Gotta hand it to Johan Bosman on this one... look at pg 5 of this pdf: http://www.streckenflug.at/news/js_communication_2010_07.pdf Personally I think his take on the exhaust vent is simply ingenious. The opening on that thing is immense and has got to allow much air to pass, but flow is organized...

Well, sorta... it's a motorglider. While VR flying is nothing new, this is one of the cutest little FPV cockpits I've seen yet, (some functioning instruments & moving stick!) in the virtual pilot scene, enjoy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va0vEY8CKVc&feature=related -Paul

More on the subject of the limitations of human physiology... Just ran across this great little segment of a BBC show called Horizon, on The McGurk Effect and thought it went nicely with the counting test and optical effects, but thought it deserved it's own thread. Watch your ears lie, despite...

Yesterday at Urs's FLARM presentation at the PASCO seminar, he demonstrated some of the the fallibility of the human eye/visual recognition system with a few videos, which were really ....eye opening. Hopefully a recorded (and edited, since it almost spiraled into a ras debate a few times...)...

This confirms my long held suspicions that some clouds DO have a sense of humor: http://i.imgur.com/tpMeN.gif -paul

Looking to get in touch with an ASW 20 driver named Conrad Gerte in Germany. I have an email for him and we were in communication for a bit, but I now get returned mail message saying he has too many messages on the server when I use it. If anyone here knows him, if you could pass along a message...

....is actually pretty nice. In addition to a clean layout with lots of large and clear color photos of interesting things and good writings to tie it all together, it physically feels like higher quality paper and mine even came wrapped in plastic, in mint condition no less. This issue is very...

Damn, a two seat side by side self launch version of Eric Raymond's solar motorglider. Too interesting of news to merely throw into the 2 seat self launch discussion... http://solar-flight.com/news.html -Paul

Looks like Byron, CA airport might get a reliable house thermal in the future. http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100805plumes.html?WT.mc_id=100806epilot&WT.mc_sect=adv -Paul

It appears that there has actually been progress on the Saqqara microlift glider: http://www.diloren.com/index01.htm as is evidenced by this pic: http://www.vole.ch/matmambo/diloren.jpg of a completed(?) example. Does anyone have anymore info on this? I've scoured the Dilorean site many times,...

Getting scammed!! I find this (ongoing/unfolding) saga of this 27 for 'sale' fairly amusing, some of you may also (or not...) http://www.gliderguider.net/yaBB/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1261311629/0 -Paul

Or nearish by. I'm just back from Fla and ready for moar. Saw Dave's post looking for a westbound from Indiana so I thought I might try to find a suitable eastbound. Paul Hanson (51oh) 22seven-9five23 paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com

Still out east... slowly working my way back, empty Paul Hanson (51oh) 22seven-9five2three Paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com

Anyone used one of these in a glider or other aircraft yet? http://www.shadowboxlive.com/ I am interested in a 3D logger for acro flying and such, and this unit appears to fit the bill by measuring speed, alt, g's, and angular rates/positions combined with GPS, so I'm curious to hear...

'=UPDATE=' Empty towball, Florida/East Coast to wherever you need a glider trailer'd to. Gonna be on the East Coast in a few weeks after dropping off a glider... I have a fresh coat of Rainex on my windows, a new set of tools, a full tuneup and fresh oil/filters all around. I'm headed out...

Anyone have any experience with this unit yet: http://tinyurl.com/358w5vx seems nice- high res screen, wired serial, only a hundred bucks... general specs: CPU: Centrality Atlas IV 533MHZ, 4GB NAND Flash ROM, 128MB SDRAM, Real-time OS Microsoft WinCE 6.0 pro version, 5.0” TFT 65K colors touch ...

I dunno... where do you need your glider towed? I typically can cover up to 1000mi/day, so it ain't no 1 week trip to get your ship to you on the east coast and vice versa. Paul Hanson paul at eaglebrandproducts dot com (51owe) 2two7-nine5two3

linked here since not everyone gets the AOPA daily briefs... http://tinyurl.com/2a7at5h -Paul

Anyone know any more about them than this article does: http://tinyurl.com/yc4dnjr -Paul

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/02/buy-your-own-flying-hovercraft/ -at least he was thoughtful enough to provide handles for his passengers to hold onto. WTF?!? oh, and it could be yours for the low price of... -paul