Another wonderful SSA Convention just ended at Reno. Wish the SSA held a convention every year, like we used to. I cannot comprehend why our SSA Directors voted for every other year. It's not about the vendors as much as it's for our members. It's about seeing old friends and making new ones. ...

Does anyone know how to reach Knauff and Grove? We've been trying for several weeks to reach them by phone and email regarding an order we placed in February. We have not received any return messages and their phone mailbox is now full. Thanks, Mark and Alice

Does anyone know the email for Lykke, the first Danish pilot to manage a 750 Km triangle. I want to send my personal congratulations for a an innovative and bold flight. John Firth ( first N.A. 750 km Tr 1977)

I've received a number of requests for the FLARM and ADS-B information formerly hosted on the now-defunct GliderPilot.org, so I put a copy on my website and updated the links he http://www.nadler.com/public/NadlerSoaringIndex.html The information is mostly still current (though there are a few...

I'm sorry to report that Jim Hard - 1-26 pilot extraordinaire - has taken his final glide. He died peacefully yesterday evening in the hospital surrounded by friends and family. He will be missed by many - both within and outside the Minnesota Soaring Club. Good finish 271! Lou

Hi, I hope this is a good channel to reach potential contestants for the WGC2020 in 18m/Open/Doubleseater classes. There will be an official communication to the gliding associations soon. We just opened the registration for the WGC training competition. The contest will be part of the German...

If one were to have some time for a month long road trip in March and/or April to tow their glider (DG-300) somewhere and fly, where would you suggest.. Florida, Texas and New Mexico come to mind, but I do not have soaring experience in those places. Especially that early in the year. Other...

DISCLOSU This is completely self serving. When people discuss what limits pilot participation in contests - TIME does pop up as an issue. (yes there are many others, but let's stick to TIME here) Has anyone had experience with running a Regional contest that was 3 or 4 days rather than than 7...

Is anyone using Foreflight for soaring and if so what in particular do you like about this program? Thanks

SN10 pilots - I'm fooling with external moving map support. The idea is to give a nice map, with final-glide range and task, echoing the SN10 setup (and winds, polar, etc). Reduces page-flipping on SN10. For example: Kobo display of SN10 task info (using XCsoar or TopHat). Please contact me...

"Lennie the Lurker" wrote in message ... "Lennie's true colors" joelene, if there ever was a figure of a conservative model, you've go to be it. Stupid. Gullible.

This won't make much sense, unless you have followed the thread on "Death of a Gliderport". To rectify the drift, I began a new thread, Jim. Is this a slip or a crab? I agree that I have talked a lot about glider safety, over many years. :-) I disagree that I avoided addressing Russ Dervaes...

I took these two young ladies up for a ride today at Pleasant Valley Airport, Arizona, ( formally Turf Soaring ). The video is on Facebook so please "like" it and "share" it with all your "friends". https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=742571242428662

Who can explain how Speed-OLC scores are computed? OLC website seems to have explanations of all scoring but for that particular category. Am I just not seeing it? Eric Bick

Does anyone know a qualified mechanic that can do an annual for a glider in northwestern PA?

Check out these videos of the Dublin Gliding Club flying off the beach with auto tows. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2g1qLzxk9N8 If the link doesn't work just search Dublin Gliding Club @ Kerry 2007 and you'll find them. Gunnar

http://www.nswgc2006.com.au/

Tina Marie wrote: I want to do my initial CFI in a glider. Does anyone offer an accelerated CFI-G course? I can travel anywhere in the US... Tina Marie -- ========================================================================= Tina,

http://www.mals.net/ncw04/NarromineCup04.wmv No music its 48.9mb in size. The video was shot on my Sony DCR PC120E from the back seat of a Duo Discus on the 28/11/04 we were airborne for four hours and forty three minutes and covered more than 500kms we went from Narromine to Nyngan to Narromine...

http://sailplane-racing.org/index.html Ken Kochanski SRA Secretary