Several pilots mentioned that they would like a copy of the URLs used for my daily weather briefings. I have a Bookmark.html file for use in Firefox or Netscape that contains it all. Send me an email if you would like the file: Walter Rogers You can create my email with the first letter of my...

I've personally had two near misses with this scenario and I have seen two more just in the last 5 years. We need to make clear that if the tuggie wants to abort on the runway, he should maintain speed and continue to the end doing whatever neccessary to get out of the glider's...

What is the soaring like in the US Midwest? From the SSA state records I see that the distances covered and the speeds over standard courses seem less than impressive. Are there significant weather, airspace or other factors that limit the soaring in Minnessota, Illinois, Indiana and the central...

Is there any maximum time limit on how long you can wait after passing the written test for a Commercial License before taking the Commercial Check Ride? -- Mike Schumann --

The Diana 2 is a beautiful sailplane. I wonder how it handles and what type of performance it has when compared to other modern sailplanes in climb and high speed cruise. Thanks, Mike

Hi: I am a pilot, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado- at Meadowlake airport. You are correct- the orginal SZD 54 is located here. It is owned by Joe Personett and he has recently began flying it. I flew with Joe in the SZD 54 a couple of weeks ago. Joe is an accomplished aerobatics instructor...

I looked at his profile and his e-mail address is German ". Now I understand his mean spirited agenda. What a shame... One has to really drop low to be doing this kind of thing.

I assume some of you are following the Junior Worlds competition in Reiti. I have found a free demo of "Silent Wings" viewer that can be downloaded free. (Google "Silent Wings viewer") You will also need to download the Italy scenery. Silent Wings Viewer can play back IGC files against the...

A question: How does Winscore calculate finish altitude on a cylinder finish? I assume it is based on the logger's pressure altitude reading for the closest logger fix after crossing the finish line, but how is that altitude adjusted for the local altimeter setting? Does it compare the...

Hi: I fly my share of 4-5 hour flights and have found that I neglect to drink often enough. The time just slips away. I found a little gadget called the GYMBOSS that is essentially an interval timer. Set the desired time interval, and it will give you a heads up by beep, vibration, or both until...

I guess the title says it all..... can't even do an "intro" flight because of COG constraints?

I'm planning a panel for a new Ventus, planning to get a Cambridge 302 and a PDA. My question is to what extent also getting a Cambridge 303 (nav display) is worth the panel space and cost. I recognize that a PDA can provide almost everything the 303 can do and more, except for maybe better...

I have two rolls of Dimple tape that were my son's. He was a soaring pilot and instructor, (also a motored plane instructor, Double I) killed in a glider accident. If anyone is interested in havig these never used Dimpletape rolls I will mail them to you for $5 bucks in the US and whatever it costs...

Just wondering how similar these two ships are to fly. Performance numbers seem to be in the same neighborhood. I've been flying our club's 1-34 and have gotten comfortable with it. What should I expect if I were to step into the 2-32? Thanks.

I've just upgraded from a Garmin 12XL to a GPSmap60csx GPS. That has the added functionality of giving the current "Glide Ratio" and "Glide Ratio to Destination". It seems most new Garmins have this feature, which is obviously useful for us but does require that waypoint elevations be specified. ...

If you are an experienced contest pilot or just considering entering your first contest check out the SSA website contest results and photos (http://www.ssa.org/members/contestreports/contestresults.asp) of this year's event at Air Sailing. This year we experienced soaring conditions with...

I'm laying out a panel for a new Ventus, planning to get a Cambridge 302 flight computer. My question is where best to place my mechanical vario in the panel. I can either put it in a prominent position next to the 302, or in a position lower on the panel. Depends on whether I'll be actively...

Greetings, While off topic, my application is soaring related. Does anyone know of an application that would automatically load and store web data. What I'd like to have is the daily unysis data saved so that I could go back and review any date's forecast.

How I spent my summer vacation! By CH It started out as a week of racing and then a week of long flights in my venerable Ventus B intermixed with some hiking and movies. Well just as the week of racing was ending up the with a respectable 6th place in region 9 at Parowan, considering a land...

US fans will want to watch the pre-worlds toady at http://www.wgc2008.org/ Rick Walters is in a commanding 200 point lead. (Way to go Rick!) But the report reads At windspeeds of 25 to 30 knots and cloudbase at 1300 meters the day won't be easy. Quite possible that we'll have some outlandings...