it doesn't get much clearer than this.... DG overtakes LS on the DG website now: http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/ls-start-e.html tim

No need to punch a bunch of holes in the lower wing skin. Paul Gaines (Gaines Sailplane-Composite Solutions) in Marietta, Georgia has a very skinny fiber-optic scope that will run the entire length of the wing. If you have need, call Paul at (770) 499 7755 Inspections are now in progress. GA

I have a new Tost E85 release for sale with JAA form One. Contact me directly for photos and details - make the obvious substitutions... scott at elhardt dot us Scott

On 9/12/2010 9:36 AM, wrote: Yea I know its blatant spam but everyone else does it. initial Pic's here.. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=279827717785&v=photos Will be flying with it today... I tried to find a place for a 7" display in my glider and it's...

I would like to connect my 2 8AH batteries to one Solar panel for charging while the glider is in its trailer. I will use a controller and I have 2 separate sockets in the glider-one per battery. I thought to simply split the wires coming out of the controller to the two batteries/sockets but I...

IMPORTANT PowerFLARM Portable Firmware Update: 6.02 PowerFLARM Portable users should update to version 6.02 ASAP. There was a bug in version 6.00 which caused it to show "Towplane" as the aircraft type when it should have displayed "glider". That may have caused users to select the wrong...

I am (I think) a proud owner of a model 20 which is driving me up the wall. Yesterday, I was flying our clubs Discus B with my logger attached under the glare shield. On my flight, after I was off of tow, the recorder recorded what looked and was shown as engine noise. The engine noise also showed...

News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/04/what-happens-when-cars-talk-to-each-other/ Wonder if this stuff going into the automotive market will eventually make it cheaper for aviation? WB

COBRA Skin Trailer Protector - Commercial The front of my COBRA trailer has been receiving a good deal of pitting. I got to looking around and discovered many of my friends are having the same problem with their cobra trailers with no good solution available. So we developed the COBRA Skin Trailer...

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See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell what the glider is. Any ideas? 2NO

I started looking for news of the Region 6 contest at Ionia last weekend when their practice days started hoping the hosts or contest management would have some news...a current roster maybe or some sentence or two about the weather or at least a note if the was bad and unflyable. Here it is...

Who out there has stashed away the English manuals for this vario? I have the German ones. This sailplane recently came from Germany with all the instruments on the panel fully serviced before shipping to the States. I know there are dated, but so is the Phoebus they are in! Westerboer...

SSA at EAA "AirVenture" Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Soaring Society of America will again present a significant presence July 28 through August 4 at the annual EAA "AirVenture " Convention at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The SSA Booth in exhibit building "A", managed by Burt and Kathie Compton, is the focus...

The ChicagoLand Glider Council is hosting the 6th bi-annual Midwest Soaring and Safety Seminar on Saturday, February 21st, 2015, 8AM to 5PM. Nationally known speakers will cover topics of safety, racing, competition, gear, and gliders. The cost of this Seminar is being partially underwritten by...

Seems I'm towing more than soaring these days... A couple of days ago, while rolling out on final at about 300' AGL, a strong gust under the high wing upset the Pawnee. Fortunately (for me), I carry a lot of energy around the final turn, and was able to recover and land normally. I had to...

Is this the future? No more shock cooling here! https://newatlas.com/siemens-airbus-electric-plane-world-record-glider/48806/

Hi, I have recently had several inquiries for information comparing the new Trig TT21 to the Becker ATC 4401. I have created a comparison table he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/transponders.htm#Transponder_Comparison_Table Let me know if you have any suggestions for improving it. Best...

I know the subject has been brought up before, but I was wondering if anyone out there has come up with any new ways of coping with the way that the current pattern Tost rings bind in Libelle nose hooks. Going through the archives I found three possibilities mentioned: 1; Make the aperature in the...

Give it up, Walter! Nobody will buy your Eastern block manufactured "pseudo-LS" crap, and you will only succeed in 2 things: 1. Causing the extinction of some exquisitely beautiful sailplanes. 2. Having you and your 'secret investor' go bankrupt.