Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / July 2009

To all my friends in the United States of America.
You may have got the impression from some recent correspondence on this
site that winch launchings is about as risky as bungey jumping or joining
a Kamikaze squadron!

I'd like to hear from people who submit logs to OLC using a recorder
that has no  ENL (Engine Noise Level) capability and produces a log
with no ENL data.
Does OLC automatically determine the start of soaring flight, or do

Carolina Soaring Association is hosting a three day glider race at
Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, SC on August 21, 22, 23.
Contest organizer is: Scott Fletcher;   email:  sfletcher (AT)
mechequip.com

Last time out (first time in 3 years for the 302 to be used) the 302
was massively over reading double / triple the actual lift/sink.  The
Beepy thing beeped at the right times but it was readying 20knots on
the averager while climbing at 8knots actual on the Sage.

Press release: http://www.globalstar.com/en/news/pressreleases/press_display.php?pressId=555
Blurb with photo: http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/spot-intros-refreshed-smaller-satellite-gps-m
essenger/
Quote:
The new SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ will include the following new

I've entered the Standard Nats at short notice having wangled the time off
work. If anyone is available to crew please email me on
jayrebbeck@gmail.com or call me at 07989988971.
Cheers,

I've been getting a fair number of e-mails requesting information on
such things as the cost to rent a helicopter, cost to get a sport
pilot license, cost of a Light Sport Aircraft etc. They are oddly
worded leading me to believe that English is not the senders (just a

Well you may have read about a new version of the SPOT coming out in a few
months.  But there is currently a very good deal going on for the existing
units.  But the rebate program ends on August 3rd.  You must order the unit
on or before August 3rd.  There are several rebate ...

Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).
For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater

Cambridge navigation system:  LNAV, GPS secure flight recorder,
electric vario (LS-RO), cradle mount for pocket nav.  Two Compaq Aero
PDAs, 1500 series loaded with glide navigator II.  All wiring and
plugs included.  Everything was working well when i took system out of

Pictures and a brief story.
http://711reporting.blogspot.com/

Hi All - EAA invited me to exhibit and fly my Antares
20E at Oshkosh, as part of their "electric aircraft"
theme. I'll use this opportunity to promote Soaring
and SSA as best I can.

recently I've been getting several emails from scammers and questions from
sellers as to if these are legit or not...they are NOT....beware!
typical email scams like below usually have especially bad grammar and
spelling, but this isn't enough to identify the scammers, een they ...

Is anyone in the US offering introductory flights in this glider or one of
approximately the same wing span?  Not looking for a complete checkout.

Listed on Ebay at half price starting bid:
Soaring Flight Simulator for the PC software SFSPC
Current price:    $35.00
End time:    Jul-27-09 09:19:04 PDT