Hello guys. First of all, sorry for my poor English. I´m postng here because I feel this place open minded enough to handle these kind of questions. I notice some of you knows well or even owns Woodstocks. Yes, Maupin’s home made super cool wooden glider. You know, I´m going to start building one....

This cool map updated hourly mentioned in today's Wall Street Journal...as I understand, the creators work for Google http://hint.fm/wind/ Jim Price

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US2aA1btBH4 What an appropriate video for this time of year! Well done and goes on my list of top ten for the year. (I have no commercial or personal connection to this video - just thought it needed to be shared!)

http://www.aerostar.tv/videos/thermique-pur/ The video presented by the french channel Aerostar.tv is worth 32 minutes of your attention... recommended if you can understand the French comment and interviews. It is about the Women's Nationals (club class), and general 18M + Open Class Nationals...

Cathering Eaglin was tragically killed in a car accident last night. Catherine was one of the brightest spots on this planet. Can't find words.

The final results of the 2004 South African Nationals are now available from: http://www.sssa.org.za With 10 competition days out of a possible 11 this championship has been hailed as one of the best since the 'Kimberley days' of the 1960s.

Thanks to Hurricane Francis, we recently (involuntarily) spent 7 days disconnected from the South Florida power grid. Even though we were far more prepared than our neighbors, it was an uncomfortable experience but we learned a bunch. Our Equipment: Coleman Fluorescent lanterns, Cheap battery...

This was posted on the Condor flight sim forums. I thought it was a rather well-done gliding video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6GJLDqnYY It is a compilation of a Swiss pilot's best video from the 2009 soaring season. Amazing landscape. Click the HD button and watch it full screen if your...

I have a PIK20. The main tire was in need of a change, so I took the wheel off today, took out the three bolts that hold the wheel halves together, then spent over 2 hours trying to get the wheel halves to separate. I am stumped. Light tapping has proves that one wheel half will rotate...

The grip in my 1984 Ventus is worn out and a bit sticky. I have always thought it would be nice to have a wooden one, e.g.: https://www.cps-parts.com/catalog/elpages/taeakwoodgripstandard.php Anyone has tried something like that? Are they much bigger/thicker than the factory ones? BTW, which...

Curious if there are any recommendations for an A&P/IA who knows wood and fabric structures and the glue joints of the Schleicher Ka-6’s in (or near) the State College, PA region (Ridge Soaring specifically). There is one for sale there that I’d like to have some one knowledgeable take a...

I am looking at buying a used glider located near Philly in NJ. Does anyone have a recommendation?

Can anyone tell me what gliders can be asembled and disassembled by the pilot and which ones have to have an A&P approve the reassembly and make a logboofk entry? I'm being told that gliders with automatically connecting control surfaces and main pins without threads and nuts can be assembled and...

32cf Aluminum O2 cylinder, Hydro 6/11 A-14 Diluter Demand Regulator Oxygen Mask (one elastic strap has broken, do not know if it can be repaired or not) o2 bailout bottle (it's charged) Blinker o2 monitor Regulator was removed from glider after purchase, I do not know condition. Was told it worked...

The A-4 Skyhawk was an attack aircraft designed to operate from US Navy aircraft carriers. Some of the A-4 Skyhawk variants served with Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron. Warplanes.com offers the A-4 Skyhawk model aircraft flown by the Blue Angels. The model aircraft was made...

The United States and the world soaring community lost a giant in the history of competition soaring on September 5th 2004, with the passing of Andrew James Smith. AJ passed away with heart failure at age 80 in his home in Tecumseh, Michigan. He began soaring in the 1950's with his close friend...

Good news! I talked to AC Williams (the former owner of SW Soaring. and former 1-26 Champion pilot) this morning, and was gratified to hear that he was feeling well now, and has stopped having to undergo chemo 4 months ago. He is getting his hair back now, and is even considering updating his...

The Air Avionics Butterfly has developed an outstanding reputation as having a competitive advantage for its ability to "instantaneously" calculate wind direction. Does the CNv (with latest 3.3.3899 or beta 3.4.4089) calculate wind as quickly as the Butterfly? T8, what is the wind direction...

Sig test -- /home/kiwi/Documents/sigs/nntp_sigx.txt

I generally build and modify a file called TFR.txt for the temporary airspaces we see each summer. That's pretty easy, as there's lots of other R airspace to use as a guide. Wishing to build a file with "glider area" airspace... Like many other things, haven't got it right yet. What are the...