On Jun 25, 6:45*am, johnhamish wrote:
THE JULY ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL WILL BE MAILED ON TUESDAY

A wealth of gliding news from around the world. *Stories include:

1. * * *Siemens, Germany’s electrical giant takes up the challenge of
electric propulsion for motor gliders. *A whole new concept! *First
motor glider already flying.
2. * * *John Cochrane graphically shows how so many take the wrong approach
to entering and leaving a commpetition turn point.
3. * * *The full story on the Jean-Marie Clement world record in Argentina
– the battle ground for world records.
4. * * *We found a cache of around 100 sailplanes in store gathering
nothing but dust. * Mostly two seaters.
5. * * *World gliding membership continues to decline and we challenge the
IGC Bureau to show some leadership and introduce a recovery program.
6. * * *We look at whether gliding’s rising costs are impacting on the
sport.
7. * * *Australian’s soaring pilots given the greatest gift ever.
8. * * *The story about the Egret. *The high performance single seater
built on a dining room table.
9. * * *The aviation world is being flooded with news on electrics. *New
advances are being announced daily and we review some of the latest
news.
10. * * Story about the 2250 km flight in Nevada and California.
11. * * An invitation for you to join in the celebration of the Wrights
brothers’ nine minute 45 second soaring flight.
12. * * *The story about the big cash prize for electric flight in
Germany, the BERBLINGER FLIGHT competition.
13. * * *NASA now in the act to improve aircraft surfaces and improve L/
d’s. They have funded $1.9 million towards a concerted research
program.
14. * * *We write about a winter project for any club *- will add to club
moral and camaraderie and yet provide a worthwhile addition to club
equipment.
15. * * *Are you finding the iPad too big for your cockpit? *Just released
a new product that has all iPad’s features but folds into four.
16. * * A new GPS locater beacon that will fit in the palm of your hand
and only costs $265.
17. * * *A review of spring soaring in Europe
18. * * *Update on Schempp-Hirth’s Quintus development. *When will it fly?

PLUS SIXTY OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES THAT PROVIDE GREAT READING.

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