Hello everybody! I just created a page dedicated to the Rolladen-Schneider LS7 WL on gliderreview.com along with its 2016 OLC stats. If you ever flew or even owned an LS7 (WL or not), I'd be glad to get your star rating about these...

At 06:25 31 August 2018, Andy Blackburn wrote: On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 10:44:06 PM UTC-7, wrote: Watch this.....and consider your life. https://youtu.be/oYpG0HDcFsA Wow! That's pretty cool. Amazing how inherently simple turbojets are. Andy Blackburn

My Ventus airbrake doesn’t always stay closed during the roll out on tow. Now our grass runway is hard and ruff and causes a lot of bouncing around but over the last few years the brake come on if I don’t lean my hand against it. Is there any adjustments or could something have broke? I can’t...

I am pleased to announce IGC-approval for the Colibri X Flight Recorder, manufactured by LX Navigation d.o.o. of Celje, Slovenia. The level of approval is for "all flights". The IGC-approval document may be downloaded from either the GFAC or FAI/IGC web sites, see below, together with other...

ASH-25E - Rotax 275 Having flown some of them, I noticed a couple of recurrent problems: 1. Actuator cannot start to lift the engine out of its well. The usefull lever to start moving is short... Manually opening the hatch helps. Door sandows are original. Battery voltage is OK (a car...

AOPA Live weekly online news report had two segments related to gliders; the Perlan record and the Flying Willat Glider Family story. Also, an update and sage advise on the Flux Capacitator. https://tinyurl.com/ydcuwtnx

I have been reading some of the comments made on another thread and thought that it would be best discussed as a specific topic. Over thirty years ago my wife and I moved from Miami to Vero Beach. We immediately started flying off our own strip with the help of a fellow resident who supplied the...

Hi, Can hard wax be replaced by liquid wax application? Of course silicon free, as well as other harmfull adds. Although i've seen guys maintaining their gliders purely on applying liquid wax regularly, i guess it wont seal & protect the gelcoat as well as a good anual hard wax buffing. ¿Any...

Our Club is reworking towing height fees. We are based south of Denver (elevation 7,000' msl). Normal tow heights are to about 9,000-10,000' msl. We have new members who now are asking for tows to 14,000' msl. This is causing up to 45-minute waits for the next tow. Normally, we get about four or...

I had small leak on the right wing water ballast bag on my LS6. Pulled it out and tested, It looked O.K. from outside, (Seems original LS genuine "3F5-28" two part tank of total 80L capacity), but water slowly penetrate internal Brown PVC layer to the tan colored water-sealed outer nylon layer,...

We now have 27 pilots registered in 3 classes for the contest. http://silentflight.ca/nationals/index.php/registrationform/registered-pilots 18 spaces left before we reach our maximum of 45 competitors. Come join us and fly the area before the Pan-Am in 2019!

I'm adapting a trailer to my DG-101 and would like to buy a molded nosecose to act as a forward stop in the trailer. The existing nosecone was fitted to a Jantar Standard 2 and has quite a different shape. Thought I'd check here in the remote chance that someone might have one. Matt

Could someone sponsor them so they can get a Mark 1V yawstring instead of using a bit of white sticky tape? At 0:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhKlVCgujE&feature=youtu.be

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new- mexico/articles/2018-07-11/albuquerque-man-dies-in-glider-crash- near-moriarty-airport

They came to Uvalde during the recent contest. Good people showing good stuff in Texas. Every state should have a team doing segments like these! http://yolotx.com/glider-aviation-museum/ Steve Leonard

The TC holder / mfg of the PA-25 line has an extensive parts inventory. I am in Argentina, not too far from the factory, and could possibly take some smallish parts back with me. the exchange rate is very favorable, let me know if you have a critical need. Mike Malis Perlan project

"Bill Gawthrop (F8) died August 23rd at his home in Northern California.. Bill was an avid student, a generous teacher and a gracious competitor. Bill began his love affair with fight, flying hang gliders in Colorado where he established several still-used soaring sites. Bill took up gliding in...

Where can we buy replacement split plastic fairings/covers for aileron or flaperon linkages?

I have such a radio, and when you turn one of those concentric knobs, the other one turns too, unless you hold it firmly. Thus it takes two hands to turn only one knob. How can I adjust it work as intended?

Just got a MacBook and was interested in iSoar. App Store (in US) doesn’t have it. Anyone know what happened to it? Wade