Not that anyone's keeping track, but no USA gliders or glider pilots were involved in an accident or incident in February (or January, & so far, in March). Woo hoo! This wasn't the case the past two years. Long may this condition continue...

Other than having been - and remaining - thoroughly enamored with soaring (and all its varied aspects) since bumbling into it in the early '70s, I have no dog in the "racing vs. competition (aka US rules vs. FAI rules) tempest," but since no one else has mentioned a few thoughts that have...

One of the better articles I've seen over the years... http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-15104-flying-high.html Bob W.

Might anyone know of a Diamant 15 manual in PDF/electronic form to which they can point me? (That's the side-stick, LIbelle-winged model.) Thanks much! Bob W.

I just happened to bumble into this link...part of a video series from EAA entitled "Timeless Voices" - video reminiscenses from folks with long, productive histories in the aviation field. For RASidents who don't know of the man, George Applebay is the designer of (among other American planes)...

Pardon the long post, but a Really Nifty Something happened at the recent 1-26, 2013, North American Championships held at Moriarty, New Mexico, recently. Hollywood couldn't have written a more dramatic script, and I'm guessing some RASidents might enjoy hearing about it. I know I sure enjoyed...

In the spirit of the season - northern hemisphere winter, I mean, of course! - another RAS thread raised the question of how Joe Glider Pilot might go about assessing how much more field will be necessary if his chosen field has an obstruction along/near its downwind border. (They all do, of...

Light and bushel barrel stuff??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRqhBF4PXcw BTDT? Dead Horse Point State Park... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrUk8tpL7tQ d boB ---

Does any reader know how someone learn in a timely manner when the NTSB has released a final report of an accident investigation? Searching their site hasn't revealed the answer to me. I'm interested either in gaining visibility into their 'output queue' or alternatively simply being able to...

A recent conversation with an experienced glider pilot/flight instructor got me to wondering... I know of one CFIG/FBO who - when he got into the CFIG activity years ago - admitted to several years of 800 hours/year in rides and instruction...in Ohio! I know roughly how many annual hours...

Hey...it's Friday PM, a good-looking soaring weekend beckons, I'm still feeling this morning's oats, have yet to file my taxes, and my scathing-gene has been freshly irritated (guess how?)... While we're playing the Blame Game vis-a-vis 'our' - apologies in advance to non-U.S. readers - new...

Instant, Absolutely Perfect, and Permanent Soaring Safety (Without Government ‘Help’) We all want it. I know how to achieve it...and it does NOT involve sending me money, taking any of my (non-existent) courses, or cadres of ‘safety nazis’ or ‘safety nannys.’ It doesn’t involve recurrent...

Who out in RAS-land is convinced mankind has finished 'discovering' all the ways sport sailplane pilots can 'usefully extract soaring energy' from the atmosphere? Raise your hands. Had the same question been posed in (say) 1922, and again in (say) 1932, I'm reasonably satisfied a significant...

Talk is cheap, while skepticism is free...well, except perhaps for a diminution of imagination. I remember when news of Greg Cole's Sparrow Hawk first appeared on RAS. There were the predictable skeptics: - he'll never deliver anything; - he'll never deliver at U.S. ultralight weight; - it...

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From the Dep't. of Weird Soaring Coincidences... Wed. June, 18, 2008. - My June issue of "Soaring" arrives in the mail... - Alex Trebek "jeopardizes" soaring on TV. There I wuz, performing a quick rabbit-ears channel surf before sitting down to supper. Alex Trebek is introducing the day's 3...

I happened to blunder into a recent posting from the FRTF on SSA's website, dated July 9. Any SSA member with genuine interest in SSA owes it to him-/her-self to read it. I mention it here by way of FYI, since no one else has yet. If anyone who does can figure out how to use the contact form...

The following write-up/e-mail came to me from a fellow soaring club member, and is verbatim below the dashed line. I've no idea of its provenance, either, but to me it has the ring of truth about it, and it may be of interest to fellow glider pilots. Regards, Bob W. - - - - - -

Our club has a Delcom Air 960 panel mounted in a Schweizer 2-33. Currently we are using a speaker-mike which jacks into the front of the radio. We would like to wire the radio with a speaker and two microphones. Does anyone know if this configuration is possible with this radio? If so, could...

Stronger, apparently, than even skin color... https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/due_process_is_no_more_in_brooklyn_center_minnesota.html