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Hang Gliding Photos From Norway
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
...rectly to this page and check them out. I can't imagine an event here that would bring one of every six pilots to the same place but it sure can be fun to meet, have fun and even compete.   ...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
It is Not Always Easy To Change Routes
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
...coisroche Reading Cockpit Conversation for some time now I have to say that I've learned that even for pilots it is not always easy to do what they want. There is some distorted image on many peo...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Competition Can Be Fun
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
I've been reading that there are not enough pilots registered to the hang gliding competition in Lakeview. If you think you can save the day and prevent the competition from being canceled you can r
Monday, 28 July 2008
A Truly Innovative Way To Fly!
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
...nies are equally committed to bringing customers a safe and quality aircraft, and we are confident Cirrus pilots will enjoy flying with Garmin's industry leading, all-glass integrated flight deck." ...
Friday, 30 May 2008
Military remote controlled aircraft
(Forums / General Discussions)
... to one sailplane pilot, and I would bet there are more of them over here also. I've also talked to some pilots, who think anything less than two engines running constitutes an emergency! :laugh:...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Volkslogger won\'t automate
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...eral minor errors I have corrected by hand. I have done this both to help myself as well as to help other pilots who have found the Garrecht instructions somewhat unclear on how to actually use the VL...
Sunday, 24 August 2008
2 Meter Radios
(Forums / General Discussions)
I have heard pilots expressing their enthusiasm for 2 meter shortwave radios. (ie. clear channels, repeaters provide extended range, ability to make telephone calls) I would like to hear comments on s
Thursday, 07 August 2008
Looking for Gliding Clubs
(Forums / General Discussions)
...lying to the south and beautiful mountain flying to the north, your choice! The Texas Soaring Association pilots all come here when they get bored and frustrated during the winter! Other local activit...
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Panel mounted WindowsCE device
(Forums / General Discussions)
Nobody 'needs' these things Mike but all the top comp pilots seem to fly with them. An integrated solution mounted high in the panel is just neater, safer and more secure. A standardised OS allows t
Monday, 04 August 2008
The "Complex" TAS calculation
(Forums / General Discussions)
Although TAS is not as useful for glider pilots, as IAS and GS, some recent posts seem to sugget that TAS is not a clear concept for many pilots. Some people even consider it a 'Sophisticated calculat
Sunday, 03 August 2008
What glider if not a Speed Astir?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ding 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 the U.K. I agree a...
Friday, 01 August 2008
Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
...wn one, although it is a II not a IIB. The difference is basically a longer fuselage to accomodate longer pilots. I have about 40hrs in mine. I'd only had a couple of short flights in a Club Libelle...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Come fly with me (and KS!)
(Forums / General Discussions)
... Contest in March. As was done last year to great success and aclaim by those involved, we'll be offering pilots the chance to see a couple of aging masters duke it out like schoolboys above the orang...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Long Tow Rope Pros & Cons
(Forums / General Discussions)
...es 75' more runway length - less room to land ahead or land back incase of a rope break. 2. possibly lull pilots into complacency - will later be confronted with 150'. 3. longer tow rope hanging behin...
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
High tow vs. low tow for rough tows (long)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...the wing/elevator/rudder? Anyone have this happen? I'm especially interested in the experiences of wave pilots and those towing through super heavy thermals... but armchair analysis is also invited ...
Friday, 18 July 2008
Instruction Idea
(Forums / General Discussions)
... you as a student if he is having a wonderful climb, so I would think the student would pay fot the other pilots rental and launch fee. I think the cost would be worth the experience since it would gi...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
...cally 'cheap' gliders are there because they are new to gliding and looking for a cheap glider...and most pilots who would have the experience and enough knowledge to reasonably safely fly one also ha...
Thursday, 10 July 2008
One Design viability?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...e the FAI guys were off doing 300K. In some cases, these World Class ships were flown by good competition pilots. My conclusion is that performance matters more in soaring than in sailing. Given tha...
Thursday, 03 July 2008
Slipping in Turns
(Forums / General Discussions)
Just by talking to several world class glider pilots (including the current world champion) in Leszno this summer and based on the presentation given by Prof.M.D.Maughmer (The design and testing of a
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Will US Sport Pilot be insurable?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... Sport Pilot initiative seems like it will be fully approved in less than another year. I wonder if Sport Pilots will be insurable in the US? By happy coincidence, Jane and Dennis both seem to be stro...
Sunday, 29 June 2008
REFINISHING
(Forums / General Discussions)
All, I have been looking into having my glider refinished. Casual conversations with other pilots revealed that most think a 'normal' refinishing job would cost about $10k. After speaking with Gaines
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
...with members of the IGC Bureau. There was a consensus that the January date might be too early for some pilots wishing to attempt world records and using one of the affected recorder types to make t...
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Aft CG limit(s)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...(2) no flying weight may exceed maximum gross weight (I assume, as in the good old/bad old days, that few pilots can actually fly with full ballast... they'll bump into max gross first.) If my guess...
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Soaring in North Dakota
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ers. The CAP-SSA MOU encourages just that and I can tell you it's easier and safer to make veteran glider pilots and CFI-Gs CAP members than vice-versa. What the joint program is all about is getting ...
