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...public and the Olympic committee and I had the germ of an idea. Has match racing been tried as a form of Soaring? Launch both ships and open a start line at a given time like a dinghy race. First ...
...most new members will be willing to pay. This will make it difficult to attract new members to the SSA and soaring in general. Two week later I have yet to get any response from the two directors in...
...m the husband of his daughter, and an active glider pilot, too. I've seen no such messages on rec.aviation.soaring Thank you,...
Sergio Colacevich enjoyed the fantastic soaring weather on Labor Day (9/2) in his Discus A by setting a new California Open, 15M and Standard 500k Triangle Speed record at 87.92mph! Congratulations
We have a 40 mile ridge near our soaring club. In the Fall the NW winds turn it into a perfect ridge running location, if a bit short. I am looking for ideas for new and intersting ridge-racing format
I have been hit daily by a virus that seems to come in on email from people in the soaring world. Usually it is in an attachment. I won't give you the whole name, but it included 'Klez.' Fortunately
Hello Hoping to try some cross-country soaring for the first time at Seminole Lake, Florida the week of Sun-N-Fun. Need a IGC/FAI approved data logger for SSA Badge. Seminole Lake has a barograph bu
Hi all I have to prepare a presentation about 'how gliders fly' to people who don't know wnything about it. Can you tell me where i can find some nice pictures so i can print them and use them during
... Octoberfest will be upon us. We hope you are planning to attend this year to come see your friends in the soaring community and enjoy the beautiful Chilhowee countryside. Maybe mother nature will tre...
...mean once u get to altitude in a power plane, u just sit there, fly straight and level and just sit there. soaring is cheaper and more fun. jus think, $22 for all day flying a plane, one tow, and if u...
...dder are from unknown parentage. I leased it to Les Seabalt at Truckee and many a newbie was introduced to soaring because of my reserrection, or is that erection? JJ JJ Sinclair...
what is the name for the style of hat we wear when soaring? i can find it
At long last 1LK (my new LAK17) has flown. Jason Stephens from Arizona Soaring made the first flight to explore the handling and explain it to me. I've made two flights so far totaling just over an ho
...wnload files to IGC files that should be OK... shouldn't it? By the way, I realize this newsgroup is for soaring and not GPS's, but this just seems very interesting to me. I wonder what it will co...
Here's a few specific soaring-related issues you want to be aware of when buying a GPS. For comparison I've used the Garmin 12XL (~$250), Garmin GPSMAP 76S (~$400), Garmin eTrex Vista (~$300) and Garm
I am a low time soaring Pilot I want to have my own ship. how about some in put.Some say flaps some no flaps for the first sailplane. Thank in advance.
Of approaching EAA for a soaring section say aye.... Al PS Aye..
www.internationalsoaring.org/csmoker.avi Just over a minute, about 5 meg to download Some old footage of a half decent smoker. You northern hemisphere wusses just don't have what it takes! :-)
...eather guy Nick Carter expects to run a brief piece on a newscast tonight (Wednesday). The subject is wave soaring out of Boulder, CO. Nick and Rolf Hertenstein went to FL 220 with a camera on the win...
...os felt that it was no longer realistic to portray a boy flying with condors since there are very few boys soaring and very few condors for that matter...sort of a mutual extinction pact. The working ...
Have you run across any soaring related print media coverage lately? I am seeking relatively recent soaring related newspaper and magazine articles that you may have run across within the last year. W
...Marfa, put some local knowledge on your moving map. Go to www.standardcirrus.org and choose 'Marfa' under 'Soaring Sites' in the menu. Note that Wally's report was geared to Marfa summers. It's like...
... in either direction, then more days could be flown. Any advice is appreciated. Allison Scott Bluenose Soaring Club - Stanley, Nova Scotia...
As most of the Region 2 folks have seen in Soaring and the ballots the SSA finally mailed, I am running for the Director position. Directors must be accessible to the membership of Region 2 and list
Does anyone have any experience regarding soaring in Zell am See? Do they do courses in mountain flying, and provide gliders and instructors? I was at St Auban in France last year and really enjoyed
The Sparrowhawk is going to be at Colorado Soaring Association, Tues & Weds. If you haven't heard via your info pipeline, you're welcome to come and visit. www.soarcsa.org I haven't heard whether
...est money I have ever spent in aviation. My thanks to Doug Workings and all the great folks at Southwest Soaring of Caddo Mills Municipal Airport (7F3), TX....
...t long last a Diamond Height for Lyn Ferguson-Dalling. Andrew Eddie can now enter tomorrow's UK Mountain Soaring Championships having completed his Silver Distance for full Silver and Part 1 of his ...
First of all , go here for a neat Palm Os program: http://www.soaringpilot.org/index.html Then, to figure out how to lash up your GPS to the Palm, look below for information on cable making and/or
Forgot to add that HHSC is also a 501c(3) tax exempt organization which I think is critical to any the long term success of any scholarship program.
All, Soaring Pilot 1.8.4 is now available for download from the Soaring Pilot webpage (www.soaringpilot.org). A list of the new features and fixes is available in the download file as well as on the o
There is an article in the new issue of 'Soaring Magazine' about 'The Boy Who Flew With the Condors' and its effect, along with a 'National Geographic' article, on the recruitment of new participants
...of a glider. It looks like a two place high performance with T tail. I think it is a model of Ted Smith's 'Soaring Star' that was built in the 1970s. Can anyone confirm that? I wonder what ever happen...
Like an overwhelming number of soaring pilots, the first I knew of soaring was from the Disney movie. I saw it in Feb/67 on the Wide World of Color. I was a senior in college on the East Coast. Within
Greetings, I'm posting for a friend that is interested in the American Eaglet, self launched sailplane. Soaring's Sailplane Directory lists 26 in the US. Has anyone flown/owned an Am. Eaglet? For th
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