Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / February 2010

SSF FIRC's are open to any Flight Instructor wishing to renew their FI
certificate. As of 2008, the SSF clinic can renew any FI certificate
(glider, airplane, rotorcraft, ...). The SSF clinics are also open to
any glider pilot who is interested in learning more about the art of

This time of year is good for repairing things that you just haven't
got around to. Amongst my other winter projects is refurbishing an
older Udo rigger.
 The Bilstein screw jack was not working smoothly, and produced

I have a Lark IS 28 B2 and having conflicting answers to the proper
replacement Tow Hook to use for  the glider.
I would like to find other Lark owners and ask them what Tost tow hook
they are using. If you have any relating information I could use

IF YOU LOVE THE LS6 OR LS8 YOU’LL BE BESOTTED BY THE LS10.
These remarks come from a new owner Brian Du Rieu. His four page
assessment of the merits of this sailplane are an added feature to the
March issue of Gliding International, being mailed tomorrow.

I want to replace the tires on my Komet trailer. The original tire
size is P165/80 R13, which is now hard to find.
The choice seems to be either a Firestone passenger car radial in the
correct size or a slightly taller Towmaster made by Greenball.  The

Comments about the instructor pool are misleading in part.  At one
point we were so desperate for instructors that we considered hiring
outsiders for our club.  We searched the FAA directory and came up
with 52 rated CFI-Gs here in Indiana.  I went through the list,

Hello All,  I posted this to my local glider club's discussion group;
thought I'd repost it here, given the recent safety threads...
As a powered-aircraft pilot, I check out the annual Nall Report.  This
is a study compiled each year by the AOPA regarding aviation accidents

One of my soaring buddies who is not signed up on this group, asked if
I would post a message for a wanted tailwheel assembly.  His is
cracked.
Will an ASW-19 or ASW-20 fit this fuselage?

I'm wondering what other owners of older DG ships think of DG's
requirement to pay a fee upfront in order to purchase parts and
software to maintain their gliders.
I own a DG 202/17.

Can measure vertical wind aka thermal
[catchthewindinc.com]

Here is some info Johann asked me to post.  Anyone who can be in Salt
Lake City on Saturday March 27, please start planning on coming to
this.  Will be great to see as many soaring pilots as we can get!
Please post if you are coming so we can plan on you.

Hi Folks - Anybody already flying that can help with
some testing ? New AAT features to reduce heads-down
time are ready to test. Ideally prior to Seniors !
Please contact me offline if you're able to do some

Caracole Soaring Wave Camp Opening Weekend for 2010
Sunday Feb 28th at 3 pm, Visit to Joshua Approach ATC
“Operation Raincheck “
A Presentation and Tour of the ATC Facility at Edwards AFB

2010 Performance Soaring Seminar:   UPDATE
Everything is proceeding according to plan.  The long-range forecast
looks like the weather will be decent: good enough for a seminar, not
good enough to go soaring!

We are planning a Glider Aerobatics Workshop at Williams Gliderport!
Target date is Sunday, February 21.
Plan on 8:30 start with 1.5 hour of video and introduction to glider
aerobatics and judging.