Jonker JS-3 Landing in Sagebrush, short of runway 30 @ Minden?

Does anyone know if an FAA Commercial Glider License is an ICAO recognized license? If so does anyone know where this is written down. I have searched the ICAO website but cannot find a list of recognized licenses from each country. On another note if I wanted to do an FAA CPL Glider, coming from...

I am searching for a global POI file with all Gliding fields around the world. I am sure it's a lot of information out there. Please advice

The Swedish Open Nationals in 18 M and Two seater will be held at Uppsala F.K in 7 June – 14 June. More info at: http://sm2009.flyg.org/ Any one interested in participating, please fill in registration form at website. If you interested to rent glider please contact : Truly...

Does anyone out there have a good example how we in gliding community using Podcasts to spread our information and stories ? Have the feeling we don’t attract new students in there channels.

I'm working on my CFI certificate. I'm aiming to get both the CFI-Airplane and CFI-Glider and since the book work is pretty much the same, I'm working on them in parallel. I haven't decided yet which checkride to take first and would like to keep my options open. Here is the problem: I'd like to...

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