I'm looking to replace the carpetting used as protection to the various glider parts in my Cobra Trailer and have not yet been able to find a close match. Can anyone suggest a merchant or site I could try . Thanks , Ron Clarke (ZA)

What an outstanding result in the World 18 M championships for this glider . No less than four JS -1 's in the top 10 finishers at Szeged . CONGRATULATIONS to the two South African Jonker brothers for their high placings and their success in designing and producing this "no excuses" racing...

It should have been said Bob Gillan - 87 year old Instructor still active with us at Central Indiana Soaring .

Bob Gillan still instructs regularly for us at Central Indiana Soaring . WW 2 Navy Instructor, School Teacher for many years and a lifelong Farmer - Probably busy with the harvest right now.

Any news re this contest - nothing reported to date on SSA site .

The New Website looks good BUT contest reporting continues to be very poor. No news on Region 6 since last Sunday ( a whole week) and no updates from the Open /18 m Nationals since Thursday .SSA members deserve better form the "New " website .

Doug , It's a thought that many glider pilots have flown sailplanes the equivalent of many times around the earth during their soaring careeers ( engineless). I have a mere 3000+ hours and that includes about 85000miles cross-country ( or more than 2 times around the world). There are as you know...

Firstly WELL DONE KEMPTON . For anyone that has access to some ancient SOARING magazines there is a fantastic photo which was taken by Bob Symons of just the kind of conditions John Cochrane describes and Kempton must have encountered . Look it up -- Soaring Magazine May 1976 , page 45 . Enjoy...

I have had excellent performance from a Microaire for the past 4 years in my glider . I frequently talk to other gliders 200 miles away with good transmissions reported and clear reception . Ron (ZA)

As a participant and SSA member I would like to congratulate the SSA and the two Regional Directors - John Murray and Jim Payne who took the lead in initially proposing this event to commemorate the 100 years of flight .Together with their wives (Linda and Jackie) they stepped up, organized and ran...

Anyone here had much experience with the Lx Eos vario? I'm thinking about swapping out the old faithful CAi 302 and popping in the Eos alongside the powerflarm and Oudie.

Has anyone got a link to the 2012 BGA UK turnpoints list in .cup format for SeeYou? I've tried the usual suspects and can't find a link.

At the 2004 regionals at Parawon, I briefly saw a self launching glider with really attractive graphics down the side of the fuselage. I don't think that the pilot was entered in the contest, but he launched with the grid one day. Does anyone: Know this glider? Know how to contact the owner?

Hello, I recently installed a PowerFLARM in my ship. I have the Flarm box connected to an SN10B and my Oudie 2 reviving Data from the SN10B. I have not had any issues with the Flarm and ADS-B targets being displayed (with their Hexadecimal code) on either the SN10B or the Oudie, but have not yet...

Trying to get a club member's SPOT registered with glideport. I keep getting the message "Bad URL" when I paste his publicly available shared URL into the list of available trackers. Also tried pasting it to his account on the SSA as a belt and suspenders approach, but we're still not seeing a...

Does anyone have an idea of costs on a engine reuild / new engine for: DG800/Ventus vs ASH26E

At 19:48 03 June 2006, Benbo wrote: It was not feasible at $2 a gallon, so what makes you think it will fly at $3 a gallon? It takes money, not signatures. Now if every government in the world taxed aviation fuel at the UK road gas rate of 70% we'd not only save

Greetings, I'm looking for an article written in "Technical Soaring" about the Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-11 project from the 1970s. Does anyone have this? Thanks in advance, Mike

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Hi, We are going for a family vacation in northern Italy (around lake Como and Toscaney) on the beginning of October. I am looking for a place that I can get some nice soaring and maybe seaplane flights. Tips anyone? Thanx,