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Contact Cessna. There are factory approved drawings for a Schweizer towhook installation. There is a charge for the drawings, but once you own them, you can install the towhook with nothing more than a logbbook entry. Since it is factory approved additional equipment, and not a modification, no...

We've heard alot of arguments for and against instituting FAI rules in the US. For the record, I lean towards the FAI rules. If we want to win at the world level we ought to be selecting pilots under the same rules system that they will fly in the WC. That being said, the recent Junior Worlds...

I found this on YouTube and I would be more interested in what the crowd on Aviation Banter/Soaring had to say. I am impressed that this individual would post his video, has to be a bit embarrassing. Lots of second guessing and backseat flying in the comments but I think he did the right thing. ...

I hear as from the 1st October all gliders in the UK will have to be registered with the CAA and placed on the normal UK aircraft register carrying the allocated G- marks. At present the BGA has always overseen this. What difference will these changes have, besides of course costing us all more...

How do these compare? Not performance wise (no ambition to fly comps and still a beginner at ca 100 hours) though specs seem close for ls8 in 15m config but in all other aspects. Price difference makes me wonder which way to go... Has anyone flown, owned both? S

This article, originally in Soaring (Feb 2002) was updated recently to include information on the Trig TT21 transponder. You can download it from http://tinyurl.com/yg76qo9 It will also be available on the Soaring Safety Foundation website later this month: http://soaringsafety.org/

Well, now I've done it. I've changed the tail number of my glider, and I'm in the process of getting a new experimental airworthiness certificate. My glider currently is certified as: "Experimental: Exhibition and Air Racing." The DAR (FAA Designated Airworthiness Representative) says that I am...

A copy (DVD/VHS) of this movie you can order new- for more details see: http://213.157.12.12/mwp/rodeo.htm .... 3th october of 2003 A 45 minute programme, "Rodeo in the Sky", featuring the Mountain Wave Project will be shown on the German TV-channel Radio Berlin Brandenburg around 9.15pm on...

I have just seen an unscientific poll on a guitar forum that I found fascinating, and not because of what it means for playing guitars. In this poll, almost 41% of those responding were between the ages of 50 and 59. The next largest group, 40-49, is at only 18%. Like most, if not all of us...

What file formats are supported. I've been able to figure out a few by trial and error but wonder which ones work best. I entered .cup format waypoints which show up on the map but they do not have any labels.

Each side of the landing gear of the Pawnee is fastened with 3 bolts. Each fore and aft outboard bolts connect through 2 sets of tabs welded to the lower fuselage longeron. Our right hand gear is slightly loose at the forward attach point . Either the holes in the 2 tabs are worn out-of-round...

Hi All, As a recently licensed pilot I decided it would be a good idea to learn more about soaring weather prediction, specifically the workings of a Skew-t graph. I combined that with learning more about developing Apps for Android, so yesterday I published by first Android...

I've seen some excellent lists on this forum for the pilot, glider, and landout/emergency kit. I'm wondering if anyone has developed a list for the tools, parts & materials to always have in the tow vehicle. I need to assemble a single toolbox that I can transfer between tow vehicles (I use a...

Serial number 760-004837 Excellent cosmetic condition Works perfectly Microair boom mic (excellent condition except portion of foam muff is missing) Boom mic wire has been cut (to remove from glider) and must be resoldered Push to talk switch Speaker Wiring harness Operating manual

Finally, someone managed to explain what EASA's Part-M and CAMO is all about, in a way that I can understand.. Maybe others can benefit from this description, too. There are also some refreshingly direct comments about the DG Flugzeugbau blackmail scheme. Cheers, Lars...

If you have a Turn Area Task and you fly into turn 1, then fly into turn 2 then pass through the finish circle could/should it be possible to leave the finish circle and return to turn 2 and fly deeper into the circle than you did the first time and then return to the finish circle? On an option...

Aircraft - Ventus Bt, Asw 20 bl and Libelle. Logger / Vario - Colibri and Lx160 ( now a 160s ) Opinion - 8/10 Plusses - Reasonably simple to use. Reliable, plenty memory Minus - can't set task and/or active TP in flight via RS232 interface without redeclaration ocurring Volkslogger / Borgelt...

Hi, I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time lapse (interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was filmed at the 2007 Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest included the U.S. Open and...

I've got the hydraulic ramp jack, not sure of age but several years old, for our cobra trailer that seems to be suffering the common issues of leaking and not raising fully and then slowly lowering... I searched several of the old threads and looked at Cobra's site where they have info on...