When and how can I buy a raffel ticket? Bob

Today, being the first day of Winter, the Tucson NOAA site's soaring forecast for Tucson sure looks chilly. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/aviation/PHXWRKSRG.php Check out the first useable lift temp! One might say it will be a cold day in hell if any soaring takes place.... Forget the bug wipers,...

This is a pretty good gliding PR piece aimed General Aviation folks found on AIRCRAFT OWNER ONLINE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER December 1, 2010 issue. Check it out at http://www.aircraftowner.com/videos/view/cross-country-soaring-on-the-flightline-tv-show_1567.html Bob T. 19

Being a retired earth systems scientist, I try to keep up on whats in the news, and do a lot of reading, especially when it is available on the web. And, being involved in gliding (formerly in hang gliding) I found a recent article in SCIENCE NEWS to be "interesting." Check out:...

What are the hardware requirements for See You PNA? Would an X400 processor running CE5.0 work. Will it work as well as the pda version? Bob

One of our Texas Soaring Association (TSA) members, Dave White, discovered a VHS tape in a dusty old drawer at TSA made by June Wiberg who compiled and narrated all of her old glider days home movies from the 40's to the early 60's and sent it to TSA. June was the wife of Wally Wiberg, who owned a...

I made my 6 month check up visit to my skin doctor yesterday, and in our conversations I mentioned I was a glider pilot and was trying my best to not have any more malignancies. I was pleased that nothing was found that needed to be cut off (for a change), but still had the usual substantial number...

In the Orange County Soaring Association newsletter Zero Sink First Quarter 2010 there is a good article on a near mid-air. A couple of things jumped out at me as I was reading the Article. 1. The towplane involved in the near mid-air did not have a radio! 2. The tow path apparently was in the...

The Arizona Soaring Association will be opening its season with the Vernal Equinox Grand Prix Race at Pleasant Valley Airport (home of Turf Soaring) in Peoria, AZ (just NW of Phoenix) on the weekend of March 20. Turnpoint radius will be adjusted for glider handicap. Ted “2NO” Wagner will CD and...

There were some problems with glider pilots getting new plastic certificates for a while. I got an email from Airman Services stating they had corrected the problem. Sure nuff. No problems now. Get your new plastic certificate via the web and have it in your wallet in about 2 weeks 19

Does anyone have any first hand experience of the microTracker/micoRecorder products from EW? http://www.ewuk.co.uk/ Thanks, Bob

Hi, I have just received my 302A back from a barograph calibration and now the flight logs that I download returns an error message 'Security Fail'. It still gives me an igc file that I can up load to OLC but the flight remains greyed out with a message that the 'log file not valid' . I have...

Does anyone have a source for the white glider decal that has been seen for a while now on car windshields. It is a head on view of a 'T' tailed glider which measures around 15" in width and a couple inches high. Thanks, Bob 7U

Hi, Does anyone have any information or experience concerning the purchase of a tow plane (Pawnee) that has a Special Airworthyness Certificate? Is there anything that has to be done or be made aware of prior to purchase? Thanks for any advice. Bob

M-Nav for sale....... good working order when removed last month and for the last ten years that I have owned it! Please see www.soaring-classifieds.com. For more details. Bob

Hi, Has anyone ever tried connecting a Cambridge 302A (FR) to a Cambridge 303 display and then use the same GPS source to drive an SNav? Even though you wouldn't get final glide aound a turnpoint in the Snav is the 302A able to support a GPS signal to the 303 as well as the SNav? Thanks for any...

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Did I read, or did I imagine it, that here in the US when a glider is being towed, the tow pilot is the Pilot In Command of that combination and as such, is the final authority of that flight? Are there any FARs to support my curiosity? Thanks, Bob

Does anyone have any experience or comments on replacing the vinyl trim that runs the length on both sides of the trailer. (Mine has faded over the years but otherwise good.) What's involved and how difficult? Thanks, Bob