Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / April 2009

http://flypmsc.blogspot.com/2009/04/perry-2009.html
-Evan Ludeman / T8

I have a Cambridge LNAV and I want to replace my LX400, which i
currently being used purely as a GPS receiver, with something else t
provide a GPS feed to the LNAV, preferably without taking up a space o
my instrument panel.

I have developed a Spot data pull utility which will allow me to
automatically 'pull' data from multiple spot tracker sites
automatically and put them all on one KMl file to overlay on google.
I'm looking for a couple of UK based spot equipped pilots to run some

Looks like another legend of soaring has passed

West Texas skies reappered this afternoon over Perry's task area.
SSA website evening report is posted.
#711.

A catered (appetizers and beverages) social gathering is planned for May 9
from 5 - 6:45 pm at the Cordele Airport field, followed by "Charlie's
Celebration of Life" at the Rainey Funeral Home at 7:00 pm.  (we'll have
directions).

I'm curious if anyone out there besides Mark and myself watched the
real-time SPOT tracks from Perry?  Mark and I (mostly Mark) are
planning to do the same thing at the 15m Nats, so I'm looking for
suggestions/comments from users.

Any beginners interested in chatting about their experiences thus far?
I some time practicing various stalls, turning stalls, and turning
stall with airbrakes, and it was lots of fun.  Was also practicing
take offs and landing approach, but due to the 15knt wind the

I have a question regarding XC-Soar and am running it on an iPAQ3850.
I loaded the latest version 5.2.3F.
When I first loaded the program everything worked as advertised,
except I've never seen the landable fields show up as colored dots,

SPOT has launched a marketing survey.  There are lots of tedious
questions but there is the opportunity to say what features you would
llike to change.  There was just enough room to ask for tracking
reports every 5 minutes including altitude.

I would like to buy a complete used Mountain High O2 system for my D2b
including bottle, regulator and electronics at a reasonable price.
Dick 972-351-1966

Does anyone have a internet reference for FAI rules for speed records
around FAI triangles?  Specifically to set speed records around FAI
triangles do the turn points have to be declared in advance?  Is there
a requirement for the start and finish to be less than 1000 meters

Just a curiosity...
I fly a Slingsby T59-D Kestrel 19 in Canada.  According to my Type
Certificate (G-93), a "back type parachute" is listed as required
equipment, along with basic instruments.  So, a parachute must be worn

I need some advice for finding good online material I can download/bu
to study/practice for the FAA Written Knowledge Test and for the Chec
Ride Oral & Flight Tests. I am overseas and really can’t get books sen
to me. I’ve scoured the web. I’ve looked at “Dauntless-soft.com” fo

Trying to find a person or shop in Arizona, preferabley in the phoenix
area, that can perform annual inspections on standard certification
sail plane (LS-3).
Thanks