Has anybody had experience with these heated soles in a glider: http://gerbing.com/Products/insoles.php ? would it be better to get sock? Some of these types of products have horrible reviews but these have good reviews on a retailer's website. Most of the threads on heated socks are old and...

Hi, I am hoping to find someone in the US who has purchased a glider from Canada and had some time to share what is needed for a smooth transaction. I guess I need to find out: - what sort of Bill of Sale for an international sale - how to check if there are liens on the glider - it is Canadian...

The PGC dual drum winch is for sale - Refer to ad posted on the Wings & Wheels website

Said to be a recent aerobatic accident in Germany. No known details. Can you translate what is said at the end of the video? What is the glider type? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm66k3F1bv8

I am looking for some advise regarding "Post Curing of Epoxy Composites". The sailplane composite repairs have been completed regarding my salvaged ASW-27. The tail boom has a new 3'long intermediate section that has been scarfed and glassed into position. The fuselage pod had some radial...

Gliding International posted -ASK 21 is grounded after November 30 Who knows what ?

It works really well, even in the boonies at New Castle. Check it out, http://tinyurl.com/y9tzqgpk I'm using the (free) GlideTrack iOS app. There's a similar android app. I'd like to encourage others to do the same. That's a link to the embedded SSA tracking page for 9/23 @ Region 4 South. If...

At the usual place... http://www.clearnav.net/main/cn-downloads.html Users with NAV display and XC license can try out our new thermal assistant in the 3.2 beta. There's also an update for 3.1. Please see release notes, they contain information you'll want to have. Good Soaring and best...

I recently swithced to the inreach SE from SPOT. My SPOT was on the SSA's sailplane tracker successfully for years, but I can't seem to get it to access my inreach share page, which is: https://share.delorme.com/tomseim Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Tom

A stationary aircraft with no pilot inside took off because of nothing but a stiff breeze...lessons to be learned... http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/wind-assisted-takeoff/886gu2cd

Herbert Kilian wrote: Is there any new technology on the horizon that would address the situation without costing a fortune? First of all, you need transflective screens, that is, with a frontlight. The Sharp Zaurus series have these screens, and it is said that the screen of the SL6000 is...

I realize that a new badge person is either in training or just been trained. Has anyone received an approval lately? I have had a badge submission in for over two months and heard nothing. The SSA staff assures me that he should be getting to in any time now. I am wondering if anyone else has...

Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you...

To whom it may concern, EASA has just published a new AD: EASA AD 2010-0185-E. It grounds all Blaniks with immediate effect, including L-13, L-13A and all aircraft that passed earlier AD inspections. Reason is that the failed wing spar on the Austrian accident glider failed before reaching...

I would like to use a GPS antenna that I could send NMEA data to both my Glide Computer and my PDA running flight sortware. Any thoughts on how something like that would be wired up? I have a Gilsson antenna with a brass plug that fits into my iPAQ 310, if that same unit would work, I would get...

Maybe I don't know, but from more than 60 years of soaring and powered flight, from my own eyeballs, and numerous written reports I have concluded that parachutes will alter behavior. How many injury accidents and fatals have been recorded that have the factor "Parachute worn" or no "parachute...

Great soaring weather is coming this weekend (Fri-Sun 06/23 to 06/25 .... and a few days beyond) to the SW U.S. Deserts (CA, NV Mojave Owens Valley). Finally the 500mb Four Corners High will be building in providing a light NE to SE flow into the Mojave Deserts and SW side of the Great Basin...

I have a PZL K-13 compass that's leaking. Here's a photo of the compass: http://www.soarbfss.org/scgi-bin/gallery2/v/Flying_0/acc.jpg.html This summer, I had the canopy of my ASH-26E open and it focused the sun onto the compass and melted a hole in the front. Luckily it was in the black painted...

I saw a posting on a web site about Steve Fossett's around the world flight. Just think, since he landed at the same airport that he took off from, he can't log that flight as 'cross country flight'.

I've been happily flying my H303 Mosquito for a year now and my landings seem to be getting worse as time goes on. I have tried a lot of approaches to the process, but inevitably I'm faster that I want to be and don't touch as lightly as I'd like especially with a lot of brake out. Any trailing...