At 03:00 12 October 2003, Jack wrote: in article , Dave Martin at wrote on 2003/10/11 4:41: I would defend to the end your right to do what you want with your life.

There is a book of Eppler airfoils. Sorry I can't recall the name, but it might be worth trying your local library. I traced it through my local library (Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia) who got it in for me from our state library (Brisbane). Keep looking as it's a great book, full of coordinates...

For inclusion as examples in various local safety seminars, I've started collecting credible anecdotal reports of NMACs (loosely defined) between gliders and other aircraft. I'm particularly interested in incidents or near-incidents with airliners or other "heavies". I have four such anecdotes...

This is a collection of flights submitted by the pilots on an honour basis. Up to four flights count for the standings.p It can be accessed at a href="http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html"http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html/ap Following are all the flights currently...

There is a technical note dated 9/23/2003 (LBA) regarding fixing of mass balance weights to the elevator of the following models and SNs: V2: 1, 2, 31, 32, 48, 54, 71, 117, 124-151, 153 D2: 1-185, 187-189 D2T: 1-33 See the S-H website for details.

Hello there et salut a tous. Anyone of you good people out there would know where I can find IdaFiled test data on the Open Cirrus (an any other glider for that matter). I already have the polar10.xls Excel sheet for the folks down under but Can find/be sure I have the data for the glider... Y...

Hi All, Took my first flight in a glider last week and had a blast. I want to do it again and learn more about soaring. I'm a quadraplegic but the organization "Freedoms Wings" in PA, USA has specially equipped gliders. I've attached a pic (hope it makes it) and was wondering if someone can tell me...

A friend of mine has made some wing covers out of Tyvek, but hasn't used them very long. Has anyone else made wing covers using Tyvek and used them long enough to know how well they work and hold up? It appears to be a satisfactory material (such as type 1460), and less than $200US would be enough...

Anybody know of a color decal of the diamond badge? Say about 3" dia. Or even a good resolution color picture that one could make a decal from. Dennis Brown

Hi, The winglets on my Discus, as supplied by SH when the glider was new, don't have turbulator tape. I believe the original Masak winglets did use ziz-zag tape to good effect. Anyone out there know whether it's worth fitting to SH winglets & if so do you have an accurate position?

For placing an announcement and hyperlink on the SSA website for the pilot opinion poll. I did not receive notice in the mail (maybe others, too?) could it be the Postal Service is short on dough after buying Lance Armstrong a new bike? - Mark Navarre ASW-20 OD California, USA -

Where and how much. Tom Kelley # 711

It is a new day in Kaleeforneea Today Arnoldt Schwarzenegger Amerikanisher from Ostereich will soon take Kaleefornia by its

Arnold has sworn to repeal the tripling of our car tax, so we will still be able to drive to the gliderport. So there, It's about soaring! No hate mail, please. I hear N(E)vade is working on a new Governator also. :) JJ Sinclair

Does anyone have the pin out for the older style Volkslogger plug that used the 5 pin screw on plug assembly. The manual only refers to a colour code factory lead. Many thanks Martin Carolan

The equation relating potential energy to kinetic energy is: mdg=mvv/2 where m=mass d=height g=gravitation const. v=velocity

So here's a different idea: What if, in instances where we are using a 1 mile cylinder for the finish, instead of putting in a hard deck of 500', we make it so the scoring program can calculate TOTAL ENERGY for each glider at the one mile point (this should be relatively easy to do). The idea...

Ok folks. Gotta a simple question. Do I need a specific endorsement for FAR 61.31 (j) (ii) to do aerotow? My CFI-G says nope, my solo endorsement was for aero-tow and I dont' need a seperate endorsment. (Although I don't find the word aero-tow written in my log book at all). I am going for...

There is a 3 page article on Steve Fossett in this weeks Newsweek starting on pg 73. About 1/3 of the article is about gliding, and there are several large pictures of him in his ASH-25M. Kevin Christner

Just wanted to report that Cambridge is still in the repair business with good results. Two weeks before the New Castle (USA) regionals, my CAI Model 20 GPS/NAV stopped working. The green light that normally blinks stayed on full time, the box made a clicking noise every couple of seconds, and the...