I love to spin. It's exciting. I took aerobatic training with Wayne Handley and was taught spin recoveries by him. I have direct experience spinning the Puchacz at Minden. This is what I remember from my experience. Your mileage may vary. With friends (usually lighter than me) in the front, I spun...

I can't believe nobody has hit on the obvious...............LOW JACK! Tim

In response to a request for a wiring diagram for a cable for the LXNAV V7 to the Oudie to build cables that connect to my panel (pass through connector on the panel), I got a very poor response and no help (see below) from LXNAV. I have never seen a supplier in the soaring field in twenty-five...

Congratulations to Fernando Silva on winning the day in 15M on December 14th.

My trusty SPOT gen1 has developed a bad on/off switch. The GEN1 was very good and almost never missed a data point. Any reviews of the gen3 vs the origional? TT

I am doing my annual firmware/software update for my cockpit. It is becoming a major process. 1. Flarm Core (Firmware and Config) 2. V7 (S7) Vario (two files plus checking setting) 3. Butterfly Display (firmware and FlarmNet) 4. Oudie (software and FlarmNet) I can't find documentation that...

I am looking for an article that was published in Soaring on a study of differences between new and expert cross-country pilots. It was published about 20 years ago but I can't remember the title or author. Tim

Amazing wave yesterday, the best defined I have ever seen running for several hundred miles north and south. I had to work and had to just look at it from the ground. Several gliders flew out of Morgan. 2KA covered 600 km with a launch after 3 pm at 164 kph (102 mph). Hopefully we will get more...

Seven days of soaring, over 46,000 km (28,000 miles or a little over going around the earth) of cross country flying, amazing views, interesting landings, outstanding hospitality, many new friends, and lots of smiles. That in one sentence sums up the Nephi, Utah OLC and Cross-Country camp. Utah...

I have had two flights in a row come back with Purple Validation rather than green. So far no explanation from the OLC guys why this is happening. Very odd thing is that OLC is changing my file names each time they are uploaded. Tonight I uploaded 36GG8E1.igc and the OLC site renames the file...

Two comments/questions: 1. I had purchased a panel mount extension USB cable to allow me to plug the USB drive into the panel for upgrades and flight downloads. I didn't think anything about the cable type but after doing the install I can not download flights. I started looking at the cable and...

Tracking down to 2.5 minutes. Prices for the Gen3 and is there extra cost for the better tracking? Couldn't find anything on the website. From SPOT: Having initiated over 2,300 rescues around the world, SPOT is solidifying its place as a leader in satellite communication

There were several long wave flights in Utah on Saturday. Dan Wrobel posted a flight of more than 700K in a Ventus B 16.6 to OLC and York Zentner flew over 1000K in LM (ASG-29) but appears to have had a logger failure. His spot trace will be around for a few...

Are there any working designs for an air extractor for the Ventus 2?

I am looking for some feedback from those that have used both in a racing environment. I have raced with WinPilot for the last 5 years and am looking at possibly changing to SeeYou Mobile and wanted to get feedback from those that have flown with both. I currently have a Cambridge 302 as the...

On Dec 13 2009, 5:14*am, Jeroen wrote: Do you own a LS or a DG and you want spoil your day, please follow this link: http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/betreuung-e.html I think DG has to re think their business model bigtime, who will buy a new DG in the...

I am looking for a B50, can have either size vario display. If you have upgraded and would like to sell on please contact me.

Pixel Qi display with both e-text and color display modes. http://www.pixelqi.com/products http://techland.com/2009/05/30/pixel-qis-killer-display-is-the-future-of-e-reading/

Could not find one on the SSA web site. Is this available anyplace?

Gart Sports (located in many Northwestern US states) has a sale this week on Magellan 310 GPS units, $49.99 USD. No reason not to own one at this point. The Logan, UT store said they had plenty this morning. To find stores go to www.gartsports.com Good luck, Tim