I have an audio joy indicator. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=847540228598429&set=vb.129861727032953&type=2&theater Boggs

Folks, there is a new Australian forum at: http://www.ausgliding.com/forum/index.php which is only a few days old so content is low.=20 Keep an eye on it though, and feel free to post! Also WikiGlide, a Wiki devoted to Australiangliding: http://www.wikiglide.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

New carbon fiber glider crosses English Channel. Very short wingspan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3112095.stm

The ASA recently opened a newsgroup on Yahoo to supplant the one on the SSA site. It will make access easier and allow functions such as email access or web access, and pictures. Please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASA-NewsGroup/ to sign up, so you can start reading the messages and...

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Winter is coming and it is time to get the annual Battery / Battery Charger discussion going. I ran across this ad for a new (to me) battery type. It is a Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (LiNiMnCoO2) chemistry and the Ah rating the mfg claims is phenomenal. Has anybody seen or even used this...

How many 300s, 500s or diamond heights have you done? We all do these tasks maybe many many times, but would it be nice if say when. You do 50 300s or 25 diamond heights there should be a new award? Maybe a diamond with some scrambled egg underneath the badge or say for 300s and 500s maybe ...

To whom it may concern, EASA has just published a new AD: EASA AD 2010-0185-E. It grounds all Blaniks with immediate effect, including L-13, L-13A and all aircraft that passed earlier AD inspections. Reason is that the failed wing spar on the Austrian accident glider failed before reaching...

This AD (2020-16-05) was just released with a mandatory compliance by 8/28: https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgad.nsf/AOCADSearch/844AE70112B71B29862585C30041B06E?OpenDocument SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Blanik Aircraft CZ s.r.o....

Jim, How much did the new board in the volkslogger cost you, and what was turn around time like? I have been flying with one for several years having to turn my squelch all the way up to keep from going nuts. I would love to get that one from you, but the timing is not quite wright. Kevin R....

I found a new book, "Soaring - Beyond the Basics" written by Dale Masters out in California at Great Western Soaring. Anyone read this book? Maybe give a short review of it? Craig

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This review is on the SSA web site. Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies is the USA distributor and books have been shipped to us. Price to be announced soon. Competing in Gliders: winning with your mind, by Leo and Ricky Brigliodori, translated by Angela Elinor Sheard. This handsome volume, by two of...

The new book "Italian Vintage Sailplanes" will be available very soon. You can see details he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books/ItalianVintageSailplanes/ItalianVintageSailplanes.htm It looks very interesting. Paul Remde

Hi, I have just added an interesting historical book to my web site. It was written by Simine Short - wife of glider pilot Jim Short. It is called "Locomotive to Aeromotive - Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution". Anyone interested in aviation history will find it...

Hi, I just received the first batch of a new book called "Sailplane Design Example" by Vittorio Pajno - author of the very popular "Sailplane Design" book. It looks very interesting. You can see details and many page scans...

To: rec.aviation.soaring readers/visitors worldwide From: Bob Wander, Minnesota, USA New book / accident prevention for glider pilots. Hi Folks, I am assembling a new book that is a compilation of 'close calls' that could have resulted, or did result, in a glider accident or...

Fellow glider pilots, I just finished reading "Amelia Earhart - The Turbulent Life of an American Icon". I enjoyed it thoroughly! Kathleen did a great job researching the available information and pulling it all together in an easy to read and interesting book. I learned a lot about Amelia...

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I am promoting a book with stories about gliding in Germany and England in the late '30s. However the point of this obvious spam is to benefit the ATA museum at Maidenhead. The entire 11 pounds will be theirs if you buy from...