For all of you interested in gliding history, an article about Lilienthal's cause of death has just been published, based on a new analysis of the historical record. It is correctly cited as: Harsch V, Bardum B, Illig P. "Lilienthal's fatal glider crash in 1896: evidence regarding the cause of...

Anyone else notice that after updating to Condor 2.1.1 the ASG-29Es trimer is not functional? While other aircraft still have functional trimmers.

I am just about to buy a Dittel (now TQ) KRT2 radio, has anyone any experience good or bad with one of these?

Anyone have Nano 4 flight experience? Wondering about it's FLARM presentation; does it equal or better a LX Flarmview? Thanks.

Burt does a great job training and teaching safety at his operation. Great line crew and tow pilot too. I am now a CFIG again! Go get your rating with Burt or come out to Phoenix and do some fall and winter soaring. Boggs www.nwskysports.com

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Genesis 2 -- $45,000.00 SN2022, N3GE, TT980. Acrylic paint option, very good finish. Wing modification done by Robert Mudd. Cobra metal top trailer in very good condition: needs new lift struts. Filser radio, Filser DX50FAI computer, Borgelt B400, Aerox O2 tank, regulator and flow meter. More...

Looks like Region 6 South is turning out to be a horse race in all divisions. As a matter of fact, maybe if they rented some horses...........

I made my 6 month check up visit to my skin doctor yesterday, and in our conversations I mentioned I was a glider pilot and was trying my best to not have any more malignancies. I was pleased that nothing was found that needed to be cut off (for a change), but still had the usual substantial number...

Hi all Anyone got any experience/tips/etc. on upgrading the software in the LX4000 from 5.8 to 8? Ive been to the LX website and it has some dire warnings about using the upgrade software. Cheers Peter.

Hello, Planeur.net and the cumulus compagny made a new funny t-shirt for glider pilots ! A Day in the life of ..... a glider addict ! Have a look : http://www.planeur.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=314&Itemid=194 Regards,

I'm looking for a good winter project. Such as an ASW-15, LS-1, Phoebus, Libelle, Cirrus, HP-18 etc. I would really enjoy spending the winter either refinishing it, rebuilding, and getting it contest ready for the sports class next year. If anyone knows or has something that fits this, maybe...

Which of the popular 1st generation club class ships now freely available on the market represents the best buy at the moment with the following in mind.? 1 - I may want to fly club class competition 2 - It will get passed on to my youngsters 3 - in the UK so it will have to go through EASA...

Dear All, I am looking for a good condition SZD59 Acro somewere in Europe. If you know of someone who might be selling in the near future please let me know. Best Regards SC email: zero -dot- unknown -at- gmail -dot- com

Here is an interesting book based on Newtonian physics www.regenpress.com . The author has written two books on this subject; the most recent one is described at the end of this website. He can be reached at .

Hello everybody, I have the pleasure to announce that The Antares 20E now is EASA certified. This makes it the first aircraft in the world to be certified with an electrical propulsion system. Read more about it in our refurbished homepage -New Provider -New layout -Lots of new content

I am looking at a DG 303 Acro. I would appreciate any comments about the plane. It will be my first plane, 50+ hours in Grob 103, 1500+ hours soaring in hang glider, 5000+ miles XC in hang gliders. I plan on flying this plane XC in UT and to start competing in sports class. Thanks in advance

Hi GPS people, I've added a few new features to GPS Visualizer lately -- not as many as I'd like, as I don't have enough free time, but here's a summary: * GEOGRAPHIC CALCULATORS. This is actually separate from GPS Visualizer's mapping functionality. I've put together a page where you can...

Does anybody know the origins/history of the term "sailplane"? Thanks, KK

US Racing Pilots and other interested parties: The 2018 SSA Competition Rules document is now available on the SSA website: http://www.ssa.org/ContestRules In a further move towards consolidation and simplification, the rules for all classes and levels of competition are now contained in a...