Maybe I'm blind. Maybe his death has not yet been reported on ras. He was hit by a car, while walking towards his own car on his road to the SSA convention, in the Mojave Desert. A few months ago, he was diagnosed a terminal illness. He has contributed to safer soaring with books and...

When flying a US state record attempt for speed, I understand that the achieved speed is handicapped. My question is whether the minimum distance for that speed record is also handicapped. In other words, if I fly something with a handicap of .8, can I file a 300K O&R speed record claim with a...

I'd like to spend a week (or 10 days maybe) next November - January to do some flying in the Andes. Chile, Argentina... what would be the best place to go for some gliding in the Spanish speaking mountains? Any particular club or commercial operations that need to be checked there? Thanks!

I have just sold my Garmin Pilot 3 and want to upgrade to another Garmin, possible a 196 or a 296. I have a mate with a 196 and it does a great job. Has anybody had any first hand experience with the new colour 296? What is the colour screen like to read especially in a sunny cockpit? Is it worth...

Has anyone had a DG 505 tail wheel hub (plastic) blow out? If so what do you think the cause was? Just one side of the hub lost a fifth of the rim. The debate seems to be side load in ground handling vs tail first landing. The tube did not pop and there are no scars on the other half. Any tips...

Well did that sad old muppet finally leave RAS. I forgot its post March 9th..... So here is some Lennie the Lunatic bait...... Lennie you suck...go drink beer, may your lather key fly off and knock some sense into you. Al

The official scorer at the Senior's contest, John Good, has been using the automated posting feature in Winscore to send the scores directly to the Winscore website. They are available immediately after he makes the transfers and can be viewed...

Anyone have a souce for the grip handles in the 20s cockpit...or something that might work on the Flap, Gear and spoiler handle?? GL

Hi All Our drum wheel brake on the club Grob 102 is almost useless. I was wondering if there is a conversion to a diskbrake. Ken (KP)

When a glider uses sustaining engine instead of selflanching, does it mean that I would not gain any attitude if I started the engine during a flight?

I would like our club to install an audio variometer in our basic trainer, the L-13 Blanik. Some candidate varios include, the Borgelt B-40, the Tasman, and the LX-16 (I think). There may be others too. But I believe these all need TE input. The Blanik is not plumbed for TE. Has anyone...

Idaho Public TV has a series called "Outdoor Idaho." On a recent installment, "In the Shadow of the Tetons", they filmed a ride in Blanik. The Blanik belongs to a commercial operation in Driggs, Idaho. The following URL contains a link to the soaring...

Is there any way to effectively and inexpensively tint a canopy? If so, where would I have it done and what does it involve? GORDY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChaffeeCoCoSoaring/ Just got word this evening...after a year of trying, the FAA has approved the Pawnee for towing. It will be a very low key operation...so it is highly recomended to use the Yahoo site to contact the ops guy.

See http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/344-full.html#189075 " If you think you've tried everything there is to try in aviation, think again. Sunrise Paragliding in Nepal has teamed with the Himalayan Hawk Conservancy to present what it calls "Parahawking" -- flying a paraglider in tandem...

This is a link for a display model of the Swift S-1, the 1991 aerobatic design. Downloaded as a pdf file, printed out on cardstock or photo paper, cut out with a sharp #11 X-Acto blade, and glued together with white glue "Elmers" etc. http://www.cardmodels.de/Download.html

Wellcome Frank ! Finally we can read somebody, who knows something about the subject... :-))) A little precision about polish gliders life time policy: All SZD-gliders had at the beginning 1200 or 1500 hours service life time. It doesn't mean a lot, because today the Junior (SZD-51-1) has 10 000...

Nice job Bruce in the ASW 28 :) Last updated Friday, 21-Jan-2005 19:32:47 CST Pos Reg Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Z2 Taylor B 5351.30 946.90 795.50 922.50 1000.00 969.00 717.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 UZ Temple P 5262.70 840.40 807.70 960.10 954.70 977.70 722.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 VX...

The FAI has announced a new style of racing to be tried at France's famous St. Auban national gliding center in early September 2005. A single entry will be allowed per country and all participants will race in the 15 Meter class. Included in the new racing format as departures from the classic...

In the previous post, I read the classic 2. Short pause, However, EASA's CS-22 (the new European glider design norm, replacing JAR-22) gives the following standard spin exit procedu AMC 22.221(c),(d),(e) and (f) Spinning General