I never buy the 'Extended Warranty' on gadgets, but I wonder what people thing about insurance to cover the cost of SAR and/or Medical Evacuation. For example http://www.inreachdelorme.com/product-info/geos-search-and-rescue.php They do exclude coverage for accidents related to 'hang-gliding'...

Looks like fun. This device keeps a camera pointed at a RF tag bearing target. You can mount the cameraman on one glider and point it at another. http://shop.soloshot.com/ third generation coming soon.

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/11/2015-national-geographic-photo-cont/n14_8429017/main_1500.jpg I wonder if anyone has ever soared in this combination.

Hazy today from a distant forest fire? I'm not flying. (That one's easy.)

http://www.selkbagusa.com/Selk'bag-Patagon.aspx I've not used this yet in cockpit, but it looks promising.

I'm reading 'Practical Wave Flying - Revised Edition' by Mark Palmer Copyright 1989 That's 26 years old. Is there anything considered out-of-date or outright wrong in this book? Are there new areas of relevant knowledge that are not touched upon by this book? This is supplemental reading. ...

http://www.aveoengineering.com/gliderburst/ http://www.aveoengineering.com/redbaron-maximini/

http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/GeneratePDF.aspx?id=ERA15FA259A&rpt=p

What are the best practices for using ridge lift when towing? What is different when the ridge altitude is increasing? Should the tow plane approach the ridge perpendicular at the saddle (rather than at a 45)? What if circumstances force you to release at this point (pointed straight at the...

I had the seat pan out of my glider and I noticed that there are several braided wires connecting the metal stick to other metal parts and the (-) side of the power distribution block, battery, and (via power distribution wires) to the (-) of the electrical instruments (with small fuses on each...

http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/

I learned about Tire Indentations the day after preemptively swapping the spare onto my trailer mid-journey in the parking lot of an Arby's... http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=32 Indents are okay. Protrusions are not okay.

Most glider ports have a standardized procedure for 'the one right way' for line crew to operate in normal and abnormal launch situations. It would be useful to catalog the minor and major mistakes that people make in glider ground operations, the incorrect deviations from the standardized...

I'm a member of SSA, OSTIV and NSM (Soaring museum at Harris Hill). SSA puts digital versions of Soaring magazine behind a pay wall (only available to members). OSTIV puts archives and current publications behind a paywall. Now NSM is trying to raise $15-20000 to digitize historical soaring...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=805L3rY10DY Wanted: Gifted film makers who can make engaging and exciting videos with this technology. First efforts are a bit of a snooze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSwTp5tUSdQ You need a plugin for the chrome browser or android to pan around the spherical...

So I'm flying in a blue hole in wave lift of 5 m/s, trimmed to 50 knots, in clear air with a cloud layer upwind and downwind, cloud top above and cloud base below. Suddenly I find myself in IMC. What are my options? My glider is capable of benign spiral. I open the spoilers, (already trimmed to...

Branching from a thread where FES related comments are not welcome... On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 7:55:55 PM UTC-4, jfitch wrote: I do not own a sustainer, rather a motorglider (ASH26e) but some of the experience is relevant. 1) If you are looking at any auxiliary engine as a safety device, I...

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Michael Singleton, an Aviation Safety Inspector at Tampa FSDO asserts that ad revenue earned by Youtube on drone footage makes it a commercial use of drones which is prohibited. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-faa-says-you-cant-post-drone-videos-on-youtube