Has the 2019 SSA handicap list been approved/released yet?

https://youtu.be/5GTX6S8q7x8

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/09/16/glider-will-attempt-record-breaking-flight-to-edge-space.html

Our clubs trailer for our 2 place IS28B@ Lark was recently stolen. If you have such a trailer what might replace ours, and you are willing to part with it, please contact us. Tom Archer Willamette Valley Soaring Club 503-539-1777

Any 55 owners fitted winglets to their ships? Thoughts... comments?? Tom Gilbert

Can anyone tekk me the pros and cons of a LX8000 vrs. ClearNav?

I am trying to reduce the wind noise in my Duo Discus. I've tried adhesive-backed foam and weather-stripping with limited success. Anybody have a "Perfect" or even "pretty good" solution to getting the canopy to fit tight enough to be quiet but loose enough to open and close without too much...

As I'm considering ordering the new Flarm Fusion, I wonder which (80 mm) display to go for. The two mentioned in the topic line have similar features and price. Pros and cons? What are the 'Voice alerts' like with the LX Navigation? Anyone could share his/her experience, please? Thanks in advance....

Sebastian Kawa over the Tatra Mountains, commemorating Polish high-altitude climbers who died in the Himalayas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpP_hLX__38 R.I.P.

I have applied some teflon spray with a brush into the canopy sliding window rails with good result. Now I'm wondering whether I could use it in the same way under the mylar tape on the wings to reduce friction and ease forces on the ailerons. Any thoughts if and how it reacts with gelcoat/glass...

EASA (which is the European FAA) has awarded the OGN system and its author: https://www.fai.org/news/OGN-wins-EASA-award One can watch gliders flying all over the world here (and on some more websites): https://live.glidernet.org/#c=49.01760,-38.03518&z=3&s=1&l=r&p=3 There are just a handful of...

Look at this: https://www.cnet.com/news/high-tech-slippery-coating-helps-toilets-shed-all-the-gross-stuff/ Waiting for first reports from owners of gliders with high sensitivity to wing contamination...

The grip in my 1984 Ventus is worn out and a bit sticky. I have always thought it would be nice to have a wooden one, e.g.: https://www.cps-parts.com/catalog/elpages/taeakwoodgripstandard.php Anyone has tried something like that? Are they much bigger/thicker than the factory ones? BTW, which...

Saturday, July 13, 2019. https://youtu.be/oykTfd4ClS4?list=PLC40EB4949AD5395B https://dlapilota.pl/wiadomosci/pap/krosno-wypadek-szybowca-ranny-pilot-trafil-do-szpitala SZD-30 'Pirat' glider. Close to the Krosno airfield, the 56 years old student pilot hit a powerline pole and a tree. Survived,...

As there were many discussions about how soaring birds help us find thermals, this may be of interest to at least some of us: storks have arrived today, after a long trip from Africa, to Przygodzice, just south of Ostrow Wielkopolski in Poland, the site of WGC 2018. You can watch them live improve...

I have two monitors attached to my PC, one positioned traditionally (landscape, horizontally), the other vertically (portrait), which I find perfect for many jobs. They act as one working area, but you can determine which apps open on which screen. As the "Gliding International" is published...

While not about soaring, this may be of interest to many od us as it is still about aviation, and we share the airspace with them: the multinational Gordon-Bennet Cup 2018 has just launched from Bern in Switzerland - to be tracked he https://live.gordonbennett.aero/

In case you didn't know, there is an interesting channel on YouTube (Zabytki Nieba - Monuments of the Sky) dedicated mostly to reviewing of specific aircraft models, many of them being gliders. It's in Polish, but some of the newer videos have English subtitles. To give you an idea what it is...

On Sunday, March 4, 2001 at 6:00:08 PM UTC-6, MHende6388 wrote: Curious what the highest sailplane launch from a winch has ever been for the longest cable. Michael January 3, 2016 Biala Podlaska (Poland), Glider: Perkoz; crew: Dominika Domańska and Ireneusz Boczkowski (CFI). Achieved...

An early-season accident in Germany yesterday (Feb. 27, 2021), with a happy outcome: an ASK-21 ends up hanging among trees close to the Burg Feuerstein Airfield (Bayern); no injuries to the pilot reported. I like the way the rope is used to secure the pilot by recovery. Watch the...