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Looking for Gliding Clubs
(Forums / General Discussions)
...are between Carlsbad CAverns and Big Bend National Parks. Enjoy mild summers and winters at our 5,000' MSL airport elevation (MRF). We'll show you a good time! Burt & Kathie Compton 1-800-667-9464...
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
What glider if not a Speed Astir?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...oint where an outlanding in a field would be OK (not comfortable mind). My one outlanding so far was at an airport with decent facilities. I could have tried to make it home, but caution is better for...
Sunday, 03 August 2008
Yikes... I asked tower guy about operating out of a Class D Airport and he mentioned something... the only part I caught was 'and the Horse I rode in on'. His comments were that with operations co
Saturday, 02 August 2008
Odd thing in Houston
(Forums / General Discussions)
... Earth to land glowing red from the heat? I was standing with Marc Ramsey on the runway at Current Ranch Airport in Nevada talking to a local rancher about just that same kind of odd thing. It two...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Instruction Idea
(Forums / General Discussions)
...as clearing turns, but I wasn't looking in the rights spots all the time. This is just my idea but in busy airports I suppose this isn't an issue. Now I understand it might be hard to get another pilo...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
... rock into Arkansas from my office window. Assuming my office had a window. I anticipate flying around the airport here until I get bored. There seems to be only one glider operation nearby. If the cl...
Friday, 11 July 2008
Dr Jacks BLIPMAPS
(Forums / General Discussions)
...hour of the forecast day. The site predicts the air mass structure with temps, dew points and winds for an airport of your choice, in my case Aurora (ARR), Illinois. The little Java applet that loads ...
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
Student-Instructor question (USA)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ht on night flying procedures that includes takeoffs, approaches, landings, and go-arounds at night at the airport where the solo flight will be conducted; (2) Navigation training at night in the vi...
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Finding vent hole in wing skin
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ght help, ask the local midwife! How about running the wing through the nearest MRI scanner or the local airport baggage x-ray machine? :-) Ian...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Why does PW-5 get no respect?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...s to learn the art of soaring and cross country. Getting that student more than one thermal away from home airport. But for the money.. it's hard to compete with 42/1 L/d in the used market. JMHO BT...
Saturday, 14 June 2008
On-Star*
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...stoppage, resulting in a G-switch activation of your On-Star system, 10 miles south of Callahan. I show no airports in that area. Are you all right? No answer. On-Star advisor, In accordance with ...
Sunday, 08 June 2008
3D topo ridge maps
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...arts (TPC) Maps. These maps are perfect to investigate terrain of a region. Heights are given in feet. All airports even with the right heading of the runway and much other flight relevant information...
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Soaring magazine
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... 5. Abort, The old 200 feet / 180 turn back won't work with a dead engine and prop drag. better circle the airport until you have 1000 feet or so. A great big At-a-Boy to the editor and staff of Soa...
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
NMAC/Proximity Anecdotes?
(Forums / Professionals)
...): Summer, 1967, eastern United States. 1-26 and NW Airlines 707, altitude ca. 4500' MSL, directly over GA airport which, ca. 20 NM away from major airport. Airliner overtook from behind and passed di...
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
Wave over So. Calif?
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
I happened to be at El Monte airport on Sun March 2, recently, and saw what were quite obviously rotor clouds forming and dissipating in the north wind at altitude. They were coming off the San Gabrie
Saturday, 03 May 2008
The Seniors Contest
(Forums / Pictures)
Ray The pleasure was all mine! Ray forgot to mention that we landed out that day - at an airport Ray suggested, which turned out to be privately owned, with six or seven beautiful homes around a prist
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Gliders pushed off airport?
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Some time back there as a thread about a glider club or operation being pushed off a public use airport.. perhaps this information from AOPA will help. Public airports that receive FAA Funding may n
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
SparrowHawk Sailplane
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...rrowhawk is UUgly. Insurance is going to be hard to get for a non certificated plane, I don't think many airports are going to welcome it with open arms, and it wouldn't take much wind to turn it in...
Monday, 07 April 2008
Tows east of Minden
(Forums / General Discussions)
...awan, Heber route.. they will be in Jean NV in mid June.. heading east .. south of the big ditch... more airports that way.. Walt should be able to answer about Heber.. and I'll send an email off ...
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Glider clubs on public airports (USA)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Hi all, My glider club is located on a municpal airport. We are under nearly constant siege from the airport executive committee who clearly want us off the airport. Our airport exec committee wrote
Sunday, 16 March 2008
...twice as fast as my old 3850 (400 MHz vs. 200 MHz). It is significantly faster at drawing large numbers of airports and special use airspace on the map screen. I never thought the 3850 was at all slow...
Saturday, 01 March 2008
RS-15 fatality out of Driggs, Idaho
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... account from a climber, the accident happened at the top of the Grand Teton just west of the Jackson Hole airport. If you go to the NTSB site please note the winds at the airport and the location of ...
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Tonopah Turnpoint Data file issue
(Forums / General Discussions)
...pen properly in Glide Navigator II. I looked at the file and found some extra characters after some of the airport elevations. Instead of an 'F' I found 'FTF'. I did a search for all the 'FTF's in the...
