Garmin GPS, old school PDA cradle with craggy aero 9 pin power adapter ? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/9hei1lx4ttfmbe6/IMG_0609.jpg

Link ?

Arcus M (2017) - $295,000 USD Js3 15/18 w/ turbojet (2016) - $177,000 USD Shark 304MS (2014) - $150,000 USD Lak 17b FES (2015) - $120,000 USD Contact mikesoaring at gmail

Anyone else catch the Glider thermalling low over Hockenheimring yesterday morning, during German Gran Prix free practice 2? Kudos to Paul di Resta of ESPN for knowing and explaining to the viewers how the glider uses the hot air rising up off the the track.

With all the discussion recently over the incident near ORD, it seemed appropriate to take a look at the official FAA reports of Near Mid Air incidents. The most recent incident is not listed since the most recent freeze date is 31 Aug 2017. 7957 incidents between 1 Jan 1987 to 31 Aug 2017 2988...

Wondered what happened to soaringcafe.com? Nothing new since may 2015.

Does anyone have an elevator for sale off a Twin Lark (IS-28B2)? If so please email me at

If you have knowledge of one, would appreciate it sending me a line. Thanks, Michael Abell

Hi all, Don't need them to fly unless I break the winglets. But they help someone holding the tip rigging and they work for securing the wings in the trailer. If someone has a pattern or a set, willing to buy. Open to suggestions. Thanks, Michael

All, I wanted to check if anyone has seen this problem before with a Walter Dittel FGS50: When I power up the display shows 188.888 and will not transmit nor receive. If RAS fails I'll call Peninsula Avionics. Also, I'm looking for a source for 2 glider specific items. 1) The vertical bar...

Hello All, With the all the activity on RAS and the success of the Region 11 Yahoo group I thought it would be beneficial to create a specific Region 12 Yahoo group to foster communication in the region. The link is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Region_12/ I would encourage all Region 12...

On New Year's Day, five Arizona Soaring Association pilots completed cross-country flights from Pleasant Valley airport (home of Turf Soaring). Tony (you can stay but you have to race) Smolder completed 160 km in his Ventus, while Kirk Stant in ASA's Grob 102, Nigel Cripps in his Ventus 2 and Bob...

In filling out my FAA form for my USA pilot's certificate, I note that they have spaces for not only total hours and number of flights but also cross-country flight time. The only problem is that the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) do not appear to define cross-country flying as it applies to...

I'm not going to submit anywhere in Arizona as a candidate for "Best Soaring Site". At least down here in the Phoenix area, we can only soar reliably for about nine months of the year. Soaring conditions are a bit spotty from November through January (we only made about 100 miles cross-country...

Hello, I am looking for a "Hitachi Masters of Soaring" poster that is in very good to excellent condition. This might be familiar to those who have been in the sport for 20 years. Willing to pay reasonable $$$ for it. Please contact me at and please carefully...

Anyone know where I can get a Repeater for my Borgelt B40??? Thanks, Michael

Version 2 of the popular electronic gliding logbook is now available. It can be downloaded as an OpenOffice.org spreadsheet on the following web site: http://people.bath.ac.uk/enpms/logbook/ The main new features are massively enhanced statistics, and proper logging of powered flying. Enjoy,

Does anybody know which sort of signal goes from the Borgelt B40 vario to the external averager? Is it just a voltage or something more complicated? The reason I want to know it is that I'd like to make up my own display instead of buying the original one which is rather bulky. The only alternative...

I wanted to extend a big thanks to everyone at Cal City and Caracole soaring for a successful wave day on Saturday. The front that pushed through southern California this weekend provided thermals to 9000' and wave as high as 24,000'. And from the sound of things on the radio, Warner Springs had...

All, I have been flying with Evergreen Soaring in Seattle, Wa for the past year but will be moving to Tehachapi, Ca for work at the end of this month. At Evergreen I have been developing a local knowledge soaring map using simple google map tools. The map has proven very valuable in documenting...