If you have one, or know of one languishing around unused and in need of work, I know someone who is seeking a rehab project. Frank Whiteley 970-330-2050

Hi Pilots, I have tried to contribute twice using the link from the site. It seemed to work fine except no smiley face and no charges to my credit card. Has anyone else had this problem? Solutions? Thanks, Bob

I had a fun 500km FAI triangle flight on Saturday out of Cedar Valley, Utah to get my Silver badge so I can fly my first contest in Logan in a few weeks and took an HD video camera along to document the progress. There was plenty of virga but also crazy strong lift. Take a look at 3:10 in the...

If you are thinking of selling a used B40, please let me know. We need a replacement in our syndicate's 2 place. pappa3 at ix dot netcom dot com Erik Mann LS8-18

On my last two flights at Marfa Texas May 24 and May 10 I have lost GPS navagation fixes for a few minutes on both flights. I have two GPS receivers (cambridge GPS/Nav and a lx-7000) both units lost their fix at the same time and came back together. Both flights are up on the OLC if you want...

My club has finally decided to implement a duty roster system for each Saturday and Sunday operations. This has been a long time in coming and we will be running a trial in September and October. I have taken on the task of making this happen. I am interested in your inputs about how your club...

A fantastic flight, Bruno, and probably qualifies for a lot beyond Silver. Should easily count for complete Gold Badge, as well as Diamond Distance and Goal. Wish it was me ;-) Ed

Looking for a 350 x 135 wheel from a Blanik or Jantar or ? a Good one, or even a broken or damaged is OK as long as it's a complete wheel (no brakes or brake hub is needed). This is needed so we can try to get new cheaper replacement tires made for these gliders. If anyone has one lying around...

On Jul 16, 11:33*am, Greg Arnold wrote: Andy wrote: On Jul 16, 9:28 am, Eric Greenwell wrote: Has anyone else noticed this delayed posting of Spot track points? Yes I have. Andy

There are two soaring related articles in the July issue of EAA "Sport Aviation". Good to see this type of press in a widely read aviation magazine. The first article (by Jim Busha of Austin MN) was about the all metal light sport Zenos which has a 45 foot (13.7m) wings. 24:1 glider ratio. Kit...

On Jul 20, 1:00*am, Derek Copeland wrote: Our Tost winches were originally fitted with Powerglide gearboxes that were locked in top gear as a Tost modification. A trial was carried out about 4 years ago by fitting one of them with a very slightly modified, 3...

Have you got all the polar settings in correctly. cm At 15:15 22 June 2009, Robert Holliday wrote: My 302 seems to work OK at 60 knots but when i fly 80 knots it indicates 10 knots lift (it is set up for super netto). The total energy is set at 0% as per instructions. It is not set up for...

I need to mount a compass on the instrument panel glare shield. There is magnetic interference in most all of the areas that are best for viewing the compass. Anyone know anything about the various forms of magnetic shielding available now. On one site alone they sell over 5 different types of...

On Jul 20, 8:15*am, Don Johnstone wrote: At 11:50 20 July 2009, brian whatcott wrote: Don Johnstone wrote: ... *a "tension controlled" winch is about the craziest idea I have ever heard, not least because, thankfully, it would never work. Why not?

I don't recall ever seeing an estimate of the performance loss in a glider as a function of yaw string deflection. Does anyone know what it is? Ultimately, I'm wondering how much attention should be paid to deflections of, say, 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", etc., on the usual 4"-5" long yaw string. I...

(US) rule 11.1.1 states; A valid competition day is one in which every regular entrant is given a fair opportunity to compete. What is the definition of fair? I can tell you what I have used as CD in 3 nationals and several regionals over the last 35 years. The launch should go without interuption....

Anybody have a good way to run SeeYou on a Apple Mac without partioning the hard drive ?

OK so time to start a new thread. I submit that the best winch I have ever driven, been launched by etc is the home built single drum monstrosity currently at Parys. Metrics used to come to this conclusion would be safety and cost / launch. It was built in the 1960s by Hans Lobach while he was...

and our newest Diamond Badge Pilot! Auto Tow to start and one impressive Save! You earned that Diamond! http://www3.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=943517

Does anyone know what happened to this group. They were only an hour from me, but they seem to have vanished several years ago.