Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper?

Uh oh! The Gapa Geezer hasn't done a very good job of controlling his alter-ego. Gotta be careful what you say to the guy who runs the club website. Nice work on the GAPA trailer though, I'm glad that you think you'll fly far enough to need it! :D http://www.soaravenal.com/Intro.html

There are two versions of the FlywithCE, 100 and 300. 100 is the original white version which I proudly own. A few guys in our club have 300's, the newer black case with built in USB and battery. The FlywithCE website says that the 300 is approved in the US as a Position Recorder and the 100 is...

Soaring friends, The Kansas Soaring Association will be hosting a low performance contest at Sunflower over the 4th of July holiday. It will be an SSA sanctioned sports class regional limited to gliders with a 1.115 handicap (Std. Austria SH-1) and lower performance (higher handicap), all the way...

Doing some traveling this spring... End of March I'm making a weekend trip to the Dallas area. Could deliver something there and/or pick something up. There is an awfully pretty ASG-29 at TSA that just showed up on Wings and Wheels, you know you'd like it ;) Early May I'm planning to attend Bob...

Late April/ Early May I will have an empty towball from the middle of USA to Northern California. Mid May I will have an empty towball from California to pretty much anywhere else in the USA. Let me help you get that new glider in time for the season to start. Don't waste your vacation days pulling...

Ron Schwartz was up early this morning, taking off from Blairstown on a 1000km 3 turnpoint attempt. Follow along at http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlidePort:356 or SSA Sailplane Tracker!

I just learned about Ryan Vihlen's downwind dash on Easter, in his dad's 1-26. Sweet flight! Story: http://www.126association.org/index.php?page=RyansEasterDWDash OLC: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3562964

Opportunity exists for an empty towball starting in Phoenix sometime this fall. Schedule is flexible. Points generally north or east would be preferred. Let me know if you have a need. Experienced glider trailer puller, references available, PHD in trailer wire light...

hey maybe everyone should pool their money and rent this sucker. Or maybe they've got an empty leg coming up US bound. Think the runway at Uvalde can handle it? http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Yingling-Aviation-Antonov-225/YdFjXPkKnUWutwMFRbkFOA.cspx

I was surfing around today and found this cool website about Minimoa's. Turns out this group has built a new one from scratch and had their first flight in it yesterday. Wow! http://minimoa.jimdo.com/maiden-flight/

Leah just got home from the WSPA seminar. Too bad she couldn't stay all week. Sounds like everyone is having a lot of fun out at Air Sailing. http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/98881159.html

Exciting news! The SSA Soaring Magazine archive is complete! All editions back to 1937 are online AND the search function works for the entire run of the magazine. I'm so excited I can't sit still as I get to read through all of these great old articles. Now, if only they'd just put up the...

I had a fun time skipping work yesterday. Declared a 300 km out and return and took off at ~ 1PM. I made sure to get a valid start within 1 km of the start point on the opposite side of my course. Lift was not as good as forecast but I was soon finding 4-5 knots up and climbing to around 8000...

On Aug 26, 7:20*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote: Today, Brad Hill fitted both wings to his HP-24 fuselage to see how they fit. They fit fine and look great! We still haven't drilled the main pin bores or installed the bushings, but it's looking pretty good just the same. ...

Nice job Garret! http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/16226197

In April, it was mentioned on this group that: "To use version 4.x, you need to buy an upgrade - unless you purchased SeeYou for PC or an upgrade in the last year. " I purchased version 3 last winter so i downloaded version 4. I thought I put in my name and registration key but today when opening...

needs a little work. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=276309655

Our Rowing Club here in Wichita has purchased a single place rowing shell in Murfreesboro, TN and are trying to figure out a way to get it here. Like Sailplanes, rowing shells are oddly shaped and a little difficult to transport around the country. A cartop rack is included so if your vehicle has...

I found this article by Tijl Schmelzer very interesting, about the planning and execution of his recent 100km triangle African speed record that was just over 200 km/hr. Impressive! http://www.scribd.com/doc/252510679/Solving-the-Speed-Run-How-We-Broke-the-200kph-Barrier