Over here on this side of the pond, how should I advertise or tell my friends (yet to meet) that I fly something like an aircraft without an engine running? If I say Glider, I often hear "Oh, you fly hang gliders?" If I say I fly sailplanes, I hear "What is that?" If I say I am going soaring, I...

I am trying to figure out why my AGL nav box is showing the wrong altitude. On the ground it is showing -4995 feet and it has the same error throughout the flight. Is there any way that I can adjust that, or is it my 302 showing it wrong/reading it wrong? All the other functions are working...

Hi all, here http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/23/palm-emulated-on-the-iphone-finally-we-can-leave-that-iiic-at-h/ they show the beta of a palm emulator on IPhone. This might lead to interesting developments, don't you think? The beta hasn't been released yet, but one can fairly assume that it'll...

The rubber pistol grip on the flap handle in my LS6 is pretty badly deteriorated. The spoiler handle grip is also going down hill. DG replied to an email that they can't help me with replacements. The next step could be fabrication, but I thought I'd try the group first. Is there a source for these...

We still have open spots for entry into the Region 12 contest in Warner Springs, CA. April 21-26, 2008 There are newer rooms still available at the Warner Springs Ranch. BBQ's are set up for every night. The Finish Line Lager is about complete. Hedge Hopping Hefeweizen will be started shortly.

To prevent abuse of the received data in competitions (which is an IGC requirement) FLARM has since 2004 included a "Privacy" mode where not all the received information is forwarded to the serial dataport and therefore is never available to external, graphical displays or PDA's. The *internal*...

Motti, If you get this, contact me off-line. Phone call cut out before your number. FYI, very interested. Gary Adams

Does an experimental ASW20B require a compass to be legal. The minimum equipment list in the amnual does not specify a compass?

1) Should aircraft use switches for both positive and negative (SPXX vs. DPXX switches) or just the positive (especially in application from point 2 below) ? I was planning on switching just the positive only and have the negative side permanently connected; both batteries and negative of each...

Hello North America! Our annual Marfa (Texas) Thermal & Wave Camp may need another towplane. Being hospitable Texans, we've found it hard to say "no" to pilots wanting to fly at Marfa from March 29 - April 6, 2008, so now were over-subscribed. Last year 20 sailplanes enjoyed our spring soaring,...

The SSA website only has the winner's traces and also then mistakenly Farfield's traces listed under the Cordele contest. Any help/suggestions where to look? Thanks, J4

Come on now, what where some of the highlights from this year's convention for those of us stuck at home for various reasons. With no convention next year, there should have been a lot of "new" stuff. Usually RAS is full of post-convention Some information I would love to hear about would...

I am installing a regular rod type antenna on the wooden turtledeck of my plane where it will attach to only wood. I got the antenna from a friend who didn't have the attaching hardware. Do I need to do or know anything special to attach this antenna to make sure it operates correctly? Does it...

I was wondering if 2009 U.S. National Contests were successfully sited a the SSA Convention? If so, where are contest pilots going in 2009? Thanks, EY

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Air Force just announced today that they had selected the KC-30 as their new tanker. Big John

Following is the tentative schedule for our Soaring Seminar. If you have not reserved a space, please do so soon, (phone, useour web site or email) as the available space is filling up. It will be an outstanding event. 2008 Soaring Seminar Schedule March 29 - 30

What type of battery is inside the Model 20. I need to change mine and I understand it is behind the antenna and can be replaced without breaking the recorder seal. Thanks, Fred