I'm considering buying a wood sailplane in New York and want to hire someone knowledgeable to inspect it. How do I go about locating someone trustworthy and qualified to do the job? Thanks, Jeff

Anyone know how to find more data and photos on WWII glider pilots from both 29 Palms and Lubbock TX? Communicated with George at the Nat WW2 Glider Pilots Assn, but we know there are some amateur historians who monitor this group and others. Philip and his family are receiving a special...

Glider use of 1201 encouraged. Tow planes use 1200. Thanks for ping from Elliott Crawford, CFI-G. Frank Whiteley SSA State Governor, Colorado

Does anyone out there have experience with the PiK20E and/or PiK30? What can you tell me about their performance as a sailplane and about the reliability of the engine? thanks! Key

Paul has kindly posted this service bulletin on his site. I can tell you that I am absolutely THRILLED to have to pay (shipping) to have Dittel fix their screw-up.... again. My Dittel FSG2T radio was bad out of the box when I bought it new. I paid for shipping back to the vendor, from the vendor...

On Sep 13, 11:37*pm, " wrote: polarized sunglasses From the FAA regarding polarized glasses .... POLARIZATION. Polarized lenses are not recommended for use in the aviation environment. While useful for blocking reflected light from horizontal surfaces...

On Sep 13, 2:20*pm, sisu1a wrote: ...first two minutes are what you'd expect, but then- * just wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4OGHLbnQY&feature=player_embedded -Paul *\/ /o\

Looking for a used parachute in serviceable condition, preferably a "long" style. Located in the SF Bay Area. Please contact me off list at: matt(at)digitalshorts(dot)com. Thanks!

Well I brought the Cherokee down to Littlefield, TX on Saturday hoping for some good soaring. Ended up making it 2/3 around a 200 mile triangle and most significantly got a 10,700 ft gain so my Gold Badge should be complete after a little paperwork. Guess I'm alright to start flying in the back...

Our club is in need of a tail dolly for a Grob 103. Anyone know where there might be one available? Thanks, Roger

For those of us who cannot justify the expense of a SPOT given the frequency and location of cross country flying we do, there is an alternative I have been testing. It is inherently less reliable than the SPOT as it uses the cell network. It does appear however to work quite well in my location...

The FAA has just issued a new AD grounding Blaniks until they can be inspected using a new procedure. Unfortunately, this new procedure does not exist. Bob McKellar

Newbie here... but, fwiw, I had over two decades of full time soaring ending up owning and running a full time soaring center in central texas (windermere soaring) until I completely flamed out and padlocked the hangar doors in the early 80's I'm currently trying to revive a quarter century old...

On Aug 21, 2:55 pm, ryanglover1969 wrote: Very interesting indeed! Blather aside, I'm thinking that the tool in question is a waviness gauge such as the one I made for checking plugs and molds: http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24/update_11_october_04.htm My experience,...

Here's a new guy question. The Region 4 South contest at New Castle says it's a no ballast contest. Why is that? Is this common? Thanks in advance

We've had a pretty crummy soaring season this year in So Cal. But has anyone else noted that the WX predictions from XC Skies and Blipmaps seem to be too optimistic? Sure seems that way to me. Anyone else noticed that? Dan WO

Hello I am still using a VP 6 but it seems to have lost it's separate GPS receiver which is a dinosaur anyway. The set seems to still work alright only it does not get any Satelites to play with etc. I was wondering whether any body has tried to drive it with a Volkslogger? The VP 6 supplies its...

Where and when? Thanks, 5U

The work done on the Soaring Mag archives was a great effort with a wonderful outcome. Thank you very much. Soaring history is a bit closer now,. Mike

Damn, a two seat side by side self launch version of Eric Raymond's solar motorglider. Too interesting of news to merely throw into the 2 seat self launch discussion... http://solar-flight.com/news.html -Paul