FYI (Western US) Region 11 championships will be held 6/9 to 6/15 at Montague little airport. Details up soon on SSA website. JJ

The last day at Montague was spectacular, probably the best soaring day I have ever seen! After flying 7 assigned turn-points in an 8-turn (3hr) MAT, I was 45 miles out with 3500' over MC-3 glide home and the SN-10 said I would be 4 minutes over the 3 hr minimum time. My stats page told me I was...

I just read two great accounts of survival and rescue, Frank (TA) accident review on Soaring Café and a book titled "Rescued", by Brian Brown available at Amazon.com. Frank told how he was able to get coordinates from his SPOT device and Brian told how rescuers "pinged" his cell number and got...

I was searching through my computer files for something when I came across a file named Program Letter.................Oh, yeah! The FAA wants me to send them this years agenda by 30 Jan. Its easy, just make the indicated changes on the e-form and hit send. See you on the grid, Pat & JJ

The Genesis-2 was designed to incorporate a Ballistic Recovery System. My ship and at least one other US Genesis-2 is flying with a BRS installed. I regularly monitor the NTSB accident reports for glider accidents and this month I see 3 Cirrus Design Group accidents. The Cirrus is a power aircraft,...

Dick Johnson experimented extensively with sealing the gap between the flaperon and fuselage on one of the very early '3s after he found the polar curve to be erratic in the 70-80kt region. Fitting some rough seals apparently removed a 'notch' in the curve at about 75kts and smoothed the polar...

Hi all, I'm currently doing a project on gliders designed within the last ten years and one of the crucial aspects is knowing the mean camber profile for various lift coefficient calculations. I was wondering whether a) Any modern gliders are using NACA type airfoils? b) Whether anyone knows...

Has anyone installed a tail vent in a DG-300? Ventilation is weak from the nose vent (especially since canopy sealed) and it appears air doesn't have a path out the tail boom. Bulkhead behind pilot has adequate vent holes into the boom. However, there is a bulkhead at the fin-boom junction, so it...

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Oct. 26, 2016. One of the members of my club just sent this notice around, along with this link: http://www.blanik.aero/customer-support That's all I know. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.10.2016 Dear owners and supporters of L-13 Blanik gliders. We are proud we can...

Hello, all. I just discovered this site a few hours ago, spent a few hours poking around here, and joined right up. Permit me to introduce myself, if I may. I took sailplane lessons 40 years ago at Sky Sailing, Fremont, to the point of getting about 4 solo hours in a 2-33, but other things...

Can anyone point me toward a US source for the plug used by DG for battery connections. The male plug has a barrel approximately 1/2 inch in diameter and 3/8 long with a small pin tip extending out about another 3/8.

Does anyone have information on the glider port near Westcliffe Colorado? I could not find it on the SSA places to fly list. Thanks! John John Earlywine _|_ ------------()----------- Fort Wayne, IN

Who is a good source of instrument pannel marking stickers or decals for a glider in the US?

1978, 1716 TT, Pfeifer trailer, Cambridge M-Nav vario, Terra Radio, all automatic control hookups, original gel coat, April 06 anual. Located at Williams Soaring Center, Williams CA. $18K OBO. Contact . The Mini was introduced about the same time as the Pik 20 and ASW 20. The...

El martes, 15 de abril de 1997 04:00:00 UTC-3, escribió: My club, Sønderjysk Flyveklub, has a Twin I two-seater for sale. The data is as follows: Reg. OY-XIO Built: 1978 Hours: app. 1950 Starts: app. 4850 The glider will come along with:

Hi everybody. I would like to know the opinion of a owner of a HPH Shark with FES. Which is the true climb rate?. Somebody has proven to use FES like a supplement tow mechanism?. I mean, how efficient is take a tow to 300 or 400 m and later start FES to climb at 900 or 1000 m. Thank you very...

Is that possible to buy somewhere only the plastic part of the Jantar canopy? I should probably take a look at the "ceebaileys" like the previous post said for the Blanik. But I think it will not be available that way. So I post here to know if anybody have very good condition Jantar canopy...

Does anyone know were to find "Air speed indicator markings" clean photo to go on board and checklists ? With time goes by, those white on black indicators become unreadable.. Need to replace them... With clean images, I wil be able to reproduce them and stick in the cockpit. Thanks!