Has anyone rented a glider to fly solo at Dillingham Field in 2009?

Has anyone rented a glider to fly solo at Dillingham Field in 2009? Guy Acheson

Some very sad news – Stan Hall passed away this morning at his home. I’ve included some information about Stan here. Please keep his wife Doris and their daughter Denise and family in your thoughts. I’ll know more about the service later. I was honored to, in 1997, compile “The Collected...

New in the box, never been used: $75.00 + shipping. Jimmy Hamilton Sparks, NV

I am thinking about buying a Net Book Computer with 10 1/2 inch screen for use in soaring. In addition to internet access, I would want to run Seeyou, LXE, Cambridge (dos),and Dr Jacks forecasts. Has anyone used a Net book for these items and were there any problems? If you add a USB to serial...

It is likely that the probability of an ACTUAL double release failure on tow is what ever positive number is closest to zero. Of course that doesn't mean that Mr.Murphy can't serve one of these up. I would be interested in hearing any accounts of actual, non-instructor induced double release...

Sept 4-7 proved to be a rare soaring conditions in Michigan for sept. I flew 4 straight long crosscountry flights in Michigan (IONIA), longest flight was 516km, shortest 327km, total of 1571km for an average of 392+. This year we rarely flew 2 days in succession. Wonders really can happen. All...

May this aviation innovator rest in peace. FRANCIS ROGALLO, "FATHER OF HANG GLIDING," DIES AT 97 (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1456-full.html#201129) Francis Rogallo, who patented a flexible wing design in 1948 that has been credited with spurring the development of hang...

I propose to have an informal get together of soaring pilots at one of the lunches at this year ION GNSS. If a sufficient number of pilots indicate an interest in such an event, I will publish a meeting point.

Dr. Bob Gillan - Flight Instructor for so many Central Indiana Soaring Society members - has launched off on his final flight. Bob, a WWII Carrier pilot, was teaching soaring when I joined CISS in 1985 and flew his last logged flight in the Spring of this year. Bob was a farmer, teacher, lover of...

If you know who hosted the S.C.U.M. lunch in ABQ (or know who might like to host it in Little Rock), please let Kathey Pope in the SSA office know ASAP TIA, Frank Whiteley

Is anyone running XC soar and have it hooked up to an intelligent vario, such as the Tasman with the Flight Pack module? I am thinking about upgrading at some point and getting the Tasman/FP module package and sending the data to my PDA for the various functions XC soar would use, and was...

Ive got Steve's Cambridge here, model 25 I think, hooked to my laptop through a serial port. and it is powered on. I think there is some program I need to download to get the file off the GPS and convert it to IGC for OLC posting. What/Where is it? Thanks! -Tony Condon Cherokee II N373Y

After all the threads on venting high pressure air overboard I thought I would share this one with you. I sealed up the ASW17 canopy and its nice and quiet now. On Tow yesterday as I retracted the gear the pressure change was enough to blow the hatch off the top of the turtle deck. I...

Steve Leonard was brave enough to make a public offering here on RAS that he would loan me a logger. We are out in Ulysses this weekend for a little soaring camp and got a late start today. It was pretty neat having the cambridge on board. I can see why you guys like this stuff, maybe I'll...

Any comments on the digital artificial horizons currently on the market would be really welcome.

Hi, I am interested in contacting the manufacturer of the "Segelflug Bildkalendar". I have owned them in the past. They are very nice large format photo calendars. It is different from the (also very nice) soaring photo calendars from Claus Dieter Zink. I am interested in selling them to my...

Please excuse this post. I am unable to post the following message to "Blew off my hatch" from Google Groups. I keep getting a "We were unable to post your message". No other message or help. I tried to post "testing please ignore" to the same thread and it worked fine. I am wondering if there...

Strange as it seems, have to pick my 2010 vacation weeks soon. Thanks, 711, for posting the Nationals info. Any reliable rumors about likely regional sites/dates beyond what's made it to the SSA site already? (Region 1? 3?) Thanks, Erik

With the increased sophistication of online technologies, industry transition to Internet-style solutions is inevitable. Business-to-business innovations based on the use of the public Internet have expanded horizons, slashed transaction costs and led to spectacular innovation. However, in spite...