gliders
I am looking for feedback on the use of motor gliders for instruction. Specifically, initial training and cross country field selection etc. If someone has experience with any of these, I would apprec...
...on trying to buy my own glider as soon as I can. but you do get sticker shock checking out some of the new gliders. One that seems nice is the Blanik L33 Solo? Of course I fell in love with the Genesi...
Does anyone know of any clubs in the UK apart from Cambridge that have a means of booking solo club gliders, rather than having to rely on flying lists or allocation systems (e.g. Booker)?
Many th...
...y. woodstock was one of them, and the other was Albastar APIS WR. anyone have a picture of either of these gliders, ive never heard of them let alone seen them. and does anyone have any info on them?...
we are working on a design project involving a glider made exclusively of paper (and glue) and has to carry a payload of around 15 grams( two chalkpieces). the performance parameter would be endurance...
No doubt about it, IF the SSA or the Benevolent Association of Sailplane Racers gets Tom Cruise to star in a movie about an ex-Navy fighter jock that tries to relive his youth by flying a Schweizer 23...
...he molds are already loaded for the first production run of kits. For more information check out: www.apisgliders.com
Cheers,...
GLIDER OPERATIONS PROHIBITED WITHIN 10 NM OF NUCLEAR PLANTS UNTIL NOV. 7
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...
... that the main benefit to soaring would be to relieve manufacturers of the regulatory burden of certifying gliders before they can enter serial production. This has the potential of reducing the cost ...
In my studies of various gliders I have noticed we seem to have a lot of what I call racing gliders being produced today. There really do not seem many alternatives in the market today. When I look at...
All these postings about the flying wing type gliders have made me very curious. Have any of these gliders been sold in Europe?
Is there an importer who would be so kind as to come visit my aerocl...
...dictions of decline when 18m came along. Future health seems likely as the top pilots show up in brand new gliders, most that do not take 18 m tips (i.e. ASW27 or Ventus 2 a/b). Standard is doing fine...
I would like I had mirrors in the club gliders I fly. In my opinion the most valuable case is not when circling, but when two gliders leave the same lift, one a bit earlier and lower than the other, t...
...ute The DG accident was because there was no roger hook which is now a retro fit on all DG single canopy gliders and standard on all new gliders. Paul...
...Americas Cup. And there is plenty of experience in building boats from the same sorts of materials used in gliders.
Some statistics from our club newsletter this month: 11% of the aircraft registe...
Does anyone keep records on sailplane sales? I have been curoius about the number of the various types of gliders sold in the last 15 years.
Bill Snead
high end ground antenna from a few years ago?
When I was flying gliders actively back in
the 70's and 80's we all used an antenna on the ground to help cover the long ranges we saw out w...
...ile we already have an uphill battle to seem sane to the public).
Some nits I would pick would be that gliders are 'aircraft' but not'airplanes' (so the FAA says), and I agree ...
...ice was popular among competition pilots, until the SSA started doing spot checks of the all up weights of gliders on the starting grid.
So certain but not all gliders licenced in that category wil...
Hmm. I was using them XC in hang gliders, so it was typically instead of. Hang gliders may be a special case, because we usually had more than one pilot to a retrieve vehicle. So small groups of pilot...
...e hang glider model, they have no annual inspection requirements either. You seemed to think that the hang gliders at Bong were fairly safe in their operation. Most people have a habit of inspecting a...
Only that I'd not pay too much for one since they are very hard to find parts for........and metal gliders can be harder to repair than most wood or fiberglass designs. tim
Someone recently told me the USAF Academy is getting new training gliders called TG 10's. Anyone know what they are getting?
In the 28 years I have been flying gliders in region 11, we have had 12 attempted flights with a control disconnected; Pegasus
I think Kevin had a very valid point in that the badge requirements were set when gliders were not as efficient as they are today. The glider I fly will complete a silver distance from the top of a wi...
...readsheet at http://www.aus-soaring.on.net/technic.htm
Has polars for LS-1c and f (and lots of other gliders).
Staffan...
What glider do you fly, Ray? Some gliders are prone to this action, which can be cured (or at least mitigated) by various techniques, such as starting the tow with the spoilers open.
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