Is the "no touching of controls" when it comes to insurance common in the power community? If that was part of the policy in my previous glider club, I didn't know it. It certainly wasn't in the club rules. I routinely let passengers try a couple of turns at altitude if they wanted to. Usually,...

Just when you thought you've seen it all. Wings and Wheels has listed a beautifully restored 2-33 for a mere $75K http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds

In the most recent edition there is an article focused on the newer wing-fuselage junction designs. On page 5 there is a picture of a sort of gull wing design at the root and its identified as an Mu 31. On the following page there are three more pics of an Mu 31 that, to my eye, look nothing like...

New, lower price. See W&W page 9. mdfaddenatgmaildotcom

The CNN web page has an article titled "Can this jet topple a US military icon?" It about the Embraer KC-390 as a possible replacement for the C130. Interestingly, the are no pictures of the jet in the article. Anyway, the video at the top of the article (this changes every time you click on the...

I know that the lithium iron phosphate batteries should be charged with a different charger than SLA batteries but can a "lithium" charger be used on an SLA?

BoingBoing has a story on the 1990 utopian novel Pacific Edge. The cover features a glider (with winglets). Does anyone know the story behind the cover? http://boingboing.net/2015/01/15/audio-edition-of-pacific-edge.html

On another forum I visit these was some discussion regarding the design of wind turbines - the number and size of blades, various configurations etc. A question I had that no one answered had to do with what I can only call a "dip" in the blade out near the tip. I looked for a good image but...

The top two OLC point-getters in the US for June 6th were both 1-26 guys in California. Doug Levy and George Powell posted flights of 544 km and 415 km. Pretty cool.

I was checking the particulars of salvage/reconstructed titles for automobiles in New Jersey when I found this under the "Special Vehicles" section Titles for the special vehicles listed below are only issued by mail from the MVC Central Office in Trenton: - Reconstructed vehicles-dune buggies,...

There were some nice flights on the Pennsylvania ridges yesterday including a 700K by Ron Schwartz in a 1-26. http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/daily.html?st=olcp&rt=olc&df=&sp=2012&c=US&sc=

I have an old (1972?)semi-clamshell type trailer. When open, 4 gas struts hold the "lid" up. Two look like original equipment from Germany and two from an, apparently defunct, company (Colmar Gas Springs) in Pennsylvania. In cold weather the hatch won't stay open. Any idea as to how to determine...

Is there any way technically and legally to add a fifth strap to an ASW 15? No matter how tight I pull the lap belts they ride up when ridge flying allowing the shoulder straps to become loose. My head is pretty close to the canopy and a stiff jolt can lead to head banging if the harness becomes...

I saw in a previous OLC thread that it was possible to search for flights by glider type. How do you go about doing that? I'd like to compare fights in my ASW 15 with other 15s for the year in my region, country, etc.

Sunday was a beautiful soaring day here in the northeast. Raptors are beginning to fly south and I was fortunate enough to share three different thermals/cloud streets with kettles of what I believe were red tails. There were only 15-20 in each, small as these things go, but still a wonderful...

Otto Zauner passed away on August 3. Otto was a founding member of South Jersey Soaring Society and remained active in the club into his late 80s. He was B-26 instructor pilot during WW II and brought his love of flight to soaring. Otto was an active completion pilot and flew his 1-26 to many...

Our club (NJ - USA) has folded and we still have an L-13 taking up space. Before I call the local scrap yard I thought I'd ask if anyone might be interested in buying it at scrap value with the dreams of getting airworthy again. We also have an open trailer for it that will be available separately...

South Jersey Soaring (USA-NJ) is folding due to lack of activity and we are selling our planes. Pawnee 235 1969 TTAF - 3913. SMOH - 241. 2-33 1969 w/open trailer 3230hrs. mikefaddenathotmail.com for details.

I wonder what the L/D was. http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/23/skin-peeling-speeds-doomed-hypersonic-glider-u-s-says/?hpt=hp_t3

On Monday, April 2, 2012 9:38:26 AM UTC-4, gotovkotzepkoi wrote: http://www.glider.ru/en/ -- gotovkotzepkoi Any North American dealers in the works?