How about creating new FAI Class-The Economy Class. New gliders you can buy for , let's say $40,000 or less. To hell with the other specs. The only one shall be...40G. It will screw the high end producers, and should flood the market with hundreds of very good, simple and affordable gliders. rrk

Soaring Cafe has published an article I wrote about the subject: http://soaringcafe.com/2012/09/whats-your-pleasure-turkey-fajita-or-glider-wrap/ I would be interested what this forum thinks about the points made and what the potential downsides are of wrapping a glider in plastic. From my...

As the Canadian Cambridge Dealer I can only echo Paul's comments. Ulli Werneburg MZ Supplies "Paul Remde" wrote in message news:KCUVa.21608$YN5.19989@sccrnsc01... Hi, I've been thinking a lot about how to respond to questions about the information on the CAI web site...

The following message from Ken Sorenson speaks for the Rules Committee and the rest of the contest commitee on the subject of contest reports from Logan. Please especially note that NO ONE from SSA censored the previously posted reports. UH Ken's message: Many of us enjoy following contests by...

The US Sport Pilot initiative seems like it will be fully approved in less than another year. I wonder if Sport Pilots will be insurable in the US? By happy coincidence, Jane and Dennis both seem to be strong supporters, so I hope they can help with the final problem (which has also thwarted...

Does an experimental ASW20B require a compass to be legal. The minimum equipment list in the amnual does not specify a compass?

Having fun in the DuckHawk 15m sailplane By: Daniel Sazhin In early September, I had a fantastic day of flying at Blairstown Airport, the culmination of which was having the opportunity to fly Windward Performance's new DuckHawk. I had just flown the club Grob Twin Astir with my brother, promptly...

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I was quoted $3,500 to $4,000 by the Mercedes Benz dealer to install a factory tow hitch on to a ML 350 Bluetech 2011! I was wondering if anyone else had this happen and if so, where did you go to have the work done and were you happy with it? I live in Southern Cal.

WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is.

Does anyone have a link to, or a copy of, an English language paper or explanation about Dr Herbert Pirker's final glide theory? I can't even locate one in German via Google. I can find snippets about it relating to implementation on StrePla in 2006vand I understand that a couple of the NavBoxes...

(Bruno Ramseyer) wrote in message ... For Details please see http://www.tcw.ie/for_sale.htm Glider is sold Bruno

At about 800ft I lost a cylinder bolt and the case cracked at about 1:30 on this video. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=972894796062971 Boggs

As mentioned here in an earlier post, glider pilots who would be adversely affected by a ridge-top wind turbine complex on Jacks Mt near Mifflin are cooperating with a group named SOAR (Save Our Allegheny Ridges)in an attempt to thwart this project. A quick way glider pilots can help is to vote...

Hi , I got to know of an exciting event happening in Bangalore on July 2nd. I guess it will add a great value to all the Testing professionals in the Testing domain. I believe it is worth attending as there are interesting topics. (See the Sessions below).

Details of the Predator UAV crash in Arizona have just been released. Currently two of these pilotless 66-foot wing-span beasts are flying along the Arizona border as part of border patrols and a third will be added next year. Some of us local pilots are underwhelmed. The crash resulted from loss...

A beautiful reconstruction of the US Air flight that water-landed this year. Very impressive video/audio overlays and analysis! http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww/pages/project_gallery/cactus_1549_hudson_river.html

Here is a quote from the DG/LS web site...it is, in my humble opinion, worrisome statement : Economic aspects Everyone knows that the approved certification of new models becomes more and more expensive and the number of production planes will never reach the quantities of the past. The cost for...

I am in the midst of a project to install a gear/airbrake warning system on my glider based on the built-in capability of my Cambridge 302. This system is better than the simple "airbrakes open, gear up" warning system (http://www.wingsandwheels.com/pdf/gear%20warning.pdf) as it also alerts the...

Three people were killed in the crash of a 2-32 today.