The Dash is almost here. The Kowbell of the West! September 8, 2018, Annual Dust Devil Dash - Mountain Valley Airport (L94), Tehachapi, CA. This is a one day, straight out CH-handicapped distance event. The entry fee is $5.00. Briefing is at 9am on the 8th. Register before the briefing if...

Its almost a year since Dick Johnson's crash. Has the accident investigation been concluded and are there any reasons given for the crash? Clinton Birch LAK 12

I will be out in Minden, NV this weekend to pick up a glider. I want to get new tires installed on the Cobra trailer before my drive home. Would somebody please recommend where in the local area I can go to get new tires? Randy Tulsa, OK rgteel at mac dot com

I will be displaying my Tetra-15 at the Seattle Museum of Flight March 17 and 18. The Tetra-15 is the first article HP-24 that we made in Bob's and my shop over the last several years. I won't be able to take it to the SSA convention in Reno this year, but it will be on display in Seattle on the...

Great to see some new solid marketing efforts for the sport of soaring and sailplane racing popping up, albeit in Europe. http://youtu.be/dwMFXd2wNx0

I am pleased to announce IGC-approval for the LXNAV Nano 4 Flight Recorder from LXNAV of Celje, Slovenia, for "all flights" including world records. This is a small stand-alone recorder with a screen, and sensors for engine operation using both low and high frequency noise. The low frequency...

A friend of mine (glider pilot/owner) is returning from delivering a glider to Las Vegas on Monday, May 26 (leaving in the AM). Tow vehicle is a big Ford F-250 diesel pickup. Anyone needing a glider trailer moved East (as far as St Louis/Illinois area) can contact Max at 618-977-9063 (cell). Or...

Looks like they recapitalized and set up a new entity to buy up all the assets from the old business. Good news, would have been a pity to see such an innovative and well made glider disappear: http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/htm/english/news/news_01_11_2007.html It suggests that all the key...

So far I've had little luck finding any replacement parts for my abused Pik project here in the USA. It looks like I'll need rudder pedals, stick, trim, flap mechanism, and all of the linkages for the cockpit. Does anybody else in the world have any Pik salvage with usable parts? Gary...

If anyone can point me to resources on the following SUA topics I would be most gr8ful: 1) DAFIF file format, specifically, descriptions of the fields (and their relationships) in the BDRY.TXT, BDRY_PAR.TXT, SUAS.TXT, and SUAS_PAR.TXT files. (These are the four files used by Carl...

Does anyone have any experience when importing a glider into USA from Canada? This particular glider was already registered under N number in the past and later found its way to Canada. Any input will be highly appreciated.

Casey, The AOPA is a mixed blessing for glider pilots. It is by far the best aviation advocacy group (perhaps in the world), and they appear to provide beneficial services to individual members. But they advocate selectively. And glider pilots are so far down the list, it would be easier to...

It seems that late winter has been frigid in Europe. See: http://www.esa.int/export/esaEO/SEM980P256E_index_1.html One presumes discussions of global warming are at a low ebb. Bill Daniels

Hi, Any experience with booking systems for members and the usual single seater fleet? What do other clubs use? Thanks -- ----------------------------------------------- http://www.sgi-extremelinux.com

I notice that a Schweizer 2-32 with a published L/D of 33 is handicapped at 1.500. This seems like a great bargain, the same as a Falke SF-25C at 1.500 but with only about 22 L/D. Are there other equally great deals out there ? Or any outstandingly heavily handicapped types ? Ian

I was browsing a CompUSA today and came across what looks like nearly the perfect camera for taking photos from the cockpit. It's a Kodak V570. 5 megapixel and a 23mm equivalent wide angle lens. Here's a review: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/kodak/v570-review/index.shtml The camera's tiny,...

I would like a poster of one of these lovely machines. Anyone know where I can get one? TIA George Emsden

New in box oxygen equipment for sale. See Cumulus Soaring classified ads. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/classifieds.htm Look in Miscellaneous section.

You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to 8700 MSL, about...

On the 10th of November, I started a thread about our gliding clubs new web site - and gave the URL for the website in the post (www.ggc.co.za). Yesterday - I checked with the webmaster to see if he had noted an increase in hits to the site. He sent me the following statistics: For the six days...