for Glideplan users: Region 12, Region 5 South, 15m Nats, Region 11 South, and Region 2 are now available for downloading at: http://www.glideplan.com/download/contest.html. See you on the grid.

Yesterday I upgraded my Oudie to v6.11 and my V7 to v4.97 The Oudie is connected to the V7, and the V7 is connected to the flarm brick. I tried to access log files on the flarm via SeeYou's ConnectMe on the Oudie, but it failed as usual. It always recognizes the flarm device and is able to read...

Up to 60% off Glideplan until Midnight tonight PST. http://www.GlidePlan.com Thanks for all of your support in 2014, and have a safe and fun 2015 in the air. Matt Herron

A quick reminder; Glideplan and SeeG remain on sale for just 4 more days (through Jan 2nd). At over 60% off, Its a great time to pick up a copy of Glideplan for the coming season. Response has been very good to the sale so far. Visit http://www.GlidePlan.com for more info or to purchase a...

Given the level of moving map sophistication in the cockpit these days I am wondering what use, if any, Glideplan is to the soaring pilot. If you use it, where does it add value for you? Safety? training? XC planning or in flight navigation? Competition? Any stories o share? Thanks, Matt...

There has been much needed focus on safety in our ranks recently, and in particular the risk of spinning during the turn to final. This is almost always caused by slow, uncoordinated flight. Many of us go through the trouble of installing an electronic gear up warning to prevent a costly, but...

I can't seem to connect to the server... Did it move? http://soaringweb.org

I am sure this has been kicked about before, but times (and prices) change. Anyone want to share their experience on the real cost of ownership of a modern glass ship (aside from purchase price)? I got a ballpark estimate from Costello Insurance for a $50K glider/trailer that ran about $1450/year...

I will be heading to Prague in the Czech Republic in a few weeks on business. Any soaring operations in the area that might give me a check ride in a two seater? Looks pretty flat from Google Earth, and at those latitudes I am not expecting a lot of late season October lift. But sight seeing...

Just wondering if you could share any lessons learned before I do this. Zaon sells an extension kit for the antenna, and a panel mount kit ( http://www.zaon.aero/content/view/2/41/ ) Any antenna mounting dos and don't for this device? Can I put it next to the transponder antenna? I will put a...

As a low time pilot (150 hrs) I have been alarmed at the number of recent incidents relating to getting trapped in clouds. In reading though some old posts on this forum, I have concluded that even though everyone has the best intention of never getting into clouds, it still can happen to even...

At the suggestion of several contest pilots, I am pleased to offer a "Seniors" discount of $20 off the purchase of GlidePlan http://www.glideplan.com. The offer is limited to the first 30 pilots, and good through the end of the month. Pilots must be listed on the official Seniors contest score...

As the 2009 contest season starts to crank up, John Seaborn requested I remind folks that I will again be supporting GlidePlan customers with up to date stitched sectionals of all SSA sanctioned contest areas for 2009. Maps will be posted about a month before the contest to insure currency. The...

Has anyone thought about applications for the iPhone 3G platform in a glider? It has an excellent sunlight readable screen with touch interface that causes no loss of image quality. It has an accelerometer built in, a GPS that is probably better than spot, wireless for speech commands, remote...

Dynamic soaring works only when the glider is passing through a path of changing wind velocity. In this way the glider can gain or loose energy independent of it's own kinetic and potential energy (as in a shear or wind gradient). For example on final approach into a 15 knot headwind, we increase...

...test features and make suggestions on the latest release of Glideplan. It's great to have so much support from the folks using the software! At the risk of spamming, if you have considered picking up a copy, the introductory pricing ends tonight at midnight. Also, GlidePlan 1.2, scheduled for...

I recently purchased Non-Owners (renter/borrower) Insurance so that I could rent a ship at Minden, and take friends up in a 2 seater at Williams. The company was Avemco, and they claimed when I called them, that Experimental aircraft were covered as long as there was a valid airworthiness...

I am considering getting a booth at the Memphis SSA convention, but am not sure it is the right venue. Can someone that has attended in the past tell me the type of exhibitors that typically go, and the kind of folks that attend as well (experienced pilots, CFIGs, studens, all of the above, etc.) ...

I recently finished writing a program for beginner and intermediate cross-country glider pilots called GlidePlan. The program can create all the distance ring markups around landing sites that are traditionally done by hand on sectionals for XC planning. It also utilizes a new method for...

This summer, my friend Morteza Ansari and I took our gliders out to Parowan for 10 days of some of the best flying of my life. In the first two days we logged a gold altitude, 2 diamond goals, and two diamond distance badges. The scenery is beautiful, both from the air and the ground, and the...