Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / January 2005

Wellcome Frank !
Finally we can read somebody, who knows something about the subject...

A little precision about polish gliders life time policy:

I have recently spent a lot time updating my Cumulus Soaring, Inc. web site.
I try very hard to add value in the form of product comparison tables,
example systems, tips documents, etc.  I previously had separate product
comparison and example systems pages but I have now ...

Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005" (see
below).
When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user

Looking through all the posts from earlier this year, regarding the
sliding membership in our US soaring activities, along with all the
other trailing bad news, i.e. SSA building in need of big repairs,
there is no soaring operation in Hobbs, I'm curious about thoughts of

I think part of the reason for the decline in soaring
is the rapid expansion of urban areas,  I used to fly
back in teh 70s, and there were 3 gliderports within
an hours drive.  They have all closed due to the expansion

Good News!
Do you know how simple it is to go to Heaven after this life has ended?
Some people believe that belonging to a local church, temple, mosque or
synagogue will get them to Heaven.

At 00:00 29 January 2005, Michel Talon wrote:

The point of view frequently depends of the point of seating : you
cannot see any Diana in France, because they are all flying in the USA

I am located in Sydney / Australia and wonder what the pros/cons are to do a
glider course in our winter instead of our summer. Weather here is generally
sub-tropic and I guess comparable with South Africa or maybe Spain or
Southern USA. Looks like a much nicer season to be out and ...

This was copied from rec.outdoors.fishing.bass.  It sounds like the very
same things that we talk about when we discuss the decline of our sport.  I
am not saying it has answers, but it is interesting.
Fred

I'm sure I'd get a sales pitch if I call Minden, and I don't necessarily
hold that against them, but is February a likely month for Diamond
altitude at Minden?
Thanks,

The February 2005 issue of 'FLYING' magazine quotes
Tom Knauff's approach to instructing with his 'That
Looks About Right' method.  I haven't read Tom's book,
yet, but the magazine article appears quite thorough

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Ken Kochanski
SRA Secretary

Soliciting feedback on their RV ratings.
I purchased their CD, which at $75, I expect to be accurate and complete.
There are no indications that it is not, however, being new in the RV buying
badness, I'd like to know a little more about it before let it sway my

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