Does anyone know the story of Competition Identification numbers and/or letters? Who decided they were necessary? When? Why? etc... (It's cold, gray, wet, and winter and I was just wondering

I have been looking at OLC and trying to make a determination as to had the best flight of the day in North America. Now listen, no politics here, just flight evaluation and the cut off time is midnight on the East Coast. No flaming liberals shall post. Bob

PowerFLARM is supposed to have the capability to detect and display Mode S 1090ES position data on its display. How many aircraft (Airliners, bizjets?) currently send out 1090ES data? This is for the US, of course. Kirk 66

Has anyone seen the winglet alternative that is a slotted tube that goes on the wing tip? I can't remember the name (Minix?) or what site I saw it on. I believe its being tested in France and the designer made pretty impressive claims. I was wondering what you winglet designers think. Mike ASW15

Since the board seems kind of dead today (everyone getting their gliders ready for the season?) I will weigh in with a brief review of this combo. I like iGlide, which seems quite modern compared to the other commercial offerings and it pairs well with the Butterfly/Air variometer. Last year I was...

Our club has yet to try winching, though a half-dozen members have experienced it elsewhere sometime across the last fifty years. Reading Piggot, I discover the command "All Out" for the beginning of the launch. Is this the customary command in other places besides England? Why this? What does...

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111013X31821&key=1 NTSB Identification: WPR12FA010 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Thursday, October 13, 2011 in Cle Elum, WA Aircraft: DG FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH DG 1000S, registration: 7760A Injuries: 1 Fatal. This is preliminary...

Just reply with a country name.. - Denmark

I attended Dave Nadler's presentation at the 2020 SSA Convention about his bailout in Utah and its aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8I3A3dqsu0&t=3s It got me thinking about my own preparedness, and I have to admit that I am not carrying enough on my person if I ever "have to go for...

I'm just getting back into the sport after a long hiatus. I've seen that a lot of glider pilots fly with parachutes (ones they wear) and I have seen Ballistic Recovery System parachutes in planes as well. From my layman's view, it appears that getting out of a plane using a traditional chute after...

Rex is looking into making glare-shield antenna mounts for the PowerFLARM dipole antenna, especially for gliders with glare-shields that jettison with the canopy (Schleicher, LS). The mount will featu - mast sticks up above glare-shield - base mounts underneath glare-shield with velcro -...

My club purchased an ICOM IC-A14 to supplement our existing ICOM- A4's. The ICOM-A4 has been recently discontinued. It has a simple limited keypad (no numbers) which is perfect for a club using only one frequency. We keep them "locked" to prevent accidental mis- communications from inadvertently...

Does anyone have any experience yet with Condor under Windows 10? I'm trying to decide whether I should upgrade yet given some concerns about connectivity with my Vertica V2 running LK8000 (this may also be a problem for Oudie users). I purchased a USB to serial cable from Glidertools several years...

The towplane rudder waggle signal has done more harm than good. We have spent at least ten years trying to educate our pilots about this signal, and we have failed. It is time we got rid of the signal. http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20110715X11650&key=1 -Pat

I am about to make my first foray into the world of soaring software. I will, most likely, be using a Naviter Oudie Lite hooked up to a Cambridge 302. My focus will be cross country flight (versus contest flying) for the foreseeable future. I have read reviews and comments about both XCSoar and...

From Sept 2010 "Soaring"...article on FLARM... ...."we were flying in big undiciplined gaggles"... ...."I received indications about one idiot who pulled in behind and then passed 10 feet over me."... ...."I received many beeps from gliders following 20 feet behind and just outside..."

So, it's time to fess up. I have used flarm tactically in contests. I enjoyed it. And I think it increases, not decreases, the "spirit" of the sport. How: One soupy, incredibly hard blue day at Perry, I had (as usual) screwed up my determination that this time, I was not going to foolishly go...

He flew with two other paragliders last Saturday and hasn't been heard from since: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/infrared-tech-used-in-hunt-for-paraglider-pilot-missing-in-nevada-2104357/ This is very unforgiving country to be flying over. You can walk for an entire day and not...

ASW 27's and Ventus 2B's are are both 15 meter (flapped) and sailplanes -- nice ones at that! Should they be considered equivalents or are there reasons to prefer one over the other (based on performance, handling, price, niceness, holding value, maintainability, availability, etc., etc.)? Are...

I'm sure RAS has an opinion. I'm going to be putting brakes on my trailer. I'll be adding a Flexride axle and I can either buy just the axle and buy drum brakes to fit it or i can get it shipped with Disk Brakes installed. Thoughts?