Gliderfolks, There is a new book in the gliding world. Title: "Thermals" Author: Rolf Hertenstein, Ph.D. Editor & Publisher: Bob Wander / Soaring Books / USA / www.bobwander.com Notes by Bob Wander 1. Imagine that a teenager becomes a full-time professional glider flight instructor. He instructs...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF) will cooperate with your gliding organization to present a gliding safety seminar to pilots in your city. The SSF will provide an instructor to present four to six hours' worth of presentations to help you and your fellow pilots identify and reduce risk factors...

To: rec.aviation.soaring readers/visitors worldwide From: Bob Wander, Minnesota, USA New book / accident prevention for glider pilots. Hi Folks, I am assembling a new book that is a compilation of 'close calls' that could have resulted, or did result, in a glider accident or...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF) will cooperate with your gliding organization to present a gliding safety seminar to pilots in your city. The SSF will provide an instructor to present four to six hours' worth of presentations to help you and your fellow pilots identify and reduce risk factors...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a CFIG Recertification Clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday July 8 & Sunday July 9, 2006. Clinic Hours: Saturday: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM Sunday: 8 AM to 5 PM. You need not be a CFI-Glider to attend. Tuition is $150 per...

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a Glider Flight Instructor Recertification Clinic as follows: Location: Long Beach, CA Date: April 22-23, 2006 Registration: Jim Skydell

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a Glider Flight Instructor Recertification Clinic as follows: Location: Blackburg, VA Date: March 25-26, 2006 Registration: Jay Pokorski

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a Glider Flight Instructor Recertification Clinic as follows: Location: Seattle, WA Date: February 11-12, 2006 Registration: Mark Nyberg (425) 641-4785 or

The Soaring Safety Foundation (safety affiliate of the SSA) will conduct a CFIG Refresher Clinic in Etowah, Tennessee, on Saturday October 22 and Sunday 23 2005. Clinic Hours: Saturday: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM Sunday: 8 AM to 5 PM. You need not be a CFI-Glider to attend; all are welcome. Tuition...

Looking To Buy: a PW-5 in very good condition and equipped with a clamshell-style trailer. Strongly prefer no damage history and U.S registration. Please reply to n110azyahoo.com. Replace with @ ... you get the idea. Thanks!

Empty towball service? May need: - an Arizona to central Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin) glider and modern clamshell enclosed trailer hauled, July or early August 2015. - a Northeast Coast to central Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin) glider and modern clamshell enclosed trailer hauled,...

New: "Everybody's First Gliding Book!" / Bob Wander / Commercial From: Bob Wander / Soaring Books & Supplies / Minneapolis MN USA Date: March 21, 2008 To: rec.aviation.soaring usenet newsgroup New book "Everybody's First Gliding Book!" by Bob Wander Hi All, Everybody's First Gliding Book!...

I am considering to replace the top surface of our glider cover with TYVEK-RV. I am thinking to leave the white side out. Our current covers really have discolored to brown and the skins have shrunk some. Anyone have some TYVEK-experience when used as glider covers. I am specifically worried about...

I have 4 brand new LC-R067R2P1 battery cells (6V,7.2 Ah) which I plan to wire together into a 12-volt glider battery (2 in series, and the series string in parallel). All 4 cells have the identical notations on their cases. Each cell was labelled by the seller: "Top Charged 09/13". I measured each...

Hi all, I have a strange readout of my flight recorder for last Monday's scratch flight. I'm using an LX 7000 and I am viewing the flight on CU. From about 20:57:40 UTC to 20:59:24 UTC my ship does not appear to be moving. But I do gain in altitude. The expanded track that CU displays also looks...

Does anyone care that the flarm vertical range has been reduced to 500 meters in the new firmware version. Why would the vertical range for ADS-b, and PCAS be more or less unlimited and configurable and the PowerFlarm be limited to 500 meters. Henry

Should anyone need a crew for the contest, I am available. Live in Texas but could be in Ephrata at start of practice. I am very familiar with the contest area as in the past I flew several contests there and flew there for pleasure for 25 years. Lynn Wyman (AKA The Snake Angler)

Two candidates - Dan Cole and Ron Tabery - are vying for a three year term to the US Team Committee, and the election site will be open until 12/31/08. To make your voice heard, tune in to http://adamsfive.com/survey/surveys.php and cast your ballot on-line. Best of luck to both candidates DJ

Hi All In a couple of reported instances, our on-line election system at http://adamsfive.com/survey/surveys.php didn't allow bona fide SSA'ers to vote in the US Team Committee election, which runs through the end of the month. Sorry about that. We'd like as big a voter turnout for this as...

Request for Proposals Through a generous gift, the necessary endowment for an 18 Meter Nationals trophy is in place. However, as yet we have no trophy, and would like to rectify this situation in time to present it to the 2009 winner. As such, we would like to request proposals from the...