I'm some distance removed from my POH. Does anyone reading this know the speed at which a Discus B sinks at the rate of 2 meters per second?

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I have a 16mm home movie showing a test flight of the Bumble Bee at Rosamond Dry Lake in 1945. I need help with 2 things: 1) I would imagine that Bowlus and Nelson are part of this movie but I can't find a photograph of either of these guys so that I can ID them. Does anyone know where there is a...

There has been discussion about the life of wooden gliders. Anyone owning or thinking of buying a Schleicher wooden glider should look at the inspections required by the British Gliding Association. This is British Gliding Association mandatory aircraft inspection number 042/07/2004 issue 2,...

Good Day fellow sailplane racers, Unfortunately this is not the email saying I have found a coed volleyball team that will be traveling around to different glider contests to help run wings. Nor is this an email to say I found a new sponsor for soaring contest. I am trying to gain support for...

I have a 1983 Komet Standard glass top trailer. The gas strut(s) just went kaput! Anyone out there know the specifications? I'd be very appreciative of the info. TIA -- Hartley Falbaum

bioennodepot.com is offering 15% off LiFePO4 glider batteries. 12V 9A only $85.00 bucks If your old "Sealed Lead Acid" (SLA) needs replacing, here is an opportunity to get a 12 Volt 9 Amp hour LiFePO4 battery. I have been using these for several years and would never go back to SLA's. Lots of...

Training manuals and,in the USA, the FAA test, require knowledge of all the in-air signals between a glider and towplane. In all my 25-years of aerotows, I've only had four go bad (less than 1%). In one, the towplane engine quit just after liftoff, but early enough to enable us both to land on...

Folks, I've been playing with $10 key cams lately. Here's the result of last sunday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSHjfEdwLs Have fun. Don't forget to turn up the volume.

If you were pulling up stakes, where would one move to find: 1. The longest soaring season. 2. The best x-c conditions, on average. The OLC would suggest Blairstown, NJ... Any other opinions, with or without objective data? Erik N.

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Rec.aviation.soaring favorite, Devin was kicked out of the Junior Worlds for being up until 4:00 AM drinking on flying days, and general disrespect for the coaching staff. It is unfortunate that such a potentially talented young pilot was unable to meet his duties to the U.S. team due to his...

The US Rules Subcommittee has added Club Class as a national championship class starting in 2013. The plan is to co locate with Sports. Generally described, subject to usual wordsmithing and refinement, Club will be gliders with a handicap of .898(similar to what Worlds does except letting in LS-6...

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I had gotten an almost brand new (12 hrs) Genesis 2. My experience with retractable landing gear was somewhat limited. At the end of my sixth flight I crossed the field to check on traffic and turned into the pattern. I announced my downwind and started my landing checklist. Just as was about to...

Did anyone run across any information related to Wingtips design/availability for the PW-5. This is understood that it will negate PW-5 World Class categorization however shell be available to all PW-5 registered uder Experimental Cert... I believe I SAW it only once somewhere in Australia (Website...

I am researching the film 'The Sun Ship Game' which featured George Moffat and Gleb Derujinsky in the 1969 Sugarbush Regionals in Vermont and the 1969 US Nationals in Marfa. I would appreciate any recollections of these two contests and their filming and would especially like photographs. Can...

With all the new (and some of the older - SN10 for example) vario-computers having accelerometers and settings for ballast and polars, would it be possible to compute and display the optimum thermalling speed adjusted for wingloading and bank angle (as a function of instantaneous G-loading)? Since...

I need a Cambridge 1500 series ball joint mount exactly as shown in http://www.cambridge-aero.com/1500mnt.htm If you have one you no longer need please email me. Thanks

Looking at getting a new vehicle this spring, and am currently looking into a Jetta Sportwagon TDI. Any of you guys use one to tow your ship? Good or bad? Peter