While not with as big a spalsh or fanfare as a Hugh and Gordo trek, KSA's Tony Condon (now changing over to The Cirrus Kid?) is off on a free distance run today. Cold front came blasting through yesterday afternoon, and with warm ground and cold air, thermals were predicted to be good. This,...

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Hello all, The Butterfly screen that indicates Flarm or PowerFlarm operation is normal, but is not receiving other traffic within range, is depicted on https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35654093/butterfly-no-traffic.png. A big red indication (butterfly logo) that is not described in the...

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...

Hi all, The news on flight 370 got more interesting today. It appears the plane flew for several hours after dropping off radar. This begs a few questions. Why, in this day in the security age, is it possible to turn of the transponders in flight? Why don't all airplanes have GPS tracking...

Hi all, Does anyone here know if there is a difference between a DG800b and DG808b? Thanks Ben

I wonder if any of the SSA presentation were recorded as in the past. Richard

From AOPA: "In December, AOPA members Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Indiana), a member of the House General Aviation Caucus, and GA Caucus Co-Chair Sam Graves (R-Missouri) introduced the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act or (GAPPA). Under GAPPA, pilots who make noncommercial VFR flights in aircraft...

Download and build them, fly them, then involve some youth. Have fun! http://www.ssa.org/Youth?show=blog&id=3438

Hi, I have a new Mountain High EDS O2D1 System with AL-415 cylinder and padded carrying bag for sale - 10% off. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/mh-o2d1.htm#00EDS-0060-01 Regular Price: $920 Sale Price: $828 This is a new system. I purchased it for use as a demo at the SSA Convention a few weeks...

Does anyone know the background on this website? www.soaringmarket.com 1)is it a fairly new site? 2) what country hosts it? 3) is it directed at a particular regional area? It appears to be very easy to use, but wasn't sure if it gets much visibility.

Even the dust storms http://sploid.gizmodo.com/impressive-aerial-photo-of-a-massive-dust-storm-devouri-1542429314?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Taser equipped drone, coming to a dystopia near you http://gizmodo.com/meet-cupid-the-drone-that-will-shoot-you-with-an-80-00-1539064715

Maybe not a big deal to NZ pilots with a trade wind and winds aloft from the coast to the big ranges some 60 years ago or even some EU glider port next to a ridge at the foot of the Alps. But, this young man has been washing gliders, changing tires and working the flight line for his ten intro...

No idea what his goal is, but he took off from Wellington, KS, and is now on the Tahalina ridge after 258mi. http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0xSWzZKb2GVSEASvOr6Tx08EyO4mMDphc or the SSA sailplane tracker.

Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its quality and performance.

"One of these days" is NOW. Congratulations to David Reitter who took a free checkride with me yesterday in my ASK-21 at Marfa to upgrade his "restricted" FAA Private pilot certificate to a regular FAA Private pilot certificate (no longer "based upon" his UK license and without...

Morning, Anybody have a program that will generate IGC file records ... for a course line defined by starting and ending lat/lon coordinates - and a fixed altitude - 5000'. We're trying to develop some training material for XC newbies ... i.e. creating videos of simulated flights down a course...

Those with airplane training will be familiar with Ground Reference Maneuvers which teach students very accurate maneuvering with solid airspeed and coordination control at low altitudes despite the peculiar visual cues found there. Those with glider-only training will not be familiar with GRM's...

Like many pilots, I try to be extremely cool and rational when I'm flying a glider and (such as it is)I enjoy my technical mastery of soaring, and I enjoy the companionable and endless discussion of technical detail on the ground. But I fly in eastern-scale 'mountains', often below the ridge...