Thoughts on Low-Cost Gliding Navigation Ok, before we start a little DISCLAIMER: The following text only represents my personal, subjective opinion and reflects only upon the personal, subjective experiences I gained over the last years, flying club, private and rental gliders in recreational, cross-country and competition flying and is subject to change and in no…
Technology
Dale Kramer, BMapper, and Windows 7
by Bill Elliott •
Updating the Caesar Creek Soaring Club Waypoint Database
by Bill Elliott •
Excel Logging Spreadsheet for Gliders
by Bill Elliott •
A friend of mine commented the other day that he couldn’t find a decent logging application that could create log entries from IGC files. I have a fair bit of experience with automating Excel spreadsheets using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), and I was bored out of my skull (it’s winter, don’t you know), so…
Tea with “Two-Delta” – Visiting the Mü-31 project
by Bill Elliott •
One afternoon last week, I found myself on a Munich underground train holding a slice section of a sailplanes´s outer wing. Pretending to be untouched by everyone’s weird looks, I took the time to examine my precious gift. Although I handle entire gliders and intact wings almost every day, seeing the inside of a wing…
A Jet-Glider (Strahlsegler)
by Bill Elliott •
This article gives the worldwide community of glider pilots some more information about an idea that could give this sport a new impulse. In my practical work as a flying instructor, [it seems imperative that] a new way of teaching and flying must be created and the aircraft for this way must be invented. Winch launch and even towing launch need too many persons that are no longer available. The glider of the future will be the self-launcher but not the retractable.
iGlide – Impressions from a New User
by Bill Elliott •
These are [some] points [about iGlide] that I thought were most noteworthy so far. I like the app a lot and am ready to fly with it this week. I’ll [add more] impressions and thoughts after I get some time with it in the air. I’m interested in “post flight” procedures. i.e. transferring flight files for saving on my computer for analysis and sending in to the OLC for daily scoring.
Flarm-IGC Update
by Bill Elliott •
A significant update to the GPS Flight Recorder function of FLARM-IGC units is now available. Owners are advised to incorporate this as soon as possible. It is available through a web download, as described below.
ClearNav Announces OLC Solution for Cambridge 10/20/25 Flight Recorders
by Bill Elliott •
ClearNav Instruments is pleased to announce a software solution for validation and scoring of OLC flights recorded on Cambridge GPSNav model 10, 20 and 25 flight recorders. Instructions and necessary files are located on the ClearNav Instruments site.
What’s Your Pleasure: Turkey, Fajita or Glider Wrap?
by Bill Elliott •
I have been thinking about the aging fleet of composite gliders around the world and the problem of gelcoat crazing and cracking. Every owner must be wondering at times about the remaining life they have on their gelcoat and about the eventually inevitable refinishing. The approaches to this issue so far have been three-fold in my opinion.