Soaring Cafe
An Online Community for the Soaring & Sailplane Enthusiast
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It’s time to learn Aerotow
For some time past I was thinking about the aerotow course but as I had a surgery I have just started to learn it at the end of July. This was the beginning of the summer camp in our aero club. Unfortunately the weather was bad here as it rained almost every day. Saturday was the…
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Flying the HP-24
The Tetra-15 is the first glider built as part of the HP-24 project. Brad Hill was the builder. Brad has a good track record of building gliders. He has also built a Russia and an Apis. The first flight of the Tetra was in January of 2012. Since then Brad has put around 500 hours…
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GTA Race at Monroe, GA
Report for the GTA race at Monroe, GA August 23-24 A Class Cumulative Score Rank Points ID Name Glider 1 1999 FS Silva, Fernando ASW-27 2 1933 BZ Mittell, John ASW-27 3 1759 H6 Ruf, Chris 303 Mosquito 4 965 FP Pin, Francois ASW-27 5 915 DL Linnekin, Dennis ASW-27 B Class Cumulative Score 24-Aug-14 23-Aug-14 Rank Points…
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Ventus-2cxa marries FES!
Luka Znidarsic, the Slovenian Schempp-Hirth representative and CEO of LZ Design has successfully added an engine to his Ventus 2: His company had been working on electric propulsion systems for several types of gliders. So far some LAK gliders have received a front electric sustainer, and they are already flying in different countries. FES is…
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Passengers at the Airport
Soaring has always been a myth for a lot of people – for example most of them don’t know how winch works or the details of aerotow are unknown.The biggest mystery is that a glider can fly a few hours without engine and even without strong wind! Naturally it’s hard to make a sweeping statement…