It's available from Cumulus Soaring. That's where I got my copy. I also picked up Dawn Flight at the Little Rock Convention from them. Mark

I am working through and investigating a leaking TE line in my ship. Leak tested the TE line and it seem to be wide open. Still have some more testing to do but as of now my feeling is the leak is in the fin and completely inaccessible. I think its leaking at the back of the TE port in the fin. I...

The August issue of AOPA PILOT reports a "tiny jet engine" is being developed with 150 lbs of thrust. Its 15" long, 8.6" in diameter and weighs 19 lbs. I wonder what it costs? This sounds like a great power to weight ratio.

Saw the quote below in another thread regarding spoilers open while turning (it was actually in the comment section under the video ) and was wondering if anyone could comment? This is the proper spin recovery technique. "The ASW 20 killed a number of pilots by spinning inverted out of a steep...

Installed the core and 57mm butterfly display today. Upgrade to 2.79 went smooth. Tried to upgrade the butterfly display to 3.01 from the core. Negative on the butterfly upgrade. The release notes say it does update from the core. I could not find any special procedures. The website says version...

The scenario is winch rope break practice with the instructor pulling the release to simulate rope breaks. I'm not talking about just an ordinary hard pull. This is a maximum-effort, adrenaline pumped, two-handed strain to get the release to work. On the ground, the CG hook checks out as a...

JFK gave Barbara Pierce a lesson in life in the summer of 1944 (making her a "Cape Cod heiress"), and to her eventual husband, JFK gave a personal motive for revenge. Perhaps if George and Barb had announced their earlier engagement or even if George had given Barb a diamond instead of a cheap...

like many clubs, we have troubles finding enough tow pilots. We have a Pawnee tow plane so we need to find the ever fewer pilots that are tailwheel qualified, and meet the insurance minimums. The other big issue is finding the candidate pilots that are qualified and interested in spending their...

I have a circa '92 Dittel FSG-71M in a newly purchased glider which works fine, except that the LCD is in bad shape. The digits are barely readable due to lack of contrast, the LCD glass looks to have sustained some sort of damage. Has anyone replaced one of these? Marc

I have a 80mm L Nav meter in M/S for sale.... $100. Would like to get a 57mm meter in knots. If interested in trades/ purchase or sale, e- mail me. Thanks! Kurt

The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 London Olympics because they are deemed "too British". Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be "offensive" to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team have performed at more...

The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is seeking aviation related organizations and aviation enthusiasts to participate in the museum's celebration of the 104Th Anniversary of the first flight of the Wright Brothers in December 1903. EAA Chapters wishing to provide flights under the Young Eagles...

Does anyone know of a PowerPoint or other computer-based presentation that could be used in an elementary orientation to ground handling and other gliding topics for CAP cadets? If you've got something that might work please reply to Eduardo Iglesias or Bjorn...

I am curious as to why the Kestrel polar is not included in any of the flight recorders/flight computers. I have one loaded into my SN-10 from the polar data in the manual so it's not a burning issue, but I'm feeling a bit left out!

Just uploaded my latest video from last Saturday's 500km O&R (out and return) Utah state record attempt. Was beyond an amazing day with Nephi and Utah again not disappointing. Yes, I promise to work on keeping my damn hand still on the stick! The controls are so light on the 27 you don't know you...

Congrats to BB (John Cochrane) for the lead article on the Opinion page of the Wall Street Journal this morning! It is a great piece but after reading it I still am in doubt as to what to do financially. I "got out" 2000 Dow points ago (10,000) and am clueless as to what to do now with my money...

Hi, I currently sell a nice mechanical water meter for use when filling the glider wings. It works great. The only thing it is lacking is the ability to zero the meter. Therefore, you need to make note of the number before you start filling and calculate what number you want to arrive at...

Friends! I am looking flight manuals of the gliders: MDM 1 Fox and Blanik L33 Solo. I need manuals to study the caracteristicas of these gliders, speeds, limits, etc. Somebody would have some vercion of them in pdf? Link for download? It forgives for the bad English!

Hi guys, I have been thinking about starting to fly gliders (I have previously flown R/C and Paragliders). I am based in the Southern London suburbs, Kenley is only about 15 mins from me, but they do not fly over the weekends from what I can tell, so for a person who works Mon-Fri this makes it...

Hi. For reasons unrelated to soaring, I am in the market for a Maule, M(x)-235 (where x= 4,5,6,or 7). I am fairly active in my local club and we occasionally find ourselves short a tow plane. There is an STC'd tow hook for the thing, so I wanna know: Anyone ever tow with or behind a Maule 235? I...