The statement that the Ventus 3 would be at the Greenville convention is completely my responsibility. At the time I made it I thought that it was true. As soon as I was made aware that it was not true, I pointed RAS readers to a list of what was actually going to be at the show, on Facebook. ...

Hello, I was last an active (licensed) glider pilot 15 years ago at White Sands Soaring Association in Alamogordo NM. Due to a busy military career, I put soaring on hold--but no more! I recently retired from the military and moved to Tucson AZ. Today, I just drove back from El Tiro gliderport...

The K6 Team website says "we have given up our business". Now, what are hardware options to send NMEA data via bluetooth such as vario info to Android device running Top Hat?

I'm the Canadian dealer for this very good gliding book, and I did the design and layout for the author, Bernard Eckey. It has 432 pages, 187 illustrations and 176 photographs, and has been updated and extended with new topics (for example, have you ever heard of climbing in an atmospheric...

Hi, Misplaced wing pins and tail pin for L33 Solo (got distracted). Waiting 10 month for delivery from Europe. Just wandering if there is any available on the open market. Willing to pay. If you have some pin or know of a glider that is not flyable, I would be interested. Thanks, Jerry

I am doing a increase of service time inspection for 3000 hours on my DG-200. I just sent of the following e-mail to DG Service but am wondering if anyone would have a recent copy of the inspection document? I realize the document DG will send me will be specific to my serial number. I'd just...

Hi all in Glider-Land! Does anyone have a good number for how long it takes or the FLARM Core to boot up? Background: I am trying to update my Butterfly 57mm round display to the latest revision. The instructions say to connect the USB stick with the update file to the FLARM port, push and hold the...

St Louis Soaring Association is selling it's 1-34 and L-13AC; please see the ads on Wings and Wheels for details and photos. Please feel free to PM me at stantkirk at gmail dot com if you are interested or have any questions. Reason for the sale is moving the club to an all-glass fleet, and these...

I have an old spare radio and I was wondering if anyone knew of any PC or Mac based recording software that would only record when the radio received a transmission. I'd like to end up with a relatively short recording which is a summary of the radio traffic for the day. Thanks, Mark

Has anyone ever dealt with lead (Pb) issues in the cockpit of a Pawnee? I recently did a 3M lead test on the surfaces in the cockpit and found high lead readings. I suspect it is related to 100LL fumes coming into the cockpit around the floor in fore of the rudder pedals.

Interesting newsgroup! Benayahu Schallot Tel. +1 181 977 6370

AOPA sends me Flight Training magazine every month and they discuss 'power off stall recovery' on page 42 of the current issue. As a power-off-at-all-times pilot, I don't get it. I assume that the purpose of practicing power-off stalls is to practice for the scenario that the engine quits...

Looks like surface winds at 6 kts up to 47 kts at 18,000' MSL, all pretty much perpendicular to the mountains. Hope there's enough thermal activity to climb into the wave... ;-P

http://tinyurl.com/jco6z Not sure of the current progress, but there were efforts to get a gliding club started at the USNA also.

The flight was out of Middletown NY with the Valley Soaring Club.

I have a LX20 which produced the "invalid security code" after I opened it to replace the very old watch battery. Filser uses a micro switch to detect case opening, in this product. Paul Remde at Cumulus Soaring promptly responded to my request for help, and procured the program from Filser to...

On May 6 in Mifflin, PA 2 SZD 55-1 flew over 1000 km on the Pennsylvania ridges. The flight took over 8 hours and the pilots landed 3 minutes before sunset in open field. Way to go SZD 55 pilots. Take a look at the OLC site for more details of the flights. Jacek Kobiesa Washington State

Needing a port side wheel pant for a Katana DA20, Katana Xtreme Motorglider or a Super Dimona....all the same part I believe. Lightly damaged is OK. Cheers Mark

Let's get off this! With a sport in declining numbers, this forum topic has turned into a steaming pile and is a despicable representation of our sport and it's pilots. It appears that Naresh is the pivot man in a circle jerk. Move on!

Looking at panel I see Ilec and LX computer with multiple display. I suppose one is for the vario, what are the other indicating, what is usefull. Thank you S6