I recently learned that the SSA Group Hull and Liability Insurance Program through Costello now offers a 5% premium discount for any insured SSA member who is also a member of AOPA. A nice way to save a few bucks, or (maybe) pay for the cost of membership in either of the organizations. Pat...

Just purchased a Cessna 180 and hope to use it occasionally for glider towing. Found an STC for hook installation by Javelin Aircraft which seems not to be around anymore. Gasser Banner says they don't have one. Having towed behind a C-180 at Seminole Lake I know it is possible. Tim Mara says Karl...

be ready to pass the FAA test next spring when operations resume. Searching for instructional material, I found : http://www.falcontrainingsystems.com/ggs/ and was curious what opinions might be out there? Has anyone used this training material before? It appears to me that I could...

I hear as from the 1st October all gliders in the UK will have to be registered with the CAA and placed on the normal UK aircraft register carrying the allocated G- marks. At present the BGA has always overseen this. What difference will these changes have, besides of course costing us all more...

Chuck: Jerry has been very helpful to me over the past years. Even called me from Spain to help with what turned-out to be an operator malfunction. Ooops. What is your configuration? How are they connected? In some confugurations (B50) there needs to be a Flt/Dec. switch which in Dec. mode cuts...

Have you tried a Google search? It turns up quite a bit of info. In case it helps: The dry adiabat is the rate at which unsaturated air cools when lifted. (Ballpark 3 deg C / 1000'). The moist or saturated adiabat is the rate at which air cools when lifted, once saturated. (Ballpark 1/2 of the dry...

For placing an announcement and hyperlink on the SSA website for the pilot opinion poll. I did not receive notice in the mail (maybe others, too?) could it be the Postal Service is short on dough after buying Lance Armstrong a new bike? - Mark Navarre ASW-20 OD California, USA -

I mentioned in an earlier posting that I'm auctioning a Scott oxygen mask with microphone and a diluter demand regulator via ebay. I've now posted some additional pictures of the items at www.mindwks.com/oxygen.htm. You can find details of the oxygen mask at http://tinyurl.com/oz70 and of 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...

Do any of you western US glider folks have buddies/contacts who work in either LA or Salt Lake City ATC Centers? We're attempting to arrange for flying above FL180 for the Region 9 contest at Parowan next June. Karl Striedieck 814 237 7996 Thanks.

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To any club using plasma ropes in place of steel. Having read the benefits of this type of rope, several UK clubs are interested in its use. One major obstacle to this, is cutting it during a launch, in the event of an emergency So far the best methods appear to be an axe an anvil type cutter.

Flew on Sunday in non-stable conditions. David Pixton flew his Ventus 2b at approx. 800 lbs, and I flew my Ventus 2bx at 1150 lbs. Because conditions were turbulent, we were unable to do any smooth air testing, but during the course of 10 pull ups (entry 100 knots, exit 60 knots) we observed the...

Good observation, Bill. Most long wingers have found it best to keep the nose pointed towards the outside of the turn. It helps the climb. Your yaw string should be telling you to, "Put your foot in the inside hole". Just don't do it. Does that make sense? JJ Sinclair

I received an answer to an inquiry connected to gliding and babelfish gave an inaccurate translation to one section of the reply This section is a personal comment so I hope that a german/english speaker can email me and correct these sentences off group. gary

type of repair? have you tried to contact the Grob representative, he is normally in the SSA mag. "Scott" wrote in message ... We have a grob 103 in need of repair in Northern Ohio. Is there anyone near by who can fix it?

An unpowered light-sport aircraft (e.g. glider) would have a maximum never-exceed speed (VNE) of 115 knots, as VH is not applicable. This speed limitation also limits the commanded kinetic energy of an aircraft flown by a pilot holding a sport pilot certificate. For a VNE equal to 80% of the...

http://www.stern.de/id/sport-motor/autowelt/probefahrten/mini/510600.html At the time, no funny picture!

Our club's G-103 Acro needs a new brake master cylinder. We can probably get one from Grob in Ohio within several weeks, but we would like to get one sooner. Does anyone, anywhere, have a master cylinder they would sell us? Then, we would pay overnight freight to our club's location in North...

Hollister Gliding Club in northern california solos students and uses the 2-32 as a primary trainer. I think their reasoning is that it is useful for sightseeing and for training, and for those who are 'big boned.' If I owned a glider operation I'd personally have students solo an $8000 2-33...