Is there anyone who has experience with both of these sailplanes? They seems at the same price range but I don't know what would be the difference during xc flights. What about the maintenance, handling and any other issues? Thanks for your advice! /Janos

I have not seen any polar for the L-13 other than the one in the factory manual POH. It does not reference the flap positions. I have flown the L-13 and the L-23 (no flap) For the L-13, the flaps do lower landing speed and the angle of the fuselage on approach which affects the AOA of the wing. I...

This is an interesting piece of news from the helicopter industry: STRATFORD, Conn.,- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced an agreement to acquire Schweizer Aircraft Corp., a privately owned U.S. company specializing in the...

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

It’s been 50 years now since I soloed in gliders at Black Forest, Co in 1971. I have logged over 5000 hours, mostly racing. Only flew one time last year due to Covid-19, but this year I found myself dreading the work involved with hooking up the trailer, driving an hour and a half, assembling,...

Science - AP New Robotic Gliders Can Soar Under Water Sun Nov 23, 1:17 PM ET By ANDREW BRIDGES, AP Science Writer SAN DIEGO - A century after the Wright Brothers first took to the skies, the world of flight is pushing to new depths.

Anyone wish to weigh in on the L-33 solo? I am in the market for a single seater. Metal is preferred because you can tie it down outside without the problems associated with glass. 1-34's are hard to find, not a lot of metal ships on the market these days it seems. Can anyone speak to the...

I have an Ilec SB7 (same size as the SC7 but older) installed in a club glider. I'd like to get a blank MacCready disk to use on it (I'll build the numbers for the glider to mark on the disk). If you don't have a blank disk, how about something like a standard Libell disk that you have laying...

Details at: http://www.nadler.com/public/Ventus_2cm_offer.html Save a bunch plus a two year wait. Best Regards, Dave

Well, we finally discovered that the propeller was totally worn out. We took the prop to our local Sensenich dealer-repairshop. The very helpful people of BL Aviation took no more than 15 minutes on the prop stand to measure out the defective "windmill". Actually, the measurement were quite...

No License, Butt, plenty of experience Florida man here... Lived in NW, flown in more than several Gliders. Been winched up, car towed up, Pawnee towed up, worked the winch on way more than 20 flights alone, lots of hours in everything from a Stearman to F-4, 3 place gliders and 2 place gliders......

I stumbled across this ACE AquaFix 406 ELT EPIRB while looking for a transponder: http://www.anchorexpress.com/acr-aquafix-406-epirb.html It contains a GPS that transmits your location in an emergency. ACR also has a $75 rebate for participating dealers (and they DO have to be participating),...

I had a chance to load a new config file and was able to fly today. There was no "flarm range" in my original config file. With the file I used today the "flarm range" config was set to maximum with the statement below. I had several flarm detections that occured around 4 miles. This is between...

Glue on your tail boom and never charge your battery again. https://www.solarblvd.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_269&products_id=3082

I have a 16mm home movie showing a test flight of the Bumble Bee at Rosamond Dry Lake in 1945. I need help with 2 things: 1) I would imagine that Bowlus and Nelson are part of this movie but I can't find a photograph of either of these guys so that I can ID them. Does anyone know where there is a...

I just received an email with the monthly news from DG. The 2 paragraphs that struck me most is the explanation of the cost of a new glider and cost of replacement parts. The high cost of a new sailplanes and the delays in production was blamed on the war between Airbus and Boeing. OK, lets say...

I wrote the following article and submitted it to Soaring for publication because it was something I was interested in and I thought others would be too. It was rejected because the subject matter wasn't suitable for soaring. Greg Cole is doing something extraordinary at Windward Performance and...

Looking for an FSG 50 mounting bracket If you have one available let me know Thanks Jim

Hi All, I'm working on a project that I can't talk about much, but I was hoping to prevail upon some experts here. I need to analyze some IGC files in my project, and try to use the data to determine the behavior of the glider. As I understand it, the bulk of the IGC file is just a series of...

I would like to start a thread to determine just how many (or how few) Phoebus B1 owners there are in the US. Being a new Phoebus pilot myself, I am interested in comparing thoughts, and exchanging ideas about this unique ship that is really well constructed, and ahead of it's time being that it...