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Old August 22nd 09, 12:25 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default GLIDING INTERNATIONAL - SEPTEMBER ISSUE

The September issue goes in the mail this coming week. Another great
read! Stories include
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1. Oshkosh has a lesson or two for Gliding Administrators
2. New claim - for a wing that increases lift, decreases drag,
increases speed and increases structural integrity
3. Founder of the “Discus,” “Ventus,” “Nimbus” and “Stratus”
financial funds dies in a sailplane accident
4. Disquiet about sailplane purchase deposits
5. Canada tries an alternative to ease the burden of administrative
costs.
6. Perlan tests new oxygen system - reduces bottle size by more
than 60%
7. Ray Lynksey, the first glider pilot to fly 2000 plus klm dies at
age 54 - Obituary
8. Rieti championship site under threat
9. A major advance/substitute for E.L.T.s
10. Jochen Ewald - The Arcus - The first really new design in the
20m two-seater class in a long time
11. Three jet units power a self-launch ASW20
12. Lithuania and a visit to the LAK factory
13. Visit to Glider factory that has been producing gliders since
1928.
14. The US 18 metre nationals.
15. New instrumentation on the market
16 Personality of the month - Angel Casado from Spain
17 Gliding's greatest meteorologist celebrates his 100th birthday
18. Glider rebuild – damaged in Germany, part repaired in Japan,
restoration and re licensed to fly in Australia and now flying under
Japanese registration in Japan. Intriguing
19. The new $US399 million weather forecasting satellite for better
soaring predictions.
20. An alternative for bungee launching.

Plus 50 other stories.

New subscribers can enroll at www.glidinginternational.com