Does anyone keep records on sailplane sales? I have been curoius about the number of the various types of gliders sold in the last 15 years. Bill Snead

On the Science Channel program "How Its Made" there is a nice segment on the manufacture of the Ventus 2CXM. If you missed this program they usually rerun the programs. Bill Snead 6W

I am seeking information on installing a glider tow hitch on Piper Cherokee Aircraft. Anyone have experience, pictures or paper work? Thanks Bill Snead

I am looking to buy a used LX7007 PRO IGC. Bill Snead 6W

For sale Cambridge L-NAV, Small diameter Vario read out, insulated bottle, and assorted cables. I am not selling the GPS/NAV. Everything was working two weeks ago when I removed it from the Libelle. $250 USD Bill Snead 6W

I need to buy,lease,or borrow a small PW-5 panel. The panel will be used to prepare for and fly in the World Glider Contest in Chaves Argentina. I would perfer to buy so that I can cut up the panel to fit my needs. It does not need to be pretty. Bill Snead 6W

I am wanting to do some preventative maintenance on my Komet trailer. I e-mailed the factory about 10 days ago but I have yet to receive a reply. I am wanting to service the wheel bearings, trail brakes, and tow hitch. If anyone can help me with instructions, parts or advice it will be...

Seems to me, that a safe and fair way to start a glider race is to climb out the top of a start cylinder. To make starting out the top an option that most pilots would choose, the top of the cylinder should be about 1000 to 1500 feet below cloud base and 2000 to 3000 feet above release height. I...

I want to buy a used P 124 Aviator Emergency parachute. Bill Snead 512 8194163 cell 800 772 8272 office 8 to 5 m-f CDT

I am trying to load USA airports (selected states) into a LX 7007 via a mimi SD chip. I have LXE and the airport data base on my PC, but can not seem to get the airports on the mini SD chip in a form the instrument will accept. I can not figure out how get an acceptable file in the airport folder...

I am wondering if anyone has experience both physical and legal in rigging Schweizer gliders to be towed with tost rings I have thought about modifiying the moving part of the tow hitch (making it narrower). I have also thought about installing tost hitches on the glider. We waste a lot of time...

Based on several years of experience racing sailplanes, Bob Eli and I have been working on the rules for a new type of sailplane competition. The basic idea is to have two pilots fly one sailplane as a team on a single soaring afternoon. We hope that this format will bring new people into the...

I have a question regarding the use of the See You software. I have several tasks associated with a single contest on my see you software. Is there a way to save all of these tasks (including the turn point zone data) to a permanet file for future reference? Also, I would like to save the...

OLC has done a great job of making weekend cross country flying interesting. Being a senior citizen with a somewhat competitive nature, I am discouraged by the necessity to fly a lot of really long (5-7 hour) flights in order to place well in the OLC standings. Most of the time, after flying...

Having done most of my flying at lower altitudes, I have wondered about the contradicton between my unscientific observations when flying at high altitude and what I would expect from my somewhat limited knowledge of physics and aerodymanics. I certainly believe that true airspeed increases with...

I am thinking about buying a Net Book Computer with 10 1/2 inch screen for use in soaring. In addition to internet access, I would want to run Seeyou, LXE, Cambridge (dos),and Dr Jacks forecasts. Has anyone used a Net book for these items and were there any problems? If you add a USB to serial...

The sun shines down through the atmosphere, hits things on the ground, the things on the ground get hot, and then the hot things on the ground heat the air? Sun light passing through the air does not heat the air at all? Heats the air some but not much? If the air is transparent to solar energy,...

I am looking to purchase a PW-5 located in Europe. The sailplane needs to be airworthy and have a tralier that will be in good enough shape to run on EU highways. I can buy the PW-5 and keep or buy and sell back to the current owner at a profit (to the current owner) the first of August 2010. I...

We at the Fault Line Flyers Glider Club in Briggs Texas want to build or buy a tension meter for our auto tow operation. Does anyone have experience that might be helpful. Bill Snead 6W

We have a plan to be racing PW-5s in Littlefield Texas on 18 to 22 August 2016. Littlefield is one of the few places in the world to combine high desert, big air, soaring with very landable terrain. If the weather is on, 6 to 12 knot thermals to 9 to 15 thousand feet are common. The land around...