You can find some news if you look hard enough. Does the SSA not financially support the US Team at all? Regardless, I would think the SSA would take a more proactive role in helping to showcasing the WGC, the Olympics of...

I've got to assemble today! Sky's the limit! - John

Who should log the flight and claim the points for a student instructional flight? May both the student and the instructor claim the flight? If there is no specific rule for this, what are other clubs doing? While the instructor is the PIC, do the FAR's matter in who gets to claim OLC points? Do...

It is looking like I will have an empty towball leaving SoCal (Cal City, Tehachapi, Mojave area) and heading generally north in early December. Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Washington are all options. The schedule is still a moving target but if anyone has anything that...

I have a pair of gas struts which I purchased here a couple of years ago and have not used that I would like to offer for sale. HAHN-Gasfedern N 1100 Atr.Nr. 1 043 86 9 Ment Dat. 0907 Piston length 19.9" Body length 24.75" Over all length from center of rod end to center of rod end 45.3"....

We own an LS6a. During annual inspection our A&P noticed that one of the rubber bellows on a sliding link in the landing gear assy has split and needs to be replaced. Anyone know of a replacement part? Rich L

Since I see that the Soar Idaho site is only occasionally updated, I thought I might post this here for any interested parties. When I purchased my HP18, I also came into possession of the molds for the Super HP18 modification. I don't particularly want them, and I have no intention of making the...

Dear Soaring Enthusiasts, Rhonda and I have been running GLIDERBOOKS now for over 12 years, and the company is healthy and continuing to grow. We are interested in taking things to the next level, by purchasing an airport and opening our own flight training school that would concentrate on...

3-rd European Junior Gliding Championships, Leszno, 1995, part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ych31QgjtHU USA Junior Team participated in Leszno by special invitation from Polish Aeroklub. Pilots: Joseph "Joe" Walter and Sean Franke Team Captain: John Campbell Team Coach: Andre Volant

I saw it on my face book The caption was "tricked out Discus 2" that somebody got to use in a contest this summer It had painted winglets in blue I think. I'd like to see more pictures of it. Thanks Glen

Becker 4201 in as-new condition. Removed from a glider and only used for 19 hours from new...!.. Can post to US from UK. $600 or near offer.

Hi I am considering a Garmin aera 500, for the price I get car and glider GPS. Your comments on the pro and cons of this device are welcome. Thank you, Gilles

In case anyone else out there is still using these, an online store called 'Cables to Go' currently sells the USB sync/charge cables for the iPAQ 3800/3900 (which also works with most other iPAQ's) for $.40 each. Shipping is extra, but it was $9.00 for the TEN cables I bought. $13.00 TOTAL for...

Good Morning -- The Discus CS maintenance manual (page 29) uses a value of 135mm (5.3 inches) as the 'A' distance between the datum and the main wheel axle. For those who have actually measured this, do you get a range of values -- because of manufacturing differences - or because springs/shocks...

Hi, I have been receiving a fair amount of interest for the AIR Avionics "AIR Control Display with Altimeter functions" lately. I've heard it works great.. However, I haven't bought any for stock yet because I am very conservative when it comes to selling items in the USA. I only sell items that...

Pan American Gliding Contest - we are invoking the Reserve Day Q - Do the rules for a WORLD CONTEST allow for a "Reserve Day" ?

I've been interested in following the results of the recent E-glide contest.. I've looked at the site website, but it does not seem to list the results. There are numerous YouTube videos of the live tracking, but without commentary. I have yet to see a website that lists the daily results in a...

I woke up with an idea for another way to do stealth mode which might be less vulnerable to hacking. Not sure if it's useful but seemed worth posting for thought. In the current system, each plane periodically broadcasts it's state vectors (lat, long, alt, id, and stealth flag), and the receiver...

Everybody who's seen my TV1 trailer raves about the appearance. It really is a lovely trailer. Even if I didn't have a sailplane, I would still want the trailer for something, I'm sure of it. Nobody gets excited about trailers but I like this one so much that I'm going to eventually do a vid that...