Here is an update on my Satellite Images for SeeYou web site. The site has been updated to include Spain and Portugal as well as the UK and the Alps area. In addition, all the images have been re-processed in Adobe Photoshop to make the colours more realistic. You may wish to update any...

There is a new set of satellite images to download from my Satellite Images for SeeYou site. The new images cover a large rectangular area extending from 55°N 006°E in the northwest to 47°N 015°E in the southeast. This area include the whole of Germany, some of eastern France, the northern part of...

The site now has new satellite images of Italy and Slovenia. Download them, as well as the UK, the Alps, Germany & Surroundings, Spain & Portugal, the Czech Republic and California & Nevada from www.starer.co.uk. If anyone has requests for coverage of areas not yet available, please post them...

I just searched on "glider" on the BBC's news web site. What I found shocked me. Of 46 results returned for the period since May 1998, not a single one mentioned any form of achievement whatsoever in gliding. See here for the search...

Here are two of my favourite quotes about flying; what are yours? 1. Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams 2. Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground,...

Slightly off-topic I admit, but strikes a chord with me as a glider pilot: http://today.reuters.com/tv/videostory.aspx?storyid=42c02bd811e7e8a45466c64db02cdb0c0fd0a8a0&WTmodLoc=vidarticle-r1-featuredvideo-7 David Starer

Hi, I'm looking for an port outer aileron for my Ventus b. Mine is split so I need one in good condition to replace it. I'm currently at Benalla for the season and would love to be able to fly my glider.

I've been getting a 403 Forbidden message for the last 2 days. Anyone else having the same problem?

Of all the gliders suggested choose the one with the best competition record in recent years, so look back through Club Class results, you will not find the Astir, ASW 15 or Jantar. Most important of all is airframe condition in particular wing profile, if that is poor you can forget high...

I have been watching this thread for several days, we are not going to get practical AoA displays for gliders in the near future so how is the best way to get it right as often as possible? We have the ASI, Attitude and Feel and I guess that we all use some combination of all 3 to fly...

I am lucky having a dry barn to keep the trailer in winter, even so I use a heater for 3 or 4 weeks around this time of year. Is it true that many new trailers are double skinned and sealed to keep the inside dry ?. This is the opposite of conventional ventilated trailer thinking, does it...

A boatbuilding friend set me on the right lines when he came to repair a glass fibre dinghy. Apparently the resin reinforced glass is porous and only the gellcoat is impervious, so if the gellcoat is cracked or damaged it will absorb moisture. He recommended thorough drying before refinishing. When...

Amongst the Soaring Communitity does anyone have experience with Sun Tiger sunglasses. I saw the ad in Soaring and wanted to cut through the ad-hype. I would appreciate comments concerning the quality of them filling prescriptions. Thanks in Advance. D. Sieber

Any recommendations for getting a Dittel FSG 71M serviced? Mine has a sticker on the side that reads "Replace Memory Battery 2005". The radio is working perfectly, but I want to get that battery out before it starts leaking. I have found owners manuals and schematics on the web, but nothing...

I'm looking for used tow out gear and wing stands. This is for use with a Pik-20E.

I'm restoring a Pik-20E that was formerly owned by NASA. Unfortunately, NASA can't seem to locate the log books. My sources at Dryden believe that one of the pilots or mechanics may have taken the log books home at some point.. It's probably a long shot, but I'm offering a $500 reward for the log...

I have a long shopping list and I'm hoping to find some of these items used. Let me know what you have! 1) Radio: Trig TY91, Microair or similar. Also need a boom mic. 2) Transponder: Trig TT21 and TN72 3) PowerFLARM Core 4) LX Nav S80 Vario

I DON'T mean to stir up trouble on this forum with this question, especially being new, but have been wondering about this for some time. I am wondering how feasible it would be to do this with either a homebuilt or experimental glider here in the US? I figure this has been asked but didn't find...

Anyone out there got a Bing fuel pump, as used to be fitted to the Solo 2350, that they are willing to sell? Dave

The GBSC Board of Directors met for an all-day planning meeting Saturday and will forgo the regular monthly meeting that would have been this week. The next board meeting is scheduled for February 18. Cheers, ...david