The Air Avionics Butterfly has developed an outstanding reputation as having a competitive advantage for its ability to "instantaneously" calculate wind direction. Does the CNv (with latest 3.3.3899 or beta 3.4.4089) calculate wind as quickly as the Butterfly? T8, what is the wind direction...

Returned to gliding after many years and out of touch with types and prices. Have narrowed it down to one of these types but nothing set in concrete. ASW20, ASW27, ASW28, Discus, Discus 2 or Ventus. Was originally looking to buy a lower cost glider but with interest rates being so poor, I am...

David Grah The flight had been arranged for Wednesday out of my home airport at Bishop, California, but the weather didn't look good enough that day for the flight I hoped for. The weather forecast looked better on Thursday, 10 July 2003, so, the flight would be that day. The main impact of the...

The following is the first of a series of newsletters to be sent to subscribers to my popular newsletter. It is a topic I presented at the FAA Safety Center in Lakeland Florida. If this is of any interest to you, please go to our web site www.eglider.org and click on the link on the right side of...

Odd circumstance: http://www.lagrangenews.com/news/home_top-news/3729615/Updated:-3-killed-in-plane-crash-at-LaGrange-Callaway-Airport JP

I have debated for a few months if I really should post this or not but think I should share my experience. First, I LOVE the concept of the PCAS MRX and I have received nothing short of exceptional customer service from Zaon. I also would strongly recommend to every pilot to purchase one of...

Hi All, An SSA 'Master' CFIG I know is perpetually hammering it into his students that to initiate a turn in a glider, the FIRST thing you do is feed in rudder. On his 1-5 list of making a turn in a glider, #1 is rudder (as it's own separate input). While this may be aerodynamically acceptable...

I think it is time to end this back and forth ping pong about restricting the use of PF. We have to agree to disagree and try to come up with a solution that could work for both groups. Let's try to define some criteria that might be acceptable to all: 1) Should targets be visible on PowerFlarm...

Hello gentlemen and others, Im considering acquiring a Standard Libelle as a first private aircraft, after recently converting to a single Astir at my local club. I have an opportunity to check one out, but have to travel a long way to see her, half way across the country. One concern is whether...

This came up today on askacfi.com. Most of us have seen someone who used to fly but hasn't for years and decides to take up soaring. These people have no medical, no flight review, and no 90-day currency. They cannot fly whatever it is they used to fly, but with some - maybe a lot - of time and...

I like many others understand that the glider community is small, and perhaps getting smaller. In trying to sell my glider, I placed an ad on Tim Mara's Wings and Wheels. He states on his website that he offers this for free to help the community. Or so I thought. Selling a glider is a difficult...

Several people have had good luck towing a glider with a Subaru Forester. I do not know why mine is different. I just bought a 2004 Forester tried to tow with it. Mine is a nightmare. It is unstable above 50mph. It has a lot of side to side sway above 50mph if there is any steering input. It is...

I am not a pilot, but familiar with flight simulation. I know that gliding limits your ability to control altitude. This is extremely risky? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQc7VRJowk&feature=colike Mainly curious about how difficult that was. Thanks.

Hi All - I've posted some notes about PowerFLARM at Mifflin, and encourage pilots to post their experiences he http://powerflarm.us/2012/05/powerflarm-results-from-mifflin-and-elswehere/ Also, I posted some notes on installations, including the "Hall of Shame" which you may find entertaiing....

Hi Group Will someone please explain why negative flaps supposedly provides better aileron control. I know conventional wisdom says that it does but WHY? It is not intuitively obvious at least to me. Yes I have tried negative flaps at low speeds both on the roll and braking but its effect as far as...

We had two landouts at Seminole yesterday, both in the same field, - a pasture with cattle and a locked gate. One of the pilots visited a nearby farmhouse, and spoke with the wife of the property owner asking permission to enter and a key. She was very nice and called her son. He agreed to call...

Hi All, This is a bit of a loaded question (I think both sellers are contributors to RAS) - but I'd like to get as much feedback as possible from as wide of an audience as possible... I've been agonizing (here and elsewhere) between the niceties of a DG-300 and the flapped flexibilities of an...

Could anyone help me out with an electronic copy of the schematic diagram for this radio please? Problem is suspected to be relay-related? Any advice appreciated. Paul Hodgetts

Greetings, all! My work will take me to Paris, France Nov 3-10, 2004. Would you please be so kind as to forward me contact information for a glider club or operation where I might fly as a guest on the weekend of Nov 6-7, 2004? I don't need to solo or go cross-country... just a "friend" ride...

Greetings! Summer has begun down under, and my first flight with an iPaq reminded me just how bad the reflections are in bright light . . . sooo hard to read, especially when wearing sunglasses. Were there any solutions that worked well for you Northerners this season?? I have noted a film from...