http://tinyurl.com/337bok7 ...I'm sure it works like a champ. Nice work John/Hank/Dick!

Looking at the specs for the Powerflarm, specifically the Brick version I have two sources for power requirements. One says 10-30 volts and the other says 12-28 volts. The portable will run on 6 Nicads which is 7.2 volts. So does anyone know what the brick version requires as a...

I'm wondering why the winter soaring video I posted was deleted from R.A.S.? Brad

My buddy Ron in his LS-3 and I in my Apis cavorted for a couple of hours back in the snow covered Cascades on Monday. Here's a link to the video. The Casio camera has Rather poor video specs, but it works ok. Brad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82s9ZGKv-k8

I am making this posting in the hope of saving someone from going through what I have been going through and to ensure that it gets the coverage it deserves amongst the gliding community. It revolves around a business transaction between myself and Ales Cebavs, the managing director of AMS-Flight...

Now I know you guys in the USA are very inventive and creative! Our club in the UK (www.wolds-gliding.org) are holding the British Nationals Club Class in 2011 and we are looking to create a logo for the event which will be used on competitors polo shirts/ promotional material /web site etc.My...

Jose Auil, a pilot flying a Discus BT out of the Vitacura airport in Santiago, Chile, went missing over the Andes on Sunday afternoon. An intensive search was carried out for three days and this morning the wreck was found in the mountains, with the cabin intact. There was a note saying: "I'm...

I just pulled the old bags out of my standard cirrus, with no surprise that they leak. Fortunately the valves, connections and rigging are in great shape. Does anyone have a similar size used bag that I might buy? Similar size bags would come from an LS-1, Libelle, ASW-15, etc. Also interested...

Hey all, Looking for anyone with first hand knowledge of an auto-towing accident that occured at Jacumba airport in June of 1997. NTSB report is he http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X08183&key=1 Please email me privately at: pappa3 at ix dot netcom dot com

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With Xmas fast approaching, hers an idea for a present! I’m now the proud owner of the second edition of “Advanced Soaring Made Easy”. This new book was released only a few months ago and has had good reviews in major gliding magazines around the world. More than 3000 copies are already in...

I want to install a Winter 4FGH 40 altimeter with an EASA Form 1 certificate in my S-LSA motorglider with the Becker TSO'd transponder. My avionics shop says that the altimeter must be TSO'd as well. Can anyone cite FAA regulations about this issue? Any information would be welcome.

Hi All, Just in time for the holiday season, I've made a couple of improvements on my website: - If your device's memory is too small to accommodate the airspace map of the entire country, you can now create a subset file for just your area of interest. Start by running a query on US...

Schweizer 1-34 for sale! Serial #12 (N7632) owned by our club since new (1970). Easy to fly, good club ship, and easy transition from Schweizer 2 seat trainers. With high wings, powerful dive brakes, and nose skid, it's safer for landouts during early XC flights. Canopy recently re-sealed. ...

Hi everyone, let it be known that it's official I am now glider pilot :) I finished my practical yesterday for my private glider pilot, so I am now able to carry some ballast in the form of my daughter. It took me two years due to family, finances, and work, but I decided to buckle down and spend...

Found the first picture and info on the NK Vario: http://www.easternsailplane.com/eastern/eastern.php/ClearNav/ClearNavVario Are we nearing a product release? I'd love to ask one for Santa but would like to have a bit more info before putting it on the list...

Hallo, I'm working on my panel redesign. It's a "long distance project" with me on one continent and the glider on another... Would someone with a "winter access" to his glider take some measurements for me? - what is the exterior dimension of Ilec engine controller? I know it is 57mm hole but...

OK, PowerFlarm is coming to the USA The orders are in, mostly, at least everyone that wants one in the first phase. We get to wait until April (or there about) to actually see what we are buying. In the mean time, now the work begins to make this a successful deployment.

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Assuming that I have a installed and working FSG 60M tray in my panel, what Dittel radios, if any, are a slide-in upgrade replacement? Regards, Ken