The record camp at Refugio TX is an official go! A couple of us 1-26 fliers have put together a one week xc camp June 6 thru June 14. The Refugio Soaring club is providing tows for the week. You are welcome to join in specially if you are a low performance glider flier looking for your distance...

Does anyone out there have a set of hp14 plans gathering dust in some back corner of your garage or hangar? I could sure use them to help in a restoration project. I would buy them or pay to have them scanned or pay for shipping postage from anywhere . Thanks, Dan

I've got to move a 17 meter ship and I'm looking for a trailer. Fitting and condition doesn't really matter as I can rebuild it if needed. If you have something that can accept 17 meter wings or know of one stuffed in someones hanger or hiding in the grass please drop me a line. Thanks Guys

As an old fart who has returned to soaring after many years hiatus, I want to thank all you guys for your posts. The info shared here (with proper BS filtering of course) has been indispensable in helping me to get up to speed with the modern soaring scene. My experience harkens back to the 70's...

Hey all you minneapolis MN guys, is anyone going to be flying out at Stanton this weekend? I'm hauling my 1-26 with me up to ND and would like to take a xc jaunt or two this weekend on my way through. It looks like a downwind run may be in the works.

Right now Ron Schwartz is on course for a 1000km attempt out of Blairstown NJ in his schweizer 1-26. Who says you need glass or high L/D to go far. You can track his flight on the ssa.org live tracker. Go Ron! Dan 1-26 #225

I would like to put out all call to all the clubs out there who still operate a 1-26. If you have new members just getting started with an interest in cross country soaring, your lowly club 1-26 can be a real economical tool for them. The 1-26 Association has numerous awards to incentivize xc...

I have a brand new, never out of the box Oudie 2 for sale. Has all accessories first $350

Folks, I'm doing an informal survey. How many of you are members of a club that still has a 1-26 in your club fleet?

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and industry (METI) and NASA announced the release of the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) on June 29, 2009. The GDEM was created by stereo-correlating the 1.3 million scene ASTER VNIR archive, covering the Earth’s land surface between 83N and 83S...

We finally foiund a source for the Grob 103 Twin II Acro Canopy Seals Talk to Helmut at http://www.ltb-lindner.com/kontakt.112.html Language is not a problem.

While we’re lauding service to the gliding community consider this: (Thanks Tim on another thread) I have had my MRX for several years, and have never seen an indication that there was traffic anywhere. At the end of a runway at Pearson International in Toronto, it told me...

Hi; We spend a lot of time discussing electronic collision avoidance devices, and advice to keep a good lookout. To help the situation we could also make our aircraft more visible to those what are keeping that good lookout. Isn't some sort of visibility marking required in Europe? A search of...

Hi; We're building hand controls for the disabled as part of the Freedom's Wings program in Canada, and the designer/engineer has specified the following epoxy potted insets: Three NAS1834-5-750 Substitute TYE2003, SL603, D1834 or AEP1034-5-750 Three NAS1832-5-16 Substitute TYE2002, SL601,...

Given that I've got another 15-20 years of flying left, I was thinking of getting a new parachute since my current one won't last that long anyway and I might as well replace it and get a more comfortable one. ;-) Of those sold by Strong, National, and Para-Phernalia, it appears that they are all...

Hi Guys, Any news about the Gp glider out there? The 15 Jeta promise a revolution, but I cannot find much new info about It. Some owner could help? Cheers

Soaring as we knew it no more http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21572927-unmanned-gliders-powered-drones-are-old-hat-latest-robot-aircraft-are-wafted AH

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Excuse me!! Would you stop for a moment?! O...man...Haven't you thought-one day- about yourself ? Who has made it? Have you seen a design which hasn't a designer ?! Have you seen a wonderful,delicate work without a worker ?! It's you and the whole universe!.. Who has made them all ?!! You know who...

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