Here's a device that will give you one more opinion of what to do with the thermal. Especially usefull on blue days. In original carton. Sells for $850 new. BO Bob Salvo

I think in Feet Per Minute... I must be from a different country. How do you convert Kts per Sec / Meters per sec / Kilometers etc... to Feet per minute Thanks

Fly the best. 5 Ugly. Discus 2A. Nationals and regionals winner.Highest placeing standard class glider at the 15M nationals in Hobbs 2003.Waxed and buffed every 3 months. Cobra fiberglass trailer in excellent condition. This is the best performing standard class glider in the USA. $65,000.00...

Yup. I have the 2.63 firmware now, but no ENL sensor, and don't have a motor glider but still get a ENL landout in SeeYou shortly after release. I had to upgrade firmware as a last resort to download a flight that got stuck inside the instrument during a contest. Dave Mercer "Bob Kibby"...

My RHJ -8 uses HP 14 wings; I have only a rough idea of the root and tip weights, needed for trailer design. Would some obliging owner supply known values. Thanks John firth

Goneill wrote As a single seater consider the Lak 12 ,a bear to rig if you don't have the rigging gear but is a huge cockpit and a max placarded weight 140kg - 150kg without tailballast.and 50/1 ld I would guess you do not have much experience/knowledge of the LAK 12. It is not 'a bear to...

HI, My name is Don Johnson and I live in Reno, NV. I am looking for 2 or possibly 3 responsible people with whom to form a partnership and purchase a glider to be based in Minden, NV, USA. I'm thinking that if each of the partners kicked in approximately eight to twelve thousand US dollars...

hello all, I am thinking of replacing a K-7 elevator and possible the whole horizontal stab + elevator with one from a K-13. I guess I will be asking Scleicher if such action is approved, but are there any oppinions out there about it ? has it been done before ? incidentally, can you do the...

This is a collection of flights submitted by the pilots on an honour basis. Up to four flights count for the standings.p It can be accessed at a href="http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html"http://acro.harvard.edu//LEAGUE/ras_league.html/ap Following are all the flights currently...

Rules for the UK750km diploma are the same as for diamond distance (with the exception of the distance of course) so you can use 3 TPs declared before flight and turned in any order or not at all and finish anywhere. (In Laws and Rules). Free distance and free out and return are only for records. ...

My sailplane always turns to the left. Can I adjust the left aileron down a bit to make it fly straight? JJ Sinclair

Simply explained, I connected my ICOM A5 with the headset adapter plug to a Powered Radio Shack 8 ohm speaker, plugged in a Telex Microphone, turned down the Side Tone function and powered the set up with the ships 12 volt. I hook into the ships antenna. Since I fly different club ships, this is...

Include a flashlight with that book. Some retrieves are long! (Experience speaking.) Barb "Ray Lovinggood" wrote in message ... The weather for the Region 6 South contest, held last week at the Caesar Creek...

I saw this on rec.av.rotorcraft. The guy was looking for info on how to buy helicopter wreckage for spare parts............ lifted from RAR............... I don't think that the crash was all that bad. It occurred at about 100 feet when a glider tow pilot crashed into the back of it during...

Tow rope friendly fences We have a fence at the end of our runway that keeps our neighbors (Riding School) horses out of the airfield. Occasionally the tow plane pilot snags the fence with the rope, which winds round at least one, and sometimes more strands of barbed wire- resulting in a broken...

In article , crwdog69 @hotmail.com says... Sean Tucker and Wayne Handley might disagree. Neither have "the proper ratings." The insurance companies and the FAA cares not even a whit. Excellent point. These people actually charge money...

Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology...

NTSB is reporting a fatal accident where a Salto was seen with drag chute deployed on July 19, 2003. Anyone have more details on this accident? http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/Month.asp JJ Sinclair

I heard a PW-5 crashed on Gun-Sight ridge (Montague, Ca) on Saturday and the piolt walked away. Any more info on this accident? Got more poop. Pilot stalled and spun into trees, slid down branches and landed upright between tree and stump. I'm told the pilot was in better shape than those who...

Covering has begun on the Schweizer 1-20 project! Check out the photos at: http://www.gfbyars.com/SGU1-20/index.html Guy Byars