The latest issue of the Region 12 newsletter, "Southern California Soaring," is now online at http://www.SoCalSoaring.com. Articles in this issue include: Torrey Pines -- 2007 Season Wrap Up Back in the Saddle (BITS) -- Our Reporter Covers the 2007 Event Diana 2 -- A Unique Sailplane Marfa Wave...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_dnAD5TD-E Makes you want to fit some floats on an Antares and give it a go!

Came across this the other day.. The wingtip belongs to an Eurotech E-310 drone. http://www.defence24.pl/media/cache/inside_article_image/uploads/images/232f9343cc38284572617537f44aae96.jpeg Looks like a mix of a standard winglet and the experimental tip on the...

All, This is probably rudimentary but today I have noticed several pilots today with Sat Trackers but no tracking during their flights. Remember that if you are flying in some "big" soaring location (or even your local club) with a SAT tracker that is NOT automatically "tracking" (pinging...

I fly an ASW-28. The under-surface of the wing has a nice little piece of plastic that covers the dump valve and which is hinged by a piece of cloth tape. When flying with water ballast my assumption is that correct procedure is to leave the piece of plastic in place, but open and hanging down from...

Can anyone help with references for glide ratios for basic training gliders, Blanik, K13, Puchatek etc, with full brake or half brake deployed? The internet is not very helpful for finding this information. A reference of 29 to 1 for a K6 -no brake and 7.1 full brake is about all I can...

Updated US airspace information for the charting cycle effective 23 September , 2010 is now (a little belatedly) available on my website at http://www.soaringdata.info. Due to some technical difficulties, it hasn't yet been posted on the airspace section of the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint...

G'day I'm a student glider pilot, just post-solo, looking for a good book on meteorology for gliding that my wife can give me for my birthday. Since Wallington's Meteorology for Glider Pilots is out of print and available copies are prohibitively expensive, I'd appreciate recommendations for other...

I remember vividly a cold dark night in the New Mexico desert. It was 1957 and the Russians had just launched Sputnik. The USAF needed help obtaining orbital data for the worlds first satellite. I found myself, a 16 year old high school science club member, at a theodolite staring at the star...

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Probably a naive question but wouldnt using assigned area tasks even things up for gliders at the top and bottom end of the handicaps?

Another style more widely used in the entertainment/movie industry is called Cloth Backed Gaffers Tape. It features a strong cloth backing, not plastic and a better adhesive. It will not turn to mush and leave gobs of hard to clean off adhesive all over your finish. Its available in a number of...

Hi, The SSA has asked me to organize "Soaring Products Training" the day before the start of the SSA Convention in Texas. Last year it was called the "Software Academy" and was a great success. WinPilot, SeeYou, StrePla and Glide Navigator II held training sessions on their products. More than...

Almost a decade ago the SSA Convention was held in Dallas (1997). As we prepared for that earlier convention I solicited this group for topic suggestions. I got a lot of good suggestions and comments. I would again like to solict both US and international pilots for their suggestions as to topics...

For you instrument installation experts out there, I'd like to pick your brain if you have a circular tuit. My new glider (a Ventus 2C) came with a Sage (model CV) vario, Winter ASI and altimeter, and nothing else that connects to pressure sources. Last week a Cambridge 302 and a new LX7000 were...

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On the vertical fin of the original Discus, there are 3 holes. one for securing the elevator, one where the total energy antenna fits in and in between a small tube that sticks out about an inch and a half and is chromed. It looks to me that it could be a Prandlt tube. Unfortunately it is plugged...

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What are the diffrences betwenn the L/NAV an S/NAV?

We are examining the Type Certiifcate for the K13. The original indicates aerobatics including spins "not approved". in 1967 Schleicher issued an AD approving semi aerobatics and spins, and printed a modified page 22 to the flight manual. Does this automatically modify the type certificate? ...