Thursday, 28 February 2008
A bit longer than my longest XC:) As I know SparrowHawk is also at that airport... Regards,
Saturday, 09 February 2008
Class B accomodations for Soaring
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
The Minneapolis St. Paul (MSP) airport is planning to expand it's Class B airspace to 30 mile from 20 miles, putting a 6000 foot MSL (approx 5000 foot AGL) limit on Soaring from the most active Soarin
Saturday, 02 February 2008
FS: Rotax 535 C Complete
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...cial glider modifications. Engine has 92 hours total time. Make offers. M Eiler Caracole Soaring 22570 Airport Way California City, CA 93505 Phone/Fax 760-373-1019...
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Garmin as a flight recorder
(Forums / General Discussions)
...aracters. Peter Kelly and others who share turnpoints on the web put some information in these fields like airport data. ROUTES: The 76S has 50 routes available and the Vista has 20. Both have a pag...
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Colorado Fires ?
(Forums / Professionals)
...SSA website: Mailing address is P.O. Box 565, Poncha Springs, CO 81242. Harriet Alexandria-Chaffe County Airport, out of Salida, CO Hwy 285, east on Cty Rd 140. Jim & Helen will be at the Salida air...
Wednesday, 09 January 2008
Wurtsboro
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...f Wurtsboro is still open for business. I've tried calling during the week and get no friendly, 'Wurtsboro airport! What d'you want?' from George. Cheers,...
Friday, 04 January 2008
50 km out and return
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...one knows the real story.... he was handheld around the kilometers..... Cindy B Caracole Soaring 22570 Airport Way California City, CA 93505 Phone/Fax 760-373-1019 http://members.aol.com/soarca/...
Saturday, 15 December 2007
X-C in club ships
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ents are able to stay aloft all afternoon in the trainer and now naturally want to venture out to the next airport. We have adopted the standard as some other soaring FBO's for Cross-country approva...
Friday, 14 December 2007
Region 3 Boomerang Trophy
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Tim Mara claimed the Region III boomerang trophy yesterday on 304C '1M' with a flight from Brokenstraw Airport (P15) to Dart Field (D79). Originally Tim and club member Dan Olson on LS3 'X2' had set o
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Mode S transponder views
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...hread (and cares) is where in reality does that exist? (From the diagram it looks like it's over a towered airport! the XX and no label indicating that it's nontowered)...
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
A good manual?
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ou'd use a VOR and what you and the tower would say about VORs, even when you only have a GPS ... with the airport location programmed into your GPS the tower need never know the difference :-)...
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
EDS vs. Aerox (OxySaver) O2 System
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...t must be filled each time you intend to use it. This means that a filling system must be available at the airport or that you must fill it on the way. The advantage is that portable LOX systems are...
Friday, 23 November 2007
Landing spots between Baker CA, Jean NV
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...there is a better way to get there, I'm all ears. My quest is to compile a list of spots that meet my 'A' (airport quality) or 'B' (high quality field or landing strip with reasonable access) criteria...
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
.... When he landed, he had to ask where he was - very bad form. BTW, there is a protocol if you land at an airport and aren't sure where you are. Don't ask anybody, just nonchalantly walk into a pilot...
Sunday, 11 November 2007
...on Sydney-centric activities. The actual footage for the segment was filmed on Friday 10th May at Camden Airport with the Southern Cross Gliding Club. Reporter Francene Scali (also the host of Chann...
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Soaring in Iceland?
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...there? Would they welcome a visitor? Thanks for any info! Ryan Wubben Chapel Hole, NC (R.I.P our local airport: Horace Williams (IGX))...
Friday, 12 October 2007
Student Questions on Landing....
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
At my home airport, they tend to take off and land on the same runway, almost no matter what. We usually have a Southwest wind, with the sporadic East, North East wind. I have gotten great instruction
Monday, 08 October 2007
Smart Breathing
(Forums / Professionals)
...in a best case scenario. Now as Chris has pointed out, the wisest thing to do would be to find the nearest airport and call for a retrieve but I have yet to meet the sailplane pilot that would do that...
Tuesday, 02 October 2007
...ow in general glider outlandings are a problem. Then the judge confirms with me that I had no motor, the airport from which I took off, and that I planned to land at the same airport, and how far th...
Saturday, 22 September 2007
Garmin etrex vista
(Forums / Pictures)
...ps can be loaded in, but the basemap contains pretty much everything that you can see from the air. Put in airports as waypoints and you can use the find nearest option in the case of a landout. 24Mb ...
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
White paper II
(Forums / Professionals)
...ecision making process for our new gliderport tow vehicle as follows: White Paper Subject: Replacement airport vehicle From Tom Knauff First, let me say the new airport vehicle used for pullin...
Thursday, 13 September 2007
Gliding in Ohio
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...cial pilots. As we're not a 'business' we fly for FuN and you'll usually find some of the members at MNN airport on any flyable weekend day. Some do fly during the week, but..well....some of us have...
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
SGS 2-33 thoughts.
(Forums / General Discussions)
... for a glider ride for his 30th birthday. I was planning on renting a Grob 103 acro, but the winds at that airport were 25 knots downwind-cross, and the Grob was grounded for rentals. So I met my budd...
Friday, 07 September 2007
O2 in Phoenix
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
Any of the FBO's will do it for a fee. I have filled at Deer Valley airport. If you become a member of the Arizona Soaring Association, pay the oxygen dues and take the filling course, you can fill up
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
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