Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see...

Chip Bearden wrote: Wait...those aren't allowed anymore. Living in the past. How many on this group recall those "exciting" dashes back to the contest, throwing the glider together as fast as possible, and relaunching, hoping to do better the second time? The rapid assembly was sometimes made...

wrote: Want a one deign class today with plenty of ships in the fleet that meet the above criteria? Start a Std Libelle class. Just Musing UH I think I am about to start the official Ka-6 Semi one design racing class. Will be somewhat like the old International Race of...

Yeah, I know I should "buy a new logger". But, I fly old sailplanes. :-) Anyone had success uploading a file from a Model 20 and getting a valid score? I am 0 for 3. The first two, I wrote off to too few satellites a couple of times during the flight. Didn't have that issue today, but still a...

The soaring community lost a colorful character on June 3, 2017, when Bill Seed passed away at his beloved Sunflower Aerodrome and Gliderport near Hutchinson, Kansas. He was 73 years old. Bill was known to many in the soaring community for various things, but he was known most to me for three...

Hey Chris, if you are interested, it is N110FF. Registration canceled in 2012. Last registered owner Richard Harmon in Port Orchard, Washington. Steve Leonard

To try and get this going separate from the discussion of the ongoing World Championships,I think we can agree: Any scoring system will have an unintended consequences. Current FAI scoring system used at World and Continental Championships tends to encourage group flying (reward for striking out...

Was just looking at OLC, and there has been at least one, 1,000KM + flight each day since December 3. Haven't looked back, but I suspect this is likely close to the longest string of days where this has happened. And if not for December 2nd, the string would go back to November 24th. Good...

And the racers are approaching "Divot, Texas", on their way to the first turn at Dilley... Let's hope no body "Divots" and Divot! So wishing I was able to be there... Steve Leonard Might have been PN at this race

Fellow KSA Member Bob Holliday launched from Sunflower Gliderport in his PIK-20E (I believe), and is currently near Terrell, Texas. http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0DUGNroxDvdjnTg2IntqmHTE0VC0LeBJb Spring Go South weather has arrived in Kansas! Go, guys, go!!!!! Steve

About a week ago, George Applebay had an accident while working in the Library at the US Southwest Soaring Museum. He and a book case tangled and George ended up with some broken bones and a good bump on the head. He has been moved from the hospital to a Rehab Center. He is currently...

While not with as big a spalsh or fanfare as a Hugh and Gordo trek, KSA's Tony Condon (now changing over to The Cirrus Kid?) is off on a free distance run today. Cold front came blasting through yesterday afternoon, and with warm ground and cold air, thermals were predicted to be good. This,...

For those really serious about soaring and art, here is your chance to buy a piece of history. Andrea Derujinsky (Yes, one of Gleb's daughters who makes a brief appearance in the movie) has an ORIGINAL, 16mm film version of the movie, given to Gleb by Bob Drew, the film's producer. If you are...

Nice segment featuring Bruno Vassel about soaring and weather on The Weather Channel. Finally! They provide a segment of "Worthwhile entertainment!" For the first time in a long time, I have been happy to see them showing something other than real live, current weather information! Thanks you...

Nice segment featuring Bruno Vassel about soaring and weather on The Weather Channel. Finally! They provide a segment of "Worthwhile entertainment!" For the first time in a long time, I have been happy to see them showing something other than real live, current weather information! Thanks you...

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20111013X31821&ntsbno=WPR12FA010&akey=1 Happened to be looking through the NTSB Database and saw that they updated the report about a month ago.

I have two 6 volt and one 2 volt PowerSonic cells in series to make a 14 volt pack for one of my sailplanes. I had one of the batteries go bad, so I did a little checking to see which one. All showed appropriate charge voltage when not loaded, however, one battery went from 6.2 volts no load, to...

Word has gotten out that the SSA is going to launch a new racing class in 2014. The plan is for the class to begin in Regional Competition in 2014, and become a National Class in 2015. Due to the demise of the World Class, and the apparent popularity of the “Low Performance” contest, the Rules...

Anybody know anything about what happened to the one Zefir 2A that came to the US? It was registration number N86674. Shows up in the NTSB Database as having crashed near Cedar City, Utah, on June 26, 1968. Sailplane Directory issue of April 1970 said that Jerry Austin of Pasadena, CA owned it,...

Barry, In one of my favorite books, Richard Miller's "Without Visible Means of Support", there is a tale of a Russian Glider air/winch/winch tow. A twin engined towplane, a bunch of wire, a two place sailplane, a bunch of wire, and a single place sailplane. Tow plane goes as high as he can go,...