Questions of costs and benefits, and preferences: Who benefits from annual SSA national convention? Do glider and electronics vendors benefit by annual show, vs the cost to them to go? Can you, vendor, afford to go annually and is it cost/benefit

Questions regarding females and gliding: Please find below, several questions considering constitution, psychology, and motivations of women, for your sincere proffers and posits hereunto: 1. Why do more females not fly gliders? (Therein may be answer to why are there so few women

Questions regarding females and gliding: Please find below, several questions considering constitution, psychology, and motivations of women, for your sincere proffers and posits hereunto: 1. Why do more females not fly gliders? (Therein may be answer to why are there so few women

There is a good brief article titled 'A Quick No Math Technique for Locating the Gross Weight C.G. of Your Sailplane' by Stanley A. Hall, Sunnyvale, California, in Soaring Magazine, September 1997,

I need a solution for an O2 bottle and EDS regulator that fits my 27B with the seat back in the full aft position. Any excellent ideas floating around out there?

Garage sale time...Everything is two years old and is in great shape. Shipping to 48 states included. 1. National Flatpack Parachute (black) with carrying case (due for repack)...$750.00 2. EW MicroRecorder with SD card, wall and USB charger, (due for calibration)....$400.00 3. ICOM IC-A4...

Hi, all. I find myself with a week in late February, and a lot quite near to Santa Fe, NM (and she who fills my life with delight loves the art operations in Santa Fe as well). The casual observer would note that a trip to Santa Fe is warranted. Alas, the lot is undeveloped and requires only a...

Hi. For reasons unrelated to soaring, I am in the market for a Maule, M(x)-235 (where x= 4,5,6,or 7). I am fairly active in my local club and we occasionally find ourselves short a tow plane. There is an STC'd tow hook for the thing, so I wanna know: Anyone ever tow with or behind a Maule 235? I...

I'm wondering if many people hold a mild slip in turns and why they do it. Please reply to this post if you do this and give your reason(s). Thanks, Jim Hendrix

Well, here goes. I'll understand, or try to anyway, if my friends, who used to think of me as a reasonable, level headed kind of guy, turn and run when they see me coming down the street. Maybe it really didn't happen. Maybe it was only a dream. Maybe it was a calculation error or equipment...

The Standard Cirrus web site will be temporarily offline while it switches to a new server. It should be back in a few days, possibly a week if the switch does not go smoothly. JEH

Blanik L-13 3360TT, Borgelt B-40, Terra TX-760, Fresh annual with sale, good paint, standard instruments, flys weekly. Open trailer included. located in Arkansas. $16,000 Contact Charles Burnett 870-238-3227

A solid-state turn indicator, suitable for gliders, is now available. It's light weight, reliable, energy efficient and inexpensive. Go to www.oxaero.com for details. Jim Hendrix Oxford Aero Equipment

An article on rebulding the Eberle trailer surge brake has been posted to the Standard Cirrus web site. Text by Bruce Greeff and photo essey by Gunnar Blanke. Go to www.standardcirrus.org. Click Issues, then Trailers. JH

I received one of the first TruTrak solid-state (no gyro) T&B indicators last week and flew with it last Saturday. For a full report, go to www.oxaero.com. Jim Hendrix

FYI, the Standard Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association Yahoo group just reached 200 members. This is a milestone as the group continues its steady growth. We have an acttive email discussion group and an informative web site (www.standardcirrus.org). Our thanks to Al McDonald for hosting our web...

SureCheck Aviation now offers a low cost proximity detection device that's suitable for glider use. It receives transponder transmissions and indicates nearness of the source. This unit is the size of a credit card and operates on batteries. Velcro it above your panel and you're done. This...

Stefan Melber, et. al., have just published an aerodynamic simulation of a Standard Cirrus glider. It's a scholarly work and will not be understood by most of us, but the pictures are informative and worth taking a look at. You will find a link to it at www.standardcirrus.org. It's a 1.2 MB...

The Standard Cirrus web site has been moved to a new home. It now lives in a folder at www.oxaero.com. It will take several days for the domain name to catch up. Until then, www.standardcirrus.org will point to the old site, or may not work at all for a day to so. Meanwhile, you can...

Copies of Wally Scott's Marfa Report are still available. If you plan to fly at Marfa with Dick Johnson or Burt Compton, then this is a must read. In 1972 Wally Scott published this report on what to expect in the Marfa region of SW Texas. It's 10 pages of text with a chart showing areas...