If you need your Flight Instructor's Certificate Revalidated, there will be a FIRC in the Mid-Atlantic area later this month. There are still places available. The Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF) will present a Flight Instructor's Revalidation Clinic on March 21-22, 2015. The Clinic will be...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF) will present a Flight Instructor's Revalidation Clinic on March 21-22, 2015. The Clinic will be hosted by the Tidewater Soaring Society in Windsor, VA The FIRC will be held in the TSS clubhouse and presented by Rich Carlson of the SSF and other speakers. The...

Now that Christmas is over and the days are getting longer.... Things to think about for next season Shenadoah Valley Soaring is Sponsoring A SSF - Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic Location -- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. For information please see our website -...

I have a handy little BlueTooth GPS logger. I can download files and then display on GPSVisualer.com, but would love to be able to use soaring programs to analyze in greater detail. GPSBabel does not support icg, and programs like SeeYou do not appear to accept NMEA or types of files generated by...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=250090512997 Soaring Magazine 1961-1970 Vintage Sailplane Glider 10 Years / 120 Issues / 12 per year A Complete Set of the Key Decade of Soaring Magazines Clean and very servicable set of circulated Soaring magazines...

Laister LP-46 N46LP in collection of Southwest Soaring Museum since 2002 In the past week, two of you (David Derryberry and Steve Leonard) were good enough to follow up on my old LP-46 question. Thanks to: Kathy Taylor SWSM, who sleuthed out the logs and existing 337 sport canopy paperwork for...

Research Librarian Karl Bender would like to expand on a core collection of "Soaring" magazines. He HAS "Soaring" in bound volumes from 1975 through 1997. He would like to add years pre-1975 and post-1997. Loose copies are welcome. He is also interested in "Technical Soaring". If you know of a...

Does anyone remember the 1970s balsa Award Miniatures glider desk model kits? I'm trying to indentify / locate the original owner of the company. Also curious how many designs there were, and if anyone has any of the old plans. (Know of a Minimoa, 1-23, 1-26, 2-32, and a Slingsby Skylark...

I would like to buy a Borgelt B40 vario. If you have one that's available, please drop me a line. Cam Martin Tehachapi CA jcmartinATbak.rr.com

BJ-1B Duster Sailplane Project - For Sale Auction Ends tomorrow. Nov-22-07 15:00:00 PST This is kit # 269, sold to a builder in South West Michigan. He was a retired wood shop teacher and home builder. He was in ill health and donated the project to the chapter. The work to this point is...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1963-Schleicher-Ka-6CR-Sailplane-ready-to-fly-glider_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ26428QQihZ010QQitemZ200044638227QQrdZ1 1963 Schleicher Ka-6CR Sailplane, ready to fly glider This a 1963 Ka-6CR sailplane. Built in Germany, it is all wood and fabric. It has a current...

Three Decade Set of Soaring Magazines 1961-90 on eBay 360 Issues. Very Good Condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250088579832

Free Duster Card Model Promotion Continues Until Wednesday. Here is the link for the model: http://www.wsam.net/fgac8h/DUSTERf/ http://www.fiddlersgreen.net Fiddlers Green is a commercial site with close to 500 downloadable paper models. Card models, i.e. paper models of airplanes, not "folded...

From Chip Fyn - Until Monday, the Duster model is a freebee. Better let you're gliden' pals in on that little news :) WWW.fiddlersgreen.net PDF Download. Print out cut and glue together with white glue. Takes an evening...

Card Model - Bowlus Baby Albatross Fiddler's Green specializes in downloadable scale models made from paper or index cardstock. Each Friday they release a new model. This week's Baby Albatross is their second model in a series of classic sailplanes. www.fiddlersgreen.net/ Jeff Byard's BA-100 The...

Jack Laister was passionate about soaring throughout his 93 years, and his contributions were enormous. Here is a thumbnail of some of the gliders we associate with him today. (From various sources on the web.) 1938 "Yankee Doodle" Laister-Kauffmann LK-10A ( USAAC TG-4A) In 1938 Laister completed...

Dear friends: I received a very sad call tonight from one of Jack Laister's friends informing me that Jack passed away last night (Sunday 6 p.m. San Bernadino). He had apparently had some cardiac problems and pneumonia and then a stroke and was transferred to a hospital in the San Bernardino...

1922 Blaue Maus Model (Blue Mouse) Fiddler's Green specializes in downloadable scale models made from paper or index cardstock. On Fridays they issue a new model. This week's is their first in a series of classic sailplanes. www.fiddlersgreen.net/ Excerpt:

Anybody know where I can get a 1-23D Rudder? Round style rudder, but bigger than the original short wing 1-23 rudder. Cam Tehachapi

QUESTION: Does anyone know the condition and whereabouts of N46LP, a Laister LP-46 sailplane? N46LP was the second of two LP-46s built by Jack Laister's factory. DATA BASES SEARCHED: I have already checked the FAA's online registration databases, the NTSB crashed aircraft reports, etc. There are...