Perhaps folks have missed digging in to see what's on the Agenda for the Fall SSA Board of Directors Meeting. In case you need a direct link, SSA members can use http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=4462854266 . If you have an opinion on some of the business items, please contact your Regional...

This won't make much sense, unless you have followed the thread on "Death of a Gliderport". To rectify the drift, I began a new thread, Jim. Is this a slip or a crab? I agree that I have talked a lot about glider safety, over many years. :-) I disagree that I avoided addressing Russ Dervaes...

Friends: The Spring Region 12 safety seminar is being held at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California this coming weekend. For full details and on-line registration you can link to http://tinyurl.com/a5j6phl . 8:30 to 4:30 pm. Scroll down the page for schedule and attendee...

Friends: Jim Payne will be making a presentation on the activities of the Perlan Project tomorrow, Feb 16 at 11 am, in the Mojave Airport Meeting room. This is part of the Mojave Transportation Museum's Plane Crazy Open House monthly series. Jim is a wonderful speaker, and airplane fly-ins to...

Santa Barbara Soaring is pleased to announce their celebration of two years in operation, and an invitation to the public to come fly with us at the Santa Ynez Airport over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Towing service will be available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (27-29 Nov).. This is a...

The SoCal SSF/RESCO FIRC will be held on April 28-29, 2012 at AirFlite in Long Beach, CA. This is the same convenient venue that has hosted this class for the past six years. The two-day clinic is valid for renewals of current CFI certificates for both glider and airplane instructors. On-line...

A recap of the business items from the SSA Board Meeting in Nags Head, NC can be found on the SSA web page. The news link is http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=6789819598 and there are two session reports to cover both days. The social reporting will have to come later, as the speakers tracks,...

Saturday February 26th “Bikle Gaggle” Noon to 2:00 p.m. Fox Field, Lancaster California Marking the 50th Anniversary of Paul Bikle’s 1961 World Altitude Sailplane Record Flight Static Display of Paul Bikle’s Record Setting Schweizer 1-23E N91893 Serial #30 Point of Contact: Bob Hoey Home Phone;...

For those who are bored at work, we are having a nice thermal day in So California, and expect a nice day tomorrow also. You can watch Marty soar for another hour or two, via his amateur radio APRS tracking through www.aprs.fi and enter his call sign KI6RFQ-7. You can alter the tracking time...

Folks: You will not yet find this on any accident/incident reports. There were no fatalities. A pilot called me to relay this story. The SZD-50-3 Puchacsz was bought used from Europe and imported to the US with ~1900 hours. The glider was given a US airworthiness inspection, and licensed by an...

Folks: For those who have interest in APRS tracking, we have two pilots on task today. You can watch them soar in real time by using a Google Map program on http://aprs.fi You will need to enter their call signs of KI6RFR-7 and KI6RFQ-7

Many contests in the US have offered flight real time tracking using SPOT. We like amateur radio APRS tracking better. If you would like to see why we have a preference, use this web site www.aprs.fi and enter the following four call signs.

Caracole Soaring Wave Camp Opening Weekend for 2010 Sunday Feb 28th at 3 pm, Visit to Joshua Approach ATC “Operation Raincheck “ A Presentation and Tour of the ATC Facility at Edwards AFB This is an opportunity to see how local ATC handles GA, military and local glider area traffic in the...

SBS is pleased to announce their celebration of a year of business operations, and an invitation to the public to come fly at Santa Ynez Airport over the November holiday weekend. Towing service will be available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is a seasonally good period for soaring...

Hello everyone, Now that we are done with the Seniors I am looking for volunteers to help me with the SSA booth at Sun-N-Fun April 4th through the 8th. If you volunteer for a morning or afternoon shift you receive a pass for the entire day. This is a great chance to share our great sport with...

Hi all, I am a newly minted private pilot and I really want to try this soaring thing (and possibly even get a glider rating.) I live in NYC and fly out of Caldwell, NJ (CDW). Being a proud owner of a composite airplane (Diamond Star) I am hoping to take my introductory ride and further training...

A video of docu-drama film 'The Riddle of Richard Pearse' has been located, digitised and uploaded to Google Video. This is the film during which the horse which was towing the replica plane across a field suddenly bolted and the plane took off - but despite all the cameras around no-one managed to...

The canopy of my PW-5 glider was damaged rather severely. I'm looking for a replacement (unlikely, I know) or for someone who can rebuild it from the frame. Any ideas?

Don't want to face another long, cold winter without scratching that soaring itch? Dry conditions in northern NSW have lead to an early start to the XC season we're encouraging pilots to think about their personal goals. In addition to resident coach Allan Barnes, this year Lake Keepit Soaring...

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