Glider Flight Instructor Seminar, Sept 8 thru 12th at Ridge Soaring Gliderport, Julian, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this seminar is to enhance standards in flight training methods. Essentially, we will begin with flight lesson one and share how we do it to ensure compliance with Federal Aviation...

I`m searching for good ideas how to deter crows from landing on my glider, which is picketted out during the season, from wrecking my weather covers?

Frivolous. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202795092726/Judge-Awards-119-Million-in-Suit-Against-Civil-Air-Patrol?slreturn=20170710230651 Let's go fishing. Ernst

I'm curious to know if experienced glider sanders think the 3m trizact is worth the money they charge for it. I can get more than twice the number of 3000 grit 3m purple sanding disks for the same price. They don't have the foam backing - but I can fix that. Is the trizact 3000 more than twice...

Hi all, My question is, My husband is in the process of getting a standard AWC for his imported, into the US, Dimona H36 TMG. He applied to have it certificated as a glider (powered), but our FAA inspectors want to put Utility on the AWC because that's what's on the type certificate. Does this...

After a long (12 year) absence, looking to get back into soaring, although I've been an active power pilot and have owned a variety of airplanes. I used to own a Ka-6, but am thinking of a a Ka-8b that is coming up for sale. Any thoughts on the Ka-8? Things to watch out for? Difficulty rigging?

El martes, 15 de abril de 1997 04:00:00 UTC-3, escribió: My club, Sønderjysk Flyveklub, has a Twin I two-seater for sale. The data is as follows: Reg. OY-XIO Built: 1978 Hours: app. 1950 Starts: app. 4850 The glider will come along with:

Hi, I'd like to write a small programm (online) to evaluate our paragliding competitions. We usually set a couple of turnpoints with a radius of 400 meters and the aim is to pass all these one by one and fly to the target cylinder, the finish. Just to get an idea how it looks like, I made a small...

Like many others, I was saddened to learn of Dick Johnson's death earlier this month. I interviewed Dick at the SSA convention in February, but had not completed processing the video and let it sit, like a number of other digital projects. Events of course, kicked me in action, so this video...

In article Larry Dighera quotes the NTSB report: Before the collision, the Hawker had been descending toward RNO on a stable northwest heading for several miles, and the glider was in a 30 , left-banked, spiraling...

Steve Fossett is being haled by Richard Branson as "the greatest aviator in the world, he's also the greatest gliding pilot in the world" I hope via a miracle they find him alive. Given the technology he was carrying I find the chance of him being alive remote. I also noted Steve Irwin passed...

1990 National 360 Parachute, quick snaps, $600 plus shipping or best offer E-mail: Ph: 518-885-5599 Located in Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Is the tetrahedron at an airport: 1) Supposed to be pinned down to show active runway 2) Allowed to be pinned down to show active runway 3) Supposed to pivot freely with the wind direction (Background: our club has a long-standing policy to anchor the tetrahedron. Some of us are really scratching...

This week I had the pleasure to fly with a couple of freshly minted 2nd Lt.'s from the US Air Force Academy class of 2006. They were converting their glider time from the USAFA soaring program to civilian CFIG's. To say this young lady and gentleman are "good sticks" would be an understatement. ...

A couple of keen Kiwi's are looking to hire or swap either an ASH25 or = Ventus 2's for the Nationals at Hobbs this year. We have a couple of ASH25's & Ventus 2cxt at Omarama, New Zealand with = Chalets on the airfield. If you can assist we would love to hear about = it. Please contact Grae...

Our club Discus has a spot for a battery just aft of the rudder pedals but the straps are MIA. Is it safe to make new straps or use Velcro for attaching the battery hold down? Brian 17

I don't recall ever seeing an estimate of the performance loss in a glider as a function of yaw string deflection. Does anyone know what it is? Ultimately, I'm wondering how much attention should be paid to deflections of, say, 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", etc., on the usual 4"-5" long yaw string. I...

Does anybody know the current location of Simtec? The listed phone number in Hesperia CA is answered by someone else.

I’ve been trying to get the rate of "own transponder detection" by my PowerFlarm Core as low as possible. Nothing I’ve done has improved it beyond roughly every 10 minutes, on average. Sometimes it’s much worse, showing up almost constantly. Turning off PCAS isn’t really an option for me,...

Glenn and Matt Holden have added more photos of the 2005 Region 5 North race, currently underway at Perry, South Carolina, USA. http://gahsys.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=r5n05&page= 1 They've included some nice photo's of several pilots waiting on the grid. They all seem to have...