GPI digital water meter (in gallons) Battery powered and Xenotronix wall wart 14v battery charger (automatic....will float battery after charge) includes Cinch connector. Email if interested, JBojack at Charter dot Net

Apologies if this has been already discussed-to-death.... I need to replace the tires on my Cobra trailer, including the spare. Any glowing recommendations for the best ones out there? Size 175/70 r14 I'm actually having a little trouble finding that size at the local dealers....and I'm tired...

Several years ago I purchased several IBOT (International Brotherhood of Tow Pilots) T-Shirts from a booth at the SSA Convention. I have not seen the shirts at the last 2 or 3 conventions. Anyone have a lead on where to purchase--or who to contact? Thanks & Happy New Year-- Skip Guimond

Have heard several rumors of cancelled orders and returned deposits for new Blanik LET aircraft. Does anyone anve any recent input or info from the factory? Thanks-- Skip Guimond

All, During the summer I wrote a RAS posting comparing the SPOT to the ACR MicroFix PLB. See http://tinyurl.com/plbversusspot for details. The posting drew some good comments. I created a presentation out of the posting (including a discussion of ELT's) and recently gave it at the November...

Our club (http://skysoaring.com) owns a ex-military L-19/O-1 "Bird Dog". Nice and powerful two seat-er. It has one other interesting attribute. Due to it being an observation plane, the rear stick can be removed and the rear seat back repositioned so that the passenger can face backwards. This...

An LS7-WL, Reg. No. F-CGW, flying out of Grenoble, France, is reported to have crashed into the eastern site of Mount Roche Saint-Michel on May 3, 2012, killing the pilot: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=145585 Does anyone have any additional information about this...

Can anyone who attended Soaring 100 last weekend report a bit on the happenings? Thanks, Jordan

I have a nagging, recurring problem with my trusty L-Nav. Occasionally, when I power the unit on, the lift tone sounds constantly, and the vario display is pegged at maximum lift (10 kts). It's clear that the problem is with the L-Nav, and not the electric vario display, as the tone continues to...

"Cadet" pre-solo scholarship grants were awarded to Karl Parsons (Mile High Gliding, CO) and Conor MacJarrett (Adirondack SC, NY). We wish we had had more applications, as the Cadet fund has capacity for more learn-to-fly grants. Ian Cangero of Adirondack SC was our Bultman award exemplary...

We look forward to numerous entries in the "Cadet" learn-to-fly scholarship contest (named for the 1930 Frank Gross training glider). While this distributed SSA recruiting tool (poster, site invitation, essay challenge)is available all year, the submission deadline passes this weekend -- while kids...

We hope you Club and FBO leaders have given thought to recognizing one of your young line-crew workers and have prepared an application to send in to SSA by the 4/30 deadline. See www.ssa.org/Youth/youthships.asp and www.coloradosoaring.org/ssa/ssay/byfs.htm (inc. application PDF). We really would...

"Cadet" pre-solo scholarship grants are being awarded to Clark Allen (IN) of Central Indiana SS, Jacob Hoffman (NY) of Adirondack SC, and Zachary St. John (CA) at Skylark North. Thanks to generous contributions to the Gross scholarship fund at the SSA Foundation, we decided to expand the number of...

"Cadet" pre-solo scholarship grants were recently awarded to Aaron Archer(IA) at Silent Knights and Trevor Munson (CAP cadet, CO) at Mile High Gliding. Lynn Haubelt (TX) was our Bultman award line-crew exemplar. Contest Training matching fund grants went to Sarah Kelly (TN) and Orion Kingman...

A friend is building an aircraft of his own design. He has used a horizontal stabelizer from a Grob 103. He wants to know what is the airfoil section of that stabelizer? An Eppler E _ _ _ ? ? ? Any objective information appreciated. Cheers ...Jock

I am interested in conversing with anyone who might have had a personal relationship, conversations with or owned any of his designs (RS-1 thru R-6). I am particularly interested in the R-3 and the R-4. I have just acquired an uncompleted R-3 and would really appreciate conversation with anyone who...

Gentlemen, Does anyone have copies of the flight and maintenance manuals available in electronic format? Joe

CELEBRATE THE NEW CLOUD STAMPS AT NCAR CLOUDSCAPES STATION THIS SUNDAY A stunning photo of a lenticular cloud above Barker Reservoir by UCAR's own Carlye Calvin is one of the 15 stamps in the new Cloudscapes stamp series from the U.S. Postal Service. You're invited to a celebration for young...

In 1954 or 1955 I saw a short movie at a local theater about gliding. It was in black and white and involved young men building/repairing a glider in secret from the military/police. They winch launched the glider which was flown by their leader. The young pilot was wounded by a military rifleman...

copied from http://www.ssa.org/contests/ 15 Meter Nationals Report for 23 May (report by John Good) This is a hard report to write. A huge number of people were involved in an enormous search and rescue effort that began at 6:30pm yesterday, and continued without interruption until well after...