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Twin jet glider
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...e several micro jet powered gliders appearing out there. Look at Silentwingsairshows.com. It's a Silent Club 12 meter with 2 45 lb. thrust toy jets. Laugh at me, but I just joined up looking for inf...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Looking for Gliding Clubs
(Forums / General Discussions)
Consider Marfa, west Texas. Site of the 1970 World Soaring Contest and where 'The Sun Ship Game' soaring movie was filmed. 150 miles southeast of El Paso (ELP). Major airlines also serve Midland, TX (
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Microphone element swan neck
(Forums / General Discussions)
Normally the microphones are 600 Ohms dynamic. I have 2 fail in our club in 5 years, so yes they do fail. They seem to develop internal shorts, don't know why. Regards, Tjeerd
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Panel mounted WindowsCE device
(Forums / General Discussions)
...till room for the current crop of manufacturers but the ship owner could mix and match his preferences. Club ships could be fitted with a 'fancy' panel system with the club pilot simply plugging in hi...
Monday, 04 August 2008
A club member flies his PIK 20E out of the Pasco (PSC) Class D airport without problems. They've asked him to return under power, the last I heard. No lights. Years ago, a DG 400 operated out of the
Sunday, 03 August 2008
Discus CS wings
(Forums / General Discussions)
One in our club, Drammen Flyklubb (http://www.dfk.no/) The model was actually a Discus b, but the wings were Czech produced. This glider was built in 1997. It was discovered a significant failure
Friday, 01 August 2008
What glider if not a Speed Astir?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ort Class World Gliding Championships this year, it has also been bought by the Surrey & Hants. gliding club for their early pilots, they have the biggest single seater fleet of any civilian club in t...
Friday, 01 August 2008
Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
... to accomodate longer pilots. I have about 40hrs in mine. I'd only had a couple of short flights in a Club Libelle, a flight or three in Pilatus, and a a couple of flights in a Twin Astir before jum...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
More Pez
(Forums / General Discussions)
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
MORE PEZ
(Forums / General Discussions)
.... It will make them happier about paying for the increased band width. They promised that nobody in the club is an Amway dealer....
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Jantar VNE
(Forums / General Discussions)
...bgainfo/technical/datasheets/jantarstd2.pdf), but as mentioned below and on other international gliding club websites, many quote 154kts!? hmmmm.... Storey....
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Aerotow rope drogue chute?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
I have a vague recollection that a while back someone mentioned in passing that their club used a little drougue chute near the glider end of the aerotow rope to fly the rings higher during approach a
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Jantars are back :)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...strength. I flew one for many years and found it to be be forgiving, reliable and as good as most at my club. Andy Henderson...
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Long Tow Rope Pros & Cons
(Forums / General Discussions)
In the US I'm accustomed to being aerotowed behind a 150 to 200 foot tow rope[45-61m]. However my club has been experimenting with using a longer rope: 275ft[84m]. This struck me as non-standard and m
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
High tow vs. low tow for rough tows (long)
(Forums / General Discussions)
Our club,Valley Soaring Club in SE NY and the prior 2 commercial operations have used low tow exclusively for more than 30 years. It is used in Oz as primary. Not sure where else. Our experience is th
Monday, 21 July 2008
Twin Astir For Sale / Astir CS 77 for Sale
(Forums / General Discussions)
SOSA Gliding Club is selling a G103 Twin Astir and G102 CS 77 Asking $42,500 Cdn (about $32K US) C-GGLA S/N 3804 Approx 2310 hrs Basic Instruments - both seats in feet and kts ILEC SB-7 elec vario f
Saturday, 19 July 2008
PEZ D. SPENCER RETURNS!!
(Forums / General Discussions)
... 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 th...
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Radio advice - newbie
(Forums / General Discussions)
Shortly after I got my license in 1992 I asked some ham radio operators in my soaring club which brand of hand held radio to buy. They all recommended the Icom brand and very reliable. I purchased an
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
10000 Euro will buy you a Libelle in Europe, there's a club libelle for sale for under E6000 that needs a new gelcoat. Regel that with your dad, a much better bet! The other alternative is ( shock/ ho
Friday, 11 July 2008
Overstocked on PDA's
(Forums / General Discussions)
...sibility problem. The only drawback is actually the poor autonomy on internal battery. As I am flying club gliders, I am using a set of 4 D-size NiCd batteries (4400 mAh @ 4.8 V) which allows for so...
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
Strobes
(Forums / General Discussions)
Of course. Our club has equipped all gliders with chrome tape. The opinions vary from 'it doesn't hurt' to 'we will be able to claim that we tried everything'.
Sunday, 06 July 2008
One Design viability?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Well, not really. The Clubs consist mostly of the aging standard class gliders (first it was a different class truly, but now it's the mostly made of the old standards) and they're most often harder t
Thursday, 03 July 2008
Will US Sport Pilot be insurable?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...uctors with no FAA practical test, just requiring two sign-offs. Potentially they can instruct at these clubs too. Well...if the insurer agrees. Hopefully the fact there hasn't been a US 2-33 fatali...
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Nother PW-5/World Class question
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...foresee. On the question of which of Pegase and LS-4 has the better performance, opinions vary. In my club, almost everybody including myself consider them as equivallent in performance, although th...
