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What's Happening In The Skies?!
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
... was the biggest and the most serious incident but there were other smaller cases too. When a small airplane that carries two or three people crashes it is usually due to the pilot error or to his i...
Monday, 25 August 2008
It is Not Always Easy To Change Routes
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
Courtesy of francoisroche 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 distorte
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
2008 A Good Year For Novelities
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
Plastic Pilot mentions the relatively high number for airplane types that were introduced during 2008. Thinking about it we are in the middle of the year so there are more things that can happen be
Sunday, 03 August 2008
...ant to know how they plan to save  weight for the 1 tone of water that they'll have to bring on the plane the answer is quite simple: They are going to  remove all paper from the seatback po...
Thursday, 24 July 2008
...st of New Jersey on a mission to cross the Atlantic Ocean. While previous adventurers have used boats or planes to cross the Atlantic, this robot will make it's way by gliding beneath the ocean's surf...
Thursday, 17 July 2008
...e world's first private-sector spaceship was designed for a splashdown if necessary. And when the rocket plane and its carrier airplane made a farewell trip to the museum, SpaceShipOne looked so much ...
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
A Truly Innovative Way To Fly!
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
... and innovation, Cirrus and Garmin sat in the cockpit together and worked to truly redesign the pilot-airplane interface" said Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier. "Ultimately, with Cirrus Perspective pilots fl...
Friday, 30 May 2008
The Hottest News Anywhere!
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
... can't make up their minds on what to do. They are the same people who can't learn to fly gliders and airplanes. I wonder if this observation as to the people that can and can't learn to fly glid...
Monday, 12 May 2008
The Next Best Thing To Satellites
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
... field would be filled with warriors and weapons. Brightly colored parachutes, popping out of low-flying planes like flags from a magician’s hat, would briefly cover acres of sky. Fleets of boxcars ...
Monday, 21 April 2008
The Thrill of Building The Fournier RF-4
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
Recently I was invited to a friend house to build the Fournier RF-4. You can find the information about the model here. I have to say this was very challanging as the model is complex and in the
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Are You Into Toy planes?
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
I know many people that can spends days building some model of advanced toy planes and people that are into the actual skydiving. They are usually not the same people as those who enjoy operating
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Something From The History
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
...ntended for attacking vessels at sea, the glider was steered by a radio transmitter in a distant powered plane, until, if all went well, it crashed upon the deck of the enemy ship. When it repeatedly ...
Thursday, 06 March 2008
Best Glider for Altitude Record Attempt?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
I had heard sometime back, that absolute record attempts in sailplanes had been done away with, because there were too many bozos killing themselves due to lack of proper pressurization and breathing
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Experimental Sailplanes
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
I don't want to sound overly nosey, but why experimental as opposed to standard certification? Unless you have an A&P rating the experimental category doesn't get you much more flexibility than a cer
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Military remote controlled aircraft
(Forums / General Discussions)
...met but one HG pilot since I've been over here, but I would bet there are a few more. Talked to one sailplane pilot, and I would bet there are more of them over here also. I've also talked to some p...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Mistral-C
(Forums / General Discussions)
Hello EUROPE! According to SailplaneDirectory.com there are about 70 Mistral-C's over there. There appears to be one here in the US. Can anyone tell me about the Mistral-C?
Thursday, 14 August 2008
PW-5
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Sailplanedirectory.com says "The design is available for license construction both by manufacturers and homebuilders." Does anyone know if an amateur built PW-5 actually exists?
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
FS: SGS 1-35 Wings
(Forums / General Discussions)
...e sold to the highest bidder on 1/02/04. Once the insurance company pays off the hull insurance, the sailplane belongs to them. I don't believe this ship is yours to sell. JJ Sinclair...
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Microphone element swan neck
(Forums / General Discussions)
All my radio problems have always been connections. Not having a good connection to the ground plane of the antenna was a problem once (it had corroded to intermittent high resistance). This was iso
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Yikes... I asked tower guy about operating out of a Class D Airport and he mentioned something... the only part I caught was 'and the Horse I rode in on'. His comments were that with operations co
Saturday, 02 August 2008
Technical Soaring
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...received by the OSTIV Members, they will get the OSTIV News-letter with info about activities in the Sailplane Development Panel, Training and Safety Panel and Meteorological Panel, info about the pre...
Saturday, 02 August 2008
Odd thing in Houston
(Forums / General Discussions)
...1, a couple years ago. She made it through that OK but I guess I'm now a little twitchy when I see a big plane do something unusual over a downtown area. We live just across the bayou from downtown. ...
Friday, 01 August 2008
Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
... so that the effective hinge axis coincides with the surface of the upper wing skin. There are other sailplanes that use this sort of system; the flaps of the Slingsby T65 Vega come to mind. It is a...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Come fly with me (and KS!)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ke schoolboys above the orange groves, all from very close range, i.e. the back seats of these great sailplanes. All for the good of the US Soaring Team, to whom all proceeds will go. KS has a semi-co...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Movie, "Winged Migration" on STARZ this Sat
(Forums / General Discussions)
Someone at work suggested not letting the kids watch it because there is a bad plane crash in the begining. Is this true? My kids love to ride in the plane, I don't want to scare them.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Glider Sales for last 15 Years?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
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
Monday, 28 July 2008
LX-5000 and iPAQ
(Forums / General Discussions)
...com or check out the flyWithCE pages at Wings and Wheels. Thanks, Kevin Christner Wings and Wheels/Sailplane Navigation Solutions...
