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Tasman Varios for Two Place Sailplanes by
Tom Watson
Tidewater Soaring Society has for sale the Tasman V1000 vario, RDV50 backseat repeater, and the PK312 backup power pack. $300 the set. 804-399-tree tree fife six.
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L-23 Wingtip Extensions For Sale by
Tom Watson
Tidewater Soaring Society is selling a set of wingtip extensions for
an L-23. Wing span is increased from 16.2 to 18.2 meters (53.1' to
59.7'). Performance is increased to 32:1, with sink speed 0.82 meters
per second (161 fpm) The eighteen-meter Blanik retains the excellent
handling properties...
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Bumper Miracle Slide by
Tom Watson
Anyone have one of Bumper's kits for the Cobra ramp they would be willing to part with? I tried to buy one from Wings and Wheels today and they said they are taking over the manufacturing and will be out of production for about two months.
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UFOs are hunting for planes by
Tom-Alex Soorhull
Beware ! The aliens will shoot planes and collect your body parts for
weird experiments !
They are especially hunting for male genitals, so protect your willy
or it will become alien-food !
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Wave soaring nort of the polarcircle by
[email protected]
Hi,
If you want to have a look at how wave soaring looks north of the polar circle then have a look at the little movie I made of our trip to a place called Pirttivuopio which is close to the highest mountain in Sweden called Kebnekaise.
Very good wave soaring in almost all wind directions exept...
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ERIXX to Dell Streak via Bluetooth by
[email protected]
Does anyone have experience with connecting an ERIXX flight logger with XC Soar via Bluetooth? I've got a Dell Streak running XC Soar 6.7.5 and an ERIXX flight logger that I would like to connect to one another for GPS position and pressure altitude. I've been looking at the NEMA Bluetooth module...
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Any information on the TST-10M? by
Tom767
Gentlemen,
I have recently been considering buying the TST-10M motorglider produced by a
Czech company. I have had trouble finding information this glider. The
unpopularity of it and the outstanding performance of the glider indicated by
the charts are making me a bit hesitant in my purchase.
If...
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Bow Wave lift by
[email protected]
We had 3 flights at Inyokern, CA today with winds from the NNE and all of us had wave like to the east of the Sierra crest.
Folks at Cristal Soaring talk about getting "Bow Wave" with a north wind on the San Gabriel mountains. Perhaps this is what we experienced at IYK.
At the end of the flight,...
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Fly-in BBQ at Inyokern - Saturday June 13 by
[email protected]
Sierra Soaring Club is hosting a fun get together, "contest", and BBQ at 6 pm on Saturday, June 13 (alternate 2 weeks later on the 27th).
Launch at an airport of your choice (including IYK), then fly your best OLC distance planning to arrive around 6pm for grilled chicken, hot dogs, potato salad,...
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OLC FAI triangle geometry different than FAI by
[email protected]
Last Saturday, I had a pretty decent flight:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=4611408
At the end of the day, I was trying to maximize OLC points by making the triangle portion as large as possible. I used the ClearNav "OLC" feature to see how I was doing and to...
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For Sale: ASH-26E by
[email protected]
Why not jump on the bandwagon... :-)
http://wingsandwheels.com/class/classified.php?id=1231
2001 ASH-26E, 1500 hours, excellent shape, low engine time (I prefer to take a tow and (rarely) use the engine to save me from a long retrieve)
Looking to downsize budget and glider, so will replace it...
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Clueless news reporting by
[email protected]
http://www.kaaltv.com/news/more-than-20-glider-teams-coming-compete-in-albert-lea-/4483097/
It's good to get coverage, but wow. How can someone get this so wrong?
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Torrey Pines by
[email protected]
Nice article on the history and future of this site.
http://www.lajollalight.com/news/local-news/sd-gliderport-sailplane-ucsd-growth-20170613-story.html
5Z
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Strange jump in IGC file recorded on iPhone by
[email protected]
Last Sunday, I gave 3 rides in the club's L-23 and recorded them using the SeeYou app on my iPhone 4S. Flights have been uploaded to SkyLines with the 3rd one (https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/26873/) showing the anomaly.
Near the time of my release, the altitude jumps almost 1,000' and...
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