I've expanded the soaring section of my web site, including posting some of my favorite photos taken while soaring. The soaring page itself is at http://www-ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/soaring.html It has a general description of soaring including a list of FAQ's I put together. That page will be...

I have a Dynon EFIS in my Nimbus 3, 26m. I have been cloud flying for almost 10+ yrs in Florida...all legal, there are a lot of misconceptions of this...but according to the current FAR, in the USA cloud flying is legal. With the EFIS, I have a Tru-Trak T&B, however, the preferred T&B is always a...

My application for a permanent PP license was submitted using IACRA. The temporary certification expires in 120 days from the date of issuance; my temp license expires in December 05 and I still haven't received my permanent one. Should I start worrying? How many days it took you to get your...

Here is the link to 2005 Harris Hill Junior Video, not totally done yet but I think it's getting there... http://www.flynik.com/Draft.wmv -Nik

Complete with cables and manual. 920 can be upraded to a 921 for use with GPS and Winpilot. I believe the 910 can be used as a stand alone vario. Make an offer! Randy Cone (rconeco at yahoo.com) Colorado

I am looking for a compaq PDA 1500 series. Thanks, Sam Giltner.

I've got a Grob 102 Standard Astir III. The manual that came with the plane has one flight polar diagramed. The diagram contains flight polars for 3 different configurations of the G102. Because so many lines are drawn in close proximity to each other, its not a diagram that can be used for...

Hello, If you have Google Earth on you computer www.planeur.net invites you to use the following *.kml file : http://download.planeur.net.free.fr/champs/planeur.net_champs_alpes.zip

Hi Fellow Pilots, My name is Jeff Runciman and I am a new sailplane pilot. I probably have a couple of more hours left before I get my licence. I currently have 135 hours powered, 35 hours ultralite, and about 450 hours of hang gliding time. I am current in all except the ultralight. I am looking...

Alan.. If you have any questions...please send via email @ aol Thks Shawn --

Alan... It takes approx 90-100 days to receive your certificate from the FAA...all depends on what time of the year it was issues as well....It will come...however, if it appears that you will not receive it before your temp expires, contact the nearest FAA office. Overseas I recommend email...

Jeff: I bought an L33 as a my first glider 3 years ago and owned it for 1 year. It climbs nicely and it's performance at 33:1 is decent. Cockpit is very roomy. It was very easy to fly and to transition to from a 1-26. Brand new they are overpriced but you should be able to pick up a fairly nice...

Hey guys, For sale is a 400mhz Dell Axim X5. It comes with a Compact Flash GPS, a 512 mb sd card a wireless networker (802.11 CF card) and Winpilot 6.09 ADV installed. Just charge it up and you are ready to go soaring with it. Pocket PC 2002 is installed as operating system. Also comes with leather...

I have asked all members of the Minden Soaring Club to vote on a proposal to move all gliding to the East side of the airport, or to stay on the West side. Please visit the club's website www.mindensoaringclub.org, read the news and articles on the subject, and follow instructions on how...

November 11 2001 was the last time I stepped into a cockpit. It was the last time I was too broke to have a few "goodies". In honor of which I have made a $400 trip to the local model railroad shop. Which has also been about average per month. But I have something I can hold in my hands, not...

Larry Goddard wrote: 'Probably OK. However, if you are really concerned, one option is to put a Schottky diode (of sufficient current capacity) in line. It will introduce approximately 0.5v of voltage drop over the whole range of supplied voltage.' Darn good idea, Larry. Even if you aren't...

I followed the link and it does appear to be on. You are maybe looking at the wrong day? November 12th. Not tomorrow morning, but next Saturday morning. Don't return that tape to the neighbors just yet! Steve Leonard

Hi there, Does anybody knows what happened to the John Leibacher's turnpoint database? I was trying to access it via link on Cumulus Soaring web site and then I did search on Google and all I found was information "NOT FOUND" Can anybody point me to the correct location of that database? I need to...

OK, Ive not done one. Been checked out, approved and even go to the "all ready to break my outlanding virginity" stage during many flights -only to be saved by a low thermal or afternooon crop fire. So, outlanding is an interesting idea that I am sure to come to grips with soon enough, weather...

I'm refurbishing a 2-32 and I'm planning to fly this big bird in our wave and was wondering what type of grease would not get stiff when it gets very cold?