A friend in my club built a pair of winglets for his Standard Cirrus. His glider is expirmental, mine is not. The total cost for him was just a hundred dollars for supplies, and some free guidance from a local IA/AP. The finished product looks fantastic! The mold came from an American Spirit,...

I'm working on the sale of a glider from a deceased club member for his estate. The estate has no idea how to sell a glider and what level of effort is involved. What is a fair brokerage fee (percentage) to handle the transaction for them? I plan on putting the glider on several websites and...

Not much happening the past two years? https://akaflieg-karlsruhe.de/tag/12-modell/ Anyone know of further progress? Mike

Received this morning... see below. Anyone know the issues, particularly the flip side? Thx. best, Evan Ludeman / T8 Dear Evan, I am writing to ask if you could please take a few minutes and call your representative in Congress, THIS WEEK! If you have already called, please call again and...

Saw the document on thanks to John Welsh. Link to UK site below. Jim http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/20170906EASAAD20170167E.pdf

The Finger Lakes Soaring Club of Dansville, NY owns a Blanik L13AC. It is our main two place glider for teaching students. The AD 2016-11-10, published on 6/3/2016, pertaining to Blanik L13AC Gliders refers to LET Mandatory Bulletin L13/085a. That bulletin requires eddy current testing and...

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An email correspondent asked me to explain why low-altitude thermaling is apparently so dangerous. After all, he (and I) have never unintentionally spun at high altitude, so why is it so bad to thermal down low? He suggested the answer might be of more general interest so here it is. --- It's...

Hi y'all in US-Gliderland, are the location and dates for the 2013 SSA convention already fixed? Looking at the SSA web-site, it still shows the info for the 2012 convention in Reno. Thx, 'GM'

There is aero, auto, winch, bungie and slope/cliff launch methods. Now we can add ... being dropped from a BALLOON? Would *YOU* do this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJ0UFOj_WQ - John

I've said it before, though I haven't done an extensive web search on it, There's gotta be an elt available that sends one short burst with your exact GPS location to a satalite, instead of having the boy scouts try to hunt down an AM signal with a directional antenna, while the transmitter is...

I'm looking for a complete list of all USA competitions for 2011, including those with tentative dates. Lots of major upcoming meets are not listed on SSA site (18m nationals, open nationals, Uvalde pre-worlds). Can anybody point me at this info ? Thanks, Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

Come on now, what where some of the highlights from this year's convention for those of us stuck at home for various reasons. With no convention next year, there should have been a lot of "new" stuff. Usually RAS is full of post-convention Some information I would love to hear about would...

Hello ;) I'm about to start refinishing a Discus.Searching through this and other forums I've noticed people are leaning towards polyurethane and away from gelcoat.Gelcoat seems to be much easier in my situation, since I don't have a spray booth and they don't recommend sanding poly after you've...

I would like to fly more cross country flights but have to admit I usually come up with a list of excuses for not going on any particular day. The weather is never good enough, or I have a dinner engagement, or my battery seems low, or something. Some of this is a general concern about personal...

My Cobra trailer is difficult to open and close in colder weather. It seems to be with the struts. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bob

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HELP REPAIR US RELATIONS WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES. SWITCH YOUR INSTRUMENTATION TO METRIC!! I removed these working gauges from my Ventus and would like to see them get a new home and me some chump change in exchange. -Winter altimeter in meters. -Winter mechanical vario in meters/second...with...

Many descriptions have been posted here in several threads on spinning over the last couple of weeks and I have found all of them to be fascinating. I've been prompted to think through again my own understanding of the stall and the spin in gliders. One description that has been strongly asserted...

Somebody posted on this topic a while back, but I can't find it now. So my apologies for repeating it: For how long is the PW-5 the official glider of the World Class? Are there any provisions in the FAI or IGC rules for the eventual retirement of the design and a switch to a second-generation...