Here is a question for you DPE's and Instructors to weigh in on. A student pilot on his checkride, was not passed for his private for the following reason. He landed in the opposite direction that he took off from. A little background, the entire days operation was operating from runway 18. His...

Does anyone keep records on sailplane sales? I have been curoius about the number of the various types of gliders sold in the last 15 years. Bill Snead

www.soaringtrader.com is a new (and free!) site for posting classified ads for sailplanes and soaring-related items. Features include: - Ability to submit, modify and delete your own ad - Dial-up connection-friendly - A "search" function - An easy-to-use interface - Obscures the poster's e-mail...

Colorado soaring pilot Stewart Kissell perished Friday in the crash of his Ventus on Methodist Mountain after towing out of Salida, Colorado. A search involving 11 CAP aircraft and other local pilots was started at 7am Saturday morning after he failed to return from the Friday flight. The...

Three people were killed in the crash of a 2-32 today.

I have a Cambridge LNAV and I want to replace my LX400, which is currently being used purely as a GPS receiver, with something else to provide a GPS feed to the LNAV, preferably without taking up a space on my instrument panel. Any suggestions?

So far, the USA's 2012 northern spring appears to be shaping up to be a "typical soaring season" in accident terms. In my view, that's not a good thing. Why? Summary-to-date follows... - - - - - - 1/28/12 - 2-33 seriously damaged in a non-rope-break approach accident; at least one occupant...

Lets say you are deploying a retractible gear glider in a club with members who some might suspect of landing the thing gear-up someday. (Of course, you private owners never land gear-up...) Is there a way to minimize the damage when the inevitable day arrives? Maybe. One of my favorite...

Posted this morning on the Soaring Association of Canada forum: ---------------- It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Udo Rumpf passed away last night. He had been battling cancer for the last few years and fought hard to beat it. Unfortunately, various treatments were...

In article , says... Some disadvantages a fuel can catch fire, Have you ever seen the inferno a huge stack of batteries can generate? the engine is very hot, How hot is it? They put these things inside model...

After reading of the recent mid-air out West I bought a Zaon MRX PCAS (Portable Collision Avoidance System) from Aircraft Spruce & Speciality to try out. I also fly a Piper Vagabond without an electrical system and this unit doesn't require your aircraft have a mode C transponder as it's a...

I am interested in hear U.S. glider pilot comments on the pros/cons of all these sites for soaring forecasts. I have used them all at one time or another and find them generally comparable. But, some like RASP and DrJack do a much better job of locating convergence zones/shear lines....

With all the talk on 13.5m electric stuff, new class of "soaring competition" etc... A challenge for anyone currently flying only gliders with some sort of "method of propulsion": Fly a season in pure glider to get your chops and credibility back up. You don't have to buy a new glider, either...

Messenger, that is... OK, so I've just been driving with it recently. But I have kinda figured it out, and have also set up an email filter to generate a much more useful email or text message position report. What follows will be most useful for someone who already has one of these, but it may...

The Delorme InReach Satellite Tracker is now available for pre-order on their website. Unfortunately, they apparently decided that the minimum update interval would be 10 minutes, the same as the SPOT tracker many of us use now. It is also MUCH more expensive for initial purchase, and (I think)...

I'm planning to join the local soaring club and had my first ride last weekend. I was eager to take the controls while being towed and was enormously humbled by the experience. I've had my ppsel for several years, but do not have many hours under my belt. Never the less, I was looking forward to...

On Sunday afternoon June 19th Joseph Patton died in a glider accident at Bergseth Field near Enumclaw, WA. Joe had been flying for a few hours in his motorglider, came in for landing with too much altitude, stalled and crashed. Joe died instantly. There will be a visitation (opportunity to pay...

I am in the midst of a project to install a gear/airbrake warning system on my glider based on the built-in capability of my Cambridge 302. This system is better than the simple "airbrakes open, gear up" warning system (http://www.wingsandwheels.com/pdf/gear%20warning.pdf) as it also alerts the...

A beautiful reconstruction of the US Air flight that water-landed this year. Very impressive video/audio overlays and analysis! http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww/pages/project_gallery/cactus_1549_hudson_river.html

Hi , I got to know of an exciting event happening in Bangalore on July 2nd. I guess it will add a great value to all the Testing professionals in the Testing domain. I believe it is worth attending as there are interesting topics. (See the Sessions below).