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5000th glider rolls out the SZD factory by
Janusz Kesik
It's just over 5000 gliders have been manufactured by SZD Bielsko. The
5000th glider is a SZD-59 Acro, which production has been restarted after
some break prior to privatization of the factory.
Here are some photos to look at:
http://www.gorpol.pl/Default.aspx?tabindex=11&tabid=12&sid=12
Regards,
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5000th SZD glider, a supplement. by
Janusz Kesik
There is an article in a daily newspaper on a jubilee glider:
Here's a link if anyone can read Polish:
http://miasta.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,35056,2399972.html
BTW, the 5000th SZD Acro went to one of Berlin's clubs.
Regards,
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500k in Carbon Dragon by
Leo Benetti-Longhini
Steve Arndt of New Hampshire flew a 500 km declared distance goal today in
his homebuilt "Magic Dragon". The glider he built is a modified Carbon
Dragon (longer span, winglets, etc) with really beautiful attention to
detail - I recall an empty weight of around 180 lbs! Steve launched on...
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500K Out&Return Foiled by O2 leak by
[email protected]
Lake Tekapo area is beautiful. (Link below.)
Michael
World-record attempt ended sooner than expected when he landed in
Kaikoura on Saturday afternoon when his oxygen supply started to fail.
Nick Reekie, originally from Southland, was attempting to break the
world record for a...
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500K Stickers by
Brian Stevens
Have you ever pulled up behind a car at a stop light and seen one of those 13.1 or 26.2 sticker? Those arrogant runners... We can do better.
I have been thinking about a new business opportunity, and think it would be neat to "advertise" our own accomplishments. Why not have 300K/500K/750K/1000K...
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500km in an Me7 in the UK -- at 80 yrs old! by
NigelPocock
Congratulations to Derek Piggott for his flight on 15th Aug in the Club Class
Nationals at Lasham.
504km in a Russia Me7 all 12.6m of it in 7hrs 14 min. He was 80 last year and
still puts the rest of us to shame with his energy and enthusiasm for gliding.
He disproves the theory about old and bold...
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500km triangle flight HD video by
Bruno
I had a fun 500km FAI triangle flight on Saturday out of Cedar Valley,
Utah to get my Silver badge so I can fly my first contest in Logan in
a few weeks and took an HD video camera along to document the
progress. There was plenty of virga but also crazy strong lift.
Take a look at 3:10 in the...
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50mm Hitch Ball by
John Scott
The following company is now selling 50mm Hitch Balls for $19.95 plus
shipping. You can order via their web site. I am not affiliated with them,
but I did just buy a hitch ball from them.
The Hitch Corner
10677 W. Centennial Rd. #103
Littleton, CO 80127
Metro Denver Area - 303-904-1558
Toll Free...
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50mm Tailer Balls Available in US $8.95 by
JohnDeRosa
I stumbled upon this source for the difficult to find (in the US) 50mm trailer ball. Better yet the ball stud is 3/4", and not metric, so it is bound to fit your ball mount. No more asking your friendly airline pilot to buy some in Germany and having to evade customs on the way back. ...
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50th Consecutive National Championships - Is this a record? by
Clint
The South African Nationals started yesterday in Welkom - about 260km
South West of Johannesburg. What makes this years championships
amazing is the participation of Bobby Clifford who is taking part in
his 50th consecutive South African Championships. Is there a pilot
anywhere else in the world...
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50th type of Flight Recorder gains IGC-approval. by
Ian Strachan
The Colibri II GNSS Flight Recorder manufactured LX Navigation
(www.lxnavigation.si) has gained IGC-approval with effect from 20
November 2011 for "all flights". For IGC-approval levels, see para
1.1.4 of Annex B to the Sporting Code for gliding.
This brings the number of IGC-approved Flight...
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51,849 feet by BobRodwell? by
Gary Boggs
I've been looking through some old Soaring magazines and in the June, 1977
issue there's an article about a record flight by Bob Rodwell to 51,849 feet
on March 29th of that year. Can someone tell me why that isn't the current
altitude record? Sounds like he's lucky to be alive after having...
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52/1 Performance in a 15M ship at half the weight. by
SF
I wrote the following article and submitted it to Soaring for
publication because it was something I was interested in and I thought
others would be too. It was rejected because the subject matter
wasn't suitable for soaring. Greg Cole is doing something
extraordinary at Windward Performance and...
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November 16th 06 01:26 PM
by Mal
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55kt Wind Gusts Almost Blows Away Tugs by
Six-Seven
I was sent a link to this interesting video shot from a control tower that shows purported 55kt wind gusts (microburst?) almost blowing some SuperCub tugs right off the runway except for some quick thinking getting them airborne by the pilots (in the right way). Not to mention lots of people...
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5606 Aviation Brake Fluid by
John Sullivan
Standard aviation brake fluid is know as "5606". I comes in a
red can. Any aircraft repair facility will have lots of it and
might sell a pint when needed. It is what use in my airplanes
equipped with Cleveland brakes.
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57mm Winter Altimeter FSBO by
Linwood Stevenson
Hi All,
Have a 57mm (2-1/4") Winter altimeter for sale. It has an error where the QNH and actual elevation
are off 500-600 feet. No idea if its a simple positioning error of the 100' needle, or if it has internal
problems. It does seem to keep the same proportional relationship at all...
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57mm Winter ASI (metric) for sale by
Sean[_2_]
Very good condition
Was in my ASG29 for appx 10 years. Worked flawlessly. Some minor adjultments to one of the corners for fit. Visible face is flawless (no scratches).
$175 includes shipping in the USA.
Contact SMFIDLER GMAIL for questions or to purchase
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57mm Winter mechanical varios for sale by
[email protected]
I have 2 winter varios for sale. Both are the smaller 57mm size. Both are 10knot scale and in excellent condition. New in 2009. Capacity flasks are not included, just the varios and mounting screws.
Email me offline if interested.
Thanks,
Mark
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