For Sale is my 2002 National 425 back parachute. The 425 is recommended for pilots up to 208 lbs (220 max gross wt). (26' conical chute). It is in excellent condition and very well cared for. Royal blue with light blue accents. It has quick ejector hardware on the legs and thread through...

Things are going well here in Florida this week, lots of activity up in Clermont for the Seniors contest. Things down in South Florida are going well also, with a few good flights of our own. Todd Roy and myself both flew around Lake O, our flights were on different days and in opposite directions....

My 302 no longer makes a flight log or if it does, I am unable to download. It attempts to write a log but the file has no content. Anyone out there in fantasy land have a clue what is going on. Just sent it back couple years ago to have I new screen an updates and now this. Any and all info...

For Omarama New Zealand To help "educate" our local AIr Traffic Control operators I would like to generate something like the SEEYOU 2 dimensional playback which would show maps and airspace with a gliders height and speed. Any ideas. The plan would be to generate a CD which they could plug in to...

National 425 Backpack. Red with black trim. Black carry case. Mfg. June 2006. Never used, stored since new. Best offer over $1000

I'm posting the below for Doug, who seems to be having some problems getting through to R.A.S. Please respond directly to him (contact info at end of post) PAROWAN/ELY/MINDEN SUMMER SOARING VACATION I am planning a summer soaring vacation out West to include PAROWAN and possibly,...

SSA faxed me a copy of the Data Plate Exemption Letter. (The pdf file shows as damaged when I tried to download it off the SSA web site.) When I read the letter, it expired last year (October 30, 2002). Where can I get a current copy? Thanks, Steve

Anybody know the dates ? Cain't see it on the SSA calendar... Thanks ! See ya, Dave

Hi, I'm excited to announce a new training tool for soaring pilots. The first product available is a training CD with tips and examples on how to use Pocket PCs. It includes screen capture videos with voice-overs. You can see details he http://www.soarmn.com/cumulus/training.htm I hope to...

Could somebody please contact us to confirm that we can get an aerotow at Jean on Friday 15th or Saturday 16th July? We landed at Jean on Wednesday on our Soaring Safari. Thanks Pam Kurstjens 1 469 835 9755 PapaMike

Dave Stevenson flew over 900km (560 miles) on Sunday April 24th in a Silent 2 pure sailplane. He began the flight in the northwest corner of his home state of Georgia, went to his first turnpoint at the northern edge of the Sequatchie Valley in Tennessee, headed south into Alabama to his second...

Any one driving from Houston, Texas to Albany, New York or somewhere closer to the Northeast? Need a sailplane hauled from Houston... E-mail: tim at adirondacksoaring.com or call: 518-885-5599 Thanks, Tim

Well I ain't seen it before. I thought it was pretty cool. (the "ain't" is in honor of W and 2+2 more years) Jim Vincent N483SZ

The NOAA web site used to have a "Soaring and winds aloft" page for various locations. We used the one from San Diego, which included forecasts for many sites in Southern California. I know they had similar pages for other parts of the country. They just reorganized their web site and it's gone! I...

Late breaking news: George Moffat, two time world champion and dean of the American competitive scene will be at Sugarbush during the XC/Racing Experience camp for part of the time. Still spots open for this opportunity to advance your cross-country expertise and get a user-friendly introduction...

http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20100718X52929&key=1 A sad accident, and a reminder how useless the NTSB can be when it comes to investigating a gliding accident. We already know that the media is useless in getting the facts right, but in this case the media reports were correct while...

yes i know. 15 meters. but what is a typical length for each individual wing. starting to look at houses and need to make sure i have enough space to spend winters sanding and spraying polyurethane. more is better of course. 30 feet probably would be enough?

Region 9 is being held in Moriarty, NM, first week of June. Yes, its not Parowan, Login or Ely so your think you may pass? Well, let me update you on several flights which occurred their in 2012. One, a late riser, Billy Hill, "Z", took off close to noon and flew over 1000 K. Oh, he didn't stop to...

Yes. Its that time of the year again. Ho bloody Ho. As a gesture of goodwill to all gliding clubs... Cambridge Gliding Club is inviting any member of the gliding movement to attend its Christmas Dinner (and Dance) at St. Catharines College, Cambridge. This is the event of the Cambridge social...

There was a story in S&G some years ago about a ASW 20 sucessfully landed without damage by use of flap changes; the pilot had read the manual. Following the fatal crash of a Cessna 150/150 hp two plane, due to a burned throughj elevator cable, two of us tow pilots experimented with pitch trim on...