Winning a copy of iGlide is quite a thrill! I live in Peterborough, NH, and am still learning to fly. Soaring has been a dream since I took a ride in a glider when I was 17. I’m now 54 but marriage, kids, and jobs kept me from pursuing the dream until a few years…
The Minden Soaring Club honored eight young pilots from Northwestern Nevada to receive $1000 flight scholarships to continue their flight training in gliders. The scholarships were publicly awarded on Saturday April 6, 2013 at the airport in Minden, NV as part of the Minden Soaring Club banquet and annual membership meeting. The scholarship recipients are…
Here’s a short excerpt from a story about unmanned gliders that appeared in the Science and Technology column of Economist.com. We found the link at Streckenflug.at.
After the coldest April-6-night in history ,here in Holland, 11…. MINUS, SPRING finally arrived. The cold dry Eastern wind gave great pleasure before already to glider pilots , even those who, like here in Holland or Belgium, are used to flat-land-conditions only, now the nice warm sun on Sunday, was a pleasure for everybody. Ready to […]
Friedrichshafen, Germany – With an attractive program, more exhibitors and plenty of special events, the AERO, held in Friedrichshafen from April 24th to 27th, is flying high. The entire spectrum of modern general aviation – powered aircraft, gliders, and ultralights, as well as helicopters and business jets – will be presented, along with their related…
In my opinion, two of the most wonderful things in life are soaring, and tea. Both require you to take some time for it, both can give you unforgettable moments, and both regularly tend to unite people in all places of the world. Admittedly, tea does not play any important role in my soaring world.…
Hey guys! My name is Lukas and I am 18 years old. Coincidentally I’m in the same gliding club as the two winners before. I am delighted to be the latest winner. I have been using iGlide for 2 years and I have always been fascinated of its easy handling, but there has always been…
Von 24. – 27. April 2013, Mittwoch bis Samstag, lädt die Allgemeine Luftfahrt zum jährlichen Branchentreff nach Friedrichshafen an den Bodensee. Mehr als 600 internationale Aussteller nehmen diesen Termin war und präsentieren auf über 80.000 m² ihre aktuellen Produkte und Neuheiten. Zu sehen das ganze Spektrum der Branche: mehr als 200 Fluggeräte, vom Segelflugzeug, Ultraleicht,…
I received the following letter from John Good (CD at the recently concluded Seniors Championship) a day or two ago. ————————————————————————— As you know, a number of pilots had issues with your flying at the Senior Contest. The SSA Rules Committee has deemed it appropriate for me to write a letter to the SSA Contest Committee…
When you take your first driving lesson, the speedometer is simple to read. There’s just numbers. Simple. No colors to worry about. The tachometer is a little more difficult, but not much. You just need to figure out why the end of it is colored in red. Red is bad. Okay, so maybe it’s not more difficult.
The airspeed indicator in a glider is much more colorful. There’s green, red, yellow and white. The first time I saw it I thought it was a Christmas decoration! I found out later those colors all meant something, something very important. It’s time to get colorful, with limited colors!
