I'm wondering if many people hold a mild slip in turns and why they do it. Please reply to this post if you do this and give your reason(s). Thanks, Jim Hendrix

For the latest parallel flight of my deturbulated Standard Cirrus vs. a modern glider, go to http://sinhatech.com/SinhaFCSD-Progress-06072008.asp#article . 20 minutes of parallel flying should be enough to make the point. Download and replay the logs in SeeYou, or what have you. Jim...

For the latest parallel flight of my deturbulated Standard Cirrus vs. a modern glider, go to http://sinhatech.com/SinhaFCSD-Progress-06072008.asp#article . 20 minutes of parallel flying should be enough to make the point. Download and replay the logs in SeeYou, or what have you. Jim...

Well, here goes. I'll understand, or try to anyway, if my friends, who used to think of me as a reasonable, level headed kind of guy, turn and run when they see me coming down the street. Maybe it really didn't happen. Maybe it was only a dream. Maybe it was a calculation error or equipment...

If I update my Flarmnet Database in my ATD-57, will I lose my in-flight pilot-input identifications? Thanks, Jim J6

Any suggestions? Either currently available or coming in the near future (next year or so) would be ok, I am not in a rush. Prefer it would fit in one 57mm hole. I take care of navigation and tasks with other standalone devices (full on OpenVario with its own vario/STF sensor board, and a Kobo...

So, I have been using white lithium grease for decades for all my glider fittings. This has worked out fine, no problems ever, all my fittings have stayed nice, with no damage of any kind. However, now that I have an 18 meter motorglider and am retired and blessed with time to go soar, my rigging...

Can anyone give me details of software required (free if possible) to download the track log from the Pilot 3 GPS. Thanks Jim Hughes

Just spotted on Ebay, no relation to seller, Motorized Schleicher K-4 Rhonlerche http://tinyurl.com/ynvkhw

Anyone here flown sailplanes in Mexico? I'd appreciate your comments, as I'm interested in a commercial operation there. Jim

A winter reading suggestion: I've just finished "Soaring, Beyond The Basics" by Dale Masters & enthusiastically recommend it. It's all about developing airmanship, sensitivity to the terrain & interpreting clues to lift. Dale's dry humor & clear writing style make this book an enjoyable page turner...

There are few RAS comments on the Laister LP-49. In photos an ungainly design, but does appear a reasonable transition ship for a low-timer; 31/1 LD, retractable gear, flaps, auto hookups, aluminum wing. How large is the cockpit? Anyone here with LP-49 flying & rigging experience? Jim Hultman

Piet Barber is one of the webmasters of Skyline Soaring Club in Virginia. He has established a cool channel on the AvantGo network that, once subscribed to, will automatically download the glider-related portions of 14CFR Parts 61 and 91 directly to your Palm or WinCE PDA. He has indicated his...

The Battle is On!! Yes, the perennial argument about the so-called "best glider" is about to be resolved, once and for all!! Is it equipment, or skill? Is it nature, or nurture? Is it the pilot, or is it the machine? Is is glass, or is it aluminum/fabric? WATCH THIS SPACE! 1-26 Association...

We'd like to know the terms of any US Clubs who currently have a land-lease from an FBO for a hangar they built themselves . . .especially annual cost, length of lease. Jim Kellett

The Schempp-Hirth Cirrus website (http://classicsailplane.org/Cirrus/default.htm) has had several files corrupted for a couple of months now, but is finally back online and cleaned up. There have been several updates and changes since the last revision, but the newsletter is still WAY behind . ....

CONVENTION SPECIAL! Price reduced ($19,000) plus free delivery to SSA Convention in Atlanta for confirmed buyer! THIS ISNOT A STANDARD CIRRUS! It's a true Classic, an open class machine, the first all-composite Schempp-Hirth glider, and Klaus Holighaus' first project at Schempp-Hirth. Haro Wodl won...

Just curious - anyone ever heard of a US glider with a TCAD (such as Ryan's 8800 Gold) installed? Love to get a "user's report" if so . . . Jim Kellett, Resident Curmudgeon Chief Flight Instructor, Skyline Soaring Club Captain and CFI(G), Civil Air Patrol Chairman, Classic Division, Vintage...

I just read a conference report from Europe that references a February 12, 1999 midair between an Airbus A320 and a glider, apparently in France. Anyone have any details?? (Working on safety seminar on mixed use airports and traffic avoidance.) Note: If you "reply private", please be awarae of...

After a year's hiatus, there's finally an Open Cirrus being mailed in the next few days. The web version can be read at http://classicsailplane.org/Cirrus/Newsletters/2003no1.htm Jim Kellett, Resident Curmudgeon Chairman, Classic Division, Vintage Sailplane Association Webmaster, Open Cirrus...