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Inside the September 2009 issue of Gliding International Magazine:

September 2009 Issue of Gliding International

 

GREAT READING! SOME OF THE FEATURE STORIES IN THE 64 PAGE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL:

  • Oshkosh has a lesson or two Gliding Administrators

  • New claim - for a wing that increases lift, decreases drag, increases speed and increases structural integrity

  • Founder of the 'Discus', 'Ventus', 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus' financial funds dies in a sailplane accident

  • Disquiet about sailplane purchase deposits

  • Canada tries an alternative to ease the burden of administrative costs.

  • Perlan tests new oxygen system - reduces bottle size by more than 60%

  • Ray Lynksey, the first glider pilot to fly 2000 plus klm dies at age 54

  • Rieti championship site under threat

  • A major advance/substitute for E.L.T.s

  • Jochen Ewald - The Arcus - The first really new design in the 20m two-seater class in a long time

  • Three jet units power a self-launch ASW20

  • Lithuania and a visit to the LAK factory

  • Visit to Glider factory that has been producing gliders since 1928.

  • The US 18 metre nationals.

  • New instrumentation on the market

  • Personality of the month - Angel Casado from Spain

  • Gliding greatest meteorologist celebrates his 100th birthday

  • Glider rebuild – damaged in Germany, part repaired in Japan, restoration and re licensed to fly in Australia and now flying under Japanese registration in Japan. Intriguing

  • The new $US399 million weather forecasting satellite for better soaring predictions.

  • An alternative for bungee launching.

  • Plus 35 other stories.

 

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