Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / April 2008

Now that Grob no longer has a presence in the US, what are the options
for obtaining parts?  In particular, I'm looking for replacement wing
tip skids for a Grob 103C (Twin III)...
Thanks,

Gordon Boettger has just taken off from Minden in another record
breaking distance attempt. It's a blue wave day and he is carrying
SPOT. He will be turning it on as soon as he is in the wave...
See where to follow him live @ http://mindensoaringclub.com

An evil gust of wind totalled a Canopy for one of the LVVSA member's
1-35 today.  Initial searches for a source for a new one didn't yield
good news.  Any help would be appreciated.
TIA

Don't know if you guys know about this or if anyone is interested,
but
go and check this out... it's pretty cool!
http://www.flyeaa.com

The first time I saw this I thought it was a typo, but for the third
time that I can recall this web page is using the term "Sustained X-
foot winds of Y to Z mph ...":
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=85222

I have a problem with my LS3a. During flight, from 90 km/h, on both
wings the airbrakes comming out from the wings slightly (some
millimeters), a  little bit higher during ircling flight, during pull-
up and at higher g-loads.

I just noticed that the SPOT web site was updated in the last few days.
http://www.findmespot.com
The new product overview videos are very nice.
http://spot.whiteboardagency.com/files/SPOT_Tour/SPOTTour.html

http://www.break.com/index/eagle-drags-goats-off-cliff.html
Amazing video.
Brad

The Free State Regionals have kicked off in Welkom. For all the news
that is the news see:
http://www.ggc.co.za/FSR2008/index.htm
There is also an SSSA forum to cover the regionals from the sidelines

During the drive home today from the airfield I had a little blowout
on the freeway which destroyed the right fender and sent it somewhere
to freeway hell.   This is for a circa 1984 aluminum Cobra trailer.
Please contact Gerard at Gprosnier@hotmail.com   Thanks!

You folks may remember a few season back when I visited an Amish
family in SE Iowa with the Cherokee.  Some jokes were made, but it
appears that our jokes are reality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86rOfjhsIIM

I've loaded terrain on my iPAQ Hx 4705 (using XCSoar), and find that
it makes it too hard for me to see much else on the screen when
flying, so I turn it off.  I think a simpler map, just showing roads,
would be more useful.

I have friend that just purchased a PIK20 that has an LX4000
computer.
We are unable to get the LX4000 to pick up a GPS signal. The
documentation with it is confusing. Some of the documentation says it

Time to repace my 12v 6ah SLA battery. Same or 7ah or 8ah?

20 rolls of white one inch wide
gap tape
shipping in the US included
$32