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Best performing Vario? by
Craig R.
In your opinion, what was the best performing vario you have ever used? Specifically, the one that got you centered in and to the top of the thermal in the least amount of time.
Let's ignore products because they have the latest "bells and whistles" add ons, latest technology, sexy appearances, or...
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February 21st 13 02:26 AM
by JS
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RIP Tomas Reich - SGP Chile by
Paul Agnew
From Facebook:
Sad news from the last race day;
Local Chile pilot Tomas Reich had an accident on the ridges south of Santiago. The Chile SAR recovered Tomas and took him by helicopter to the hospital in Santiago. Unfortunately Tomas died during the evening from the injuries he sustained during the...
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In wave, in blue hole at cloud level, hole closes, in IMC, then what? by
son_of_flubber
So I'm flying in a blue hole in wave lift of 5 m/s, trimmed to 50 knots, in clear air with a cloud layer upwind and downwind, cloud top above and cloud base below. Suddenly I find myself in IMC. What are my options?
My glider is capable of benign spiral. I open the spoilers, (already trimmed to...
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Train Wreck by
XC
Dang! Got drawn in again!
I’m ashamed to admit I have been following Sean Fidler’s “why didn’t I get chosen” rants on Facebook. It is hard to look away from a train wreck I guess. I am embarrassed for him. I've never seen someone take a decision so badly. So much misinformation and so...
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New trainer from SZD Bielsko by
[email protected]
SZD Bielsko is in the final phase of testing of "new" 2 seat glider
designed for initial and advanced training. It will be fully aerobatic
with 17.5 m wings and with 20 m wings it becomes pretty good x-c
sailplane with L/D of 41.8. The reason I am saying "new" with
quotation marks is that the...
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Concealed Carry In MY ASW27 by
Bob Youngblood
What a surprise, just today my son brought me a great gift to fight off the flaming liberals at the gliderport. It is a Bulgarian AK47 with 2000 rounds of ammunition. Thank god that I raised this kid correctly, educated him and he achieved the status of a Structural Engineer, PE.
He advised me to...
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Some good news by
Karl Striedieck[_2_]
The Mt Washington wave camp last week was a great success with plenty of wave flights, one of which (Evan Ludeman) reached 31K.
On another day a couple gliders were in wave when a slug of moisture closed the windows trapping them on top. One turned down wind and rode the undulations to drier air...
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January 6th 16 10:50 PM
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Best option for electric self starting glider by
Magnus
Hi experienced glider pilots,
I am a newly retired ex glider pilot that is updating my license and want to do some serious soaring and distance flights in Europe now that I have plenty of time. I live in Lausanne (member of Montricher gliding club) and as well member in Landskrona gliding club in...
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January 20th 21 09:15 PM
by Magnus
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An ADS-B In Question by
Dan Marotta
Hopefully Darryl will respond to this but anyone with the knowledge will
be appreciated.
I have a home-grown ADS-B system consisting of a Raspberry Pi 2 and a
couple of software defined radios feeding Avare on my smart phone. I
have line of sight to the ADS-B tower on top of Sandia Peak, on...
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Is the 200ft below Min Finish Height Rule Working? by
Sean F (F2)
I thought the viewpoint below (not mine) on the US finishing rule was very interesting. Interesting enough to share with the broader pilot community and start a discussion about it. I am all for safer soaring, but after hearing this argument, I see circumstances (and direct .igc examples) where...
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My September 2017 visit to GP Gliders by
[email protected]
My September 2017 visit to GP Gliders:
Poland is a beautiful country, especially in early September. The purpose of this trip was to meet CEO Jerzy Peszke and tour the GP Gliders facility. The operation recently moved to Korczyna (2.5 miles NW of Krosno). The original airport building was too...
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Battery switching without tears by
2G
On one of my flights last year I had to switch between my avionics battery and engine battery when the avionics battery voltage dropped too low (I had left the master on after the last flight and could only partially charge the avionics battery before launching). The switch over seemed to go okay,...
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The decline of gliding - a worldwide issue? by
Douglas Richardson
Good morning,
My name is Douglas and I am a glider pilot here in the UK.
I would like to start a friendly discussion about the decline of gliding and whether this is an issue outside of the UK.
Within the UK gliding has been in decline for decades and according to discussion on gliderpilot.net ...
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Parowan midair? by
Andy[_1_]
SSA contest report indicates that 2 gliders made contact on the first
day. If the gliders are identified correctly then one continued to
win the day and the other returned to the airport missing part of one
wing and so far has no log posted.
Any more information available?
Andy.
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CG hook on aero tows?? by
Ted Wagner
A few seconds into take-off roll today in a Pilatus B-4, while applying left stick to correct for a dipping right wing, the right wing suddenly dipped all the way into the ground. The glider lurched to the right, and a second or two later popped up into the air, a good 20 feet up and 30 or more...
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