On 10 August a number of updates to IGC-approval documents for Flight Recorders were issued. Details are given below At the same time the IGC web site for Flight Recorders has been updated. This follows over a year during which this site has been either non-existent or had out-of date...

I am thinking of installing the disc brake retrofit that is available from Wings & Wheels on my LS7, and am looking to know what I might be getting myself in for (level of difficulty, satisfaction with the results, etc.) Has anyone installed the retrofit on an LS7, or another LS glider that has...

$900 incl. priority shipping from So Cal. (new $1300) Excellent condition; calibrated by Williams Soaring (Sage) 6/2012, and kept as spare. Complete in original box with instructions, unused mounting screws and restrictors. Newer style case with legacy numbers in knots. see...

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Hi, SPOT has a holiday sale - which started today. 50% off a SPOT Gen 3. No mail-in rebate necessary. The sale price is what you pay. The sale ends December 31, 2016. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/spot.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde

Military A-14 dilutor demand/Pressure demand Regulator, fully refurbished and brought to day 0 in 2014, approximately 50 hour total on it. Also have hoses with bailout quick-disconnects, CRU-60 adapter for bailout bottle, 1 emergency bailout bottle, and Air Force MBU-12/P Mask with microphone...

Last night, I was watching the new season premier of "Scorpion", in the U.S.. Much of the action took place in front of and in a hanger of some sort. Outside was a glider trailer and inside what I was sure was a BG-12. Any idea where this was and if I am correct on the glider type? gkemp

Anyone happen to know the weight of the PowerFlarm Core unit? It is not listed in the PowerFLARM Version 2.20 manual. Thanks Stephen

Hawke Tracking is again providing SPOT and Delorme InReach tracking for the 2013 Senior Nationals. Tracking maps are available at Map URL's Google Maps - http://www.hawketracking.org/snats/files/tracking.htm Google Maps Large - http://www.hawketracking.org/snats/files/trackinglarge.htm Mobile -...

We have moved our event back 1 month by popular request to late June. June 22 (Saturday) is the single practice day. 7 contest days from June 23 - June 29. Sunday the 30th is a driving day. Website is up at www.r6n.org. Hope you all can make it again. We had roughly 45 gliders registered for...

Hi, A new version of Glide Navigator II is now available. Details are available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/gn.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

With a handheld GPS, like any Garmin unit for example, if using some technique, could it be possible to connect the GPS to a laptop, like a MacBook, so you could view what you are seeing on your handheld also on your laptop, especially while you are moving? I have no understanding of the working of...

Due to the evident unavailability of a replacement drogue parachute, I am considering deleting the chute on my experimental catagory phoebus C. Anyone have a nice rudder from an A or B model without the chute box? Also, I am thinking of building a mold to reproduce the sun shield over the...

Hi When I set my Lx 7000 to Netto, my vario needle indicate +1.8 kt on the ground. When I choose vario or relative vario the needle indicate 0. Why is that? Thank you, Gilles

I'm not a frequent reader of rec.aviation.soaring, so at the risk of asking a common question, I'll pose my question. I fly cross country here in the meaty middle (cheesy middle? ;)) part of the US-- mostly Wisconsin, often Minnesota, sometimes Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Michigan. I often land...

I've just discovered the Morningstar Sunsaver 6 charge controller I've been using with my 20 watt panel is a two stage controller, and does not have a "float" stage. This appears to have damaged my batteries more in one year than several batteries I've used for 3 years or more, but were charged...

TORONTO AREA GLIDER PILOT GROUND SCHOOL! Winter 2008 Session starting Saturday March 1 ============================================= York Soaring will be hosting a Glider Pilot Ground School directed at beginning pilots...

Does anybody know of a online booking software\website made specific for gliding clubs? Thanks john

Hi, Looking for a flywheel/starter ring for a Limbach 1700EO. Starter ring has 97 teeth. I think the P/No is 170.039.010. Cheers Ian K

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