From: Chairman, IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) Subject: Date of effect now 1 April 2004 for revised IGC-approval conditions for certain legacy types of GNSS flight recorder. An announcement was recently made to the effect that a number of types of legacy recorders would have...

This happened trying to land back at the field after a cable break. Very sad indeed. www.fsv-unterjesingen.de/DnLoads/Seilriss.avi Karel, NL

I'm preparing for my Private test, and in discussing it with the local FAA examiner, he indicated that one item on the test is a landing with no drag devices, using only a turning and forward slips. As he explained it, the task in the PTS is to demonstrate the ability to land totally...

Our club has a Piper Pawnee 235hp in excellent condition. We just spent $35000 five years ago to completely overhaul her...new fabric, new engine, anything that needed to be replaced was... Heres the rub...we are in the middle of a new two place acquisition with the club making a decision about...

the trend is............MOTORGLIDERS out of 100 ASG29 delivered 60 are motorgliders 90 pct of DG built are motorgliders HPH Ltd will sell jets gliders to every lawyer and dentist! Schempp-Hirth is doing nothing..... Rolladen-Schneider out of business! Lots of Sinuses, Tauruses, Apises all...

Hi All, I'm aware of and use the math formula to get my rental Cirrus back to home base, but I like to back it up with SeeYou mobile. I know it's recommended to use required LD to target making sure you have entered a correct polar and safety altitude. But this doesn't account for winds does it?...

We recently converted from 3/16 7x9 cable to 3/16 plasma rope on our winch. "Plasma", made from Honeywell "Spectra" fiber, seems to have some real advantages over wire or cable. Some benifits include light weight, 11.48lbs per thousand, (that's not much even converted to metric!!), hollow braid (no...

I've recently started flying a Ventus2. I can't rig the thing without a lot of struggle. The trouble is, there's a cover above the spars and you can't see anything once the first wing is in. I struggle to get the second wing to fit, never knowing whether it's a bit too high or a bit too low....

Bill Gawthrop who won the U.S. Open Nationals at Montague on July 3rd, is doing well after the crash of his beautiful JS-1c Jet at Truckee, CA. I have not talked directly with Bill, only his wife Dianne. The circumstances of the crash remain unclear, but seem to be unrelated to any mechanical...

I wish someone would write a soaring book on flight computers. How to choose one, program, trouble shoot them, use them. Combine book with YouTube explanations.

I stumbled across a young 150 hour glider pilot online, who had recently seen a low pass on a Grand Prix video. He thought 'that was neat', and so he decided to 'try that at home' on his own. He landed cleanly on his first attempt.

Hi, all. I have a PW-5 that I bought but have never flown. Since the PW-6 is the 2-place trainer for the PW-5, I was hoping to train in a PW-6 for and hour or so before attempting the PW-5. I just spoke with Seminole Lake Gliderport (here in Florida) who said that their PW-6 is down for...

Does anyone have any data, preferably quantitative, about what sort of braking performance is required? On the one hand, it would seem that effective braking is primordial for safe landing in the event of an outlanding, but on the other hand many gliders seem to have inadequate brakes, to put it...

The nine px Alice prototype suffered a setback in Arizona as a fire on the ground damaged the plane significantly, ahead of planned taxi tests. https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/eviation-alice-prototype-damaged-by-electric-fire-in-arizona/136327.article In other electrifying news, a...

Hi all. First off, I was a fairly experienced CFI and Chief Flight Instructor with a great record, and am now a Commercial Glider Pilot, so I'm not a total newbie in the glider world. I realize that my initial question may be obvious to some, but here in South Florida, we NEVER land out in fields...

I'm headed off today to start the journey to Lithuania. Should be there late next week. Follow along he https://ussoaringteam2015lithuania.wordpress.com/

Some photos from 1st public presentation of Ventus 2cxa with FES during Aero 2014 https://picasaweb.google.com/115479415730905646727/AERO20141stPresentationOfVentus2cxaFES?noredirect=1 Regards, Luka

Those with airplane training will be familiar with Ground Reference Maneuvers which teach students very accurate maneuvering with solid airspeed and coordination control at low altitudes despite the peculiar visual cues found there. Those with glider-only training will not be familiar with GRM's...

Will this catch on in the USA? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc_aUMLEwNk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This weekend Bob Carlton brought his Bonus Jet glider to Phoenix for Arizona Soaring Association members to demo and presented a fine PowerPoint / video presentation after our BBQ dinner at Turf Soaring. What a great time we all had. The weather cooperated, and although it was a tad windy, there...