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Jantars are back :)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...he pilot uses the Indicated VNE as a limit, then after that the MMO. Exception : Certain models of sailplanes have limitations in IAS with altitude for various reasons, (Flutter is not the only fact...
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Aerotow rope drogue chute?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ed the rope to ride high. The glider was a Slingsby Dart, and after release the rope wrapped round a tailplane. Also, in the U.K. there was a fatality to a Bocian flown solo when the rope fouled the...
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Long Tow Rope Pros & Cons
(Forums / General Discussions)
...tages/disadvantages of the longer 275ft rope. 275ft vs 200 Advantages 1. longer time to react to tow plane positional changes - easier for beginners. 2. can be easily shortened as the ends fray/we...
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
High tow vs. low tow for rough tows (long)
(Forums / General Discussions)
... tow, as slack line pulls out, it allows a lot softer recovery. When slack comes out, the tail of the towplane is pulled low, giving some dampening. Next the towplane slows a little from the drag, als...
Friday, 18 July 2008
Twin jet glider
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...' is a JetCat P200 mockup. As it looks now I will use a new Swedish jet turbine developed solely for sailplanes. The major advantage with this is that it starts on Jet A1 fuel (no starting gas). The e...
Friday, 18 July 2008
Instruction Idea
(Forums / General Discussions)
... I think during the instruction before solo, a studnet should have to experience flying close to another plane. I'm at a quiet gliderport and all through my instruction I cleared before release and cl...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ections completed by A&I's, usually built by armatures as their first and only attempt at building an airplane, and of course have no FAA support through the issuance of AD's or service bulletins to w...
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Texas Winter Down Wind Dash Contest?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...(which many others believe isn't an XC ship,) I don't know if anyone, even with be most beautiful of sailplanes, would challenge you in this endeavor. Hmmm.......Any takers? John Downing...
Sunday, 06 July 2008
To Walter Eisele and Comrades
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ap, and you will only succeed in 2 things: 1. Causing the extinction of some exquisitely beautiful sailplanes. 2. Having you and your 'secret investor' go bankrupt. Leave LS in DG's capable Germ...
Saturday, 05 July 2008
New US Web Site Pipistrel Motorgliders
(Forums / General Discussions)
Have they tried using the 912 models as tow planes? With a climb rate of 1240-1300fpm, it would seem capable
Friday, 04 July 2008
Will US Sport Pilot be insurable?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...n the US is that pilots who have already obtained a license in an aircraft (for example a regular old airplane) could now be approved for carrying passengers in another category of aircraft (gliders) ...
Monday, 30 June 2008
Slipping in Turns
(Forums / General Discussions)
So why shoud I slip into thermal, becouse skidding out of it turns the plane into the direction of thermals core. Complicated... js 'Bert Willing' wrote in
Saturday, 28 June 2008
REFINISHING
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ion here in Atlanta in February! You can see if you like the results. Anyone that has refinished a sailplane..... or for that matter, smoothed or profiled one to perfection and then final sanded to ...
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Underwater Gliders
(Forums / General Discussions)
1960's? Guess they must have read some of the model plane magazines that were out in the 1950's. Anybody other than me make an underwater glider from plastic models in the 50's? Most ended up as gli
Monday, 23 June 2008
Soaring in North Dakota
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ivate Glider, and a half-dozen more are working on it. We'll be using the CAP's C-172 w/180 hp as a towplane. Jay On Sat, 3 May 2003 21:11:41 +0200, 'Martin Kaareng'...
Friday, 20 June 2008
Student-Instructor question (USA)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...structor must on the field (on the ground) and be in a position to observe the takeoff.' Being in the towplane that is towing the student doesn't count. Of course, to us it seems, it doesn't matter ...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
..., we'll make as many glider flights as possible. We're also inviting club members to bring out their aeroplanes, so anyone inclined (there's at least one in every crowd) can go up in one of them new-f...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Finding vent hole in wing skin
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... fax number I can send you = also fax with drawing. Best regards, Luka Znidarsic, www.ies.si LAK Sailplanes (dealer of LAK for Italy and = Slovenia) Dear Luka, The spot where vent hole is loca...
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
... bird for the buck with an obsolete Std or 15mtr ship, but you end up in the same boat. A nice flying airplane that is uncompetitive in un-handicapped contests but great for badge flying. At least t...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Why does PW-5 get no respect?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Lets just say its the automotive equivalent of a Trabant in the sailplane world. Al
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Soaring in an Airplane (Katana DA-C1)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...op instead, and use the DA-C1 to get an altitude part of a badge? Can anyone see any reason a DA-C1 airplane could not be used for soaring badges and records, assuming the engine and prop were stopp...
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Thermal locators!
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...er, mystery is part of the marvel of soaring. For certainty all one need do is fill the tanks on a power plane and go. No mystery in that. Tom Knauff reports the Themi works. See eglider.com for a rev...
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Lowest Cost GPS Tracking System on the Market
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...displaying its position on a geographical map. Polaris can be used to track vehicles on the road, ships, planes, trains, humans and even animals. It is a generic system that consists of an XML web ser...
Friday, 13 June 2008
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