http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1951610169657809939 First post for the last post. Maybe they run SSA as well!

Some time ago potential purchasers of the (US) PowerFLARM brick were offered the choice of the bundled display or the 57mm panel mount display. No information on either seemed to be available from US dealers so it was impossible to make an informed choice. Butterfly has advised me that no English...

A couple of very good perspectives HERE...

I would like to know the approximate position of the front seat airbrake handle with wheel brake applied. If you are familiar with a G103 front cockpit please give me an estimate of the position such as "just past vertical" "45 deg past vertical" etc. Reason for the post is that my wife finds it...

New pic on the SH site. First flight very soon.

Sailplane designers, Modern wind turbine blades are strikingly similar to glider wings. They are now now coming out in sizes approaching 50 meters. The market expansion for wind energy is expected to grow rapidly. The ensuing economies of scale from mass produced wind turbine blades just...

Why don't people in SRA and SSA get the message about contest safety? A unnecessary loss of life because the FINISH GATE was used and not a FINISH CYLINDER. Charlie Spratt and the top racing pilots want the finish gate at contests because it is so exciting! All the near misses in the pull ups and...

Ralph Kolstad has announced that his father, Ken Kolstad, passed away yesterday, June 18th, at the age of 96. Ken and his family have had a long involvement with Colorado soaring. Ken and Mid Kolstad received a Paul Schweizer Lifetime Achievement Award at the SSA Convention earlier this...

I have just had my Winter 57mm altimeter fail it's instrument check. From what I can ascertain, this is not all that uncommon. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions of a suitable 2-1/4" alternative.

Due to a senior moment, my cobra trailer became unhooked as I was pulling it out of my back yard. The emergency trailer brake activated and broke the safety chain I had installed as well as the trailer wiring, fortunately all this happened at a very slow speed before I got on the road and it was...

Bill Gawthrop who won the U.S. Open Nationals at Montague on July 3rd, is doing well after the crash of his beautiful JS-1c Jet at Truckee, CA. I have not talked directly with Bill, only his wife Dianne. The circumstances of the crash remain unclear, but seem to be unrelated to any mechanical...

The local towplane operation has a Pawnee that back in 1996 had an STC from STC Inc. (SA01154AT) modification to the wing attach cluster. Apparently it still requires a wings off inspection every two years. The owner of the operation has heard that there may be an inexpensive permanent fix that...

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I am in the market for a first glass ship and both these gliders are available locally and at my target price range. I would appreciate any feedback concerning the relative pros and cons of each.

I currently charge the (hard to remove) batteries in my ASH-26E with a solar panel and charger installed on/in my trailer. During a contest, the plane may not spend much time in the trailer during daylight hours, but it does spend most nights in there. The solution would be to use the solar panel...

This ad is for a kit owned by a recently deceased pilot, at the request of a friend of mine. I know nothing about it, so go to the website if you need the details: www.saitta-design.com -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly

The Blue Ridge Soaring Society's Boomerang trophy has moved. The Boomerang has been at Front Royal, VA for nearly two years, but was retrieved by Chris Zaboji (pronounced Zah-BOY-ee). Chris performed the cross-country glider flight of 144 statute miles in about 4 and a half hours over some pretty...

Scenario # 1: I've got 2 guys (with FAA SEL Pilot Certificates) who planned to come to Marfa, Texas for glider training next week. Neither has a US Passport nor can they obtain a Certified Copy of their Birth Certificate because they are told you need to go to your home town or county to obtain...

Hi All, As a recently licensed pilot I decided it would be a good idea to learn more about soaring weather prediction, specifically the workings of a Skew-t graph. I combined that with learning more about developing Apps for Android, so yesterday I published by first Android...

Are some glider designs much safer than others? Or do certain designs put their pilots at risk for certain types of injuries during a crash? Looking at the Libelle with the bubble canopy it makes me wonder if the glider flipped on you during a bad landing or crash if the pilot would suffer head/...