http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2013/130117lessons-learned-from-glider-arrest.html JP

I've bought myself a trailer registered in France and I notice the documents to be incorrect. I've created an account on ants.gouv.fr to edit the details on the document but it won't allow me (can't find registration), so I created a ticket but still no reply after 2 weeks. What I want to know is...

Just started using seeyou for the first time. I created some waypoints in seeyou and noticed the altitude shown for some of the waypoints are way off. I double checked the exact same point in Google earth and the difference is about 1000'. This isn't the case for all custom waypoints I made, but it...

I'm interested in purchasing a Flarmcore soon and I'm curious which of the displays would work best. I have a spare 57mm hole in the panel now, so the Flarmview 57 seems to be the simplest installation. I'm curious if having the extra buttons on the original Flarmview make this device easier to...

I'm considering purchasing a Ventus B. I'm aware of the "stability" issues, although some the extent of the stability issue seems to vary from plane to plane and pilot to pilot. I've talked to some people who say its not a big deal, and others who say its problematic. It's hard for me to know...

Is there a trick for making the life tracker on the SSA website work? I tried to follow the Perry contest but was only able to get it to work on my iPhone but not on my laptop. Only got a blank screen there. I am using Chrome as a browser and Windoze 7 Professional. Uli

I hold the PowerFLARM supplied center fed vertical dipole antenna in the same likeness to Apple providing a 6V HD "brick" lantern battery to power a new Apple watch. IMO, the CFVDA is distracting, cumbersome, and most unsightly. Surprisingly, USA users have accepted them and happily butcher glare...

Good Morning, I am entering my 4th year as the 3rd owner of ASW20 #20463, better known as Alfonso's 20. I grew up soaring in New Castle, VA, and saw Alfonso a few times but never really knew him. It is my understanding that he has bad dementia now. I know the former Miami gliderport was his...

Hoping someone may be able to help. I'm working on getting my gear up and running for the coming season and want to use my iPaq HX4700. It has not been used in quite a while, so I ordered a new 3.V = 2000mAh battery. A voltmeter shows that is has juice, and seems to be charging, but the device will...

As part of my new 12-step crash recovery program, I have taken a sacred vow to never go to a new soaring site without a thorough Google Earth review of all airports/airstrips in the published site waypoint database. When I find that airports in the database aren't there anymore (and there are...

If you take a look at the Vans Aircraft website. You will find the story and pictures of the RV-11. Looks cool. Scott.

For your glider friends: inexpensive, used often, and appreciated. The MKIV yaw string, with it's clear tubulator base, is one of the least expensive "right up front" toys you can buy for a glider! Just $12 USD, free shipping to US and only $1 international shipping. bumper zz Minden, NV for more...

i know its been done a few times. I've heard of a husband/wife duo of Libelles that had a double trailer. Also I've seen a double 1-26 open trailer. Leah and I only have one pickup but two gliders and tend to like to go places together. I'd like to solicit opinions (dangerous thing to do here!)...

Very beginning pilot here (again).....and I am confused about the appropriate way of holding the stick during the ground roll prior to take off. In Thomas Knauff's Glider Basics, he states (p.59, 2005 edition): "....before signaling to proceed with the launch, the glider pilot should set the...

I have a turn and bank indicator installed in my glider. I would like to fly in a competition this year and I read somewhere that this kind of instrument is not allowed to be used during a competition flight. The question is; do I have to remove the instrument all together or can the competition...

Last November, I chaired a panel at the local SSA affiliate (PASCO)'s Soaring Safety Seminar entitled "Complacency: What Me Worry?" I wrote up my part of that and made it available at http://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/soaring/PASCO_2007_talk.html Just today, PASCO got a request from the Capetown...

You may remember be talking about research carried out by Bath University and the Caravan Club of the UK -- well, after 20 years of research(!), something has finally been published on the web. http://towingstabilitystudies.co.uk/index.htm There's not a whole lot there, but that reflects the fact...

There has been a few articles in SOARING on this lately, and perhaps a thread or two. Some have quoted the USA FAR's about flying gliders in clouds, or to be exact: in conditions less than VMC, but I haven't been able to locate the actual regs. Do any of you have the specific reg numbers for the...

I have an opportunity to buy a 1988 ASW-24 which is in beautiful condition, good electronics and great trailer. The glider is equipped with M&H winglets. The asking price is $45,000 US. I would appreciate any feedback regarding the winglets and/or the price. Thanks

The Diana 2, a new high-end 15m class ship designed by mr Bogumil Beres, has flown its maiden flight, guided by the hand of a test pilot mr Mariusz Stajewski. Today's test flights totalled at four flights and have been considered very succesful. Any enquiries about the details could be asked using...