Burt here. I'm NOT retiring, I just downsizing my fleet, selling a hangar, offering my collection of vintage music instruments for sale, specifically: My beautifully restored 1946 Piper J-3 Cub (low-time C-85 HP.) Grove brakes, new spars, new prop, etc. Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus, low time,...

Peter Rundle in Australia. Thanks Udo

Anyone fancy a trip or have an empty tow ball from Austin TX (fault line flyers) to Minden NV? Please email me on this Gmail account. Thanks Al

I am planning to drive from Tulsa, OK to Minden, NV on Thursday Sept. 23rd. Does anyone need a glider hauled west bound? I am leaving for Tokyo tomorrow morning and will be home Wednesday evening. I can be contacted by email at rgteel at mac dot com Randy

Reminder - The Washington DC Area FIRC is just over 1 month Away -- See Below Don't forget to sign up before the holidays.... The Soaring Safety Foundation will present a Flight Instructor Refresher Course in the Washington D.C. area on January 18 and 19, 2020. The course will be presented by...

A couple years ago, I landed out at a contest and my retrieve took quite a while because the driver could not find me even though my position was known. It turned out that the contest person in charge of retrievals had one format in her locating program, and the output from the spot was in decimal....

Looks like fun. This device keeps a camera pointed at a RF tag bearing target. You can mount the cameraman on one glider and point it at another. http://shop.soloshot.com/ third generation coming soon.

Not to be confused with the Soaring Hall of Fame for which nominations were just requested... Though some FLARM installations perhaps deserve nominations there too! I've recently received a lot of requests for the FLARM Antenna Hall of Shame advice, but sadly the original web page got trashed. Urs...

Sale - Used PowerFLARM Core v1 This is a great deal on a slightly used PowerFLARM Core v1. It looks almost perfectly new, other than the scratches on the mounting feet. Version 1 Core units are exactly the same as the current version 2 PowerFLARM Core units with the exception that the Audio...

I am pleased to announce that the public alpha version of GlidePort web app is available to glider pilots, crews, gliding enthusiasts and spectators world-wide! * For general recreational / club flying, GlidePort lets you track gliders in near-real-time, see who's where on the map. - SPOT and...

Thinking back on the dreadful Cadillac commercial glider accident in October of 2011, I wondered if the final NTSB report was ever released. It hasn't and still shows as "preliminary" 8 months later. http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111013X31821&key=1 Is 8 months typical for...

Last week at William's Octoberfest, we used some new tasking ideas; Contestants were told to pick ont turn-point from the Northern task area and on from the Southern task area. Start at Lutz lake with unlimited altitude, 2:00 Minimum Time and handicap the speeds. Great results with something like a...

Burt Compton mentions, 'an involved crew is a happy crew.' Please define 'Crew'! Ray 'the crewless' Lovinggood (some, no most, would say Ray, 'the clueless' Lovinggood) Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

I've been flying my 12m Silent-IN all by mysel up in Northern Maine. I'm finding conditions are usually marginal. 5kts is the best I've ever seen on the very best day. Typically I see 2-3kts and real scratchy at that. I often run into a kind of lift (particullarly up near the cloud decks) where...

Has anyone modified the L-23 wingtip and put a rollerblade or other wheel on it? Factory wants $1900 per side for wheel equipped replacement tips, whivh IMO is a bit steep. -Tom

OK.What goes faster then the speed of light, and cracks the 100 mph barrier at Parowan for the first time??? Well, its a ASW 27b, DRY, driven by GW, Steve Koerner. On a 2 hr TAT. All classes flew a TAT cause of build ups. We launched early, 11:25 am was first tow. Black flat bottom building cu are...

Several Aussies have said how good Ferro gelcaot is. Can any user tell me which of the Ferro products they have used for refinishing. There seems to be quite a range including patching additives...

Would someone please give me an estimate of how much a 1993 Grob 103 Twin III is worth in today's market? Total time less than 300 hours!! It has a Cobra trailer, Steve's One-man rigger, O2, full front and back instruments and LNAV/GPS20.

It's a secura brand tubeless 6 ply 1-26 tire. We ordered one and they sent us two so we are selling this one. please contact me at -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== ...

FS: Cambridge CAV-II $250 USD It is presently installed and working great. I just need a mechanical vario for back up instead of an electric vario. I will consider trades for a good 80mm Winter Vario. Wells email address: (remove SOAR from address)