I love to spin. It's exciting. I took aerobatic training with Wayne Handley and was taught spin recoveries by him. I have direct experience spinning the Puchacz at Minden. This is what I remember from my experience. Your mileage may vary. With friends (usually lighter than me) in the front, I spun...

I can't believe nobody has hit on the obvious...............LOW JACK! Tim

Congratulations to Gary Ittner and Phil Gaisford on winning the US 18M and Standard Class Nationals. Scores are still preliminary. Very close contest for both classes. Peter Deane was only 2 points behind Phil (about one turn in a thermal over the contest). Chip Garner was only 19 points behind...

Congratulations to Fernando Silva on winning the day in 15M on December 14th.

My trusty SPOT gen1 has developed a bad on/off switch. The GEN1 was very good and almost never missed a data point. Any reviews of the gen3 vs the origional? TT

I am doing my annual firmware/software update for my cockpit. It is becoming a major process. 1. Flarm Core (Firmware and Config) 2. V7 (S7) Vario (two files plus checking setting) 3. Butterfly Display (firmware and FlarmNet) 4. Oudie (software and FlarmNet) I can't find documentation that...

I am looking for an article that was published in Soaring on a study of differences between new and expert cross-country pilots. It was published about 20 years ago but I can't remember the title or author. Tim

Very sad news. Any details on what happened? By Journal North Staff UPDATED: Friday, June 5, 2015 at 5:30 pm PUBLISHED: Friday, June 5, 2015 at 4:30 pm SANTA FE -- New Mexico State police have identified the deceased pilot of a downed glider aircraft found Thursday afternoon southeast of Santa Fe...

In the minutes of the USA Rules Committee is a proposed rules change to Start Time Reporting (see below). I am concerned about this proposed change for several reasons. 1. The potential change was not included in any previous surveys or open to discussion other than the short comment period...

After the day at Moriarty earlier this year and Nephi yesterday for the 15M/Std Combined class the rules for how a day is devalued needs to be addressed. I understand why the rule was modified a few years ago so that if pilots just didn't fly it would not devalue the day, but the criteria of what...

There were several long wave flights in Utah on Saturday. Dan Wrobel posted a flight of more than 700K in a Ventus B 16.6 to OLC and York Zentner flew over 1000K in LM (ASG-29) but appears to have had a logger failure. His spot trace will be around for a few...

Many years ago I saw a picture of a fuselage dolly that had an over center mechanism to raise and lower the glider. I believe it was on two place glider. The wheels stayed in place on the ramp and the fuselage went up and down about four inches. Anyone have a link to the photo or know the...

Cambridge 302 with 303 display, complete system $1900 It is currently in the glider that won the 15M Nats in 2011 and Region 9 in 2009 and 2010. Just completed two top 10 finishes in 2012 at 15M and Sports Nationals. The 303 is three years old and I had new screens put in the 302 this winter to...

Build a big fence! http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20120214/NEWS01/202140315/Parowan-airport-gets-prairie-dog-fence

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2011/2011-10-04-01.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/sets/72157627640803245/detail/

Are there any working designs for an air extractor for the Ventus 2?

The speeds today were phenomenal (111 mph, 179 kph) over a course that was 450 miles (725 km). Top eight finishers over 100 mph. Last two days have been great, looks like a rest day tomorrow. TT

Way to go Sarah! Great flying for the whole contest. Congratulations to the rest of the Club Class gang, wish I was there this year.

To follow up on Uncle Fuzzy's design I modified the ramp on my Pfiefer tube trailer from the early 80's. Images at: http://picasaweb.google.com/TTaylor07/TrailerJack I used four wheels rather than two for a little more surface area. On real soft ground you could carry two 12"x12" pieces of...

Gart Sports (located in many Northwestern US states) has a sale this week on Magellan 310 GPS units, $49.99 USD. No reason not to own one at this point. The Logan, UT store said they had plenty this morning. To find stores go to www.gartsports.com Good luck, Tim