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Trailer For Sale by
Tom Watson
Tidewater Soaring Society has a Sooner all aluminum open trailer for
an L-33, Solo Blanik for sale. The trailer is in good condition and
has quality welded aluminum reinforcing added to areas that were prone
to slight cracking on these units. This trailer tows easily and has
been used...
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L-23 Wingtip Extensions For Sale by
Tom Watson
Tidewater Soaring Society is selling a set of wingtip extensions for
an L-23. Wing span is increased from 16.2 to 18.2 meters (53.1' to
59.7'). Performance is increased to 32:1, with sink speed 0.82 meters
per second (161 fpm) The eighteen-meter Blanik retains the excellent
handling properties...
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Libelle Canopy by
Tom Watson
I have come across what appears to be a Libelle canopy, minus the
frame. It is in very good condition, with the only flaws being cracks
about 3/4" or less radiating from two frame mounting holes. My
question is, did the 301's and 201's use the same canopy? If not, how
do you tell them apart? Who...
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UFOs are hunting for planes by
Tom-Alex Soorhull
Beware ! The aliens will shoot planes and collect your body parts for
weird experiments !
They are especially hunting for male genitals, so protect your willy
or it will become alien-food !
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Wave soaring nort of the polarcircle by
[email protected]
Hi,
If you want to have a look at how wave soaring looks north of the polar circle then have a look at the little movie I made of our trip to a place called Pirttivuopio which is close to the highest mountain in Sweden called Kebnekaise.
Very good wave soaring in almost all wind directions exept...
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ERIXX to Dell Streak via Bluetooth by
[email protected]
Does anyone have experience with connecting an ERIXX flight logger with XC Soar via Bluetooth? I've got a Dell Streak running XC Soar 6.7.5 and an ERIXX flight logger that I would like to connect to one another for GPS position and pressure altitude. I've been looking at the NEMA Bluetooth module...
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November 26th 13 11:38 PM
by JS
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January 21st 05 10:25 AM
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Any information on the TST-10M? by
Tom767
Gentlemen,
I have recently been considering buying the TST-10M motorglider produced by a
Czech company. I have had trouble finding information this glider. The
unpopularity of it and the outstanding performance of the glider indicated by
the charts are making me a bit hesitant in my purchase.
If...
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Torrey Pines by
[email protected]
Nice article on the history and future of this site.
http://www.lajollalight.com/news/local-news/sd-gliderport-sailplane-ucsd-growth-20170613-story.html
5Z
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Clueless news reporting by
[email protected]
http://www.kaaltv.com/news/more-than-20-glider-teams-coming-compete-in-albert-lea-/4483097/
It's good to get coverage, but wow. How can someone get this so wrong?
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For Sale: ASH-26E by
[email protected]
Why not jump on the bandwagon... :-)
http://wingsandwheels.com/class/classified.php?id=1231
2001 ASH-26E, 1500 hours, excellent shape, low engine time (I prefer to take a tow and (rarely) use the engine to save me from a long retrieve)
Looking to downsize budget and glider, so will replace it...
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OLC FAI triangle geometry different than FAI by
[email protected]
Last Saturday, I had a pretty decent flight:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=4611408
At the end of the day, I was trying to maximize OLC points by making the triangle portion as large as possible. I used the ClearNav "OLC" feature to see how I was doing and to...
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Fly-in BBQ at Inyokern - Saturday June 13 by
[email protected]
Sierra Soaring Club is hosting a fun get together, "contest", and BBQ at 6 pm on Saturday, June 13 (alternate 2 weeks later on the 27th).
Launch at an airport of your choice (including IYK), then fly your best OLC distance planning to arrive around 6pm for grilled chicken, hot dogs, potato salad,...
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Bow Wave lift by
[email protected]
We had 3 flights at Inyokern, CA today with winds from the NNE and all of us had wave like to the east of the Sierra crest.
Folks at Cristal Soaring talk about getting "Bow Wave" with a north wind on the San Gabriel mountains. Perhaps this is what we experienced at IYK.
At the end of the flight,...
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Strange jump in IGC file recorded on iPhone by
[email protected]
Last Sunday, I gave 3 rides in the club's L-23 and recorded them using the SeeYou app on my iPhone 4S. Flights have been uploaded to SkyLines with the 3rd one (https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/26873/) showing the anomaly.
Near the time of my release, the altitude jumps almost 1,000' and...
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