The Belgian National Aeroclub have put together an impressive list of recent low-energy final glide and finish accidents, presented to the IGC. This is useful for the endless US discussion on the question, should we go back to low finishes here....

A good video on contest safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LwWncyUfng Taken on a blue day when everybody sits in a gaggle until it's too late to get home. Some of the fixes seem a bit complex and strategic -- points for being the leader. Some seem pretty easy -- assigned start times. And...

I need some help with a Dittel FSG 60M. Everything works as expected, except the frequency display is now showing 188.88 regardless of the frequency it's tuned to. Any suggestions?

WTB, looking for LS4 or ASW-19 in good condition with decent trailer. I plan to be in Perry. John 828-714-4910

To get my glider's fuselage into my "hangar" (AKA garage) for winter work I I have to get it off and out of the trailer generally by myself. I made some ramps to help with this. I thought you might find this useful. There are two pairs of ramps. One is a pair of rather narrow ramps to get the...

There is a very nice article in the March 2021 issue of EAA Sport Aviation on Sarah's world championship win! On the contents page there is a beautiful 2-page wide picture of Sarah flying her Ventus 2ax against a sky full of clouds colored orange by the setting sun. Another 2-pager flying...

For all your friends that want to know what all this glider stuff is all about. I ran across this very well done article on "How To Become a Glider Pilot" https://hangar.flights/guides/how-to-become-a-glider-pilot/ Here is the link to the video mentioned in the article describing soaring to...

Every two years the ChicagoLand Glider Council hosts an all-day virtual seminar. This year the seminar will be held on Saturday, February 27th, 2021 starting at 8:30AM CT and going to 4:45PM CT with breaks in between speakers. WINGS credit is available. Pre-registration is not required. The...

Every two years the ChicagoLand Glider Council hosts a seminar during February. Our seminars are all day Saturday events having 4-5 speakers, includes a luncheon, and makes it a great wintertime social gathering for glider pilots here in the Midwest. The speeches are divided between soaring...

Garmin has purchased GEOS - the leading provider of emergency monitoring and response services. See Garmin's press release at https://tinyurl.com/garmin-geos. Why is this important? Because the GEOS system (https://www.geosresponse.com) is used by both Garmin in-Reach and SPOT (as well as the...

This YouTube video is from an Australian electrical engineer videographer that I have been following for quite a while. He has "mailbag" episodes from time to time to talk about electronic goodies that have been sent in to him (by me in one case). Some new, some historic, always fascinating ......

We have an unused canopy blank (no frame) wrapped in paper in our club's hangar's attic. It is in very nice shape and has been stored there for years.. No one seems to know anything about it or where it came from. We would like to identify and potentially sell it. The canopy is 78" long and 24"...

I bought a used Trig TT22 transponder but it didn't come with the semi-circular mounting adapters ("circular hole adapters"). I need these as my install will be going into a round hole. I am hoping that someone somewhere installed a Trig transponder (or Trig transceiver) into an oblong hole and...

I get a daily digest email from http://groups.google.com of the latest RAS articles. Sometimes I read RAS on a windows computer but often I read on my Android phone (Pixel 3 running Android 10). Very recently I find that while I can read RAS articles (and other Google Groups) on my Android but I...

Years ago my club used Delcom AIR960 handheld radios mounted in our instrument panels using an optional bracket and external power. They were less expensive than the alternatives and had the advantage (for a handheld) of top mounted frequency selection. In 2006 we removed them from service and I...

I am interested in the Open Glider Network (OGN) work with a possible implementation around the Chicago area. See http://wiki.glidernet.org/ for details. You can see tracked objects at http://live.glidernet.org. As you can imagine not much going on right now on January 20th - except around...

I just got a report from the Amazon Smile folks that says that to date those that have signed up for a portion of their Amazon purchases to be donated to the SSA made a total contribution of $2025.23 (no idea if that is yearly or forever). The total could have been higher but something is surely...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QJf83Oe3w

The new LXNav TrafficView has been available for a while now. But where the heck is the manual? I know, I know, it is similar enough to the older FlarmView so we can "just figure things out". But a new expensive product and no manual available at startup? Really? One thing we have all...

A commercial glider operation I am familiar with, but don't fly out of, is suspending operations for 2019 because; "... due to commercial operation insurance increase. There were some fatalities last year and they increased premiums 400% or so. They said they might form a club but nothing this...