Friday, 20 June 2008
...(there's at least one in every crowd) can go up in one of them new-fangled contraptions. We invite glider pilots everywhere to join us in reminding the public the Wright Brothers did a masterful job r...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Student-Instructor question (USA)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...low is the operative section of part 61 concerning solo student flight: 61.87 L) Limitations on student pilots operating an aircraft in solo flight. A student pilot may not operate an aircraft in so...
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
...ause it isn't a way to measure anatomical size. Look at it for what it is, a plane for 80% of the soaring pilots that don't fly far from home and like to stay up in the local area....
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Why does PW-5 get no respect?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...get is that the World Class was brought to life to allow joining contests to as wide as possible range of pilots. Not only the masters and those who fly 100 hrs a year, but also for those who fly just...
Monday, 16 June 2008
Thermal locators!
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... for download for most US contest sites. One interesting thing is the thermals that were found by contest pilots in areas that locals very rarely fly. I believe there is also a thermal data base avail...
Sunday, 15 June 2008
The power of RAS
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...must have phenomenal reach to those interested in anything soaring. I know that most of my fellow gliding pilots at the club where I fly do not follow RAS as actively as I do, and I imagine that world...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Flaps and V-Tails of Death
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...e steeply down and the airspeed will not increase much. This invites the technique popular with HP glider pilots of just aiming the glider steeply down at the flair point with 90 degrees of flap deplo...
Sunday, 08 June 2008
ELTs are a joke
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... survival was how long it took emergency crews to reach the accident site. What we figured is that glider pilots need something like the OnStar system that they put in Cadillacs and such. What we ha...
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
...Lovinggood Indeed... and I have to admit 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 o...
Friday, 30 May 2008
Coordinated turning stall and spins
(Forums / General Discussions)
...n during the coordinated turning stall, it did not auto rotate, nor did it show any such propensity. Some pilots may find the dropping wing, yaw motion, and reduced g force of a coordinated turning st...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
3D topo ridge maps
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
... the right heading of the runway and much other flight relevant information are marked. As is it made for Pilots flying relatively quick over terrain, the built up area information as well as the road...
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Looking for Ridge Lift/Turbulence Diagram
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
I'm giving a (paid!) talk Saturday on soaring and soaring meteorology to a group of power-rated pilots as part of a continuing education aviation seminar. I have not been able to find a diagram which
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Soaring magazine
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...lot that starts self-launching needs to add several items to his check-list that were formally on the tow pilots check-list: 1. Wind and runway slope? I have seen a self-launch into a 5 knot wind, b...
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
... next to your favorite ridge. This will be tragic if THEY build big hotel at this spot. Many of us glider pilots are also windsurfers or kiters and we need your help to just send email. Let's give our...
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Winching - Reverse Auto Tow
(Forums / Professionals)
...hen they refused to ratify my instructor's ticket (I only had 1000 launches instructing and about 20 solo pilots to my credit). However the winch story is interesting. When I was at the Staffordshir...
Sunday, 11 May 2008
... of the development of this program has been the simulation of both thermal and ridge lift used by glider pilots as the only 'engine' to keep their planes in the air allowing them to cover very long d...
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Doug Jacobs-Seniors Contest
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... of the sport. An inspiration and asset to SSA, the racing community, U.S. Soaring Team and 'Joe Average' pilots like me. Doug's wife Martha also really knows the competitive side of the sport creatin...
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
instruction/ Southern California
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
If the military approached flight training the way some in the soaring community do, by the time the pilots were ready for combat, they'd be too old to serve - - unless they first died of boredom.
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Life Insurance-Rated policies
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Any glider pilots experiencing increased life insurance premiums (rated coverage) due to their flying. Due to my soaring activities my insurance company is requesting an additional $2.00 per $1000 of
Sunday, 20 April 2008
helicopter towing
(Forums / Pictures)
...and hung upside down under the chopper. The glider then released and did an aerobatic routine. One of the pilots was Bruce Drake. I've forgotten who the other was....
Friday, 18 April 2008
...as of now, this would be clearly banned by US contest rules. (See 6.11). But if you get the system going, pilots start flying with it, pilots decide they love it, they will demand it in contests, and ...
Saturday, 12 April 2008
...wn a contest before, you have the highest possible preferential entry. We also intend to have experienced pilots available to act as mentors for those pilots with no or little competition experience. ...
Saturday, 12 April 2008
SparrowHawk Sailplane
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
nor is a pilots license needed, nor training, nor common sense. Just buy and fly. Think about where that will send the accident and fatality rate. does not have And you know it isn't going to get
Monday, 07 April 2008
The Sailplane and Glider (cross-posted to RAS)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...55, with a three-year gap during World War Two. Thanks to a great deal of help from several kind glider pilots, I have almost managed to complete two archive sets of The Sailplane and Glider. One,...
Sunday, 06 April 2008
...att Minter. He graduated from the Sydney Con last year and he has a great CD out called 'Piano for Glider Pilots'. Half the tracks are his own compositions. Buy one. It's great. The cover is a shot ...
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Grob 102 water gaskets
(Forums / General Discussions)
... source approved by them and have them installed by a licenced mechanic only, and we all know that glider pilots would NEVER EVER do anything different. You would NEVER take the seals to a bearing sup...
Sunday, 30 March 2008
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