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SSA.org director announcement by
Vaughn
I don't know anything about the new guy, but I would rather have a
non-flying professional CEO that knows what needs to be done (and does it)
than have some hotshot, contest-flying, badge-covered, amateur administrator
screw up what little is left of our organization. Intrepid flyer or not, I
wish...
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2 recent incidents by
Ramy
Two recent incidents which all sounds too familiar and we can all
learn from them:
1 - Another spoilers out/rudder waggle resulting in premature release
- How many more of those we need till we conclude that the rudder
waggle does NOT work? What happened to radio...
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Ground launching equipment question by
[email protected]
Last weekend our club did some ground launching from a nearby dry
lake. I had two very successful launches using our "cheap" 1800'
rope. With the cheap rope we don't use a parachute on the cable.
When I tried to launch with the 3000' spectra rope, equipped with a
parachute, the chute at least...
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L'Hotelier Fitting Safety Pins by
Dan Marotta
Those bobby pins are used extensively on my Stemme and I lost two that
fell out of their retaining strings during taxiing operations leaving me
with only one spare. A quick search found 1.2 mm hitch pins at WalMart
(of all places). I got a bag of 50 pins for under $8. Here's a link...
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F.S. Nimbus 3DM by
Tom Stowers
For Sale 1989 Nimbus 3DM 671hr TT 60hr Eng TT
Cambridge LNAV & GPS-NAV full instruments
EDS O2 system, Big bottle, Head seats Dittel.
Cobra w/oneman. Call so I can give you more info.
Call Tom Stowers (775) 782-4944 $100,000
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Grob 103 bulletin becomes AD by
Mike Borgelt
On 2 Oct 2003 08:32:56 -0700, (Bob Kuykendall)
wrote:
The FAA has just announced an AD against the Grob 103 sailplanes. You
can view it on the Web at:
http://www.avantext.com/media/files/ADs/20031914.pdf
The AD seems to have about the same content as the Grob...
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taller battery holder/clips for Ventus 2? by
Frank[_12_]
I'm considering the addition of a PowerFlarm and probably a
transponder (TTG21/22) to my Ventus 2bx, and am wondering if anyone
has modified the forward and/or aft battery restraints to accommodate
taller batteries. The restraints in my ship are set up for the
typical 7-9AH SLA with dimensions...
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Outlanding stories by
bagmaker
OK, Ive not done one.
Been checked out, approved and even go to the "all ready to break my outlanding virginity" stage during many flights -only to be saved by a low thermal or afternooon crop fire. So, outlanding is an interesting idea that I am sure to come to grips with soon enough, weather...
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radio / vario interference - HELP! by
Chris Davison
A problem with interference, all advice welcome.
..radio by itself works fine...but when I turn the
vario on I get huge amounts of noise (even some with
Squelch ON). Radio is a Dittel FSG50, vario is Cambridge
302/303.
Where do I start looking?
Chris
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What Flarm really needs... by
[email protected]
Flarm needs a box that is similar to that used by A&Ps to do transponder checks. Something portable that would allow you to test the send and receive range of your glider on the ground. Idally you would do sy 4 tests. Off the nose, behind, and left and right.
Range analysis tool is ok, but it's...
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Cameras in the Cockpit by
Casey[_2_]
Just wondering how others feel about sport cameras in the cockpit. Does it help with learning or is it a distraction? Would it help in accident investigations? I've seen some speculation with accidents and if a camera had been on pilot then that could help determine if a medical emergency was...
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Cobra Cosmetics II: How to Refinish? by
[email protected]
An amazing (to me) amount of interest in refreshing faded vinyl trim
strips indicates pilots are serious about making their rides
look good. But what about the trailer itself? My 14-year-old glass-top
Cobra has a few cracks, nicks, etc., that will require work this
winter. Matching the existing...
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Updated IGC approval documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders by
Ian Strachan
I am pleased to announce that on 25 August 2003 the IGC GNSS Flight
Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) agreed updates to the IGC approval
documents for Cambridge GNSS flight recorders.
These updates involve only small changes of wording and are currently
being placed on the fai/gliding/gnss web...
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Possible future legal problems with "SOARING" by
Bob Thompson
I tried to post this on the RAS earlier, but haven't seen it pop up, so =
thought I'd give it a 2nd try:
A feature article in the Durango Herald newspaper (Durango, Colorado) =
this morning (9/24/04) about a very pricey 5 star resort north of town, =
Tall Timber, really caught my attention:...
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Encrypted Flarmnet files and 3rd party software by
jfitch
I think this merits its own thread. Due to legal concerns, Flarmnet has encrypted their files, and as I understand it most displays including the Butterfly will no longer show pilot or glider information. This is separate from the opt in/out of tracking as I understand it.
I liked the ability to...
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WinPilot ADV & PRO 9.0b Flarm by
Richard[_1_]
WinPilot 9.0b Flarm
FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity
that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the
position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate
weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb
rate is.
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Making a Glider Easier to See in the Air by
ContestID67
I live in a fairly busy area, airplane wise. Just last weekend I
spotted a single engine plane coming more or less straight at me at my
altitude. I quickly banked to 1) get out of the way and 2) be more
visible to the approaching airplane. I didn't notice any reaction so I
don't know if he saw...
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Stewart Kissell by
Frank Whiteley
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...
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November 9th 07 12:19 AM
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Help estimating altitude without altimeter? by
tstock
Hi, as a beginner I am still a little rough at this. I've done 3
successful patterns with no altimeter, but today I failed one
miserably with my instructor. There were two issues which threw me
off. 1) we towed higher than the past attempts, and 2) instead of
entering the pattern at a familiar...
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October 30th 09 05:42 PM
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