Friends: The MIT Soaring Association, Inc. (affiliated with the Greater Boston Soaring Assn) is a non profit tax deductable donee organization. We have need of a glider trailer suitable for a single place Blanik L-33. A donation would be most welcome. Thanks Roy Bourgeois

The manual is a bit vague on what fixture is used to tie down an SGS 1-34 tail. Almost every single seat Schweizer I can remember has some sort of eye bolt in the lower empennage area. What's the scoop with a 1-34? I'm not near the gliderport and the question came up in our club newsgroup. ...

With the Standard and 15 Meter Nationals at Harris Hill approaching, if you will fly the contest and desire a Condor photorealistic scenery of the soaring area for familiarity, contact me privately and I will send you a link to a beta version of the scenery, which contains most airports and...

2015 USA Airports and Airspace Files - Divided into 3 Sections (West, Central, East) http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm#Downloads Great for use in: Naviter Oudie, LXNAV Nano3, S8, S80. Best Regards, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2014/20140930_hrrr.html Walt Rogers has written about using this model in a few posts. I have used the beta version with reasonable success, specifically the mid and high level cloud predictions. I would like to see better explanations of the fields and to...

Would anyone in USA know of a Geier IIB sailplane that was photographed in the southwest many years ago? Is there a Geier in North America? Thanks

Sadly, and all too closely on the heels of losing another beloved of our tribe, I just read this in my inbox: "We have received the sad news that Albert Uster, VSA Vice President and Treasurer Nominee was killed in a gliding accident in Saanen Switzerland

Have removed the fabric from the wings of a 1950's wooden glider and would like some advise please. The fabric was obviously stuck to the wood with adhesive, after removal of the fabric I am left with a hard residue coating of adhesive on the wood, has anyone any tips on the best means to...

Anybody know where I can get a 1-23D Rudder? Round style rudder, but bigger than the original short wing 1-23 rudder. Cam Tehachapi

We have several Compaq iPaq 39XX's for sale. They are tested and come with charger/sync cradle and 2003 OS. We can install SeeYouMobile, Winpilot or Glide Navigator at no charge.(licence extra !) Cables and mounts in stock. Worldwide shipping OK. Contact Ed Hollestelle-Solaire...

I understand that there was a long thread on this subject some time ago. Unfortunately I haven't been able to locate it. If someone could send me a link that would be greatly appreciated. In any case, I'm looking for information on real incidents/accidents that have cause damage to the tail boom...

This announcement has been made form the Lasham Gliding Society's office: "It is with great sadness that we have heard of the recent death at his home in Richmond of Frank Irving. He was a member of Lasham from its inception and known worldwide in the gliding movement. He was a key member of the...

Is an official log book required by the FAA/FAI/insurances/whatever, or can it be substituted with any log book software (and printout)? Thanks, Ramy

Hi all, Peter Millenaar from Holland has made a new video. It begins as a jojo-flight in an ASK-21, but later on they do some aerobatics (split-S?) and finally they fly and land !! in close formation with another ASK-21. Click on Video's on the left. There's a large (500mb) and small...

Two-seater performances compared using Carl Herold's figures: Handicaps L/D Max Grob Twin 1.155 35 ASK21 1.180 35 PW-6U 1.190 34 Puchacz 1.287 32 Peregrine (Krosno) 1.370 26 Ka7 1.490 26

Authored by Hiroshi Seo and Peter Selinger. English version. Published by Airworks in Tokyo. It this book available anywhere...for sale? GA

Launch was pushed back till 1:45 pm. Lift was light and the cd, errrr the sniffer whos the CD, was not climbing well. The task for Standards and 15 Meter were changed to a MAT of 2 hrs. with Tatum as the first turnpoint. 927 is in first place in Standards with a flight around 148 miles at 58 mph....

Looking for a installation and ops manual for a cambridge CPT505 or it might be a CPT50S with a CNAV50. need to know how to hook up pitot and static system and what size capacity bottle ect. Thanks Mark PH.404-775-1327

Does anyone out there have any info on the Laister LP-49? or has anyone ever flown one, or know where I can get my hands on a maintenance or assembly manual? ANy info would be extrememly helpful, thanks

There is an excellent program for Palm OS handhelds called Soaring Pilot. It can be found at http://www.soaringpilot. org/ jeff