Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / March 2004

Our tow pilot crashed our Wilga yesterday at dusk.  He was coming in with
the flaps down and the power pulled back.    At about 200ft he decided his
descent rate was too great and pulled the flaps up.  He said he was too slow
but never added power and the high rate of descent ...

Questions of costs and benefits,
and preferences:
Who benefits from annual SSA national convention?
Do glider and electronics vendors benefit by annual

Don't go there. It even defeats Norton AntiVirus win 3/03/04 updates.

Tried to get a ferry permit from the local FSDO so we could tow a Blanik that
was one week out of annual to another airport for it's inspection.  They said
they could not issure it for safety reasons!  I had done it once with my
1-23H15 a few years ago.  The "reason" given was ...

When I Met Kerry Posted by Guest Blogger at February 7, 200411:50 AM
Writes Hal Cranmer:
I would like to add my two cents about my John Kerry experience.
During  my career as an Air Force pilot, I spent two years flying a

I need to give a season opening briefing to all the pilots in our club next
week and naturally want to highlight safety issues. During preparation for
this meeting I've come across an accident report that attributed the cause
of the fatal accident to "Sub-gravity Sensation". There ...

Tuesday morning of this week, OSTIV President Loek Boermans sent me a
message indicating  that the International Gliding Congress assembled
at Lausanne, Switzerland, had voted to accept the OSTIV-proposed
definition and creation of  a new class of gliders- MIcrolift.

I am 6'3" 205 lbs. and currently shopping for a sailplane. I fit OK in
the SGS-1-26, 2-33, Puchacz and can squeeze into a Grob 102 with about
1/2" of clearance to the canopy.
What about Libelle, ASW-15b, DG100, Standard Cirrus, Jantus B ? You

The SGS 2-32 has two categories of critical speeds, the "High
Performance" and "Utility" depending on gross weight.
Looking through the flight manual I see that at 1430lb max gross
Utility Category stall is estimated at 47mph. Red Line in this

Did anything happen at the Lausanne meeting?

Check out the SSA website for the complete info on this petition, and
consider commenting to the FAA (comments due by March 1, via web site,
mail, fax, "eRulemaking portal"):
SSA Transponder Petition Published

1. BYOB
2. Don't go rafting.
3. Don't pick up anybody that looks like a Danite.
4. Don't curse.

Was following the Sparrowhawk thread and like the post concerning
sponsering a glider at a contest to gain exposure.
A perhaps better idea would be for Sparrowhawk, Apis, Silent, etc. to
loan a glider to the big soaring sites (Bermuda High, Seminole Lake,

where can I put the antenna on a libelle ?
Thanks
Paolo

I am planning a trip to Palm Springs to get some sun.  I would like to
do some flying while there.  Any thoughts on commercial ops in the
area where I could rent a single place.
Thanks