I visited the SSA site and like the redesign! But I am disappointed to find that much of it is for members-only. Dear SSA directors and webmaster(s), information is advertising - not even the NYTimes can make information a reason to buy subscriptions! You hide information from the world and you...

The SSA won't record the convention this year so lets do it ourselves. Anyone with a cellphone can record a podcast. Here's how: https://www.freytag.us/Flight/bin/view/Soarcast/SsaConvention2006 If you are going to Frey's Saturday talk "Winch Operations In Europe and Possible Applications In The...

1. Soaring will die without attracting 20-to-30-year-olds. 2. 20-to-30-year-olds listen to podcasts (http://tinyurl.com/ad39p). 3. The SSA convention is the single best source of audio on soaring. 4. Please RECORD the SSA convention with your CELLPHONE, read: http://tinyurl.com/8qbvf Any audio you...

Dave Seymour of Glider Pilots Ground School has agreed to offer his course on March 11th in Dulles, Virginia. This is a one day course that guarantees students will pass their glider written (PPL/G $180, CPL/G $200, CFI/G $200). Out of ~2500 students all but three have passed. For more...

Today the N.Y. Times has a great article on the Valley Soaring Association outside NYC: http://tinyurl.com/2bakmx If you get a sudden up-tick in calls this might be the reason. Best, Richard

This article: http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/213475 claims that the tuburcles on the leading edge of whale fins actually improve efficiency in fluid by lowering stall speed. I expect someone here might have a good sense if this has any likelihood of working.

Any Genesis owner/fan want the original Genesis sales literature send me mail. Best, Richard

FAA Exam Preparation in Virginia-Glider Pilots Ground School Dulles International Airport Saturday March 15th, 2008 Embassy Suites-Dulles North:703-723-5300 44610 Waxpool Rd Ashburn, VA 20147, US Fiumicino meeting room For Private, Commercial, and CFI Glider FAA exam preparation. Register with...

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Newly created Web Site of World Class Soaring Association: http://www.worldclasssoaring.org/ Current information, interesting articles, nice pictures. Waiting for new participants. Check it out. RK/GR8

The competition of this caliber (US Nationals in Standard Class) deserve much better scorer and way better reporting. RRK

This is a fragment of chat on ACA Google Group. It's in reference to the recent Air Show crash in Poland. Two pilots died...... another two are talking Richard Kaleta ACA Associate Member From: greggsoaringpilot Reply-To:

with this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/richardkaleta/Elmira193702 you will find the album of 10 pictures taken during 1937 Nationals in Elmira NY, USA. Those are the originals, never published anywhere. Author is unknown as is the original owner of this collection. Please help me with...

Under this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/richardkaleta/Elmira193702 you will find the album of 10 pictures taken during 1937 Nationals in Elmira NY, USA. Those are the originals, never published anywhere. Author is unknown as is the original owner of this collection. Please help me...

pleased to announce that the event WILL BE held in New Zeland in this December.

It was just publish that Russian Military subcontractor Ruskie Dioprie developed the new type of optical lens. For a military application of supersonic flighta on very low altitudes it suppose to detect any turbulence in the lower leyers of atmosfhere. It should detect the any vertical movement...

We all are on a lookout for a good ideas to improve a state of affairs in a World of Soaring. While surfing the net, I came upon some new idea from Poland . It caught my eye as a pretty simple and possibly effective way to increase the treasure chest of any national gliding organization...including...

Never used 6 cu.ft. Aluminium "A" Cylinder, valve with contents gauge, tube, flowmeter, cannula and mask.. Great set. New. Bought from W&W for $500. Never used. .Best offer takes all. My new glider has build in oxygen system.

Last Saturday I was aproched by a very good pilot from our local airport. He is flying gliders for tens of years and somehow (real classic) never switch to GPS based technology. Now being the 10's lighting years behind the technology, he is asking the simple question. What should I know and what...

This is being touted for use in cycle touring, but might be of interest for soaring use, as well. http://global.mobileaction.com/ - Rich Karas (used to fly a Diamant HBV and Libelle 301)