I will in NZ in mid-November, and will of course swing by Omarama for a look-see and perhaps a flight. Can anyone recommend a decent B&B in the area ? Cheers, Charles

Our SDZ 50-3 "Puchacz" -- a heavy plane -- is in need of a cosmetic facelift: remove dings, refinishing, repainting. What we do not have is a trailer to take it to the shop. Does anyone in SoCal have available a trailer for a couple of weeks (compensated of course) ? Cheers, Charles

Has the December issue of the magazine come out ? Has anyone received it ? Cheers, Charles

I will be in the Lake district in July 2007. Have contacted by e-mail the two sites in the area listed in the BGA web page to see if I can fly there during my trip , with no response. One e-mail address appears to be obsolete. Can anyone out there direct me to the proper persons or...

Go to http://membres.lycos.fr/cvvacd/ That is the web site of a soaring club in Besancon, France, mentioned in earlier posts. Click on "Le coin du pilote " (Pilot's corner) on the left side of the page Click on "Humour" (Humor) on the menu. Scroll down to "Videos", and select the middle tab...

Does anyone have any experience or can make a recommendation for a portable air pump ? This would be to add some air to a main tire without having to go back to the shack for a "real" heavy-duty compressor. Cheers, Charles

is there anyone who knows why 2 pilots are not on the scoresheet for day1.they were there on the practice days? Thanks. Dennis aka 4Q

I can not attend the Nephi Cross Country camp. I have made motel reservations for the entire event. If you are interested in attending, I will wait to cancel the room until we can coordinate the switch. It is a fantastic chance for great soaring and wonderful get-togethers after soaring. I loved...

I can't pull up the new waypoint file. When I start XCSoar, it does not show two profiles for the two waypoint lists I have up-loaded. Does that mean that the new waypoint file is not loaded correctly, or can I select the new waypoint list via another screen?

I sent out news releases and followed up - persistence is frequently required. I produced some very positive publicity for soaring. Here is the link to all the photos: http://www.chron.com/news/gallery/Up-in-the-Air-67712.php?cmpid=nprefer Sylvia kissing husband, Hugh, before her flight made the...

I purchased a Avier and installed XC Soar. When I use it to fly cross country, it freezes up after less than an hour of use. I see the course line and the glider symbol. but it doesn't move. I can't get the "quit" message to show up. The first time it occurred I was flying my Duo with another...

I am looking for some high resolution photographs of gliders soaring at Omarama. I need pictures of the glider as well as shots from the glider. These are for publication; credit will be given and there is the possibility of small payment by the publisher. Contact me and I will put you in contact...

I am looking for a back-up for my Volkslogger. I need something that will be accepted for FAI records & badges. Occasionally my Volkslogger gets a high number of invalid fixes. (recently - 3, 23, 0 , 41, 3, 63) It has a new battery and I have used this FL for over 10 years with no real problems....

I want to buy a back-up flight recorder. 63 invalid fixes on a long flight has convinced me that my Volkslogger won't always record the flight with the required accuracy. (I had the battery replaced last year but now I am having problems on about 1 out of 4 flights. The pattern of invalid fixes...

I'm glad the article was well received and thanks for the kind words. The point of getting media coverage is to promote our sport. It's easier than you think. It took me 10 minutes to use the "Record" template from the new, revised Soaring Publicity Handbook. I emailed it to the city desk...

I'm still looking for links to articles or other media converage of your soaring club or commercial operation. Please send anything from the past two years. I know there have been some really great stories.

This was another year of great stories on soaring. I am compiling a list to give to other media sources. If your club or commercial operation received local or national media attention, I'd like to get the link. Here are a few of the links for...

Which clubs and commercial operations have outstanding web sites that make people eager to give soaring a try? Out of date sites with pictures that don’t include recent improvements and photographs that are obviously from another decade can’t help us recruit members. Great web sites can. Please...

A year ago I began having audio problems. I would only get the up sound at 4+. Sometimes, toward the end of the flight, I didn't even get sound at 5+. The instrument itself tracks the same as the Winter, and the averager works ( as confirmed by another pilot in the air.). Additionally, after an...

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