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Best Glider for Altitude Record Attempt?
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...ut 3.45ft/sec. at 51 mph (figures from the book), it also had poor penetration. They were flying from Bishop, California. They had state-of-the-art oxygen equipment and clothing, supplied by the mil...
Friday, 08 August 2008
Check out our Southern California Soaring website: http://www.socalsoaring.com Scroll down to the bottom of the first page, and click on 'Michael Wallace Scholarship.' You might want to apply for th
Saturday, 02 August 2008
Discus CS wings
(Forums / General Discussions)
At least one CS here in northern California with voids large enough to be a serious structural issue...
Saturday, 02 August 2008
More Pez
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Gee, why did you do that? Pez is posted at the Central California Soaring Club site at www.soaravenal.com. They have the exclusive right to publish it. They pay for the website and the bandwidth. I
Friday, 25 July 2008
PEZ D. SPENCER RETURNS!!
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At long last, the story of how Pez Gets His Diamonds is being published. The Central California Soaring Club was good enough to host it on their website. http://www.soaravenal.com Just click on
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Final Glide for Don Dorrell
(Forums / General Discussions)
...His wife, Joy, was just that, a Joy to be around. Soaring lists his home as, Ludlow, WA. He lived in Northern California a few years back. JJ Sinclair...
Thursday, 03 July 2008
Will US Sport Pilot be insurable?
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...nnis be able to convince insurers to cover this kind of flying? There are more than 22 glider operations in California (including Reno ;) and half of them have 2-33s and/or 1-26s. These operations h...
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Thermal locators!
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...esting to see the effect to the database(s) as land-use changes take place. What happens to the burned areas (California?) or timbered areas or locations that were purely agricultural and change to re...
Sunday, 15 June 2008
LS4 Image
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...ntally, it's a fabulous bird. Affordable and fantastic to fly. BTW, a friend has an LS-4 for sale in Northern California. Regards,...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Jantar 2A opinions sought
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... over 400 hours in an ASW-20 and would like something affordable with longer 'legs'. - Mark Navarre ASW-20 OD California, USA...
Friday, 06 June 2008
So today I'm walking through Orchard Supply Hardware ('OSH') with my 3 year old son when what do I see right in with the plastic Christmas trees and battery powered Santas? A model glider! A 1:38 sc
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
... that they inform our FAA that the ship wasn't distroyed afetr all and had been exported to the US (old JJ in California) Had my US registration long before the ship was repaired. Where there's a will...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Best Gliding Club Web Site
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Corrected url for the Hollister, California BASA club site... (also flies at Truckee and Minden). http://www.flybasa.org/index1.htm Best, Milt m i l t o n h a r e at s o a r i n g n e t dot o
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Soaring magazine
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...raditional, *nylon descent*. During daylight hours, make smoke from a small fire. During the summer, in the California woods, you are likely to have a Forest Service spotter plane on you in a heart ...
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
D-8 Info
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Anyone have, or know where I might find, info about the 'California D-8' sailplane? There's one listed for sale in Soaring, and I've seen plans for the craft for sale on eBay. Try as I might I can't f
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Snow in November ? AU
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up to 3ft of snow in areas around Donner Summit.. California.. ski areas are open.. more snow expected tonight.. BT
Friday, 09 May 2008
Southern California Soaring
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In an effort to revitalize the Region 12 organization (RESCO) in southern California, we now have a regional newsletter. The first issue is at www.SoCalSoaring.com.
Monday, 05 May 2008
Wave over So. Calif?
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...a few miles to the wave you saw but the Victor Airway is directly overhead. For SoCal wave, go to Caracole in California City. Ray Warshaw...
Saturday, 03 May 2008
instruction/ Southern California
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...s for FBO's and clubs, even individual instructors, if you have comments. I can travel anywhere in Southern California and I would like to earn the license in a 'blitz', that is an intensive course ...
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Soaring in NYC area
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
just noticed the .co.za in the return email address.. where is .za? if coming from a foreign land.. like California or New Mexico.. LOL.. or somewhere else off our shores... you will need an FAA (US
Monday, 21 April 2008
Nice Flying Out of Bishop Yesterday
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I had a pleasant flight yesterday along the White Mountains near Bishop, California. First flight I have taken here since October (the soaring conditions have been here since October - I just haven't
Monday, 31 March 2008
Looking for...
(Forums / Pictures)
...986), Kevin Cousineau (third owner, 1986 to 1989), and George Najarian (fourth owner, 1989 to 2000), all from California. I have old addresses from the FAA registry, but I thought I would ask here and...
Monday, 24 March 2008
Glider clubs on public airports (USA)
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Yikes! Those are obscene land prices. You must be in California. Looked at a lot in California City once, they wanted $15000 for a lot just big enough to put a trailer on. Glad I'm in Alabama. Farm
Monday, 17 March 2008
.../) : 'Absolute altitude : 14 938 m Date of flight: 17/02/1986 Pilot: Robert R. HARRIS (USA) Course/place: California City, CA (USA) Glider: Burkhart Grob G102'...
Monday, 03 March 2008
loss to soaring
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John, Thank you for the post, Joe was a good friend. We flew together back at Lagoon Valley in California and raced together at Hobbs in the Sports Nationals. Joe was always willing to help others a
Friday, 22 February 2008
HP-11 for sale
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...echanical), Oxygen, Barograph, Trailer and rigging gear. Good condition, flown regularly, located in Southern California asking $9,000, offer, contact Dan 562-761-1630...
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Surge brake damper replacement
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ts on hand for my Komet trailer, just want a few pictures of the process before I tear into it. Oscar Delta California...
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
FS: Rotax 535 C Complete
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...er 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
Flogging a 1-34 around Southern California
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Few may care (well XCnick does) but for all those aluminum enthusiasts out there I declared and flew a 300 km triangle for Gold distance, altitude and duration and DIAMOND goal Wednesday. Elsinore-Big
Thursday, 17 January 2008
50 km out and return
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... 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/caracole....
Saturday, 15 December 2007
take a look for a very good link
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Rather like the weather in N. California today! LOL! Armand
Wednesday, 05 December 2007
Passing of Tom Zealley
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snip I feel guilty in omitting the news that Bernald Smith came all the way from California to Colyton to pay respects to Tom and his family. Bernald was a colleague of Tom's on IGC and FAI. Berna
Friday, 23 November 2007
Convergence lines in action today So. Cal.
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...w.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/animation.san.1km.vis.html It's a visual satellite loop for the extreme south west California. Slow the animation rate down once all the pictures are loaded for a good view....
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
...al stabs. Stay away from balsa wood. If you want to go cross-country, hop in a 1-26 and launch at Minden or California City and have a blast! If you want more L/D, get a 1-35 or Pegusas or something...
Friday, 09 November 2007
Northern California convergence zone
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Local pilots who enjoy digging into weather may enjoy a new article at http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/TA.html Click on year 2002 Technical Attachments, scroll down and then read the study by Alexander T
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Transitional Tribulations
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snip Gus Briglieb insisted on low tow at the old El Mirage glider port in Southern California. I think this had more to do with the fact that he used TG-3's for training and towed with PT-23's. The
Monday, 17 September 2007
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