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Becker speaker/microphone box - shall i get rid of it? by
Domenico Bosco
My glider is equipped with a quite old Becker box. The microphone cable is in very bad conditions and i have a bunch of cables going back and forth from the panel to the box, which is fixed close to my right shoulder behind the seat. I'm wondering if this is really necessary, or if i should go for...
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2021 Senior Soaring Championship by
Rich Owen[_2_]
Hello race fans, we are only 8 days from the Preferential Entry Date of January 12th. We have 58 pilots signed up for the event and we look forward to reprise the safe contest we put on in 2020. Deposits must be received prior to COB on the 12th to use your pilot ranking to secure a position in...
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New Year's Day Trifecta by
Dan Marotta
Patti and I started the day with a 2 hour flight in our Cessna 180K
followed by lunch and coffee. Then we made a 0.6 hour local flight in
the AG-915 gyro plane, and finished with a 0.7 hour local flight inn the
Stemme. I used the engine to climb to 10,000' MSL, 4,000' AGL). After
dropping to...
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January 4th 21 10:59 PM
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PowerFLARM bug loading FLARMnet DB file into Butterfly by
Dave Nadler
Hi All - FLARM have confirmed they have a PowerFLARM bug
loading FLARMnet DB file into Butterfly traffic display.
The bug is processing a Butterfly DB (BFN) file with a long filename.
Rename the BFN to something with only 8.3 file name (ie 12345678.BFN) and PowerFLARM will correctly load the BFN...
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SOLO by
Sam Giltner[_2_]
I am looking for a cylinder head gasket and 0 rings for a SOLO 2625-1.
Thanks, Sam
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Solar panel controller by
krasw
Any ideas for Strobl controller replacement? The voltage is not enough for LFP battery. Victron SmartSolar MPPT 75/10 looks good, but according to specs Strobl solar cell voltage is not enough to start the unit (!). Genasun has appalling efficiency.
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January 7th 21 03:09 AM
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Garmin has Purchased GEOS by
John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net
Garmin has purchased GEOS - the leading provider of emergency monitoring and response services. See Garmin's press release at https://tinyurl.com/garmin-geos.
Why is this important? Because the GEOS system (https://www.geosresponse.com) is used by both Garmin in-Reach and SPOT (as well as the...
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Updated Florida Spring Forecast by
[email protected]
Things are finally looking better for a spring Florida soaring season. As of today I am glad to announce that the surface water and the air is dryer that it was last year at the same time. Last year December was a disaster because of torrential downpours. This year, we are still way above yearly...
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Bellaca Scout for Sale by
DMM
Hello all,
I am posting the below on behalf of my club, Atlantic Soaring, in Maryland:
1974 Bellanca Scout S/N 72-74. 3350 TT, 875 SMOH. Schweizer tow release. $50,000. Contact Jeff Matthews, jmatthews1 at zoominternet.net.
Marcelo
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January 8th 21 06:39 PM
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O2 bottle for pw5 by
Cary Kennedy
Anyone know what size o2 bottle is appropriate
My ship is located far away at the moment. Thanks
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2021 Eagle Field Winch School by
Karl Striedieck[_2_]
Five three-student ground launch clinics will be offered this year. The flying is done on one day of a weekend (depending on weather) on the following dates: May 1-2 (filled), June 5-6 (one opening) July 2-3, August 21-22 (two openings) and September 4-5.
Included are room and board at Eagle...
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How often do you review your insurances? by
Senna Van den Bosch
Title. When I bought my own first glider I was 23 and had 100 flight hours with 0 before on same type aircraft. That was 3 years ago, and I have about 50 hours flown with my glider (not much, barely anything this year) and thinking of trying to lower the price due to the experience on this type....
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Recommendation for Becker radio shop by
[email protected]
Been around aviation a long time but a newbie to the soaring community Helping a friend sort out some issues in a motor glider
The Becker 3200 com radio suddenly failed. Was working fine and on the next flight nothing after starting up the engine. Will not power up. I verified that it is...
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Amazon Smile and the SSA - WHAT? by
John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net
I just got a report from the Amazon Smile folks that says that to date those that have signed up for a portion of their Amazon purchases to be donated to the SSA made a total contribution of $2025.23 (no idea if that is yearly or forever). The total could have been higher but something is surely...
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January 12th 21 12:56 AM
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"Cosim" Variometer (sensitive rate of climb indicator) by
[email protected]
I have a NOS COSIM Variometer for sailplane, gliders and it was manufactured by Cobb-Slater Instrument CO., LTD., Matlock, England in the 1940 and 1960. It's a pellet type of indicator in a bakelite brown enclosure, it measuring unit is ft/sec, a red pellet for downward and a green pellet for...
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LS8 ballast system plug spare part by
Denis GUERIN
Hi everyone,
I am looking for the LS8 ballast system plug rubber ring that seal the plug when ballasting LS8s. This rubber ring expands in the wing hole when teflon crown is "screwed".
Does anyone know when to find this except from DG and their service contract ?
All the best for 2021,
Denis
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Good Soaring weather in Australia right now by
Nicholas Kennedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1ZkAonazGZHaecB4sHv8CSljffYHnDix61VgXU-yz5hDz5Xn2I41KlgMA&v=NMi4BzUJhRU&feature=youtu.be
Here is a HG Vid flying out of Corryong Au. Starting at about the 3 minute mark look at those blue skies and awesome Cu.
A far cry from -6f this am in Telluride.
I flew...
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Glider Ground School via Zoom by
Mark Stanfield
Class Starts next Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Register at this link....
https://www.hoodriversoaring.org/glider-ground-school/#!form/GroundSchool
Contact
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