I just learned about this really great survival pack from Switzerland.Â* It's appears to be more useful than their Army Knife. They are currently being offered for free and I'm sure all of us cheap glider pilots will appreciate that.Â* If I miss out on the early promotion, I'll still buy two of...

Here we go race fans.....Day 2 Hoo boy....we had to earn our pay today. Another TAT in the shape of a square, running south a bunch into a 5 mile ring called West, right turn West a bunch more into a 15 mile ring,...you get the idea. After dumping our water on the grid and doing the elephant walk,...

I liked the subtle ticking noise of ye olde RICO VACS vario I had in the HP-14. And it was very good at pointing out weak lift. Alas that relic from the 1970s stopped working some time circa 2000. I sent it to its maker and he fixed it, but it later failed again, as has another unit I scrounged...

Hi I'm looking at purchasing a 201 and am going to need a new canopy if I get the thing. I would be happy to take a used canopy that has scratches and or a crack or two as long as it's serviceable. Let me know if you've got anything. Thanks!

Where are the RULES posted ?

On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association, you are invited to compete or visit R4N's fall contest October 6 - 13 from it's Fairfield, PA airport (W97). Details are he http://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2423. Fairfield is a beautiful soaring site nestled not far from Amish farmland and the...

While it is early, I can't help but notice the gliders in the top 20 of each of the first two days... ASG29 wins Day 1 (Diana3 second), JS-3 Day 2. Combined top 20 scoring so far: Eight JS-3 (1, 2, 8, 12, 12 (tie), 15, 16, 18). Eight Ventus3 (4, 4 (tie), 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17), two ASG-29 (3, 14),...

If the US pilot and Team reports from Hosin aren't cutting it for you, add these: Canada https://www.facebook.com/CanadianSoaringTeam/?hc_ref=ARRInnmA2vENS3i10h2U27LeECMT0aI-EgoRM6rPUjO8kUrsvZq-C_udkQMedvCllUU&fref=nf British...

Hello Race Fans... R here to report on the US Standard Class Nationals being held on Texas Soaring Association wonderful gliderport. TSA (660') is located just outside Dallas TCA with all of the bottom half of Texas available to our delight. TSA is an amazing club with over 200 members and a 300'...

18m here http://wgc2018.onglide.com/current-day.xml?class=18meter Anyone know how the live tracking speeds are calculated? I see guys flying together with speeds that don't correlate with start times. Go 70!! Go 5E!! Go XG! (CA import tariff cost you one exclamation, sorry :-)) Evan Ludeman /...

In the entire club, 15, and standard WGC, the US team posted a grand total of two pilot reports about what was going on https://ussoaringteams.org/#news Clearly there were lots of lessons learned here! US team: you want our support. You want our money. You want our volunteer time. And yet you...

After awakening to overcast, the launches were delayed several times AND the tasks changed. The launches did begin 13:15 local with all classes assigned racing tasks of around 300km. US Pilots have started. You can access info on: www.ussoaringteams.org Tasks and scores:...

I have spent a few days on Google looking for a description of what "N" means on Constant Pressure Charts. The best I have found is that "N" identifies an area of little or no vorticity. Is this right?

There is no flying today at the WGC Hosin as the Opening Ceremony will be held 4-6pm local. Enjoy the report from US 18M Pilot Bob Fletcher recapping this past week of preparation and training: https://ussoaringteams.org/training-week-pilot-report-bob-fletcher/

Another question regarding the above battery type! There are variety of techniques used when switching between batteries - on/off/on switches, good switches with a cut out between the movement, two batteries with a diode to prevent flow between both batteries, etc. The question I have concerns an...

I just ordered a new ASH31Mi and will be selling my ASH26E after the season is over. This is a 2006 model with pretty much every option available at the time, including polyurethane finish. Interested parties can contact me directly at: soar2morrow AT yahoo.com for more details. Tom

A few times a year I want to evaluate flight for record or trophy flights. Usually 300K Triangles. What is the Easiest software to just evaluate an FAI flight? The old EW software worked pretty good, but does’t support IGC flights. SeeYou can do it but is very clumsy and slow at doing it, or at...

Quick question, are there any DG 100/101 owner groups out there? Thank you!

Report and pictures from today's training day. Tomorrow (Friday) is the last practice day with the opening ceremony on Saturday. https://ussoaringteams.org/captains-report-official-training-day-2-july-26/

April 2019 may bring more grief with date failures, although some failures may get delayed well after that date, depending on what's in the firmware. https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/meetings/2017-11/powers.pdf