Has anyone in the group installed a transponder in a Discus A, B, or CS? Are there any installation pitfalls I should know about if I install a Microair 2000? I've read recent articles in Soaring mag and would like to know specific issues for the Discus. Any optimal antenna locations? Any power...

I am working with a potential supplier of a replacement for the Bosch CDI electronic ignition units for the Rotax 505 engines used in many early motor gliders. He would like to be able to look at an engine to determine the exact specifications for a replacement CDI module. He is located near...

The recently updated Pioneer IId has flown. For more information check out our web site http://www.continuo.com/marske This glider has an experimntal moveable CG, a newly built front hinging canopy and a larger main wheel. mat Marske Flying Wings

Wish to exchange Model 10 Cambridge logger for model 20/25....

U.S. Team - Club Class Day Reports Online United States Club Class Team Captain Susan MacAllister has begun publishing Day Reports from Norway. The 3rd Club Class World Gliding Championships will be under way from June 13 to the 25th in Elverum/Starmoen Norway. Located at 60 degrees north...

Is there a need for a towpilot for 2-3 months in the summer of 2004? I would be available for July-September to tow gliders in US or somewhere in Europe. My home country is Finland. I started towing in 2002. Since I have accumulated some 400 hours of towing with Piper PA-25 Pawnee and Cessna C-188...

If anyone needs a glider taken somewhere I am still available to do so with my vehicle or your vehicle, it is usually much cheaper if I use your vehicle but I can do either. My fee is typicially about $.45 a mile with my vehicle however it can differ depending on the circumstances. I am also...

For sale LX 5000 v9 please mail Denis Flament, address : denis at deltafox.net cf. http://www.filser.de/main.php?dat=e_ger_lx5000 La facilité d'utilisation du LX 5000 avec les fonctions les plus complètes : remis à jour en 2004 par Filser (version 9), calculateur écran graphique + vario LCD,...

No contest due to weather/ Needed 4 days to make a contest. Today was cancelled. Fly safe, Soar high, Thermal tight. # 711.

It wouldn't hurt to repeat this message also -- any location thinking of going to a winch operation would do well to absorb the lessons in Derek Piggott's "Ground Launches" book. This 83-page book distills over forty years of European and British winch experience. The author has had over 10,000...

TRUCKEE,CA DONNER LAKE 12-03 PICS. @ webshots http://community.webshots.com/user/donner_lake_2003 email me for all the pics.

The Soaring Safety Foundation will present a CFIG Recertification Clinic in Denver, CO, on Saturday April 17 and Sunday April 18 2004. Time: Saturday April 17 - 8:30 AM til 6 PM. Sunday April 18 - 8:00 AM til 5 PM. Location: Holiday Inn Select - Denver Cherry Creek 455 South Colorado Boulevard

TORONTO AREA GLIDER PILOT GROUND SCHOOL! Spring 2004 Session starting Thursday March 25 ============================================== York Soaring will be hosting a Glider Pilot Ground School directed at beginning pilots to prepare them both for basic flight training and the Transport Canada...

anyone see a Peterson with a ground Tow hook on the bottom or see a modified one. It is normally a aerotow only glider and I wonder if it could be modified with a field approval for ground tow.

Why a flying wing ? How can one come to understand the Fauvel flying wing formula as opposed to a more classic formula? The complete answer to this question requires delving deep into the inner workings of these machines. Summarized here are some ideas that explain the advantages of this...

We've all complained or heard the complaints about how the SSA doesn't do much for the membership. Fortunately, things are changing, but those of us who want to make more changes need your help. We're updating the SSA club database so the Club and Chapter Committee can provide better service and...

As received: ------------------ This e-mail goes to all the World Class enthusiasts in North America for whom I have an e-mail address, and to a few friends of the World Class over the World. Please forward to whomever you think may be interested. =======================

Does anyone know what the current status of the lighthawk ultralight glider project is? I know the initial flight test in 2002 went well. But I haven't heard anything since.

Anyone out there gotten theirs yet? If so, about how long ago? I am worried that the delivery service (did he send them Postal, or UPS?) might have eaten them. Steve Leonard

I am lucky having a dry barn to keep the trailer in winter, even so I use a heater for 3 or 4 weeks around this time of year. Is it true that many new trailers are double skinned and sealed to keep the inside dry ?. This is the opposite of conventional ventilated trailer thinking, does it...