Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / June 2007

I just wanted to publicly thank the Caeser Creek Soaring Club (CCSC)
in Waynesville, Ohio and the key people listed below for a fantastic
contest.  I'm already looking forward to Region 6 South at CCSC next
year!

http://tinyurl.com/ykbsw4
My new favorite on W&W ..........drum roll...............
Olympia 2B !
Hot Damn; I can afford it too!

hi we http://www.soaringchillies.com are still looking for soaring
reporters preferential native speakers. more info by mail.
best regards
arturo

I am entering into a leaseback arrangement a member of my glider club
for the use of my glider.  We have agreed to terms and now need some
sort of contract.  Do any of you have a template for such an agreement
or can you point me to where I might find one?

ASG29 for sale, six months old, 35 hours total never off filld
landing. NDH
Contest ready loaded, Sam Fly 972-399-8803

KM,
    Would you kindly publish the contest dates and
locations for the US Nationals 2008 again? Thanks,
Sam.

I am thinking of going up to Airsailing this weekend for some XC
paractice.  Does anyone have any info on the impact the fires are
having in the area? Visibility, TFRs? (extra thermals???)  Friday
looks windy, but the weekend looks OK according to NOAA

Does anybody know the diameter of the Pegasus rudder cables? Will
eighth-inch work?
Thanks,
Bill

On Jun 21, 7:53 pm, "Bill Daniels" <bildan@comcast-dot-net> wrote:
Now a Bell 47 helicopter, THAT is hard to fly.
With zero helicopter time I had the opportunity to fly a Bell 47.  In
less that 40 minutes of flight and perhaps 20 minutes on the controls,

Anybody have any suggestions for digital cameras to take in the cockpit?
Looking for:
Small, so easy storage in the cockpit. Shirt pocket compatible. I've also
got a Powershot S50, which is too thick for my purposes, although length and

Our club just acquired an L-23 and we are going to be tying it down outside.
For those of you out there with L-23s, we are wondering how you go about
securing the tail, considering that the tailwheel mounting area seems
somewhat sensitive to damage.

Several days ago, I asked about software to download a GPS-NAV file to
an Ipaq.  Gary at Cambridge responds:
"We never wrote software to download from GPS-NAV's to iPAQ's. ConnectMe
is free software from SEEYOU that will do this."

Greetings from a new member.  I read the previous posts regarding this
subject but did not discern a consensus.  I have a new laptop with
Vista and an old PDA (Ipaq5555) with PocketPC2003.  ActiveSync 4.x is
designed for Vista, but doesn't support PocketPC. (supposedly)  Must I

their have been only THREE landouts in four days of a 42 glider
NATIONALS, I'm thinking CD McQuigg is not pushing his troops hard
enough at this huge contest.  I have heard that he is an ultra-

The Horizontal Stab. is held in position by a captive bolt that is
prevented from backing out by a spring steel wire that slides through
a slot in that bolt. Mine just broke. Does anyone have experiance with
that little wire and it's replacement?