please see http://www.hph.cz/ now with close to 30 new 304S sailplanes on order! (short summary) 11/07/2007 - 304S Shark - extremely successful and interesting Europe Tour I want to thank all pilots and potential customers for all flight hours, starts, practical remarks and...

Yet another lawn chair flight: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/10/tech/main3040131.shtml Looks like he covered over 300km. Shall we petition to have Judy give him an honorary gold distance award? He wasn't carrying O2, so he probably didn't bust class A. Don't know about other airspace...

PHOTOS: PHL and 9N1 July 14, 2007 A couple hours at PHL then off to uncharted territories, 9N1 (Van Sant AP). I've been meaning to get there for a couple years, Very nice if you like Sport Aviation. Photos Link: http://phlairline.com/spotter/071407.html

I want to create an online Gliding Pilots Photos album (copyleft and international)... and I would like to receive your picture near or inside a glider (much better airborne!) If you wish to participate send a jpeg or png file to you may see the album...

Has anyone replaced the oleo/spring shock strut inside the tongue? Any advice? (Not Alko..brand unknown). Thanks, GA

In my experience a good printed map is critical for establishing situational awareness even in the GPS world. Over the years we have all done pretty much the same thing when flying a new site. We bought the sectionals, cut and pasted them together, manually put on the various waypoints provided on...

Thanks for all the wonderful ideas that have given me a good few laughs. At present I'm trying to imagine putting it in a trailer, and what might be able to tow said trailer...

I have advert, details and picture on http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/classifieds-instruments.htm New price

I've heard they employ a rather revolutionary ballast system for those occasional booming days which utilizes fuel - guess it's lighter than water! Just need to start loading the wings around 3am to be ready for a launch at midday! What's Vwinch - any ideas? Dave

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It's sad. Nobody warned me. I used to be happy just flying around near the airport. I didn't have a truck. I didn't have a "crew", I always knew where I was going to land. They don't tell you that you won't be happy just flying around near the airport after you've flown a little XC. Does this...

I understand, a wing will perform optimally when the flap is set at the proper angle for the airspeed ... any mismatch of flap to airspeed will result in some performance losses vs. the correct setting. Of course, we have a couple of compromises here ... the flaps are set at fixed increments and...

What is the best buy and ease of use, like entry of coordinates? Any comments and suggestions. Udo

Desert and Summer Flying, Thursday, July 12, 2007, starting at 7:00 pm Speaker Cindy Brickner, CFI-G Caracole Soaring, Discussion regarding summer and desert survival, and techniques of summer and desert operations. For reservations, contact Richard Mend by TELEPHONE at (818)...

I'm going to be in the SF Bay area for a conference in January 2008 and I'm pondering the idea of taking some time afterwards to do some flying in a new place. I'm looking to rent a glider and stay for a couple of days. I have some questions for people familiar with the area: How is the soaring...

I happened to blunder into a recent posting from the FRTF on SSA's website, dated July 9. Any SSA member with genuine interest in SSA owes it to him-/her-self to read it. I mention it here by way of FYI, since no one else has yet. If anyone who does can figure out how to use the contact form...

Was it in this group were someone asked about Led lights for glider trailers. Met this guy today he does good work. http://www.lazer.com.au/sbcleds.shtml Mal

I flew two days with Karl Streidick in the back of his Duo Discus. Simply put, it was nothing short of amazing. Funny thing, there was no magic pixie dust, or voodoo magic, just simple thermal efficiency and energy management. Oh yeah, he doesn't use a PDA or any of that fancy software to get...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDdEjloYJ0 Sports Class Nationals people - was this landing as frightening in person as it is on tape? what was the wind doing then? looks like a wild ride

I have read very good critics about Diana-2 but as well very bad news about it. The good news are from the people who seem to have flown the first two Prototypes. The bad rumors I heard about number-3 of Diana-2. Obviously the main difference is, that the wing position was shifted some centimeters...