.... in the Detroit area. Any advice? Thanks in advance. Tomasz

Two gliders collided in Leszno, Poland, yesterday during Standard Class Nationals. Both pilots (she and he) bailed out and landed safely except for a minor injury on his leg. The accident is reported to have happened in a gaggle 30 minutes after the gate was opened, close to the cloud base. Yet...

On request of the organizers I relay this information: ------------------------------------------------------ Polish Junior Gliding International Championships August 2004 Poznan Poland - Invitation 32nd Polish Junior Gliding International Championships & 1st Gliding Regional Contest Pobiedziska...

Another thread mentioned using a credit card, but some time ago, I discovered these: https://smile.amazon.com/Single-Edge-Plastic-Razor-Blades/dp/B0165N8JLC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1506799445&sr=8-3&keywords=plastic+razor+blades or...

Nice article on the history and future of this site. http://www.lajollalight.com/news/local-news/sd-gliderport-sailplane-ucsd-growth-20170613-story.html 5Z

http://www.kaaltv.com/news/more-than-20-glider-teams-coming-compete-in-albert-lea-/4483097/ It's good to get coverage, but wow. How can someone get this so wrong? 5Z

When flying for a badge or record, one will be flying a closed course that involves a 1km long start/finish line. To complete the task, one must cross the finish line no lower than 1,000m below the start altitude. As the pilot crosses the start line, the computer should calculate a finish...

Why not jump on the bandwagon... :-) http://wingsandwheels.com/class/classified.php?id=1231 2001 ASH-26E, 1500 hours, excellent shape, low engine time (I prefer to take a tow and (rarely) use the engine to save me from a long retrieve) Looking to downsize budget and glider, so will replace it...

Does anyone have any experience repairing the tailwheel on a Blanik L-23? Ours failed, and it appears that it had been repaired before, so with all the cracks, etc., it doesn't look easily repairable. Photos available he https://www.flickr.com/gp/soar5z/LJnfXW Apparently Vitek ay Blanik...

Last Saturday, I had a pretty decent flight: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=4611408 At the end of the day, I was trying to maximize OLC points by making the triangle portion as large as possible. I used the ClearNav "OLC" feature to see how I was doing and to...

http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/googles-future-air-force-180956113/?no-ist Maybe light at the end of the tunnel...? 5Z

Sierra Soaring Club is hosting a fun get together, "contest", and BBQ at 6 pm on Saturday, June 13 (alternate 2 weeks later on the 27th). Launch at an airport of your choice (including IYK), then fly your best OLC distance planning to arrive around 6pm for grilled chicken, hot dogs, potato salad,...

We had 3 flights at Inyokern, CA today with winds from the NNE and all of us had wave like to the east of the Sierra crest. Folks at Cristal Soaring talk about getting "Bow Wave" with a north wind on the San Gabriel mountains. Perhaps this is what we experienced at IYK. At the end of the flight,...

Last Sunday, I gave 3 rides in the club's L-23 and recorded them using the SeeYou app on my iPhone 4S. Flights have been uploaded to SkyLines with the 3rd one (https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/26873/) showing the anomaly. Near the time of my release, the altitude jumps almost 1,000' and...

Gentlemen, I have recently been considering buying the TST-10M motorglider produced by a Czech company. I have had trouble finding information this glider. The unpopularity of it and the outstanding performance of the glider indicated by the charts are making me a bit hesitant in my purchase. If...

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Does anyone have experience with connecting an ERIXX flight logger with XC Soar via Bluetooth? I've got a Dell Streak running XC Soar 6.7.5 and an ERIXX flight logger that I would like to connect to one another for GPS position and pressure altitude. I've been looking at the NEMA Bluetooth module...

Does anyone know a qualified mechanic that can do an annual for a glider in northwestern PA?

Hi, If you want to have a look at how wave soaring looks north of the polar circle then have a look at the little movie I made of our trip to a place called Pirttivuopio which is close to the highest mountain in Sweden called Kebnekaise. Very good wave soaring in almost all wind directions exept...

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