On the Swedish glider association home page there is a verry nice video on display. Young Johan Gustafsson became the new World Champion i in glider aerobatics much to the glider communities astonishment. I think this lad is a fine exampel for young glider wannabes. Please have a...

At 13:27 13 December 2010, Slawek Piela wrote: Having looked around the pages of glider manufacturers I noticed a strange thing.All new gliders are represented in competions with exception of DG808C. It hardly shows up at any. Is it due to small number of these gliders on the market or is...

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:27:29 +0100, Slawek Piela wrote: Having looked around the pages of glider manufacturers I noticed a strange thing.All new gliders are represented in competions with exception of DG808C. It hardly shows up at any. You may have a look at the italian...

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SSA Conference Schedule Posted http://www.ssa.org/ January 27-29, 2011 Philadelphia, PA

DG 100G - ASKING $26,900 Built in 1980 by ELAN, Registered EXPERIMENTAL, Total Time: 967 hours, SN# E47 G26, N86DG, Dittel Radio with boom mic, Winter Mechanical Vario, ILEC SB-8 electric Vario with ILEC Flight Computer, Oxygen bottle, Airspeed in knots, Altimeter in feet, gear warning,...

Hi, the XCSoar development team has released the new version 6.0 yesterday. This is our original announcement on the xcsoar-user mailing list: http://xcsoar.1045713.n5.nabble.com/Release-6-0-final-td3311330.html XCSoar is a free glide computer for Pocket PC / Windows Mobile. There is an...

Hi, I just found the new ClearNav Instruments (formerly with NK) web site. http://www.clearnav.net/main/cn-vario.html The new variometer is sounding very interesting! Happy Holidays, Paul Remde

In a remarkably close election, Bill Elliott has been elected a member of the US Team Committee, replacing Sam Zimmerman when his term is up at the end of the year. We thank SZ for his wisdom, perspective and work over the years of his service to the Committee, welcome Bill as an energetic and...

THE FEATURE STORIES IN THE JANUARY ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL The January issue goes in the mail on December 20 Many will get their copy before Christmas. • An in depth examination of the best 18 metre self-launching sailplane on the market. Best because of its price for performance. • ...

I need some help with the the Aero 1530 (CE 2.11). A bit strange for me I know since I'm the one usually giving help with this PDA. I'm guessing many of the folks that still use this ancient device are sailplane pilots, hence the post here. I'm stuck with a corrupted contacts file. It displays...

So much fot the diet, happy TD! GL

For sale LX7007pro/Flarm 3150 euro or equivalent. Andy

I have an 80 mm Cambridge Audio Variometer / Speed Director for sale. It has a gust filter on it. Use it as a regular audio variometer or as a speed director when in cruise flight. Lots of pictures if you call me at 901-270-6099 or email me at scott.alexander (at) jetblue dot com Not sure what...

The December issue of COPA Flight, the monthly journal of the Canadian Owers and Pilots Association, has a colour centre-spread on gliding at York Soaring Association, 60 miles NW of Toronto International Airport. You can view it at http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=52592 , by using the tab...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y0BBjBm580 It's a nice addition to the old article in Soaring Magazine: http://www.ssa.org/UsTeam/adobe%20pdf/1968%20WGC.pdf

Hey all, Looking for anyone with first hand knowledge of an auto-towing accident that occured at Jacumba airport in June of 1997. NTSB report is he http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X08183&key=1 Please email me privately at: pappa3 at ix dot netcom dot com

Looking at the specs for the Powerflarm, specifically the Brick version I have two sources for power requirements. One says 10-30 volts and the other says 12-28 volts. The portable will run on 6 Nicads which is 7.2 volts. So does anyone know what the brick version requires as a...

I was looking at the SSA website this morning to find a full schedule for the convention in January, but only came up with a partial listing of speakers. Does anyone know if a full lineup has been published? Thanks Pete

This aircraft was sold and is not for sale.