Rich George has opened a glider re-finishing shop near Redding, CA. I have worked with him on my latest re-build of a DG-300 and he re- finished the wings. He is quite a craftsman and one hell of a hard worker. We stripped one wing and I finally had to tell him to go home because I didn't work that...

This gem come from a Pirat Service Bulletin: "This bulletin is introduced to avoid the possibility of disconnection of control system elements in case of an unintended ****ting the self- aliguing bearing out of the pish rod end ..." Don;t you just hate when that happens? Ian

The World's Vintage Sailplanes - 1908-45 by Martin Simons I have just received 70 new (never sold) copies of this wonderful book - in perfect condition - complete with full-color paper slip-cover and full-color 30 x 20 inch poster. They were printed in 1986 but never sold. These are a great...

Its my understanding DG and Lange do not "finish" their sailplanes. What third party company does this for them?

Every time I open a thread to make a post, or read newly added posts, the 'hit count' is incremented by one. Say a thread continued for 10 days and new posts were made every day. If I opened the thread to read the new posts once a day, the hit count would be incremented by 10. Say there were...

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,...

For my French friends: How exactly does one end up dangling with a parachute in a tree for three days after a bad landing attempt? It seems like the pilot has also "lost" his memory....

As of this moment 3 scores haven't been posted so lets hope this doesn't turn into a USA 4th place... but... Awesome!!! and a fellow TSA member as well. USA! USA!

Hi all, I'm hoping to do some re-work of my instruments over the winter, and want to pull the instrument pod out wholesale. I haven't been able to find any details on how to properly remove the instrument pod in any of the documentation I have on hand. From looking ath the pod, there are 6...

What every club needs now - fly and meet the 'social isolation /distance' rules whilst still training your students - have several for sale - straight swap for ArcusM, Quintus, EB29, Ventus 3M or JS2/5 …...please see https://adverts.gliderpilot.net/?op=s3&id=17136 for further details. -

Looking at panel I see Ilec and LX computer with multiple display. I suppose one is for the vario, what are the other indicating, what is usefull. Thank you S6

Can you offline send me a copy of the drawing? I’ve had parts made at the local tech school.

Money is an easy scapegoat but not the root of the problem. Look around and see where people spend discretionary cash. Skiing, car racing, RVs, drones, computers, the list is long. People have the cash they choose to spend it elsewhere. If each club just ate the fees to scholarship a kid it would...

I'm talking to the folks who reweb harnesses. They want a model number for the webbing, but the labels are illegible. Hints much appreciated.

I need to dilute some MER polish in the blue plastic container - what should I use?

It looks like the Power-Sonic PS-1229 is the correct size but I'd like to know what others might be tried and tested. Looking to start using one to power an EW Micro and/or future transponder. 2NO

Is this hardware anything different from what I can find googling "rs232 to bluetooth" ? There are similar products way much cheaper around now. We are testing the eBay stuff for 45 euro and so far it does its work. Moreover, the K6 has got no batteries and need external power supply. It doesn't...

posted: Jim this is your Polish joke : Gotta admit, those Polish pilots put on one helluvan airshow, don't they? Wonder how many time they had to practice that stunt to get it just right . . . In yet another Polish joke, I understand that ACA's already...

Needing a port side wheel pant for a Katana DA20, Katana Xtreme Motorglider or a Super Dimona....all the same part I believe. Lightly damaged is OK. Cheers Mark

I just noticed the October board meeting report is available on the SSA site (log in as a member, then Governance/Board Reports). I'm pleased to see the report available sooner than it was often the case in the past. The main thing I got from reading it is numerous details required to run a...