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Parowan, USA.Put it on your map.....# 711 reporting 6-22 by
TomnKeyLargo
Today made up for yesterday. The sky simply kept xploding with great white flat
bottom cu's. The best climb of the day was SM with a 17 kt average over several
thousand. Folks, these aren't vario readings, but the average climb over
several thousand ft. seen on See You. Yep, all had great flights,...
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For Sale LS 8 18 # 711 reporting by
TomnKeyLargo
Excellent condition. Owned by Skip Pate. His Email is FFP8 @ aol.com or you may
email me, Skip just called and asked me to post this message as he is having
computer problems. Thanks, # 711.
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3 Day Contest Alamogordo, #711 reporting. by
TomnKeyLargo
White Sands Soaring will hold a 3 day contest over Thanksgiving day weekend in
Alamogordo, NM. This will be a 3 day contest with only your best 2 days
counting. Daliy prizes and for the top 3 places. The only cost will be tows @
$30 and will be to 2,000 ft agl, You must land back at Alamogordo for...
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HP14 by
[email protected]
What are the pros and cons of flying/owning one of these old girls.I flew gliders waay back in the early seventies at port augusta and shortly before going on to further study our CFI , Geff finished building and was airborne. I thought it was a wonderful looking bit of kit then and now . might...
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iPhone upload to OLC by
TomNau
Does anyone use (or is it possible to use) an iPhone to upload their flight logs to the OLC? Thanks.
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Diana-2 and overall performance discussion by
tommytoyz[_2_]
I find it amazing that there are not more pilots flying the Diana-2 at
the worlds, since it seems to be head and shoulders above anything
else in the 15M. I guess too many pilots do not like the side stick or
lack of manufacturer reputation. Maybe the Australia fiasco stopped
many. Or are there...
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by HZ
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ELY Nevada by
[email protected]
Does anyone have info about what's going on in ELY in 2009? Who's
going, is there a tow plane, etc....I'd love to fly out of these for a
week this year...............
Tom
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Winch Launch Safety Study by
[email protected]
In the recent Aerokurier, there is a very good 2 part article on winch
safety, which I think everyone should read who is interested in winch
launches. I read it in the hard cover version in German, so I don't
know if an online version is available.
The main takeaways for me are the following...
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May 1986 World Record Story by
tommytoyz
On 02May 1986, the following pilots completed a 1362.68 KM triangle:
Karl H. Striedieck - ASW 20
John C. Seymour - ASW20
Robert L. Robertson - Ventus
Thomas L. Knauff - Nimbus 3
Leonard Roy McMaster - ASW 20
All except Thomas Knauff flew together. I'm looking for the write up
of this flight that...
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by MaD
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Taking micrologger abroad by
Tommy Lynch
This has probably been covered before. So appy polly logies in advance!
I would like to take my Micrologger cw/sd card abroad. I intend to take
all the leafletry it came with. I understand it has to have batteries in,
and be switched on.
I am flying with NO CHECK IN . So it has to be hand...
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FOR SALE: 2-22 & 2-33 Schweizer's plus trailer... by
Tomi
We have a '79 SGS 2 - 33A in good condition. We haven't been flying it for a while because of lack of interest and now we're looking at selling it.
The aircraft is in Bolivia (South America).
Contact me in case you might be interesed so that I can send you pictures and provide more...
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Artificial Turf Runway by
tomcatvf51
US Air Force Academy has installed an artificial turf landing area for glider ops.
http://www.usafa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123294443
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Glider Gear for sale by
tomcatvf51
Have a couple of things for sale from my previous glider. Email me for pics or additional info if interested:
1) Cambridge GPS-NAV Model 20. Includes power supply and all cables.
2) Compaq Aero 1520. Good condition. Includes Cambridge cradle and desktop cradle/power supply.
3) Puritan...
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Blanik L23 AD by
tomcatvf51
AD 2011-02-08. 6x inspection of the welded bracket on top of the vertical stabilizer. The bracket that the horizontal stab slides into when assembling. Elevator pushrod attaches to this bracket. There is a good picture in the Aircraft Industries MB no: L23/053a.
- Barry Muhlenberg, CFIG,...
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by T[_2_]
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Blanik L23 AD by
tomcatvf51
FAA Airworthiness Directive 2008-26-12 applies to the Blank L23. Effective 1/28/2009 and involves inspection of the control bridge within 3 months of that date and repetitive inspection every 12 months. AD available on faa.gov with Aircraft Industries a.s. the listed manufacturer of the L23 (not...
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Blanik L23 repaint by
tomcatvf51
Our club is repainting/recovering the ailerons, wings and horizontal tail of our 1999 Blanik L23. Our supervising A&P and I are stymied in the disassembly of the horizontal tail. The trim tab cable runs from a rocker arm near the forward horizontal tail attachement point through the stab and...
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Soaringmeteo.ch by
Tomcat222
Just came across this soaring weather site, looks useful.
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