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http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds Look on this website. This is where most gliders are bought and sold in the USA. There are two Grob 103's for sale on here.

Beautiful car Jay. I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but I'll just go ahead and blast away the rest of your evening: https://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/ http://www.visitelginpark.com/

Most of the helicopter community thinks that that this was a short-shaft failure in the drivetrain, where the engine continued to run and power the tailrotor, but couldn't power the main rotor. Good luck on getting the rating, it's the most fun you can have flying. If you are in the Seattle...

That Champ in Canada looks absolutely beautiful, doesn't get much more simple or fun than that. On another note, I always wondered why Champs sell for so much less than the Cubs.

I like to divide SWP into vortex ring state and overpitching. VRS is actually more likely to be encountered when the helicopter is light, since the downwash speed to maintain altitude or a certain descent rate is actually less when the aircraft is light. Overpitching occurs when the engine...

Vortex ring state (VRS) occurs when the aircraft descends through the rotor downwash. So if you don't descend vertically you can avoid VRS. Typically you will start to encounter VRS with a descent rate of approximately 1/2 of the downwash speed. Helicopters can come to an out of ground effect...

James, Open moorage in any coastal city is nearly impossible to find.

Curmudgeons.... I love this article. Yeah it's not my type of flying, and I'd never buy one but that's not the point. GA is rapidly shrinking. If this airplane with it's slick marketing gets even a few new pilots in the door it will be a massive success as far as I'm concerned. When is the...

I'm a fan of my casio g-shock. They sell ones for smaller wrists. Mine is solar powered, has zulu time and auto updates the time, and cost $100.

Beautiful photos.

The accident rates for rotorcraft helicopter are roughly the same as for general aviation. GA's fatal accident rate last year was around 1.05 fatal accidents/100000 flt hours, while the rotorcraft rate in 2010 was 0.82 fatal accidents/100000 flt hours. The numbers change so much when divided...

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There are actually two major players in the world of sunglasses and eye wear. Luxottica, which owns oakley, rayban, sunglass hut, lenscrafters and many other brands, and Safilo, which owns carrera, smith, and several other brands. Cloudbase, on the other hand, is completely independent, 100%...

Sawtooth flying in a rental. Climb at max power to the service ceiling. Mixture to idle cutoff, then best glide, at 2000agl, restart the engine, and repeat. You may need to do some research about how the hobbs in your rental works. For example, if the system is oil pressure driven, than you...