Recent content by iAlex

Do you offer self launch endorsements?

There is a route for civilian engineers to go to get to USAFTPS or USNTPS. First get an engineering or physics degree. Then you will need to get a job as a Flight Test Engineer (Civil Service only, contractors won't be eligible) at either NAWCAD (Pax River), NAWCWD (China Lake and Pt Mugu) or...

Bill Hickle at Inyokern has been known to do fabric work in the past. He did a great job on the control surface recovering of a Blanik Sailplane based at IYK.

rec.aviation.soaring is the most active site/forum for US based pilots.

To start off I only have a Private Pilot Glider rating. No additional ratings yet. If I choose to go the sport pilot route to fly powered aircraft I'm curious whether the FAA written and practical tests are required. Reading through CFR 61.321 and the Sport Pilot FAQ's on the AOPA website...

Never ran out of gas, but then the aircraft I fly don't have any gas tanks to begin with. However I have been uncomfortably low a couple of times while gliding back to an airport...Found myself chanting out loud, "trust the polar, trust the polar."

I've heard it said that the difference between a regular automotive style compression test and a differential compression test is about the same as a Doctor listening to your heart with a stethescope when compared to performing an EKG. The auto compression test can tell you that something is...

Georgia Tech is another east coast school he might want to consider.

Other reasons for t-tails in gliders are associated with landing out in unimproved fields and less potential for damage while ground handling. Landing on a farmers field the t-tail will be up and out of the way and not snagging plants and such. A glider with a conventional tail will have the...

The Standard Cirrus will give an honest 35:1 L/D. Tony, when are you going to finish the rebuild/refinish of Leah's glider?

So that makes 4 gliders in the Condon household? 3.5 if you wan't to be specific. Wow, and some of my family members think that I am obsessed with Soaring...

Or buy an Antares.

Longtime lurker here with a logbook question now. This past weekend I flew our clubs Blanik sailplane for a 1.0 with another rated glider pilot. We each flew for about 0.5 and I did log a 0.5 as PIC on my logbook. My question is with the total time for the flight in the logbook. Do I log...