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  • Wet, unstable weather during Dutch Nationals! SUPER ridge and wave weather in the USA! (2)
    • Dinant { "Over 1000k in a junior [SZD 55] or Janus C are remarkable as well, even in ” steady ridge”" An SZD-55 is not a Junior, it's a standard class plane... } – May 23, 4:31 AM
    • Thomas Grove { "Double-seaters were part as wel flying 234.5 km. and the Duo Fiscus without a turbo from Thomas Leander, [all other 7 gliders in this class have a T behind it... } – May 16, 12:43 PM
  • Back from the Dead at the 2013 Mifflin Sports Class Nationals (6)
    • Roger druce { Frank Thanks for the additional and informative input. You are talking about that extreme where you can't lower the nose. As I fly command from the back seat of two-seaters... } – May 22, 2:21 AM
    • Frank Paynter { Roger, Unfortunately, in this case you *can't* lower the nose, as there is no room between you and the trees. The roll has to take place first in order to... } – May 21, 9:40 AM
    • Roger Druce { Sorry Frank but I just don't get it. You have a problem with approaching the stall and you fix it first by manouevring then lower the nose. This seems to... } – May 21, 9:10 AM
    • Herb Kilian { Flying the French Alps with a German friend he showed me how to work lift above the tree-line doing figure-8's while a couple thousand feet below the peak. He made... } – May 20, 12:51 PM
    • Matt McKrell { Wow, great story Frank! Every time I circle in front of a rock face in Condor I tell myself "Never try this in Real Life because you'll kill yourself." But,... } – May 20, 10:13 AM
  • XCSoar for Android (2)
    • flightbit { Hi Pieter, I fly with XCSoar on the Google Nexus 4. I recently completed a wave flight to 12,000ft carrying both the Nexus 4 and an EW microRecorder. You can... } – May 21, 11:20 AM
  • Soaring between two Seas...? (7)
    • Guido Kramp { Hi All I am from Schleswig Holstein flew in Wahlstedt. Now I am in Virgina and starting flying in Front Royal, but missing my gliding in S-H. If somebody is... } – May 19, 11:00 AM
    • Lars { Thanks for this great article, Elke! As a great comedian mentioned: S.-H. is the evil-smelling meadow in the north of Hamburg. However, I'm totally addicted to soar in and around... } – May 16, 9:42 AM
  • 1750 km and a new European record in the Alps (1)
  • German Ladies conquer the Alps (1)
    • Frauke Elber { Thanks Elke for writing the article. The Italians have started a women organization also under the tutelage of Margot Aquaderni } – May 16, 8:29 PM
  • Monday May 13 - Day 2 at the 2013 Sports Class Nationals (2)
    • Irn Jousma { The 1-26, the ship for high performance pilots...... } – May 14, 2:46 PM
    • George { Take it to them Daniel - MacFly } – May 14, 1:33 PM
  • Glider tracking! (3)
    • Anne Hoekstra { Good article! The thing about using Glidertracking.com during competitions: once you have seen it in actions it seems like it has always been there (as with all good software). It... } – May 14, 1:12 PM
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