I was quoted $3,500 to $4,000 by the Mercedes Benz dealer to install a factory tow hitch on to a ML 350 Bluetech 2011! I was wondering if anyone else had this happen and if so, where did you go to have the work done and were you happy with it? I live in Southern Cal.

I tried to post this on the RAS earlier, but haven't seen it pop up, so = thought I'd give it a 2nd try: A feature article in the Durango Herald newspaper (Durango, Colorado) = this morning (9/24/04) about a very pricey 5 star resort north of town, = Tall Timber, really caught my attention:...

How about creating new FAI Class-The Economy Class. New gliders you can buy for , let's say $40,000 or less. To hell with the other specs. The only one shall be...40G. It will screw the high end producers, and should flood the market with hundreds of very good, simple and affordable gliders. rrk

Sign up for a Soaring Webinar The Soaring Society of Boulder is presently a Cross Country Safety Seminar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research auditorium. This will also be presented live and online in two sessions. You must register in advance to attend via the web. Date: March...

What type of battery is inside the Model 20. I need to change mine and I understand it is behind the antenna and can be replaced without breaking the recorder seal. Thanks, Fred

Last weekend our club did some ground launching from a nearby dry lake. I had two very successful launches using our "cheap" 1800' rope. With the cheap rope we don't use a parachute on the cable. When I tried to launch with the 3000' spectra rope, equipped with a parachute, the chute at least...

A problem with interference, all advice welcome. ..radio by itself works fine...but when I turn the vario on I get huge amounts of noise (even some with Squelch ON). Radio is a Dittel FSG50, vario is Cambridge 302/303. Where do I start looking? Chris

Many of us received word this morning that Bill is missing and presumed dead in a body surfing accident in Mexico (Thanks, Roy). Was not sure how it would affect me, but I have been pretty subdued all day. Hard to think Bill won't be there to call when I need advice on flying the Ventus and which...

Anyone know what the stuff is that Cobra uses to bond the aluminum ribs and skin with? I am in the design phase of a clamshell top and I would like to bond the skin/ribs, with a few chicken rivets in strategic places. Brad

I am pleased to announce that on 25 August 2003 the IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) agreed updates to the IGC approval documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders. These updates involve only small changes of wording and are currently being placed on the fai/gliding/gnss web...

Having fun in the DuckHawk 15m sailplane By: Daniel Sazhin In early September, I had a fantastic day of flying at Blairstown Airport, the culmination of which was having the opportunity to fly Windward Performance's new DuckHawk. I had just flown the club Grob Twin Astir with my brother, promptly...

The following message from Ken Sorenson speaks for the Rules Committee and the rest of the contest commitee on the subject of contest reports from Logan. Please especially note that NO ONE from SSA censored the previously posted reports. UH Ken's message: Many of us enjoy following contests by...

Here is a quote from the DG/LS web site...it is, in my humble opinion, worrisome statement : Economic aspects Everyone knows that the approved certification of new models becomes more and more expensive and the number of production planes will never reach the quantities of the past. The cost for...

Hi Our 302 unit with V2.50 firmware in it will not transfer Flight Logs after bombing out mid-way on a previous transfer. I am using a Windows 2000 PC with Utility V2.55, which has previously downloaded logs without any trouble. Now, when I click on the button to start the transfer, it does not

For Sale Cambridge navigation system S-NAV, firmware Ver. 7.9 (latest), Optional G-Meter installed for Automatic Cruise/Climb switching. 57mm Vario readout (knots scale) and "New" optional S-NAV Temp. Probe ($46.50 from NK) included. Price: $650.00 Cambridge GPS-NAV model 20 Flight Recorder,...

The LX 9090 Zeus features a 5.5 inch colour screen and runs a new LX Navigation glide and nav software. It has the ability to show either a 2D or 3D terrain moving map on screen. For more details visit the LX Navigation section at http://www.foxonecorp.com or http://www.lxnavigation.si/avionics

Does anyone have a link to, or a copy of, an English language paper or explanation about Dr Herbert Pirker's final glide theory? I can't even locate one in German via Google. I can find snippets about it relating to implementation on StrePla in 2006vand I understand that a couple of the NavBoxes...

I am begging around for software that can be used in Club environ where members can indicate that they are coming out on a particular day to fly, we are trying to move from 5 days a week to 7 days a week and I need to know who wants to fly. Second phase is to have some booking software for our...

can you help us with the steps and required paperwork to import a canadian registered glider to the US? Thanks, Steve

I have a datalogger, I have an IPAQ, and I have all the cabling etc. I have spent considerable time at Cumulus Soaring, reading the comparisons of glider software. What I lack is the experience to know what is important. I've played with the features of SeeYou Mobile, and frankly, most of the...