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Suggestion: wind energy will make gliders cheaper by
RichardFreytag
Sailplane designers,
Modern wind turbine blades are strikingly similar to glider wings.
They are now now coming out in sizes approaching 50 meters. The market
expansion for wind energy is expected to grow rapidly. The ensuing
economies of scale from mass produced wind turbine blades just...
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Passing of Ken Kolstad by
Frank Whiteley
Ralph Kolstad has announced that his father, Ken Kolstad, passed away
yesterday, June
18th, at the age of 96. Ken and his family have had a long
involvement with Colorado
soaring. Ken and Mid Kolstad received a Paul Schweizer Lifetime
Achievement Award at the
SSA Convention earlier this...
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USAF Academy looking for new gliders by
Burt Compton - Marfa
USAF Request For Proposal: FA8617-10-R-6210
They need approximately 20 new gliders, several trailers, support
equipment, spares and contract maintenance, for delivery at Colorado
Springs, CO (USA) in the next two years.
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Article on glide strategy by
John Cochrane[_2_]
I wrote a new article on how to use computers to help judge glides.
http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/soaring/docs/safety_glides.pdf
or the first item here
http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/soaring/index.htm#maccready
This will probably end up in Soaring sooner or later,...
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Soaring Schools by
John Foster
Is there a general consensus on which schools are regarded as the "best" for glider training? I realize this is difficult to compare, as there are lots of good instructors all over the place, but if someone were interested in taking a block of time off and going somewhere to learn how to fly...
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Polisher/buffer selection by
[email protected]
I've browsed the old discussions on gelcoat maintenance to learn what
I can before developing a maintenance routine of my own, for my
recently acquired V2C. One thing not yet clear to me is the best way to
use/apply 3M's Finesse-It II, which seems to be the consensus
cleaner/polisher compound: With...
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Tow hook for 182 by
Ramy[_2_]
Our club is looking for a tow hook for 182, in particular Schweizer (partnumber 0500228-2) which is the STC'd approved hook for the Cessna 182. Any pointers are welcome.
Thanks
Ramy
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Bipolar/Schizoaffective Disorder and Soaring by
DL152279546231
I am wondering how many others suffer from a mental disorder such as Bipolar or
Schizoaffective disorder seek out soaring because of it's lack of medical
certification requirements. Also, I am wondering what options there are to
taking medications which state, 'to avoid heatstroke it is important...
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status by
WaltWX[_2_]
Bill Gawthrop who won the U.S. Open Nationals at Montague on July 3rd, is doing well after the crash of his beautiful JS-1c Jet at Truckee, CA. I have not talked directly with Bill, only his wife Dianne. The circumstances of the crash remain unclear, but seem to be unrelated to any mechanical...
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Marske Pioneer In flight Video by
Marske Flying Wings
I have posted on our interent site a short clip of the Marske Pioneer IId in
flight.
http://www.continuo.com/marske/pioneer/marske/marske%20pioneer.htm
If this address is too long click on our site below then look under
Pioneer.... then the Marske Pioneer IId
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Marske Flying...
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50th type of Flight Recorder gains IGC-approval. by
Ian Strachan
The Colibri II GNSS Flight Recorder manufactured LX Navigation
(www.lxnavigation.si) has gained IGC-approval with effect from 20
November 2011 for "all flights". For IGC-approval levels, see para
1.1.4 of Annex B to the Sporting Code for gliding.
This brings the number of IGC-approved Flight...
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fatality in Hood River, Oregon, USA today. by
Gary Boggs
On Scott Richmond's third flight in his newly purchased ASW-24E, at about
500ft, the motor stalled. He had already turned 90 degrees to the right, he
turned another 90 towards the airport, did several PIOs, maybe pulling on
the manual starter cable, then stalled and spun into an orchard 600 yards...
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Replacing aging club Grobs...best options? by
[email protected]
Hello all! I am trying to gather information on replacement options for my club's aging Grobs. So far I have reached out to SZD for the SZD-54-2 (probably not a factor with no US certification or dealer), the HpH Twin Shark, Shempp-Hirth Duo Discus XL, Schleicher for the ASK-21B and DG for the...
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Display for PowerFLARM brick by
Andy[_1_]
Some time ago potential purchasers of the (US) PowerFLARM brick were
offered the choice of the bundled display or the 57mm panel mount
display. No information on either seemed to be available from US
dealers so it was impossible to make an informed choice.
Butterfly has advised me that no English...
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Pylon mounted wings superior? by
J. Nieuwenhuize
After some back and forth discussion, it seems pylon-mounted wings could have a lot of potential for sailplanes.
WRT aerodynamics, they make a laminar upper wing and much more extensive laminar flow on the fuselage possible.
Structurally, notably yaw forces might be problematic (ground-loop), but...
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AMS-Flight - Unethical and Unprofessional Business Practices by
VH_VH
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...
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OLC comment, MOP logging deactivated by
[email protected]
Good day all, before the season start I downloaded the Flarm verion 6.83 and it installed ok.
We just started flying and my declaration is in light grey as the OLC system decla Autocomment: Used Aircraft is FES glider, but MOP logging deactivated.
I looked in my flarm info and the licences...
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For Sale: Glasflugel Hornet by
DaveSpringford
Glasflugel Hornet 206.
Total time 3,458 hours, aerotow only.
Year of Manufacture 1977
Wings refinished in 1992 and fuselage refinished in 2002.
All AD’s completed and fresh annual for 2004
Automatic Control hook-ups.
Avionic Dittel ATR 760 radio with boom mic
Blumenauer EFA1 electric vario and...
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