Friday, 20 June 2008
Soaring in North Dakota
(Forums / General Discussions)
To my knowledge, there are some privately-owned gliders in the Fargo, ND area, but no local flying clubs that I'm aware of. I'm a member of the Civil Air Patrol here in Fargo, and we are working har
Friday, 20 June 2008
Adrian Soaring Club to observe Day of Mourning Michigan's Adrian Soaring Club will officially observe a Day of Mourning on the centennial of the day Wilbur and Orville gave up gliding. Assuming we're
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Student-Instructor question (USA)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...s no FAA requirement that I know of, If there were, how would students manage cross-country practice? A club, commercial operation, or insurance company may have more stringent requirements and an ins...
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Why does PW-5 get no respect?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...esign competition to create a 'single design' cross country contest glider. And still be usable for the club (affordable) and beginning (novice) pilot. It came out at about 30 or 31 to 1 L/d. Not trul...
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Taking a Glider from the US to NZ,,,,
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Can I put in my two cents for the Omarama Gliding Club also. www.omarama.com (email contacts on the temp www. page)
Friday, 13 June 2008
The power of RAS
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
On the 10th of November, I started a thread about our gliding clubs new web site - and gave the URL for the website in the post (www.ggc.co.za). Yesterday - I checked with the webmaster to see if he h
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
ELTs are a joke
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Also a bit off topic but this summer (July), a club member made an 'off-field landing' in a forest in an LS4-b. He was slightly injured and was trapped in the aircraft. He radiod his GPS cooordinates
Thursday, 05 June 2008
OPINIONS ON AN LS3A
(Forums / General Discussions)
... you should transition easily. We require a Grob 103 checkout and experience before checking out in the club LS-4. We also make them fly with the CG hook in the Grob. Steady state, consistent performa...
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Thin flexible solar panels
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... given to me by the technician who maintain the alarm system at work some 15 years ago. It works. At my club one other glider has the thin flexible panel on top of the motor door, never a problem. Reg...
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Can anybody recomend a good gliding club in the South East? I'm keen to get back into gliding after getting to the post solo stage and lapsing for several years. I'm looking into a club that would r
Saturday, 31 May 2008
...mit that I forgot to mention that these friendly people are active pilots (this is the nasty side of my club... lol): Anyone has his kitchen duty weekends once or twice per year (tendency is towards o...
Friday, 30 May 2008
...few years back, I bought a damaged glider in Canada. Tried to regester it only to find out the Canadian club had informed Transport Canada (their FAA) that the ship was totally destroyed and they de-r...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Best Gliding Club Web Site
(Forums / Professionals)
One of the Gold Fields Gliding Club members took it on himself to re-create the club's defunct web page. I think the result is the most comprehensive web page for any club currently on the internet. I
Friday, 23 May 2008
What next?
(Forums / General Discussions)
...to Solo this weekend (yipeee!) and am thinking about whats next. Plan was to train at a FBO then join a club. Question is when to transition? I know theres going to be more lessons before I take the F...
Saturday, 17 May 2008
First solo
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
Servus Congratulations on your solo I have skied in Austria Your club have a website ?
Monday, 12 May 2008
Winching - Reverse Auto Tow
(Forums / Professionals)
Can anyone direct me to Clubs / Web sites using this method of launching - Interested in finding out more about this method, particularly from clubs that operate from gravel/dirt strips Thank you
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Cutting plasma rope
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Our club had an instance recently where it was required to cut the cable but the pilot did some radical flying (75degree nose down in a ventus a at 700 feet) he let go of the stick and used both hands
Friday, 09 May 2008
Southern California Soaring
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Post a copy of it under clubs on www.gliderforum.com use the attach file option on the bottom of the message submit form. Al
Monday, 05 May 2008
New forums added today.
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Added today at www.gliderforum.com Club issues. Promoting and marketing soaring Weather and forecasting beginning cross country beginning racing sign up is easy at http://www.gliderforum.com/regis
Sunday, 04 May 2008
...browns and yellows of Southern Spain. Playing: Whether you are learning to fly under the constraints of club rules or competing against your colleagues in a World Championship, your skillfulness as a ...
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Magic
(Forums / General Discussions)
...te best describes my reaction to my first flight in the Mosquito after several years flying the PW5 and club trainers (2-33, L-23, Grob, L-33)....
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Intensive Courses (non-UK)
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
Hello Kenton I know of two places you can do the training in fairly short time in a club environment in South Africa. One is the Potchefstroom Club. They fly every weekend and some week days (when a
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
instruction/ Southern California
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...a glider license. I have a few hours of powered instruction. I would like recommendations for FBO's and clubs, even individual instructors, if you have comments. I can travel anywhere in Southern Ca...
Sunday, 27 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
Soaring in NYC area
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...little early for soaring in the northeast.. they've had a tough winter.. I was looking at some glider clubs in the NJ/NY area last night.. one website at 'Valley Soaring' just off of I-84 in the Hud...
Monday, 21 April 2008
...reliable soundings. Our challenge is deciding beforehand what the day's going to be like for setting up club contests or informal cross-country flights. Once we're in the air, I doubt that in-flight i...
Saturday, 12 April 2008
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