Just wondering how others feel about sport cameras in the cockpit. Does it help with learning or is it a distraction? Would it help in accident investigations? I've seen some speculation with accidents and if a camera had been on pilot then that could help determine if a medical emergency was...

On 2 Oct 2003 08:32:56 -0700, (Bob Kuykendall) wrote: The FAA has just announced an AD against the Grob 103 sailplanes. You can view it on the Web at: http://www.avantext.com/media/files/ADs/20031914.pdf The AD seems to have about the same content as the Grob...

For Sale 1989 Nimbus 3DM 671hr TT 60hr Eng TT Cambridge LNAV & GPS-NAV full instruments EDS O2 system, Big bottle, Head seats Dittel. Cobra w/oneman. Call so I can give you more info. Call Tom Stowers (775) 782-4944 $100,000

An amazing (to me) amount of interest in refreshing faded vinyl trim strips indicates pilots are serious about making their rides look good. But what about the trailer itself? My 14-year-old glass-top Cobra has a few cracks, nicks, etc., that will require work this winter. Matching the existing...

Those bobby pins are used extensively on my Stemme and I lost two that fell out of their retaining strings during taxiing operations leaving me with only one spare. A quick search found 1.2 mm hitch pins at WalMart (of all places). I got a bag of 50 pins for under $8. Here's a link...

WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is.

Colorado soaring pilot Stewart Kissell perished Friday in the crash of his Ventus on Methodist Mountain after towing out of Salida, Colorado. A search involving 11 CAP aircraft and other local pilots was started at 7am Saturday morning after he failed to return from the Friday flight. The...

A problem with interference, all advice welcome. ..radio by itself works fine...but when I turn the vario on I get huge amounts of noise (even some with Squelch ON). Radio is a Dittel FSG50, vario is Cambridge 302/303. Where do I start looking? Chris

I think this merits its own thread. Due to legal concerns, Flarmnet has encrypted their files, and as I understand it most displays including the Butterfly will no longer show pilot or glider information. This is separate from the opt in/out of tracking as I understand it. I liked the ability to...

I don't know anything about the new guy, but I would rather have a non-flying professional CEO that knows what needs to be done (and does it) than have some hotshot, contest-flying, badge-covered, amateur administrator screw up what little is left of our organization. Intrepid flyer or not, I wish...

Hi Our 302 unit with V2.50 firmware in it will not transfer Flight Logs after bombing out mid-way on a previous transfer. I am using a Windows 2000 PC with Utility V2.55, which has previously downloaded logs without any trouble. Now, when I click on the button to start the transfer, it does not

I am helping a friend wire an old Borgelt V50. It appears that the only diagram for what goes where on the rear terminals is on the top of the housing. Unforfuntately, this diagram has been obliterated by someone. The manual doesn't have a wiring diagram. It doesn't even say much of anything...

Hi, as a beginner I am still a little rough at this. I've done 3 successful patterns with no altimeter, but today I failed one miserably with my instructor. There were two issues which threw me off. 1) we towed higher than the past attempts, and 2) instead of entering the pattern at a familiar...

I live in a fairly busy area, airplane wise. Just last weekend I spotted a single engine plane coming more or less straight at me at my altitude. I quickly banked to 1) get out of the way and 2) be more visible to the approaching airplane. I didn't notice any reaction so I don't know if he saw...

I am pleased to announce that on 25 August 2003 the IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) agreed updates to the IGC approval documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders. These updates involve only small changes of wording and are currently being placed on the fai/gliding/gnss web...

with their own reduced size fuselage... http://www.alsgallery.co.uk/albums/glider/Jordy_wants_to_takeoff.jpg Seems a bit excessive that even 5 year old kids have trouble squeezing into the cockpit. Just for Fun... See you at cloudbase -Kevin

There is still some confusion on the subject of the audit, or lack thereof, and the board. The answer given by the Excom to the members in their first statement was not correct. That is 'the board decided .....'. Then the attempted clarification was also not clear. So let me state it very...

Here is a question for you DPE's and Instructors to weigh in on. A student pilot on his checkride, was not passed for his private for the following reason. He landed in the opposite direction that he took off from. A little background, the entire days operation was operating from runway 18. His...

On many German gliders on the ASI is a yellow triangle. This Yelloe Triangle on my ASw 20 and my LS3a is the factory recommended approach airspeed. This speed is 49 knots. This has bothered me for a long time now, I think the factory did alot of pilots a disservice by putting this, to me anyway,...

I tried to post this on the RAS earlier, but haven't seen it pop up, so = thought I'd give it a 2nd try: A feature article in the Durango Herald newspaper (Durango, Colorado) = this morning (9/24/04) about a very pricey 5 star resort north of town, = Tall Timber, really caught my attention:...