Here are two simple questions. The glider is an ASK-21 and for both questions the wind conditions are a smooth steady 25 knots with no wind shear or gradient. 1. The pilot is holding North on his compass and the glider is trimmed for 43 knots. He has a 90 degree right cross wind from the East. ...

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I'm promted to ask a question having read the postings regarding the different views expressed, in another thread, regarding the wearing of parachutes in the UK and USA. When, as a UK pilot on holiday, flying in the USA a couple of years ago, the CFI demonstrated his preferred landing technique...

Two links, pages in french; The second link is probabily the one you mentionned. http://www.sudmarocaero.com/fr_index.php http://volavoile.ouarzazate.free.fr/ Andre "John J Iacobucci Md" a écrit dans le

In filling out my FAA form for my USA pilot's certificate, I note that they have spaces for not only total hours and number of flights but also cross-country flight time. The only problem is that the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) do not appear to define cross-country flying as it applies to...

http://www.gliderforum.com/thread-view.asp?threadid=167&start=1 This might be of interest when discussing the Puch and its spinning. Condolences to the family and friends of the victims of the recent crash. Regards Al

Anyone with experience soaring the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Planning a trip for year 2005. Recall seeing a website with a PowerPoint type of presentation but long lost the link. Help greatly appreciated. November Bravo

Dear all...thanks to the bullet proof design structure of Microsoft Outlook and the inability of me to explain to my computer that the large file named Inbox.dbx is really a file full of MY e-mails and not somthing it should ignore by creating an empty Inbox(1).dbx file instead, I have have lost...

I've been informed that Czech does no allow ultralight tow planes. Are you aware if this is the case in any other countries? We are currently considering a SAMBA as a tow plane for our club in South Africa.

Parowan, Utah will be the location of a Region 9 soaring competition between June 20 and 26th, 2004. The contest will be limited to 50 participants, with April 21st being the deadline for preferential entry using the ranking list. It was organizer's attention at the convention that the web site...

In the early 60 s , a kind member at MASA more or less gave me carte blanche to fly his unmodifed LK 10 when ever I wanted; as I was BGA trained and spin aware, I expored it's stall behavior; it dropped a wing so viciously that I did not let it autorotate. It had Clark Y section and no washout as...

Philadelphia Glider Council is hosting an Advanced Soaring Seminar on Saturday, February 21, 2004. Location: Doylestown Public Library, Doylestown, PA. Time: 9:30am - 4:30pm. Fee: $20. Reservations Contact: Phil Klauder - or call 215-643-5853 Advanced Soaring...

How are you supposed to fill out a logbook? I get many different answers at the club. I have my ticket and am I now only supposed to log my time as PIC? Or is it that when I fly by myself I'm supposed to log it as solo and only log PIC with another pilot in the plane? Then what happens when I have...

For reasons that are sill unclear, I suddenly lost the current "DrJack" website and so have put a website on-line at "http://www.drjack.info/BLIPMAP". Though that is still under construction, it does provide operational BLIPMAP forecasts links. For the immediate future, if you want current...

See what guys from Gliwice (Gleiwitz) have done: http://filmy.vgcpoland.aleja.info/agl-bocian.avi Nice video! :) Regards, --=20

I took the last half hour to read all the FARs, FAAs, PDQs and XYZs, and I can't find where they say that I can't wear my headphones when the airplane is coming in for landing. (And no, I'm not flying the airplane!) I don't use my headphones for listening to anything but silence; they're the Bose...

Pete Zeugma wrote: Would you also want to practice landing a glider full up with ballast as well? I do not practice landing with water ballast but I have landed both my ASW-19b and my ASW-28 ballasted. All cases were landings for contest "re-lights". The max landing weight for both gliders...

First off, I am an A&P, but not a pilot. I have a relative that has a glider and needs to put "wing wheels" on his glider. He said that they want some pretty decent money for them. I have a friend that is an excellent machinist and I was thinking of getting them together and see if he can make...

Hi I was recently challenged to define Penetration. We failed to find a suitable definition - although I have my own opinions. Views presented on the subject include: Glider penetration is represented by the polar curve. Penetration is proportional to wing loading. Penetration is the "real world...