It wouldn't hurt to repeat this message also -- any location thinking of going to a winch operation would do well to absorb the lessons in Derek Piggott's "Ground Launches" book. This 83-page book distills over forty years of European and British winch experience. The author has had over 10,000...

Four miles north of Jean Sport Aviation Center ID OL7 Lat/Long: 35-46-05.7800N / 115-19-46.6960W Jean Dry Lake Bed Sailplanes L-13 and SGS 2-33 Hang gliders and Paragliders Two or three CFIG's will be present. Those with auto-tow endorsement only encouraged to attend.

Hi all in Glider-Land, the Carolina Soaring Association is hosing its annual Winch Clinic. The clinic will be taking place on Friday, October 5 (ground school) and October 6/7 (flying). Since our home field KSPA is still closed due to construction, we will be flying at the Triple Tree Aerodrome...

The Carolina Soaring Association (CSA) is hosting a winch clinic beginning with a ground school on Friday, May 20 followed by winching on Saturday and Sunday, May 21st/22nd. The venue will be the beautiful Triple Tree Aerodrome (SC00) and we will have two winches in operation. Cost: $350 per...

As found on Barnstormers.com GLIDER WINCH CLINIC IN SO CAL • $375 • EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT • YOU'RE INVITED! • Instruction on flight and operations of winch launching with a modern winch built by Roman Wrosz. Space limited. March 9-11, 2012. Fly-in or drive to Jacumba, CA (L78). The demonstration...

In reading Derek's book, he makes mention that a cable can be effectively repaired with out using aluminum or copper ferrules, but apparently by carefully opening up the 7x7 stranded construction and then interweaving the strands back together for a seamless repair. Obviously this has advantages of...

From Aerokurier: Plastic winch cable now in series production ----------------------------- After a year of testing at AeC Landau the Lippmann Tauwerk GmbH has begun production of Dyneema as a winch-towing cable. Lippmann Tauwerk has developed the necessary braiding and coating of the "Dynatec...

Here is one of the speaker presentations planned for the 2016 SSA convention in Greenville SC FEB. 18 - 20. The winch this presentation is based on will be on display in front of the Carolina Soaring booth. http://ssaconvention.org/ Building & Operating a Winch-What I Would Do Differently if I...

http://www.glidingmagazine.com/NewsArticle.asp?id=1371 http://www.glidingmagazine.com/ Correct "CG" release was used, which on PW5 is offsett forward of the CG. I was told that the nose hook is not allowed for winch towing of PW5. That's what manual sais, but who knows why? Which other gliders are...

I would appreciate hearing from pilots in the USA who have been using the WinCE flight recorder. Thanks. John Godfrey USA Competition Rules Committee

Can anyone tell me how to tell Windows XP (SP2) to reassign devices to comm ports, or move assignments? I'm using LX Nav's new version of LXe (posted yesterday) and I cannot get it to open the comm port my USB-Serial adapter uses, and LXe won't let me select one ... Ted/2NO Chandler, AZ

Hi, I have just loaded Win Pilot ver10.02 and it works just fine except I get no wind calculation regardless of how much circling I do. Has anyone experienced this problem? I loaded the program on a second IPAQ with the same issue.

Win a NK ClearNav and support the US Team This new soaring instrument, a $2800 value, has been generously donated by Nielsen Kellerman to support the US Team. Each donation to the team of $25 gets one chance to win. Enter as many times as you like. Raffle ends June 15, 2008. Go to...

Hi Soaring Pilots, WIN A NANO! $470 Value I have been working hard creating interesting and useful Soaring Product Training videos over the years. There are nearly 100 of them so far, with many from this year, and many more coming soon. You can see a list of all the videos he...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChaffeeSoaring/ Poke around and you should be able to get to the registration and rules. Free thread on motorglider vs non-motorglider participation.

Is there any soaring going on at Willis Gliderport in Boynton Beach FL these days? -- Mike Schumann -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Airstrip plans to move if homes glide in By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat April 16, 2007 - 11:55PM For 14 years, aircraft have taken off and landed just to the east of Williams, all without a sound. But a developer's plan for 900 houses off Husted Road has the owner of a local glider airstrip...

William C Holbrook passed away peacefully last night at the age of 98. He was a long time family friend, professional pilot and holder of many soaring records. Also a member of the SSA hall of fame. He and my father, Ed Byars, had a long friendship and contributed much to the art of soaring with...

Dear Colleagues and friends The University of Minho, in Portugal and Dare Institute in Cambridge, MA are inviting potential participants from various backgrounds for an online study on how adults differ in their reasoning about aging and problems. The purpose of this study is to explore an...

The US Sport Pilot initiative seems like it will be fully approved in less than another year. I wonder if Sport Pilots will be insurable in the US? By happy coincidence, Jane and Dennis both seem to be strong supporters, so I hope they can help with the final problem (which has also thwarted...