Congratulations to young american glider pilots and their Club/FBO sponsors who successfuly applied for SSA grants in 2003. Brad Towne of the Caesar Creek Soaring Club won the Bultman award for his excellence as a ground crew worker. Garrret Willat (mentor: Gary Ittner) and Mike Westbrook...

I have just seen an unscientific poll on a guitar forum that I found fascinating, and not because of what it means for playing guitars. In this poll, almost 41% of those responding were between the ages of 50 and 59. The next largest group, 40-49, is at only 18%. Like most, if not all of us...

14-year-old gets radio help from the ground: 'He saved his dad's life' Heather Travis, Vancouver Sun Published: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/voices/story.html?id=39c92b1a-9a38-4635-b974-c98588f6e9a7 PEMBERTON -- It was 5 p.m. on cloudless Monday afternoon at...

Hi all, I need your input on an issue that has led to an ongoing, heated debate ever since my son joined our soaring club at age 14. He begun taking lessons and soloed during a youth soaring camp organized by another club this summer. A small but vocal group of members are stricktly against youth-...

Here's a plug for the "College and Youth Soaring" booth, #46, next to M&H, reserved by the Collegiate Soaring Association (www.soarcsa.org/ssa/coll/home.htm) with the new US Junior Soaring Association (www.juniorsoaring.us). "College", "Junior", and "Junior Team" shirts will be for sale with...

Here's a plug for the "Youth in Soaring" booth, #218 in the Grandhall (Hall B), reserved by the Kolstad committee (http://home.att.net/~midlk/klsthmpg.htm). "College", "Junior", and "Junior Team" shirts will be for sale with tax-deductible donations gratefully accepted. If you run a youth program,...

A youth soaring program in Iowa is seeking a wing wheel that can be adapted to a Blanik L23. The wing is large--about 65" chord at the best location for the tow-out wheel. Got one? Email newelljj AT knightglider.com

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Video flying down the Marble Mountains from Wright to Carter Turnpoints. Montageue, CA Soaring Site. I have approximatley 20 flight hours on the Butterfly vario. It is a very nice instrument. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i0IVkHUnWU The Butterfly provides power to a PowerFlarm Brick, the...

You’ll also get these for free. • Amazing animations • Personal handwritten signatures • Unique fonts • Old typewriter typing sounds • Multimedia attachment preview • Capturing animations from the web • Flash window indicating time and email status • Easy placement of your pictures in...

You’ll also get these for free. • Amazing animations • Personal handwritten signatures • Unique fonts • Old typewriter typing sounds • Multimedia attachment preview • Capturing animations from the web • Flash window indicating time and email status • Easy placement of your pictures in...

Having just washed and waxed the car with Zaino, I am wondering if anyone has used it on their sailplane. The Zaino web site states that it is OK for fiberglass and gel coat. Any one used it? What results/problems? ASW27BV

I have a complete Zander 820 for sale. Anybody interested. THanks Dave

Anybody using or can give me feed back on the Zander 820 flight computer. Thanks Dave

Hello All: I've got a couple of questions regarding Zander flight computers. If anyone has any insight (good or bad) I would appreciate it. 1) Are there any opinions out there about the Zander 940/941 flight computer? 2) How about the new ZS1 flight computer?

Hi, I have a Zander GP 941, one of the few in the US. It's recording current flight dates to of occured in 1996. "Where a FR has already lost the date facility, the solution is to return the FR for modification to the manufacturer or his agent. The fault is because the GPS receiver no longer...

Zander flight computers - are there any experts out there for the latest Zander flight computer - please send me an email - I now own one and would like to ask some questions. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone out there have an old Zander SR 940 setup disc kicking around? If so, I'd like to be able to arrange for a copy to be made to use in setting an SR 940 up here. Thanks, RO

Hi All After many years good service, our Zander SR800 Vario/Glide Computer has developed a fault. It reads 7m/s lift when the glider is on the ground. When the range switch is moved from 0-10 to 0-5m/s it goes off scale. The digital averager slowly climbs till it reads 13 m/s. The audio makes a...

Cleaning out my closet. I have a Zander SR820 Audio vario and computer removed last year, I will give it to a good cause. Vario seemed to work fine when removed. It does show about 1 kt down when on the ground(off). Computer controls seemed to all work ok and I could move through the menus but...