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Soaring in post stamps by
Tomasz Sielicki
IMHO highly interesting site, even without an English translation -
gives an idea about the history and (past) popularity of soaring around
the world:
http://www.glider-phile.pl
Tomasz Sielicki
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Two gliders collide in Leszno, Poland by
Tomasz Sielicki
Two gliders collided in Leszno, Poland, yesterday during Standard Class
Nationals. Both pilots (she and he) bailed out and landed safely except
for a minor injury on his leg. The accident is reported to have happened
in a gaggle 30 minutes after the gate was opened, close to the cloud
base.
Yet...
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Polish Juniors - Invitation by
Tomasz Sielicki
On request of the organizers I relay this information:
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Polish Junior Gliding International Championships August 2004 Poznan
Poland - Invitation
32nd Polish Junior Gliding International Championships
& 1st Gliding Regional Contest Pobiedziska...
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Soaringmeteo.ch by
Tomcat222
Just came across this soaring weather site, looks useful.
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Artificial Turf Runway by
tomcatvf51
US Air Force Academy has installed an artificial turf landing area for glider ops.
http://www.usafa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123294443
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Glider Gear for sale by
tomcatvf51
Have a couple of things for sale from my previous glider. Email me for pics or additional info if interested:
1) Cambridge GPS-NAV Model 20. Includes power supply and all cables.
2) Compaq Aero 1520. Good condition. Includes Cambridge cradle and desktop cradle/power supply.
3) Puritan...
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Blanik L23 AD by
tomcatvf51
AD 2011-02-08. 6x inspection of the welded bracket on top of the vertical stabilizer. The bracket that the horizontal stab slides into when assembling. Elevator pushrod attaches to this bracket. There is a good picture in the Aircraft Industries MB no: L23/053a.
- Barry Muhlenberg, CFIG,...
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Blanik L23 repaint by
tomcatvf51
Our club is repainting/recovering the ailerons, wings and horizontal tail of our 1999 Blanik L23. Our supervising A&P and I are stymied in the disassembly of the horizontal tail. The trim tab cable runs from a rocker arm near the forward horizontal tail attachement point through the stab and...
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Blanik L23 AD by
tomcatvf51
FAA Airworthiness Directive 2008-26-12 applies to the Blank L23. Effective 1/28/2009 and involves inspection of the control bridge within 3 months of that date and repetitive inspection every 12 months. AD available on faa.gov with Aircraft Industries a.s. the listed manufacturer of the L23 (not...
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FOR SALE: 2-22 & 2-33 Schweizer's plus trailer... by
Tomi
We have a '79 SGS 2 - 33A in good condition. We haven't been flying it for a while because of lack of interest and now we're looking at selling it.
The aircraft is in Bolivia (South America).
Contact me in case you might be interesed so that I can send you pictures and provide more...
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Taking micrologger abroad by
Tommy Lynch
This has probably been covered before. So appy polly logies in advance!
I would like to take my Micrologger cw/sd card abroad. I intend to take
all the leafletry it came with. I understand it has to have batteries in,
and be switched on.
I am flying with NO CHECK IN . So it has to be hand...
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May 1986 World Record Story by
tommytoyz
On 02May 1986, the following pilots completed a 1362.68 KM triangle:
Karl H. Striedieck - ASW 20
John C. Seymour - ASW20
Robert L. Robertson - Ventus
Thomas L. Knauff - Nimbus 3
Leonard Roy McMaster - ASW 20
All except Thomas Knauff flew together. I'm looking for the write up
of this flight that...
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Winch Launch Safety Study by
[email protected]
In the recent Aerokurier, there is a very good 2 part article on winch
safety, which I think everyone should read who is interested in winch
launches. I read it in the hard cover version in German, so I don't
know if an online version is available.
The main takeaways for me are the following...
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ELY Nevada by
[email protected]
Does anyone have info about what's going on in ELY in 2009? Who's
going, is there a tow plane, etc....I'd love to fly out of these for a
week this year...............
Tom
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Diana-2 and overall performance discussion by
tommytoyz[_2_]
I find it amazing that there are not more pilots flying the Diana-2 at
the worlds, since it seems to be head and shoulders above anything
else in the 15M. I guess too many pilots do not like the side stick or
lack of manufacturer reputation. Maybe the Australia fiasco stopped
many. Or are there...
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iPhone upload to OLC by
TomNau
Does anyone use (or is it possible to use) an iPhone to upload their flight logs to the OLC? Thanks.
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HP14 by
[email protected]
What are the pros and cons of flying/owning one of these old girls.I flew gliders waay back in the early seventies at port augusta and shortly before going on to further study our CFI , Geff finished building and was airborne. I thought it was a wonderful looking bit of kit then and now . might...
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Biff Huss....T-Shirt sales. by
TomnKeyLargo
I have some folks tyhat might be interested in your T-shirts. Email me so we
can talk. # 711.
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