There will be a Tonopah camp this summer from July 8 to 16. Dr. D. (Frank Donnelly) will be towing. Organization is by Jack Harkin. Oxygen will be available. The Harkin/Donnelly team has done this for several years. Already nearly a dozen pilots have signed up. For more information,...

I fly glider with an old wortman airfoil, it hates getting wet. Its' sinkrate goes up considerably, and I've even felt the whole glider rumble when flying in rain. At a recent contest I was flying in very weak "survival" conditions and was very happy to find a 1.3 knot thermal. I started...

Ever since my first contests and XC flights I have been wearing an external male catheter. Putting these things on is easy. Taking them off is another matter altogether. I know they have to be sticky or they might fall off at an inopertune time but jeez-la-wheez they sure can stay stuck and are...

I was recently told that if a FR was out of calibration and you flew a badge leg, you *now* had 60 days instead of 30 to get the calibration done. If that is the case, could someone post a URL to the document? I get a headache and nosebleed on the FAI site trying to find stuff, and I could find no...

We now have well over 100 clubs set up and ready to compete in the OLC League in the US. So now it's time to work on how to get started in the competition. It may take a while for clubs to catch on, so the early adopters will have a big advantage. As long as one club member scores on one day of the...

TORONTO AREA GLIDER PILOT GROUND SCHOOL! Spring 2006 Session starting Tuesday May 9 ========================================== York Soaring will be hosting a Glider Pilot Ground School directed at beginning pilots to prepare them both for basic flight training and the Transport Canada examination.

1976 ASW 19B. 1600 Hrs. Annual 02/06. Cambridge electric vario. Cambridge MK-IV nav director, Trimble TX 760D radio, GPS included with IPAQ and Winpilot software, Oxygen bottle, National 425 parachute, one man dolly. All tow out gear. Custom wing covers. Roller blade wheels recessed in wing tips....

Does anyone have the metal web end fitting that plugs into a Pacific Scientific buckle that they would be willing to sell? The webbing is not necessary, just the fitting. I would like to set up a crotch strap in my ship. Thanks Kurt

New t-shirt design for the 2006 soaring season. For photo and ordering info in PDF format, send e-mail to:

I had to open my LX20 last night to replace both the 9v NiCd which wasn't holding a charge with a 9v NiMh, and the small watch battery which was dead. I reassembled it, connected it to the charger, and hit the ON button. It starts beeping and displays the message "Secret Key Not Valid!" I...

I got tired of using 3/4 inch electrical tape as gap tape. A friend ran off some 25mm (approximately 1 inch) tape for me. This works well for me. It is similar to the 3/4 electrical tape, but wider and slightly thinner. Unfortunately, to get him to do a production run, I had to take more than I...

Loops are probably the most innovative way to share gliding pictures over the net. So mount your camera, take your pictures, and share them with the rest of the soaring community with this new technology. See a sample at http://mindensoaringclub.com Enjoy!

I hate to part with this sweet flying ship, but it's time I do. See details and pictures: http://ka8b-n1716.blogspot.com. mike

I have a PIK-20B and really would like to add a nose tow hook. It's licensed experimental, so what, other than a 337, would I have to do. It seems I remember a Schreder-type tow hook added to a German glider at TSA some years ago. I don't remember who owned it. This glider originally had only a CG...

I urgently need to find out about gliding operations in Namibia or the adjacent bit of South Africa. Can anyone give me any contacts or links? Ian --

On a suggestion from rec.aviation.homebuilt, it was stated that sailplane drivers do occasional transoceanic shipping. so here is my post from that newsgroup: I am looking into shipping an Orion kit from Europe to Western Canada in June or July. If anyone needs to ship (via ocean) from Europe to...

To All: Any idea where can I buy here in the U.S. a blank instrument panel for Pegase 101A? Thanks, Jacek Kobiesa Washington State

An annoying property of my Ventus 2C is that the safety harness does not hold me into the seat. When encountering turbulance my upper torso leaves the seat and my head ocassionally hits the canopy. The position of the shoulder strap anchors aft of the cockpit is high enough that no downward force...

Can someone who is sucessfully using the DOS applications for downloading, converting logs from the 302 and sucessfully posting to OLC post the process? I am interested in the DOS process only. There are 4 files mentioned on OLC and FAI web sites: 1. datacam2.exe - for downloading flight traces...

A qualified crew person has an opportunity for an enjoyable contest, at Miflin PA, at the Sports Class Nationals, between May13-28. I generally don't land out too often. Dick