GLIDING INTERNATIONAL - SEPTEMBER ISSUE

THE SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSUE OF
GLIDING INTERNATIONAL

The September issue will be posted next week. Another 72 page issue that has a spread of news and photos from the Worlds in Uvalde complete with the scores in a new format. This, plus a wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. Stories include:

1. An editorial review that claims that the IGC is ignoring 97% of the world membership. Our exhilarating sport is in decline.

2. More opposition for German manufacturers. Windward (USA) steps up a gear or two with the announcement of a new two seat trainer and a 22 metre open class single seater.

3 A chart showing preferences by competitors, and the gliders flown in World championships in 2010 and 2012.

4. A new On-Line-Competition - An alternative to O.L.C.

5. Mid-air in Finland. Both with Flarms. Official accident report and Flarms response.

6. A new initiative in attracting youth and others to gliding

7. Ever heard of Mount Cook? The 12,000ft foot playground many have yet to experience.

8. Jonkers (Sth Africa) caught everyone by surprise in producing a 22 metre sailplane for the Uvalde Worlds. Their world championship results included.

9. Weather balloons no longer a necessity for weather forecasters. New technology unveiled at the Uvalde Worlds

10. You would think the watch was designed by a glider pilot. Everything you want to soar. This is new from Garmin.

11. Heard of Rudolph Kaiser – the Schleicher designer? All about the ASK14 biennial reunion.

12. New GPS from Korea. Monitors the US, Russian and European satellites, to provide you with the most accurate positioning yet produced.

13. The Father's Day gliding accident that cost three lives.

14. Ely versus Parowan - The gliding sites that most North Americans aspire to fly at.

15. An attempt to try and interest the Olympics in putting gliding back on the list of acceptable sports.

16. We pay tribute to Dick Butler and his Concordia. What a remarkable sailplane he has produced and flown in the Worlds.

17. Report from Farnborough 2012 and new winglet designs.

18. Coming to a cockpit near you - Touch screen technology

19. Where in hell has it gone now? A forthcoming solution for tow pilots to show whether the glider being towed is in position. Will be like having a rear vision camera for towpilots.

20. Old age is a terrible thing. Assisting the infirmed to get in and out of the cockpit. There is gliding for the over seventies.

21. A gliding contest in 1938 complete with photos. Very revealing.

22. The Apis Jet. The sailplane with the permanently inbuilt jet sustainer - no longer necessary to raise your motor from the fuselage..

23. The story on the National Soaring Museum – at Harris Hill.

24. The Wright Brothers Flyer – A report on actually flying it.

25. From the USA – something for every nation to follow. The Pilot's Bill of rights.

26. Glider pilots and skin cancer. A wake-up call.

27. The Argentinean 2013 - World Championships - Have solved their customs problems. No longer a worry for competitors.

28. Gliding, Soaring or Suicide? Not suggested you follow.

PLUS A MULTITUDE OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES THAT PROVIDE GREAT READING.

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