Just in time for the last major US national soaring contest at Uvalde Tx. and a few more regional contests around the country, a program has been developed that makes a small cache of portable PowerFlarm units available to competing pilots who do not own...

Any time this topic comes up the discussion is about the contents of the list. This post is about the physical attributes of a glider checklist. No matter what items are on a checklist, it doesn't matter if you can't find it when you need it. It doesn't matter if the type is too small to read. ...

Sailplane racing junkies of all experience levels, please come join us for three days of fun in the sun at the 2011 Southwest Soaring Championships, Sept 3 - 5 at Turf Soaring! SSA handicaps will be used, but ballast allowed. Please email me if you plan to attend so I can keep Turf appraised...

Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective August 25, 2011 is now available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info and on the Airspace section of the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange. Updated US airport data in formats that support virtually all glide computers and...

New type of Flight Recorder gains IGC-approval. The SaFly GNSS Flight Recorder manufactured by the DSX company (www.d- s-x.net), has gained IGC-approval with effect from 31 August 2011. The approval level is for badge flights up to and including the three Diamonds, and other flights that are...

http://www.xcsoar.org/discover/2011/09/08/XCSoar_6.2_released.html

The situation direct from the fireboss at 3 pm today is that the helicopters are continuing to operate from Mountain Valley, subduing persistent hotspots that are inaccessible to ground firefighters. They expect to continue this thru Saturday, so the TFR is extremely unlikely to be lifted on...

I needed a small part for AS-W 20 and thought M&H just might have it. Sent an e-mail and got a very quick reply and sure enough they had what I needed. Monty sent it right out and I'm back in business. Great service, both Monty and Heinze are great guys. Thanks Dan Rihn AS-W 20 WO

I have found the very excellent series "Air Accident Investigation" on YouTube. Google "Air Accident Investigation", click "video", long (24 min+) then YouTube. This series focuses on airline accidents in the last 1/2 century or so. However, the accidents, subsequent investigations and the...

Most U.S. glider pilots know of Tom Knauff, creator and long-time proprietor of the well-known Ridge Soaring Gliderport in Pennsylvania. Probably fewer are aware he has an intermittent electronic newsletter, which has as its most persistent theme the utterly boring, sometimes irritating, theme...

THE SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL A wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. A 64 page issue. Stories include: 1. The replacement challenge for the Barron Hilton Cup. An exciting new adventure for the World’s top pilots. They don’t come much better than this.

180 hp Super cub with experienced tow pilot for hire at your next glider outing or special event. The tow plane performs well even at high density altitudes. We keep our costs to a minimum in order to make it less expensive for the glider pilots. We are based out of Las Vegas, NV but of course are...

http://www.nadler.com/public/2011_Uvalde/2011_Uvalde.html Enjoy, Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

Full set of covers in excellent condition. Located in Michigan USA. These have only been used for occasional overnight outside storage, never for permanent outdoor use. It's nice to be able to cover your ship when you fly two days in a row. $1300 + shipping. brucebarnard at yahoo.

These winglets greatly improve handling in thermals, the glider flies like a different ship. They attach just like the factory winglets with two steel rods and a 1/4 turn fastener. 24 inches tall. $1800 plus shipping. Located Michigan USA brucebarnard at yahoo

We are planning a Parowan, UT outing if anyone is interested for the 20th and 21st of august. Possibly the 19th also if we get enough gliders committed to coming up on Friday. If anyone is interested email me.

The SPOT tracking map for the Llano, Texas Region 10 contest will be available at: http://www.hawketracking.org/ghsa/files/trackinglarge.htm TA

Courtesy of a volcano. http://tinyurl.com/3uebc43 An extreme case, of course, but pretty cool to watch. -Evan Ludeman / T8

Experimental Soaring Association 2011 Western Workshop Friday evening Sept. 2 – Monday Sept. 5, 2011 (Labor Day Weekend) Mountain Valley Airport (L94), Tehachapi, California No pre-registration necessary NOTES:

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