Entry forms for this year's South African National Championships - aka DustDevil 2005 - are now available from the Soaring Society's website at: http://www.sssa.org.za

Anne Kienhofer reports ............... 28.9.05The dreaded front passed through yesterday night after a very hot and extremely windy Monday. Yesterday morning the wind came strongly from the South and it was winterly cold. There was a briefing in the morning and general consensus: No task would be...

Along with some excellent gallery shots, you can now see the final results of the inaugural Northwest Regionals. As you will see from the coments in the 'news' section, there will be an increased international turn-out next year - get your entry forms early to avoid disappointment. Make a low...

When the first 7 of the 15 Metre Class come in at over 140Kph on a 3 hour Area task - thats "Hammerwetter" More details of Day 9 scores at: http://www.sssa.org.za PS - apologies for the outage yesterday evening -

With task speeds of over 161Kph, things are really warming up down in the Free State. 2 contest days to go - and its going down to the wire! For all details see: http://www.sssa.org.za

Following a small break in communications from the competition site in Bloemfontein, we now have the scores up to Day 6. The 15 Metre class are being rested today after and almost total 'aux vaches' yesterday. To see all the scores http://www.sssa.org.za In the gallery (Day 1) you can see some...

The SA Nationals, and in deed the SSSA web site itself, is now back in the land of the living after yesetrday's outage. The preliminary results for Day 4 are available from: http://www.sssa.org.za

We must apologise for the interupption in service to the SA Nationals web site. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Bulletin 3 has been published - see http://www.sssa.org.za

Ted passed away on 6th November 2005 in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he lived with his wife Aldyth. Over the last 10 months he had been battling lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos products in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Ted won the South African Standard Class Championships in a...

Hi all, sorry for my english. I'm a new owner of an asw19b. I ordered the TN11 kit to add the second blade to the airbrakes. If i try to mount the blade of the kit with the supplied screws, blades have an enormous play on the vertical axis because there ale a pair mm between the blade and the...

I all, I just bought an asw 19b. In the documentation of the glider I haven't found the mintenance manual. Someone knows were can in find it or if it's downloadable? Thanks Stefano

What differences are found between the Ventus C 17.6 and the Ventus 2bx?

Anybody have experience in using this? Would it help towing a COBRA trailer with a small car?

On Saturday, October 21, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, wrote: Looks like he entered a flat spin of which he could not recover. Seems to me the heavy engine in the tail might have caused/contributed to the flat spin. Did anybody else make stall/spin tests with the Windex 1200...

Hi, At the local club there is a number of older Electronic Cambridge Varios hanging round. Some are supposed to be working but they have been pulled out and the wiring harness lost. They have a small multipin blue socket on the back, and a plain face with no switches or knobs. The model numbers...

Hi, At the local club there is a number of older Electronic Cambridge Varios hanging round. Some are supposed to be working but they have been pulled out and the wiring harness lost. They have a small multipin blue socket on the back, and a plain face with no switches or knobs. The model numbers...

Hi, At the local club there is a number of older Electronic Cambridge Varios hanging round. Some are supposed to be working but they have been pulled out and the wiring harness lost. They have a small multipin blue socket on the back, and a plain face with no switches or knobs. The model numbers...

http://dhost.info/Paragliding/Pages/joeparrspiraltreelandingmexico 2005.htm Stunning POV vid of this accident sequence...

NTSB report listed this accident as occurring Monday, both pilots had com= mercial rating, one fatality and one seriously injured. Report listed co= llision with a ridge as viewed by a witness. =20