Turnpoint Exchange includes airspace files. The airspace files listed under Arizona Soaring Association were not provided by ASA, are not approved by ASA, and are known to not properly depict the location of the US Mexico border. In the file asa_2010_sua.sua the border is defined by the...

Evaluated with portable only. There is a very significant improvement in PCAS performance in this build. This morning, while monitoring the KPHX arrival, I consistently saw approaching traffic appear at 4-5 miles and approx 6000ft unless another PCAS target was a higher priority. On the other...

Can someone please provide a link to the specification (size and polarity) of the PowerFLARM portable coaxial power jack. I was unable to find the information in V1.00 of the user manual and I'm unable to download V2.00 from the US PowerFLARM website. thanks, Andy

As most will know by now the PowerFLARM Portable does not support Flarmnet. Currently the benefits of Flarmnet cannot be realized unless a Flarmnet compatible external display is used with the portable. Will FLARM please comment on when this feature will be added. GY

The long awaited Power FLARM portable was delivered to customers some weeks ago but I have seen no reports about how well it it performing. Is this just because the soaring season is over for most US pilots? Does anyone have some test result or impressions to share. Andy

Both Pawnees at the local glider club suffer from leaking front crankshaft oil seals. One has had several oil seal changes and the problem is not cured, the other started leaking within a few hundred hours of a major overhaul. One is in original fixed prop configuration and the other was...

Some time ago potential purchasers of the (US) PowerFLARM brick were offered the choice of the bundled display or the 57mm panel mount display. No information on either seemed to be available from US dealers so it was impossible to make an informed choice. Butterfly has advised me that no English...

Some like to clear the Cambridge 302 flights logs periodically as it is reputed to prevent the file security issue. This can be done with a laptop PC using hyperterm or similar. Since the my PDA is already connected to the 302 it would seem much more convenient to use it than to connect a...

I need some help with the the Aero 1530 (CE 2.11). A bit strange for me I know since I'm the one usually giving help with this PDA. I'm guessing many of the folks that still use this ancient device are sailplane pilots, hence the post here. I'm stuck with a corrupted contacts file. It displays...

Pilots who have participated in a recent SSA Sanctioned contest are being polled in an attempt to persuade the rules committee to adopt a MIRA (Mandatory if Rentals Available) rule for 2011 SSA sanctioned contests. The proposed rule will require all contestants to submit, after each contest...

In a recent thread it was asserted that it was possible to get sport pilot airplane privileges without taking a knowledge test and flight test if the pilot held a private glider rating. For some reason I cannot see that thread. I had doubts that this was true and followed up with AOPA. The text...

What is the minimum number of days required to select a national champion and where is that specified? What rules apply to seeding points earned at a Nationals and where are they specified? I'm sitting out the rain at Hobbs and can't reconcile the SSA FAI Nationals rules with some information...

I seems to be a sad reflection on our sport, or the rules that govern it, that a contest with only 7 contestants can be called a "Nationals". I'm used to flying local club contests with 3 times more contestants than that! Andy

What happened to Day 5 Unofficial? It seems to be Day 4 republished? If today is going to be rained out it would be nice to know what happened yesterday. Andy

Cambridge documentation defines the following: Attributes: A - Airport L - Landable Point S - Start Point F - Finish Point H - Home Point M - Markpoint R - Restricted Point

Two local pilots had FAA ramp inspections last Friday and one other, after declining to be inspected, had a discussion with an inspector. It appears that the local FSDO is taking the position that NO flight may be made in a glider with an experimental (racing and exhibition) certificate, even...

On Jan 3, 6:25*pm, Brian wrote: On Jan 3, 5:12*pm, Andy wrote: On Jan 3, 12:17*pm, Deltasierra wrote: The proposed Sports Class Handicaps are now available for viewing on the SSA Website:...

I'm tidying up my logs would like infomation on the T21 known as Kermit that was at Challock (Kent, UK) in 1978. Was the correct designation for this glider T21, T21B, other? Also curious to know if it still flying. thanks Andy

The thing that is perhaps most interesting to me about the A320 Hudson incident is the report that the first officer, who was pilot flying, saw the canada geese and "made note of it". Why didn't he take immediate evasive action? It will be very interesting to see the CVR transcript. I wonder how...

On Mar 31, 3:13*pm, VARR wrote: "Although the Hawker was equipped with a traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS)-II capable of generating vertical resolution (collision avoidance) advisories (RA), the glider's Mode C transponder was turned off (and, therefore, not...