http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-206159/Two-die-glider-crash.html

Apparently the USA isn't the only country where this sort of thing happens. A fortunate result, all things considered. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-18961136#TWEET176819 Phil Umphres

Fantastic collection of soaring history online. The Lakes Gliding Club in the UK has scanned the British Gliding magazines beginning with 1930, and mo http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/oldsandgmagazines.htm Here is the 1970 Marfa (TX) World Soaring Championship article (from the British...

I would like to publish pictures of british gliding team pilots in my website www.aerogazette.co.uk as done for the italian team http://www.aerogazette.com/it/?p=364 If you have pictures of the following pilots and wish to contribute send to info @gazette.aero Club Class: Pete Masson, Gee...

And (wait for it...) media coverage... Yes, MEDIA COVERAGE. TV MEDIA COVERAGE!!! http://youtu.be/kRTYscB94sc Wow! We should be developing more Jr Pilots in the US and utilizing club class events as their training field. Perhaps donating gliders, etc. why doesn't the SSA have more funds...

Hello ! I wonder if there are any peculiarities about flying with a BGA License in Italy. Have any British pilots got in any difficulty ? I also have a JAR class 2 medical available. Any recommendations about soaring in the greater area around Napoli ? I will be based at Pomigliano d' Arco for...

A posting on the Ultralight Soaring list passed on a pointer to a page full of gliding film clips from the 30s through 50s: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sssrcsoaring/Video/Pathe.html There are two clips from California in the 30s, both appear to be at the same site. Does anyone recognize the...

Iraniana Why It Bothers So... One can make all sorts of clever arguments-indeed the Brits have, from blaming us to blaming their own-about why this crisis was someone else's fault, due to a misunderstanding, due to media exaggeration, due to an accident. But what is missing is the simple fact that...

Well done to the brits in the world gliding championships in Lezno. Currently they are Standard class 1st 15m class 2nd 18m class 2nd Open class 3rd and still a few more days to go

I recently bought a 1972 ASW-15B. I am on a budget to fix this up. I'm looking for stuff that works, doesn't look flashly, but fits the need. I need a: 1. GPS data logger thats contest worthy 2. PDA device and connections

Does anybody has ever seen a fiberglass glider which was repaired after a complete main spar damage at around 2m from the root-rib ? Any emample, is it possible, how , how expensive ?

I had an app on my Nexus phone that satisfied the ramp check requirements for an up-to-date VNC chart, and best of all it was free. Then, I wore my phone into a swimming pool. Turns out, that's not good for the phone. When I received the repaired phone, the installed apps were all gone. And...

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...

80) What is the approximate proper airspeed to use when flying between thermals on a cross-country flight against a headwind? a) The best lift/drag speed increased by one-half the estimated wind velocity. b) The minimum sink speed increased by one-half the estimated wind velocity. c) The best...

I'd like to use a webcam to view the weather at the airport I fly from, particularly for wave days; unfortunately, the official airport webcam looks down at the runways and ramp instead of up at the clouds. I want to install a viewer-controllable pan/tilt (and maybe zoom) webcam that can be...

I'm just getting back into the sport after a long hiatus. I've seen that a lot of glider pilots fly with parachutes (ones they wear) and I have seen Ballistic Recovery System parachutes in planes as well. From my layman's view, it appears that getting out of a plane using a traditional chute after...

The previous posts under "Stay in, or get out?" raises questions about the current state of ballistic recovery systems. As paraplegic, I have a personal interest in BRS because thoughts of my successfully exiting an out of control sailplane with a parachute, and then landing without the use of...

In case you've never heard of it, BRSS has a boomerang trophy that has been under the careful protection of Skyline Soaring Club in Front Royal, VA. The trophy's history is he http://www.brss.net/boomerang.htm . For the past 2 years, the Boomerang has spent most of its time at Front Royal. ...

The Blue Ridge Soaring Society's Boomerang trophy has moved. The Boomerang has been at Front Royal, VA for nearly two years, but was retrieved by Chris Zaboji (pronounced Zah-BOY-ee). Chris performed the cross-country glider flight of 144 statute miles in about 4 and a half hours over some pretty...

It appears the Boomerang Trophy location hasn't been updated in a while. Does anyone have the current location for the BRSS Boomerang? Linwood 7B Knoxville...