Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / December 2004

JJ, what's your new email address?

http://www.kzc.nl/irene/Longmynd/Longmynd_2002_L2_mpg2.mpg
Might be a bit big unless you have broadband

I just moved from Virginia where my glider was stored
inside a hangar to El Paso, Texas.  For the time being,
I will have to store it in my enclosed trailer outside.
I own a fiberglass Concept70 with metal flaps.  Any

The next issue of the Canadian soaring magazine "free flight" will have
a history of Schweizer glider production.
To fill one hole, I need a good representative photograph of either a
1-35 or a 1-36. Airborne would be nice. If you can help please send a

You can now retrieve extreme close up B&W sat photo maps of your U.S.
site already georeferenced in lat/long grid projection.  Watch yourself
roll down the centerline in SeeYou?
The TerraServer has added an OGC web map server for the USGS digital

Day 1 provisional scores and dust-storm images in the gallery via:
http://www.sssa.org.za
enjoy!

If soaring in Alaska is anything like soaring in the mountains in Canada
it must be incredible.  And I bet they get some good wave flying days
there as well.
Keith

OK, for you guys that love 'em or hate 'em.
If you hate Schweizer 2-33s, go to Arkansas, North Dakota, or Louisiana.
There aren't any registered in these states.
If you love 'em, come to California, with

Newbie question -
Does anyone know of a PC application that is a demo / tutorial on the
B-100?
A search of the web for B-100 gave me

Rod Morris of Calgary, AB, mentioned in his Christmas letter ---
By the way Kenna (15) went solo this year and instead of asking for the
car keys, she's asking for the keys to the PW6!!. She is already
planning to spend half of next summer in a tent on the airfield at

Mortality counted,
One click.
Orbited
Another time.

We have a Dittle FSG50 in one of our sailplanes.  It is equipped with a
hand mic and we would like to put in a boom mic and a push to talk
switch.  Does anyone know the pin outs for these?
Thanks!

More SSA members / More CFIG's.  It's kinda like the chicken and the egg.
If your club (or Commercial Soaring Operation) needs more CFIG's - consider
sponsoring a couple of candidates to attend a Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF)
Flight Instructor Clinic (FIRC).  Non-CFIG's are ...

I have just had a lovely gentle flight. Bright sunshine but the air temparature
below zero we aerotowed to 4000ft and encountered gentle wave. Once below the
scattered cumulus we found very weak small thermals. Landed the Duo and tucked
into mince pies with my club mates. What a ...

USA / SSA Commercial Soaring Operators and SSA Chapter Clubs:
Now is the time to check your listing on "Where To Fly" (it's hiding behind
"The Sport" button) at  www.ssa.org  and make updates and corrections,
especially to your contact information.   Look at your listing then email ...