I was quoted $3,500 to $4,000 by the Mercedes Benz dealer to install a factory tow hitch on to a ML 350 Bluetech 2011! I was wondering if anyone else had this happen and if so, where did you go to have the work done and were you happy with it? I live in Southern Cal.

(Bruno Ramseyer) wrote in message ... For Details please see http://www.tcw.ie/for_sale.htm Glider is sold Bruno

Details of the Predator UAV crash in Arizona have just been released. Currently two of these pilotless 66-foot wing-span beasts are flying along the Arizona border as part of border patrols and a third will be added next year. Some of us local pilots are underwhelmed. The crash resulted from loss...

A problem with interference, all advice welcome. ..radio by itself works fine...but when I turn the vario on I get huge amounts of noise (even some with Squelch ON). Radio is a Dittel FSG50, vario is Cambridge 302/303. Where do I start looking? Chris

Anyone know what the stuff is that Cobra uses to bond the aluminum ribs and skin with? I am in the design phase of a clamshell top and I would like to bond the skin/ribs, with a few chicken rivets in strategic places. Brad

How about creating new FAI Class-The Economy Class. New gliders you can buy for , let's say $40,000 or less. To hell with the other specs. The only one shall be...40G. It will screw the high end producers, and should flood the market with hundreds of very good, simple and affordable gliders. rrk

Last weekend our club did some ground launching from a nearby dry lake. I had two very successful launches using our "cheap" 1800' rope. With the cheap rope we don't use a parachute on the cable. When I tried to launch with the 3000' spectra rope, equipped with a parachute, the chute at least...

What type of battery is inside the Model 20. I need to change mine and I understand it is behind the antenna and can be replaced without breaking the recorder seal. Thanks, Fred

Many of us received word this morning that Bill is missing and presumed dead in a body surfing accident in Mexico (Thanks, Roy). Was not sure how it would affect me, but I have been pretty subdued all day. Hard to think Bill won't be there to call when I need advice on flying the Ventus and which...

I am pleased to announce that on 25 August 2003 the IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) agreed updates to the IGC approval documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders. These updates involve only small changes of wording and are currently being placed on the fai/gliding/gnss web...

I am begging around for software that can be used in Club environ where members can indicate that they are coming out on a particular day to fly, we are trying to move from 5 days a week to 7 days a week and I need to know who wants to fly. Second phase is to have some booking software for our...

My E-mail was not complete, It should be Mike Evans, Dallas Texas

The following message from Ken Sorenson speaks for the Rules Committee and the rest of the contest commitee on the subject of contest reports from Logan. Please especially note that NO ONE from SSA censored the previously posted reports. UH Ken's message: Many of us enjoy following contests by...

Having fun in the DuckHawk 15m sailplane By: Daniel Sazhin In early September, I had a fantastic day of flying at Blairstown Airport, the culmination of which was having the opportunity to fly Windward Performance's new DuckHawk. I had just flown the club Grob Twin Astir with my brother, promptly...

Here is a quote from the DG/LS web site...it is, in my humble opinion, worrisome statement : Economic aspects Everyone knows that the approved certification of new models becomes more and more expensive and the number of production planes will never reach the quantities of the past. The cost for...

Written in the early seventies about soaring at Marfa - in big wing (open class) sailplanes. Map enclosed with green/red landable/unlandable areas (for big wings at least), and known "sink holes" and lift areas. I have copies available. I also have DVD copies of "The Sun Ship Game" movie. Then...

For Sale Cambridge navigation system S-NAV, firmware Ver. 7.9 (latest), Optional G-Meter installed for Automatic Cruise/Climb switching. 57mm Vario readout (knots scale) and "New" optional S-NAV Temp. Probe ($46.50 from NK) included. Price: $650.00 Cambridge GPS-NAV model 20 Flight Recorder,...

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The LX 9090 Zeus features a 5.5 inch colour screen and runs a new LX Navigation glide and nav software. It has the ability to show either a 2D or 3D terrain moving map on screen. For more details visit the LX Navigation section at http://www.foxonecorp.com or http://www.lxnavigation.si/avionics

Does anyone have a link to, or a copy of, an English language paper or explanation about Dr Herbert Pirker's final glide theory? I can't even locate one in German via Google. I can find snippets about it relating to implementation on StrePla in 2006vand I understand that a couple of the NavBoxes...