Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / October 2004

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Will you lot just sod off to another site and keep
your yank politics where they belong-ie; in your country!
(somewhere where it should have remained), and leave
this site for gliding and soaring!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Soaring Community...
I have received, over the past two weeks, nearly a dozen long emails,
in all cases authored by persons other than the sender (all of whom
are contributors to this group), in all cases warning me of the ills

The 2004 OLC champion for glider without an engine is a US pilot,Doug
Levy in a 1-26. Quite an achievement considering the level of
competition in OLC.
Congratulation Doug.

In addition to AGCSC, there is a winch at Twentynine Palms, and one run
by the CAP somewhere around LA.  That makes at least three known
winches operating in California.

SSA members, please visit the SSA web site, log in with your membership ID and password,
click on "E-Newsletter," and have a look at the newest form of communication from your
society.
Edited by Region 12 volunteer Ann Cousineau, (with a goal of publishing weekly),this

Everybody needs to check out this link, these guys can fly their
planes within inches of the ground.  It is an air race in Reno and you
won't believe your eyes. http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html

A year ago there was a question about which transponder might be
preferable in gliders.  Most of the responses debated *whether* a
transponder was a good idea, and no one had any comparative
experience.

My Winter 57 mm 20,000 ft altimeter reads about 200 ft high when entering
the barometric pressure in the Kholsman window. Some altimeters have a screw
adjust for this. Anyone know how this is done on the Winter?
thanks,

My job is sending me to Australia for the month of November.  I expect to be
at Nowra and Perth, plus other places yet to be announced.  What kind of
soaring opportunities are available?
Paul

I have a LX 5000 version 6.13. I am interested in opinion of of owner who have
upgraded to version 9.xx or version 11.0. I find these upgrade expansive
is it worth the many $$$ they ask?

Open Letter to the US Competition Pilot Community and SSA membership
October 21, 2004
Dear Friends;
As many of you may know, the SSA is represented to the FAI/IGC only

Two-seater performances compared using Carl Herold's figures:
                      Handicaps    L/D Max
Grob Twin                 1.155    35
ASK21                        1.180    35   

My daughter has the bug bad and really wants to fly with me. I find it
great. Now what are some of the 2-place that have around 30+l/d and
still allow for purchase without a mortage? Pros and cons with
handling in the air and ground greatly appreciated! Spring is almost

http://sailplane-racing.org/index.html
Ken Kochanski
SRA Secretary