I received my copy of Pilot Magazine today. It has a soaring picture on page 2 & 3. Mike Fizer took the picture at the Senior Championship. It is nice to see our sport represented in an AOPA publication.

Experimental Soaring Association 2009 Western Workshop Friday evening Sept. 4 – Monday Sept. 7, 2009 (Labor Day Weekend) Mountain Valley Airport (L94), Tehachapi, California RSVP and Pre-registration not required –just come and register at the door Registration will be $18 for the whole...

Is anyone familiar with this variometer? I am shopping for some variometers for our club gliders and Avio Service of Bulgaria offered these and the VR10 from PZL. I can´t find anything on internet but maybe someone with a LAK/ SZD/ LET/ IAR glider has one. Any comments would be greatly...

This was my first contest and I must say that flying contests is so much more fun, rewarding and lower stress than I ever imagined. Everyone was pretty laid back and very helpful and willing to give tips and advice the new racers. Thanks again! I ended up making two different HD videos during the...

Alright here's a question about top of useable lift for the blipmaps. If the thermal tops are 7,000 and the cloudbases are 5,000 and the top of useable lift is 4,000 Does this mean that when you get to 4,000 you will have risen to the top and can only circle around in zero sink there?

Standard Temperfoam pad, 16"X14"x1" with two detachable 7.5"x5.5" thigh pads, gray velour with black trim, originally purchased from Wings and Wheels. Excellent condition. $159 new, selling for $100, buyer pays shipping. Please contact Jim at

The Region 3 Contest was just canceled in Dansville when 5 people within the last week of the contest withdrew. Doesn't sound like a big deal but when you only have 20 pilots signed up, its a huge deal. Now reading Charlie “Lite” Minner 's Region 9N report, they had 20 pilots bail out of the...

I've started a database at my webpage (http://www.justsoar.com/ spotpages.php) to share SPOT web pages. If you're interested in sharing yours, please e-mail me the following pieces of data: Name Contest ID (or callsign) Glider Country (international two-letter code please) Region (e.g. "Southwest"...

Excellent condition, float charger, origianlly was RR141500 purchased from Wings and Wheels. Was $84 new, selling for $45, buyer pays shipping. Respond to Jim

I'm sad to report that we lost one of our own on Wednesday. Thierry Thys was participating in an Idaho glider safari and crashed sometime that afternoon or evening on his return to Arco's airport. SAR didn't locate the wreckage until just before dark on Thursday, and it was not accessible until...

Anyone have an English version of the POH thay are willing to share? Any pros/cons? r/Jim

I have a few suggestions for the way my vario, an LX1600 should work, ideally. I would like it to switch between "STF mode" and "Climbing mode" when I hit lift or sink. Ideally it should switch to climbing mode when I hit lift that equals or exceeds my MC setting. Of course there would still be a...

I have an ASW 15 which has fork and tongue spars with two main pins. My current assembly method is to insert both wings and then have the helper raise the tip of one wing and slowly lower it while the other wing tip is on a stand. I work the pins and when they are going in I have the helper hold...

Currently I have a Verizon trimode phone . It did have the capability to use the analog network in remote areas before that system was turned off last year. So it had been pretty good at picking up a signal outside of urban areas/ Soaring=boondocks. Now that analog is gone are all digital phones...

The September issue goes in the mail this coming week. Another great read! Stories include .. 1. Oshkosh has a lesson or two for Gliding Administrators 2. New claim - for a wing that increases lift, decreases drag, increases speed and increases structural integrity 3. Founder of the “Discus,”...

(4) Fuselages (2) Left & (2) right wings that could be built into new wings, a lot of good parts No logbooks or paperwork with parts Tail Feathers (4) struts Misc. interior plastic panels Prefer to sell entire parts for SGS 2-33 as a lot. Will consider parting off. Located in Saratoga Springs, New...

Here is one of my favorite video clips from "The Sunship Game" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivmJiwqlfSg It has a good soundtrack and lots of action. I especially liked watching all the interesting vintage 1960s cars, trailers and related gear pulling into Marfa for the 1969 contest.

I will have an empty trailer hitch going west to Moriarty from the Panhandle of Florida in late September. I am willing to take a glider out there for well below what any commercial towing service would charge. Let me know ASAP if you might be interested! -Mitch

Corporate180 – Fairfax, VA This company appears to troll through court records looking for people who are being sued. They then attempt to contact them offering a wide range of dubious solutions and plans. Corporate 180 might, for example, find that a company called “Wazoo Enterprises” was sued....

Sad news for an icon in Soaring http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/2771344/Gliding-champ-Ray-Lynskey-dies