Just when you thought you've seen it all. Wings and Wheels has listed a beautifully restored 2-33 for a mere $75K http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds

OK you have a choice of the latest 18m flapped class gliders - ASG29, HpH 304S Shark, DG808s, LAK-17, LS10, JS1, Ventus2cx, Antares18s (think thats them all?) which one would you buy and why?

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I would appreciates some suggestions…..I am looking for the ideal place to live in the US – for soaring (I have not told my wife how massively weighted this particular criterion is!). I am overseas now and more than likely we will return to the US this summer. I have spent hours on the net...

Inquiring minds what to know if and by whom Sean Fidler was asked to be the US Team Captain. The US Team code of conduct states the following: 13.1.5 Treatment. Fair, considerate, courteous treatment of Team Management, Team Volunteers, and members of the public. I think we can all agree that...

In my early hours of being instructed, not one went by without stall and spin practice. They also taught me to look out of the window. Maybe I've done a thousand or more turns before I found myself in a spin that I did not intend to happen. I was in an HP11, over a ridge, with a 1-26 out climbing...

Hi all, After a long break from gliders, last year I moved close to an airfield and resumed flying at the local soaring club on Blanik metal 2-seaters. While this is always a lot of fun I am tempted to finally get my own one-seater and start practice longer flights, with slightly better...

Washington DC Examiner January 15, 2009 Don't agree with everything Barb pushes, but she did her homework. The whole article and reader feedback below. Thanks Frank for noting. Please also post your comments at: http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/Warnings_began_years_ago_011509.html Not just at...

Could this be the future? Sunseeker http://solar-flight.com/ The Solair 2 http://www.solair.de/timer.htm is a second generation solar electric powered aircraft. Here are the specification (in German): http://www.solair.de/frame.htm English language information is...

This scenery is now available on the Harris Hill Soaring web server: http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/HHSC/Condor.html Thanks to everyone for their inputs.

All - For the third year in a row I've somehow managed to injure my back early in the season (base of the spine/sciatic nerve). I'm beginning to suspect its not my day-job or rigging my ship (I have a one-man rigger); but rather my flying and seating position in the cockpit (DG-300). Short...

OK, I can get the theory (OR can I?) with winglets to reduce wingtip vortices. Surely the best direction for the tip is DOWN!, I understand this may be difficult for actually making, especially with gliders and groundloops, aesthetics, etc, but can someone explain why they are pointing...

From Europe: ________________________________________________ "On Sun, November 25, 2007 9:31 am, peternarinx wrote: Yesterday, on the airfield of Weelde ( EBWE) in Belgium, Peter Mink reached 1718m AGL with an ASK21 and a Mel winch." "The length of the runway is 3100m including the grass at both...

Very sad to report a mid-air at Crazy Creek Soaring, just after 11 Saturday morning. According to news reports, a Pawnee and glider collided over the airport. Two fatalities. No names released yet. News said one pilot was very experienced and lived with his family at Middletown, the other is from...

SGP USA begins today at Seminole Lake Gliderport near Orlando, Florida. Website: www.sgp.aero/usa2017 Live tracking: http://www.sgp.aero/usa2017/race-coverage/race-tracking.aspx?contestID=28476 Facebook: @FAISailplaneGrandPrixUSA Yesterday's practice race results: ...

PowerFLARM is supposed to have the capability to detect and display Mode S 1090ES position data on its display. How many aircraft (Airliners, bizjets?) currently send out 1090ES data? This is for the US, of course. Kirk 66

Hi, FLARM has made the preliminary manuals for PowerFLARM Brick and PowerFLARM Remote Displays available he Manuals and Software Updates http://powerflarm.us/manuals-software-updates-and-release-notes/ The first Brick units will be used and tested at the Mifflin contest.

Since the board seems kind of dead today (everyone getting their gliders ready for the season?) I will weigh in with a brief review of this combo. I like iGlide, which seems quite modern compared to the other commercial offerings and it pairs well with the Butterfly/Air variometer. Last year I was...

Most flight computers nowadays calculate wind vector, but only few calculate headwind/tailwind component, which, in my opinion, is almost equally important, since it tells you if your glide over terrain/final glide is going to suffer or benefit from the wind component, as well as help you estimate...

Has anyone seen the winglet alternative that is a slotted tube that goes on the wing tip? I can't remember the name (Minix?) or what site I saw it on. I believe its being tested in France and the designer made pretty impressive claims. I was wondering what you winglet designers think. Mike ASW15