'=UPDATE=' Empty towball, Florida/East Coast to wherever you need a glider trailer'd to. Gonna be on the East Coast in a few weeks after dropping off a glider... I have a fresh coat of Rainex on my windows, a new set of tools, a full tuneup and fresh oil/filters all around. I'm headed out...

I'm working on a somewhat generic sailplane cockpit for Condor2, loosely based on the Antares advanced ergonomy. There is a great cross-section of it on their site (below), however I need the actual measurement of at least one component so I can accurately scale the drawing. For this, I've chosen...

....is actually pretty nice. In addition to a clean layout with lots of large and clear color photos of interesting things and good writings to tie it all together, it physically feels like higher quality paper and mine even came wrapped in plastic, in mint condition no less. This issue is very...

Damn, a two seat side by side self launch version of Eric Raymond's solar motorglider. Too interesting of news to merely throw into the 2 seat self launch discussion... http://solar-flight.com/news.html -Paul

Looks like Byron, CA airport might get a reliable house thermal in the future. http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100805plumes.html?WT.mc_id=100806epilot&WT.mc_sect=adv -Paul

It appears that there has actually been progress on the Saqqara microlift glider: http://www.diloren.com/index01.htm as is evidenced by this pic: http://www.vole.ch/matmambo/diloren.jpg of a completed(?) example. Does anyone have anymore info on this? I've scoured the Dilorean site many times,...

Gotta hand it to Johan Bosman on this one... look at pg 5 of this pdf: http://www.streckenflug.at/news/js_communication_2010_07.pdf Personally I think his take on the exhaust vent is simply ingenious. The opening on that thing is immense and has got to allow much air to pass, but flow is organized...

Or nearish by. I'm just back from Fla and ready for moar. Saw Dave's post looking for a westbound from Indiana so I thought I might try to find a suitable eastbound. Paul Hanson (51oh) 22seven-9five23 paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com

Still out east... slowly working my way back, empty Paul Hanson (51oh) 22seven-9five2three Paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com

Anyone used one of these in a glider or other aircraft yet? http://www.shadowboxlive.com/ I am interested in a 3D logger for acro flying and such, and this unit appears to fit the bill by measuring speed, alt, g's, and angular rates/positions combined with GPS, so I'm curious to hear...

Anyone know? All this 'ultimate soaring adventure' talk got me thinking how cool it would be to do X/C- without the benefit of aerotow/winch/noisy thing... Also called 'slope launch' or 'rolling launch'. For those unfamiliar with this launch...

Anyone have any experience with this unit yet: http://tinyurl.com/358w5vx seems nice- high res screen, wired serial, only a hundred bucks... general specs: CPU: Centrality Atlas IV 533MHZ, 4GB NAND Flash ROM, 128MB SDRAM, Real-time OS Microsoft WinCE 6.0 pro version, 5.0” TFT 65K colors touch ...

I dunno... where do you need your glider towed? I typically can cover up to 1000mi/day, so it ain't no 1 week trip to get your ship to you on the east coast and vice versa. Paul Hanson paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com (51owe) 2two7-nine5two3

linked here since not everyone gets the AOPA daily briefs... http://tinyurl.com/2a7at5h -Paul

Anyone know any more about them than this article does: http://tinyurl.com/yc4dnjr -Paul

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/02/buy-your-own-flying-hovercraft/ -at least he was thoughtful enough to provide handles for his passengers to hold onto. WTF?!? oh, and it could be yours for the low price of... -paul

Getting scammed!! I find this (ongoing/unfolding) saga of this 27 for 'sale' fairly amusing, some of you may also (or not...) http://www.gliderguider.net/yaBB/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1261311629/0 -Paul

Anyone have one of those brass 200x50 (20mm axle) tailwheels laying around and want to sell/trade it? TIA, -Paul

Anyone know the specs for the gas strut used on the SZD-59's canopy? The writing on mine is beyond reading and I would like to replace it (without paying the $ZD factory price or waiting weeks for the infos...) since mine is a bit soft. I've measured the shaft at 8mm and eye to eye being somewhere...

I just bought a new solar vent for my trailer from North-Star Marine for a very reasonable price, $60 for a stainless day/night model that moves 1100 cubic feet/hour. The ABS model is even cheaper at $50... Shipping was $15 for the first but would be free on a second unit. My first one got busted...