I have a Labelle in the shop that has had the ailerons refinished without having been removed from the glider. Which meant that the surfaces could not have been weighed nor mass balance checked. Additionally the AD 97-03-02 requiring weighing and mass balance checks has never been completed. I...

We have a Lak 17 in the shop and have found that water cannot be put into the left wing. It appears that during some previous repair, apparently the shop glassed and refinished over the vent hole in the underside of the wing. The problem now is how to find the exact spot to drill in order to open...

Friends: It is about the last chance to save $5 and pre-register for the Region 12 Soaring Council's spring refresher (known locally as Back in The Saddle, for us westerners.....). If you will RSVP to the email address, and mail your check immediately for $40.... we will guarantee the...

If the land out site, Silver Peak NV at N37*45.720 W117*37.802 is shown in your data base as a dry lake. You may want to look at Google Earth and note that there is an X’d off N/S soft dirt runway there with the Southern third being land able with 75 ft by 2000 ft available. The strip is...

Soarist It is thanks to the many hundreds of hours of research, investigation and dedication by the California City Glider Pilots Action Group and the soaring community in general. That we at least temporarily have some hope of Caltrans re-permitting Cal City Airport to return to the safe, sane...

I saw references to a Polish tow plane towing 9 gliders on here a while back, but can't find the page via Google. Can somebody re-post the URL, please? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |

Has anybody written a Linux downloader for the EW model D or, for that matter, a log file viewer? Failing that, has anybody got either type of program to run under Linux using WINE or DOSemu? I assume that these programs will run in Win4Lin or VMware, though I understand there could be serial...

A long while back somebody (Ian Molesworth?) mentioned "lashing a Camelbak under the beam supporting the stick" in a Standard Libelle. With the season visible on the horizon I'm wondering how he did that. There's obviously sufficient space available under the beam and little chance of fouling...

I have a hand held ICOM IC-A3E with a throughly dead battery pack. In the past I've revived similar packs (e.g. on an HP-25 calculator) by cracking into the plastic shell of the pack and replacing the cells, which are usually AA size NiCds. Doing this is normally vastly less expensive than...

I did annual checks about a month ago, when we were encouraged to try low position on the way up for spin checks. I decided that I like low tow and will use it in future, but before I do so there's one thing I'd like to ask the Aussies and other habitual low towers: when you release do you just...

Can anybody tell me where I could get an English language copy for an H.201? Either electronic or paper would be fine. I'd prefer a source in the UK or continental Europe. http://www.streifly.de/ sells an AD list but doesn't mention the POH. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK

I've just found the following reference on comp.risks: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s1529677.htm It looks at the possibilities of applying aviation-style accident prevention to medicine and contains a good, thought-provoking review of what it is that we do to promote and...

I notice that the collection of Dick Johnson Test Flight Evaluations that used to be available to all on the SSA website has vanished. I've tried a Google search but can't find the collection. Can anybody tell me what happened and where I might be able to find online copies of the test...

For some reason there seems to be a rash of new third party active flat antennas going cheap on eBay right now. Prices are around GBP 24.00 while retail prices range upward from GBP 35 or so. I just bought one for my GPS II+, fitted it and flew it yesterday. Works fine and is definitely giving a...

Those of you who can (but don't) listen to BBC Radio 4 may be interested to know that there's a program, "The White Stuff", on Monday 17 May about clouds. It may be good, it may be terrible. Who knows? But now you know about it. -- martin@ : Martin Gregorie gregorie : Harlow, UK demon :

I'm looking for information about preferred makes, costs and agents and/or websites for oxygen systems in New Zealand that are (preferably) easy to fin in an ASW20. Are there local preferences or rules about cannulas vs masks? -- martin@ : Martin Gregorie gregorie : Harlow, UK demon :

I recently bought an IPAQ 3630 off eBay. I'm happy with it but its battery is definitely on the way out. Judging by the number of replacement batteries advertised on eBay it is possible to replace it if you know what you're doing; I don't but am willing to learn, so my question is: - is there a...

Has anybody used SoaringPilot on a Palm m100? If so: - what are its pros and cons? - how does the m100 display readability compare with an IPAQ 3630 or 3850 in the cockpit? TIA,

I've just received the following from Richard Baker, who is the CGC web master: "After discussion with Ron Bridges of the Comps Committee, John Glossop has decided that, since we did not ask all the competing pilots if they were prepared to let their traces be included, that they cannot be made...

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:52:52 +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote: On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:00:12 +0100, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 10:27:00 +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote: ...snippage...