Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / July 2006

Are most kit planes easy enough to build that people without special
skills in carpentry and metalwork can step right up and get started, or
are such folk well advised to try something easier first?
Johan Larson

We are getting a little restless with our 102 that keeps howling when you
step on the left rudder. We're certain it's from the tape/gap seal on the
right side of the rudder since the rudder appears to create a gap on the
right side when pushed. When the right rudder is pushed the ...

I would very much like to import a Slingsby Capstan
over here but would very much appreciate hearing from
others who have imported gliders to the USA. Is it
difficult to get an elderly British glider onto the

Check out this incredible video at:
http://mindensoaringclub.com
Enjoy!

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Elmiran wins soaring title
Elizabeth Schwenkler is first female national champion in American
sailplane racing.

I may have the opportunity to do some gliding in the USA in the near
future.
Is high tow THE only way to do aerotow, or is it OK for an overseas
pilot experienced with low to to continue to fly the aerotow that way ?

The attendance figures and the enthusiasm of participants
shroud a worry that cuts across trade groups and business
associations: The number of pilots in the United States
has fallen 25 percent in the past 25 years. The number

I am curious what people are using for downloading .igc files from the
LX5000 which will validate in WinScore.
I have used my old laptop's serial port, SeeYou software, downloading
directly onto a diskette, and it does not validate. This hasn't been a

Apart from www.gliderpilot.net and www.segelflug.de
does any one out there know of any good (European)
websites for buying / selling gliders?
Where do the French, Dutch, Italians sell their gliders?

John H. Campbell will be honored this Thrusday in Oshkosh. Here is a
very nice story from today's Rocky Mountain News about our friend and
fellow Boulder pilot. Nice going John, very nice!
Check it out. I hope the link works. If not not just do a search for

Can anyone provide a set of instructions or tips for
adjusting wing control deflections?

An amazing (to me) amount of interest in refreshing faded vinyl trim
strips indicates pilots are serious about making their [gliders'] rides
look good. But what about the trailer itself? My 14-year-old glass-top
Cobra has a few cracks, nicks, etc., that will require work this

Australia determined way back when the glider first appeared that the
aft fuselage area had insufficient torsional strength and required
strengthening. ( I suspect that they were a bunch of tossers)
looking through the articles that have appeared on the woodstock I see

heard some rumors,
that SPORTAVIA in Tocumwal Australia is dead and gone to ashes
After big plans to improve and expand the business,
the single owner made obviously a backflip end of the last season