I'm growing weary of my PowerSonic (PoS) batteries crapping out a few minutes after their 1 year warranty expries. Are Werker batteries any better? ... or are they essentially the same? The salesman at Batteries Plus said they pretty much stopped selling PS because they were having quality...

Please see http://www.ebay.com/itm/271190633192?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 (If that link doesn't work, look for eBay item 271190633192) If I don't get the reserve price on the auction I will put it back on the soaring classifieds at $850 obo.

I had a pair of seemingly disjoint flight data problems through Saturday and I’m curious whether their absence on Sunday had them connected in some way. My setup: LX7007 Pro IGC (ver 2.01) providing NMEA and LXWP* sentences to an Oudie (SeeYou Mobile, latest version). I use the LX for general task...

There was a discussion about this last year, and I'm sure it comes up regularly, but I'd like to get some feedback from pilots with both legal and practical experience regarding one's rights (if any) upon making an emergency landing on private property in the USA. My aroused curiosity stems from...

"Buy it now" for $750. Will place on ebay with much lower reserve in a few days if not sold by then. The whip antenna includes a magentic base for metal topped vehicles. ~ted/2NO (collecting scratch for an Oudie, one used item at a time ...)

Since I upgraded SYM to 4.3 on my hx4700 it no longer receives GPS data from my LX7007. I've played with the port settings (comm ports, buad rates) with no success. Has anyone else had this problem? Could be a cable went bad, but I'd like to rule out a software configuration problem ... 2NO

The State of Texas has summoned my professional crew to an early school start. One experienced crewman needed. All expenses paid, luxuriate in South Texas paradise. Reply direct. 2XX

Simple and elegant. Could we add 15 minutes to everyone's time? running, ducking and grinning..... "Bill Feldbaumer" wrote in message ... The Canadians have been experimenting with a new scoring system for soaring...

I was trying to fwd a link to this video clip to a friend and found the ones I had are all dead--most of the sites still exist but the clip is no longer there. Googled it and only found the same links I had. Anybody got any pointers? Shoulda save the thing to disk...... Thanks in advance Brent

This isn't soaring related, but I just saw the oddest thing out my office window. My office is on the beltway, 15 miles from downtown. The sky is clear. A large (bigger than a 737) passenger jet escorted by one or more small aircraft circled downtown Houston about 30 minutes ago and departed...

The manual for my 303 Mosquito is silent as to when the use of negative flaps becomes beneficial during cruise. Any pointers as to what speeds are associated with -1 and -2 flap positions? Any data on the LD benefits of negative flaps at higher speeds? I read Dick Johnson's flight eval (Aug '79)...

This is the story of the recent Soaring Gran Prix in NZ. It is exceptionally well done and I recommend it to everyone on this list. I think what they've done is right on target for making the excitement and beauty of soaring accessible to a wide audience. The air to air shots are fantastic. I'd...

Tried to get some info via the 'Gladiators' thread w/no luck... Are any efforts underway to get Gladiators broadcast? If so, how can we support those efforts. If not, who has some connections we can leverage?

Need some help getting clear on terms, please. I'm planning a Diamond Distance flight of 326 miles. The starting airfield is at 300' msl. The finish will be at an airfield elev 1150' msl. If I take a tow to 2300' msl, notch the baro, climb to 5000' msl and then cross the start line am I...

I've always been a ziplock man myself but the recent thread got me considering catheters. My ship has a fitting for connecting a catheter. The fitting is connected to a tube that ends at the trailing edge of one of the gear doors. The fitting has a rubber O-ring and looks like another fitting on...

I got my Diamond Goal done last year and I'm going for Diamond Distance this year. I'd like comments on one of the routes I'm considering. I understand I can have three turnpoints + start/finish. We have prevailing wind (sea breeze) out of the SE. Good days will see well spaced 3-4 kt thermals...

AOPA is paying attention...I hope SSA emerges from this chapter stronger. In my e-Pilot email Newsletter today from AOPA: SOARING SOCIETY FACES BUDGET CRUNCH OVER TAX ISSUES Calling it the "single most serious challenge" it has faced in its 75-year history, the Soaring Society of America (SSA) is...

Anybody else having trouble getting in contact with Caracole Soaring? When I call the telephone number, the recording says "this wireless customer is not taking calls at this time..." My emails are bouncing... ....or am I just being blocked? -Pete

Now isn't Sikorsky owned by United Technologies? Which bought Schwiezer? Hmmm... From Reuters: Sikorsky Acquires Polish Aircraft Maker Reuters News 01/10/2007 US helicopter maker Sikorsky said on Wednesday it has acquired state-owned Polish aircraft maker PZL Mielec in a deal worth more...

I've moved my glider from it's usual place of "nesting" (a hangar in L.A. County) to a tiedown at Cal City (in Kern County). Anybody else have any advice on dealing with the tax assessor statement that came? I moved it up to the highlands in February of 2006, so technically I think it's a Kern...