I purchased a new set of Schroth belts last season and now I want to add a 5th strap to hold the release down at my waist. I called the distributor and was informed that Schroth hardware is no longer available. So much for buying premium equipment. Does anyone out there have a clip that I can have...

Is there anyone that knows if an Blanik L13 open trailer will work for an L23?

Kudos to Tony Smit, FBO of Benz Aviation, Ionia, MI, for hosting a youth camp and soloing nine new glider pilots! Way to go, Tony!

Hello folks, did a little searching on past posts related to Pawnee tanks and came up empty handed, so here goes: ours is a C model with the bladder/liner equipped fiberglass fuselage tank. It's developed a leak at the bottom that I'm digging into. Discovered a poorly done previous repair that...

www.igcspy.com Scroll down the "Compare Flight" tab for gliders comparison. Click on table headings to sort. Make your own conclusions... It will only work properly with chrome, not sure how it will works with Opera or Safari.

Anyone flying with iGlide and an iPd mini? What are your thoughts, does the iPad mini work well in the cockpit? Are you happy with this combination, is the mini bright enough to see in the cockpit, does the battery last long enough, what mount do you use? Any comments would be helpful. Thanks

I'm looking for a Digital Average Display (DAD) for a Borgelt B40 Vario. New or used. Only 300 hours on the instrument.

For those of you interested in trying your hand at Grand Prix Sailplane Racing (short of qualifying for the real deal), here is your chance! Each weekend (alternating Sat/Sun) one of the US Nightly Soaring races will now become US Nightly Soaring Grand Prix. These races will be scored as a brand...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AsnxNIrzDBg#! enjoy? Brad

For those of you who don't have See You flight soaring software, you will like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCXmUv-1k4w

All racing plots should be using these to improve 'finger to touchscreen' performance: http://www.phonefingers.com/

A beautiful reconstruction of the US Air flight that water-landed this year. Very impressive video/audio overlays and analysis! http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww/pages/project_gallery/cactus_1549_hudson_river.html

I have a PZL KI-13A compass. The fluid seems to have drained out. I contacted PZL for information on how to repair but, their recommendation was to replace the unit because of the shipping cost. Is there a way to refill the compass with the appropriate fluid?

Mike Mitton "captured" the PASCO egg from Truckee September 28 with a nice flight out of Minden. He towed with SoaringNV to the west to see if the clouds on that side of the valley would work, and after scratching around for about an hour finally made it south far enough to have the 100 km...

Please check out my most recent topic"Increase competition participation by increasing the fun". Your comments are appreciated. www.5Ugly.blogspot.com

I would like to buy a Borgelt B40 vario. If you have one that's available, please drop me a line. Cam Martin Tehachapi CA jcmartinATbak.rr.com

Sorry if this is boring, but the last discussion pretty much focused on the release / rudder waggle. I can't get to the NTSB report just now, but I seem to recall reading in the report on the OTHER incident (loose hand held radio blocking forward stick movement) that the pilot released, still...

Last December I reported in this forum that I was starting a project to extract airspace information from the National Airspace Resource Files (NASR) published by the National Flight Data Center, and to translate that information into file formats commonly used in the sport aviation community (such...

I have not found a really good source for current Jet Stream analysis and Forecast Charts. This is the best one I've seen so far: http://weather.unisys.com/ngm/init/ngm_300_init.html Anyone got a better source? In the past I've seen similar charts from NOAA or NWS That had a white background and...

Hod Taylor celebrated his 89th birthday August 20 with a 2 1/2 hour flight over the beautiful Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe in a Duo Discus out of Minden. Many readers will remember Hod from his days at Black Forest Soaring, where he flew a triple lennie and entertained other pilots with his...