Looks like they got around $50,000 USD from 180 backers in 2013 and I haven't seen any updates since early 2014. Did someone use kickstarter to get themselves a new glider with the money or did this project ever produce anything? Still in production? Bruno - B4

Since Sunship Game has recently been released on DVD http://durangoherald.com/sections/Features/Columnists/John_Peel/2010/01/25/Local_Renaissance_man_tells_all/

Thinking back on the dreadful Cadillac commercial glider accident in October of 2011, I wondered if the final NTSB report was ever released. It hasn't and still shows as "preliminary" 8 months later. http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111013X31821&key=1 Is 8 months typical for...

I've been daydreaming about flight computers... Not the ones we have now, but the next generation... I haven't seen any significant step changes in the functions the current generation provide... So I started day dreaming... and I came up with a wish-list, (now some of these are obviously...

I'm getting back into the sport after a long hiatus and flying in the Boston area. I'll be putting some winter flying time in and I'm considering buying my first glider once I'm back to comfortable solos and my private license. (Naturally, I won't fly anything until I am competent and ready). Any...

Flarm needs a box that is similar to that used by A&Ps to do transponder checks. Something portable that would allow you to test the send and receive range of your glider on the ground. Idally you would do sy 4 tests. Off the nose, behind, and left and right. Range analysis tool is ok, but it's...

Do many retired pilots maintain their membership to charitably support the sport, keep in touch with something they used to participate in, and keep the magazine coming every month? How many SSA members are purely armchair pilots?

So some of you really don't think to highly of the Speed Astir. What then would be your recommendations for a first glider for a low time pilot training & soloing in a G103 II A? I need something under $20,000. that will keep me happy for a while. Thanks for your input! David

I got a quote from Blanik America in June of 2012 of $1800 for a factory authorized complete kit-of-parts to add a nose hook to an L33. I did not get a quote for installation labor. The L33 is a metal glider and perhaps that would make the installation less labor intensive. Does anyone know the...

I am trying to help a friend find a glider that he can fit into. He is looking for a club class glider or slighty higher cost. What gliders would he be able to fit into?

If Santa got rid of his reindeer, what would he fly? I think he's kinda old school but still needs performance. The ASW 20 or a LS3 might be good for the old man. Roomy cockpits. What do you think and why? Nick T

In the spirit of fun, what gliders (makes or specific ones) do you hate, distrust, or are just plain tired of. Have you given so many rides in one model that you never want to see it again? Is there a plane that, despite treating it right, just seemed to want to hurt you? Or is there one out there...

Greetings, I've got a SH glider. Have ordered new cockpit interior fabric, and am ready to glue them in. Old fabric is removed, but there is some residual glue on the cockpit sides that is pretty well stuck that I'd prefer not to have to remove. Asked SH, but got no reply. One pilot...

A friend bought a glider. It came with a Borgelt B57 in a box (not in the glider). There is a Borgelt B50 vario still in the glider. From what I read the B57 must have a B50 to function. Thus the B57 by itself is useless. Right? Also, I read in the manual about "GPS" but there are next to...

Maybe I missed something, but what happen to the RAS archives? Seaching the group for something like LS4 results in 5 hits - all from last month.

Anyone know what happened to these guys? Their website generates an error, and they didn't show up in the kitplanes directory? Mike

Trying to help a few club members get set up with tracking for safety and I noticed Glidetrack is no longer available in the AppStore for IOS. Does anyone know if its coming back, or if there is an alternative for rotten Apple users? IGC Droid still seems to be working strong for the rest of us on...

Was looking at some old Soaring magazines the other day, and I noticed a number of badges earned from Great Barrington in the 1980s and into th e1990s. So, I'm assuming there was some sort of regular operation there for a while. Any ideas what happened to this operation?

I can't find the active link to Pez. Did he land out? Anybody got a valid link? TIA

He's listed as no flight log "F".....and received NO points . I'm surprised, as I'd expect they'd wanted the LS-10 to show well....if he received his points, he'd be higher up there in the standings. Anyone know about his flight? Whassupwiddat? J4