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Tasman Variometer
I would agree. Our club just bought one for our new L23. We wanted something simple to operate. The Tasman fit that bill yet is the most feature-rich (averager, low power requirement, most sensitive) ...
Building a Local Turnpoint Database
...oaring.com Fixed the Web page. I tested this on a PC server (case insensitive) but deployed on our club's Linux Web server (case sensitive). I wanted to stay away from formatting because of ...
L-33 Solo pilots
My club has 2 L-33 and they are proving to be popular for early XC flying. We also have a Jantar STD 2 and the L33s are by far more popular. It is a very comfortable glider to fly. I have flown on...
Withdrawal of aviation insurance
Because they can, no justification needed. A single glider club can, perhaps, 'self-insure' for hull damage, but not for liability. Sport aviation might represent a large enough constituancy...
Grob Twin Astir question
...50 kg Maximum permitted weight of non lifting parts: 1036 lbs. 470 kg Stuart Grant Miami Glider Club...
How to get BGA rules changed?
Only a few clubs use private frequencies, but many clubs use other sorts of radio frequencies. We use the BGA ground frequency (which is public) for general communications, and lights for all launch s...
New Soaring Centre in Australia, NSW
...an-soaring-corowa.com If possible please add this page to your favourites and or your personel and club webpage. The ASCC Team Francesco, Grietje, Harm and...
Alternatives for glider insurance?
...scounts, experience, and a fixed percentage of hull value, perhaps with a performance factor. IIRC, our club ships all share the same hull value percentage for coverage (but I would have to verify thi...
Soaring TV Show Proposal On the Web
...s that - you can have spectacular flights in a safe manner - you can fly nice & modern gliders in a club for a reasonable budget, no more than say windsurfing of paragliding These are pretty i...
Disconnecting ASW-20 BL Flaperons
Hi there! ASW-20 BL c/n 20952 of our club crahsed last summer and now we are inspecting it for repairs. One of the first things to do is remove flaperons. Loosing hinges by drill was quite simple,...
Using Motor Gliders for Training
...lic airports. For many years, the necessity of a ground crew have been the « essence » of soaring clubs. As many people, I would like to stay with club environment, because a club is more than j...
Glider transport to/from europe
Some people in our club wanted to transport their gliders to new zealand for our winter. Shipping the glider in its trailer was prohibitively expensive, so they decided to build a large trailer to tak...
2-33 Religion
... the members of Nevada Soaring Assn. recently saw a nice soaring day so he and his wife jumped into the club's 2-33 that is equipped with oxygen. Bingo.....Out and Return for 300k. Oh, a 1-26 and...
SG-1 sailplane prototype
...rience in building boats from the same sorts of materials used in gliders. Some statistics from our club newsletter this month: 11% of the aircraft registered in NZ are gliders (presumably this me...
TSO Safety Harness
Hello All, The club SGS 1-26 safety harness is in need of replacement. Our resident A&P wants a TSO certified belt installed as a replacement. I have called several suppliers and can either ...
Spectra type rope for winching
Our club would like to try this. I investigated www.samsonrope.com and came up with Amsteel 5mm which has the same breaking strength as the 4.5mm steel cable we are using now. However they wouldn�...
The Twilight Zone (soaring FBOs)
...riginal poster said it was a soaring (as opposed to a much more common power-only) FBO (as opposed to a club) and in Texas (as opposed to elsewhere) I can narrow it down to only a couple of places I k...
Glider Dolly
...rcraft that is meant to be used three at a time. One on each wheel of a Cessna, for example. One of our club members has one to move his 1-26 around on. The dolly is built very low to the ground so th...
BGA or CAA ??
...an independant and responsible organisation. Do you still have cloud flying permitted? Lucky people. My club has just lost 70% of the airspace around the long established private airfield and i am onl...
Twin Astir For Sale / Astir CS 77 for Sale
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...
New ASK 21 in may/june 2009
...ro, this plane can be yours for only 79.000 euro + vat, and airborne may/june 2009 Call asap if your club is interested...
Remember this one every time you rig or else...
Pilot was trying to correct glider before crash By Patrick Lester John Carlson also had trouble asssembling the aircraft the day it went down off Route 152 in Hilltown. HILLTOWN —The pil...
NAVMAN and TeleType GPS
Hi, The note below is about GPS's used for soaring. I think it will be of interest to the gliding community, based on the many e-mails I have received from glider pilots on the subject. I...
FLY ON NIMBUS 4DM IN THE FRENCH ALPS its new societe
Hello You can come and fly on a nimbus 4DM in the French alp montain.If you are intersted please read this message and contact me.If you know some people interested by this please send then this email...
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