I thought it might be fun (and healthy) to start a poll or discussion for the guys and gals who have been in the sport for + 25 years or more. So, my question for those people is : "What is the biggest change you have seen in the sport over the years you have participated?" For me, the biggest...

Hi all. I'm a former cfi-i/mei and commercial glider pilot, but I've never gone cross-country in my PW-5 glider. Training up for it though. A question: If you are in an area where the fields are small, but there are several private airfields around, which should be your priority? Seems to me...

OK, I'm curious. How many of you have had to recover from a fully developed (greater than one turn), unintentional spin that occurred during normal non-aerobatic flight? I've got close to 1000 hours in roughly 25 different types of single seat and higher performance two seat gliders, with...

Time for the annual PW5 discussion. After reading all the negative posts here for years about how bad the PW5 is and how it is leading to the downfall of Soaring around the world, I have come to a realization. It is FEAR. Yes, all these hotshots who put down this ship simply could not compete...

Two gliderscoming in to the finish directly over the runway. One at about 100 ft and the other at 150 ft. The one at 150 ft is going about 30 knots faster than the lower and flies over it just as the lower glider is pulling up. Lower glider misses the one above by approx. 5-10 ft. This happened...

OK in order to sort a dispute that is running between Ramy and myself. I have Strepla which shows minor airspace and altitude violations which Seeyou does not. FYI. Ramy's Logger Calibration report shows a +169ft error at 18000ft. The flight in question is this one here . http://tinyurl.com/fe2k8

I got excited when I read about the cheap chinese PNA tablets around $100: 600MHz CP, Wince 6.0, fast GPS built-in.... On this NG. Then it took a month to show up, after an attempted order cancellation from the vendor (??) - Ever hear of such a thing? I thought it would make a nice moving...

I'm in the market for a standard class or 15 meter flapped ship. This is my first ship, and I doubt I want to deal with 18 m of wings. An example would be a Discus 2 vs ASW 27. Currently most of my flight goals are simple: get as high up, and far out as possible. Speed is nice, but I'm doubtful...

I am a newly soloed student pilot, still flying the club's 2-seat trainer. I'll be moving to the club's single-seater soon. Then I hope to be allowed by my instructor to make solo flights in my own mid-performance sailplane that I bought before starting glider lessons. It was flown by advanced solo...

Hi, This is just a thought... I’ve recently been extremely interested in the FES (Front Electric Sustainer) sailplanes. They are becoming quite popular. Even very high-performance racing sailplanes like the Ventus 3 are being sold with FES systems installed. I am the U.S. dealer for DG/LS...

In the Dutch gliding records list, I found a flight, conducted in South Africa that landed after the local official daylight time. For ratification a flight must be conducted legaly, so I asked the Dutch NAC for explanation. The responsible officer told me that a flight that lands before...

I'm sick and tired of reading about glider crashes and never knowing what actually happened. We badly need to be able to learn from the misfortune of our soaring compadres. The obvious answer is that we all have a camera mounted over our right shoulder that will simultaneously monitor the scene...

I have a 2016 honda civic. It’s my only car. Has any one towed their glider and trailer using a small sedan like a civic?

What color devices are pilots using for Top Hat/XCSoar? I'm running Top Hat on a Kobo Glo (large eink gray scale--great readability) and a Dell Streak 5 (smaller screen, color, acceptable readability). If the Dell were a little brighter and larger, it would be perfect. Options seem to range from...

Can anyone direct me to Clubs / Web sites using this method of launching - Interested in finding out more about this method, particularly from clubs that operate from gravel/dirt strips Thank you John Spargo

Apparently went down in high winds while attempting a cross country wave record. http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4063969&nav=8faO

Let the praise and suggestions begin!

Question for u guys. Do you think we are going to see a massive glider fire sale after this china virus deal subsides? I wonder if this crisis and its associated lack of flying opportunities is going to convince many of the non-die-hard guys to leave the sport and divest themselves of many good...

Hello All There has been quite a bit on refinishing on RAS recently. Most people advocate that when gel-coat starts cracking up, it is essential to remove it ALL. Does anybody out their own a ship which was refinished without removing all the gel-coat? What is the service history of these...

Anyone? Bob