Stumbled across an interesting wind tunnel test of a Harris' Hawk (L/D=10:1). http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/149/1/469.pdf

Anyone driving chicago to arizona in the next few months? A friend is looking for help with glider delivery. contact John Harrison at jharrison46 atsign gmail dot com John cochrane

An e-mail was just distributed to those who filed a response to the CAA, with the following link regarding implementation of Mode S in the United Kingdom. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/810/Mode_S_June07_A4.pdf One paragraph of interest is: Gliders would remain exempt from Article 20 (2) of...

Like many others, I was saddened to learn of Dick Johnson's death earlier this month. I interviewed Dick at the SSA convention in February, but had not completed processing the video and let it sit, like a number of other digital projects. Events of course, kicked me in action, so this video...

Hello everyone, I would like to share a video from the Region 2 North Contest at Wurtsboro Airport (June 22 - 29, 2013) Jonathan Elie, one of our younger glider pilots and Wurtsboro ground crew member took footage over several days of the contest from ground, towplane and glider. He edited it...

I don't recall ever seeing an estimate of the performance loss in a glider as a function of yaw string deflection. Does anyone know what it is? Ultimately, I'm wondering how much attention should be paid to deflections of, say, 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", etc., on the usual 4"-5" long yaw string. I...

Hello. As part of the investigation into the recent fatal crash of Greater Houston Soaring Association's IS28-B2 "Lark" glider, the NTSB has asked for our help in putting them in touch with operators of this type. They would like to verify our weight and balance data by collecting weight ...

What will the rules committee will have to say now that we can see ADS-B equiped gliders and their data on PowerFlarm at 20 to 30 NM. Richard

http://www.firnspiegel.com/perlan/ Well I suppose those that have a problem with Klaus Ohlman flying a self-launcher in the Andes, can go apes--t over this :)

Hey Guys, I am excited to announce that the second annual Aero Club Albatross winter seminars tickets are now available at: February 2nd: Soaring with the Champions - Higher, Farther, Faster, Longer! https://aca-soaring-with-champs.eventbrite.com - March 2nd: Gliding to Racing- Learning to...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkdc9/19149700349/in/shares-h1cVuT/ I'm told that the glider had to be dismantled in place and carried out a piece at a time. All that salt mud... -- Dan Marotta

I would definitely fly a USA/North American GP - so long as I could find a competitive glider to borrow/rent. Yes, my means keep me stuck in Club Class :-( , but my ambitions are high :-) You know, there is mostly NOTHING but $$$'s stopping interested US pilots from going overseas and competing...

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These winglets greatly improve handling in thermals, the glider flies like a different ship. They attach just like the factory winglets with two steel rods and a 1/4 turn fastener. 24 inches tall. $1800 plus shipping. Located Michigan USA brucebarnard at yahoo

I'm wondering what other owners of older DG ships think of DG's requirement to pay a fee upfront in order to purchase parts and software to maintain their gliders. I own a DG 202/17. LL

Just saw where a Lambada pilot deployed the chute and descended under canopy near Boerne Stage airfield. It sounds like he could have had a flight control malfunction but this is pure speculation.

A couple of keen Kiwi's are looking to hire or swap either an ASH25 or = Ventus 2's for the Nationals at Hobbs this year. We have a couple of ASH25's & Ventus 2cxt at Omarama, New Zealand with = Chalets on the airfield. If you can assist we would love to hear about = it. Please contact Grae...

The June-July issue of Gliding Kiwi features an enlightening article about the developement of a new very thin surface mounted passive strip that promises to reduce aerodynamic skin friction drag significantly. The article is complete with photographs, preliminary flight test data, and explanations...

Does anybody have any suggestions for this problem? At the moment I run version 1.2.4.7. NMEA source is my LX-20. I have hard-reset the unit, and installed only GPS_LOG (on a dedicated Ipaq 3130). NMEA sentence is set to RMC, 4800 bps. enjoy the sky Aldo Cernezzi

Is external "event marker" switch on 302 a "momentary on" type? Can the mode/screen pushbutton on 302 be used as an event marker? Thanks. Andy