Greetings! Summer has begun down under, and my first flight with an iPaq reminded me just how bad the reflections are in bright light . . . sooo hard to read, especially when wearing sunglasses. Were there any solutions that worked well for you Northerners this season?? I have noted a film from...

I am building a Duster Sailplane in my garage here in Eden Prairie, MN USA. I am attempting to revive interest building and flying the Duster sailplane. I have been working with Ben Jansson, the original designer of the Duster and I now have the ability to provide full size, high quality, scale...

I have seen several videos on youtube lately where the glider pilot holds the tow release handle during all parts tow. I've been told it is taught this way by some in the UK. Sorry to pick on you folks on the other side of the pond as I love your country and can't wait to come over and glide with...

I lost my best friend in a mid-air last November, a Cirrus hit a tow plane in Colorado, we had a mid-air at Parowan and now the mid-air in Uvalde! I'm going ballistic as in Ballistic recovery system (BRS). At my age there's no way I'm getting out of my ship unless it's straight and level and...

With winter upon us in the northern hemisphere, the annual PW5 thread had= reappeared. I started thinking about this ship and one design racing an= d thought I might post this. I started thinking about this topic in the = summer when I saw two full size bus conversion RV's pulling two...

Greetings, all! My work will take me to Paris, France Nov 3-10, 2004. Would you please be so kind as to forward me contact information for a glider club or operation where I might fly as a guest on the weekend of Nov 6-7, 2004? I don't need to solo or go cross-country... just a "friend" ride...

Saratoga NY, news report here http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3911217.shtml?cat=10114&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I just checked the FAA databases, and it shows that John Kerry has, among other ratings, a Gilder Aerotow Only rating.

I have an EDS on order and have been reading the manual available from their web site. It says "USE 9V ALKALINE BATTERY ONLY" in caps for emphasis. They then go on to say that you can also use and external battery of any type you choose. OK, so what would be wrong with using a 9V lithium smoke...

It appears that there has actually been progress on the Saqqara microlift glider: http://www.diloren.com/index01.htm as is evidenced by this pic: http://www.vole.ch/matmambo/diloren.jpg of a completed(?) example. Does anyone have anymore info on this? I've scoured the Dilorean site many times,...

I was trying to work out the expected height gain from a pull up Experienced glider pilots say you will get a better pull up with a heavier glider / water etc. But I can't see this from my (probably incomplete) equations: total energy = potential energy + kinetic energy total energy before pull...

Oh dear yet another get rich quick scam. Must be the 10th this week! groan............ "Wayne Chislett" wrote in message news:qnRid.132473$Pl.77910@pd7tw1no...

At 18:06 10 August 2003, Nolaminar wrote: Has anyone ever experienced an FAA Ramp Check when involved with soaring? Any such experience at a meet or competiotion. Yup. 15-Meter Nationals at Tonopah. One pilot randomly selected by the inspector was asked to pull out of the take-off line until...

I am very interested in purchasing one or the other and having difficulty weighing the merits each of because of no direct experience with either. I would like to have some advice concerning reliability, resale values, performance and build quality. Can I compare apples and apples with these two?

A feature article in the Durango Herald newspaper (Durango, Colorado) = this morning about a 5 star resort north of town, Tall Timber, really = caught my attention. They now offer an "extreme sport" of Peter Pan- = like zipping down through the trees hanging from a wire that they call...

The 'which glider should we make cheaply' , 'glider classes' and some of the traditional 'winter threads' seem to be based on the premise that if we could build a 40:1 sailplane for some nominal amount then the steady decline in worldwide sailplane pilot numbers can be stemmed. I am yet to be...

On my way home from Nephi (towing my trailer with the RV) I stopped for fuel and found one of the bolts that holds the Al-Ko trailer tongue together was gone as can be seen in the picture he http://www.foxonecorp.com/images/20160703_154501.jpg In the picture you can see the front hole that has...

I'm shopping for bug wipers for my ASW27B, and am curious to hear from others with experience, especially in this model. Bug wipers are not very common in the US. Thanks John Cochrane

Hi, I imagine someone on this newsgroup can point me in the right direction on a technical/FAA question. Becker offers 2 versions of their AR6201 radio. The original version has frequency spacing that can be set to either 25 mHz or 8.33 mHz. The new, slightly lower cost option has frequency...

just revisited this software in its current version 5.2 Have to say this software has really matured and I was most impressed with it whilst flying with it yesterday. I particularly liked the custom terrain and waypoint downloading when setting it up. Check out http://xcsoar.org