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Soaring Not Dead Everywhere by
[email protected]
Well soaring isn’t dead everywhere. Today we got 14 flights in, private ships, and all three of the 1-26’s and solo flights in the club blanik. Social distancing in order, wipe downs of the club birds and all had fun. We didn’t need any ventilators but we did get up close to 7,000ft, thats...
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Which Tow Vehicle by
Bob C
Which vehicle to tow a glider trailer has been debated
ad nauseum on RAS. I have always been a staunch supporter
of towing with a full-size truck. After the events
of last Thursday, I feel my position is vindicated.
I was towing my sailplane westbound on Interstate 40
near Gallup, NM. I had...
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2009 Proposed US Contest Rules Changes by
[email protected]
Hi Race Fans
The proposed contest rules changes for 2009 are available at the SSA
web site under Sailplane Racing/Rules& Process. Due to a long time in
developing some of these changes the comment period will be quite
short. Please comment to RC members by 1/7/2009. Debate on this site
will be...
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Where to live with soaring in mind? by
tienshanman
I would appreciates some suggestions…..I am looking for the ideal place to live in the US – for soaring (I have not told my wife how massively weighted this particular criterion is!). I am overseas now and more than likely we will return to the US this summer. I have spent hours on the net...
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Analyzing US Competition Flights by
Chip Bearden[_2_]
On Mar 5, 12:55 pm, Sean Fidler wrote:
I have an intern currently working on a slightly different project for US flights in an effort to isolate for potential cloud flying incedents over thousands of competition flights. It has been very interesting so far. More later. He...
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Make Sailplane Racing Great Again by
[email protected]
You will only improve if you are honest with yourself and admit your weaknesses. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. A tow rope looses 50% of its strength with a knot it in.
For those who have tasted flight, their eyes will be forever turned skyward.. And for those who have tasted...
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German-Wings Copilot "one of us"? by
[email protected]
I'm very much saddened to have just learned the Andreas Lubitz, the 28- old who deliberately seems to have flown the A 320 into the mountains started flying in a Glider Club (Montabaur). He was still a member and renewed his glider license in 2014 that he had since his teenage-years. If confirmed,...
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2-Batteries by
[email protected]
By all means a second battery should be installed in our electrically
driven modern sailplanes. After many years of quickly flipping my
3-position battery switch, and trying not to have my logger to
momentarily dropout, I have concluded that is best to use 2 single-pole
battery switches. That way...
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July 28th 18 04:33 AM
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The truth about Flarm Stealth and Competition definition... by
smfidler
OK, the peanut gallergy is driving me crazy. So I did a quick internet search and found this very relevant document from FLARM:
How to Use FLARM(R) in Gliding Competitions?
http://www.segelflugbedarf24.de/flarm/download/Flarm_Competitions.pdf
The document includes some pretty interesting...
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Another glider crash? by
Ron Gleason
Saratoga NY, news report here
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3911217.shtml?cat=10114&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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2014 SSA/US Tasking Analysis by
Sean Fidler
2014: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GYqUEaesROmKdkzS2Y1h7MSBUrQCdfydJxu6WnSbzOQ/edit?usp=sharing
2013: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NO7073Z6J-r77aUbR1oOEKrusXwfYf4amtaem_Rw-E4/edit?usp=sharing
2014 US Tasking Highlights
Total Number of Tasks - 189
TATs - 122 or 65%
MATs -...
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Seniors Contest by
Bob Fidler
No scores or news about the crash, what's up? If Charly is not at the
contest, we may never hear.
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When is too many at a glider meet by
2G
I recently learned that Bruno has increased the number of gliders for the Nephi, UT event to 80. That's right, eight zero. IMHO, that is too many, even if FLARM is mandated. There will be pilots there from virtually zero cross country time to seasoned racers. They may be lulled into a false sense...
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July 17th 15 09:39 PM
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Diamond goal flight rejected due to typo by
Scott Alexander[_2_]
I received an email stating that my diamond goal flight has been
rejected due to a typo on my igc declaration. Despite the fact that
the security was good, all turnpoints rounded ok, and everything else
good, it's still rejected.
On the IGC declaration where it says "registered ID" I typed in...
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The Decline of Soaring Awards by
John Foster
I read the recent article in Soaring and it has got me fired up. I have been a member of a small club in Washington State for the last 2 years, learning to fly. The club has a 2-33 and a Lark and a Pawnee. That's it. Badge flying has not been an emphasis, even though one qualifies for at...
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Thoughts on crash/article in Soaring? by
MS
Does anybody have anything to say about the accident described in
Soaring magazine concerning a pilot who could not land to a stop on a
6,000 foot paved runway or the parallel dirt runway to the South?
I know this sounds very judgemental and I don't ordinarily make
negative comments about an...
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July 21st 06 06:24 PM
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