Highlights of Member Activities This page contains highlight items that were removed from the ESA homepage [This page updated 6-9-2009]

Click on Images:

     Not from ESA:
    The Soaring Flight Simulator "Made in Germany"
            Very realistic simulation of the Ka-8 and others.
            Free demo version!

In keeping with MacCready's push for using less energy in
many facets of our lives and the Western Workshop
theme "Renewable Energy", you may be interested
in two visions of Alternative Low Energy Tows.
Also, contains a few links for MacCready.

Low Energy Tows
Click Here or on Photo

Dynamic Soaring !
Dynamite presentation at Tehachapi by J. Philip Barnes

37 page Adobe Presentation and a free simulator below
Dowloads: Zip File ...or... Presentation Simulator

The Collected Works of Stan Hall Volume TWO just released

D-Tube interior - Steve Arndt's Carbon Dragon
A popular exhibit at various workshops and fly-ins

Scheduled Speaker at the 2008 Western Workshop
"Aerodynamics and Photography of Soaring Bird Flight including Ground Effect"

New greatly improved files from Phil:

Flight without Fuel - PDF file

Flight without Fuel - Power Point

Trigons, Normals, and Quadragons - PDF file

Raul Diloren reports a new foot launch sailplane

See it in October in Florida then at Torrey Pines, California.
Link: Saqqara
Click on: Signpost, Signpost, Saqqara, Footlaunch
... then use the index on the right.

Italiano

Alisport: www.alisport.com English

Removed 11/12/2006

Tilly, a pro

Golden Eagle with minicams ... ridge soaring in Scotland (OK, Tilly is not a member)
Watch 6 Soaring Videos
Including aerial combat with a buzzard

Two clicks are required:
Continue
Mini-Cam in Action

Links from the new issue:

LightHawk ... glidersport.net

TURBOJET ENGINE FOR GLIDERS ... jet-rpm.com
Archaeopteryx ... ruppert-composite.ch
jean.teremetz.free.fr/aviation
www.toute-une-nouvelle-aviation.net

Mesmerizing Video of this gadget: Large Med

Removed 10/1/2005

Marske's Carbon Rod Spar

Click here for Paper by Jim Marske on Carbon Rods and Spar Design and link to Marske Site

Removed 10/1/2005

Volmer Jensen VJ-11 Hang Glider ... revisited

Removed 11/12/2006

Steve in eastern United States

Click here for Steve Arndt in his Magic Dragon ... more images at link

Removed 4/2005
Duster Reunion - Gregow
Link fixed

Removed 4/2005

For Sale ... Greg Malm ( Adverse yaw? )

More information

Removed 4/2005

Looking for a winter activity? ... try:

Hard Water Sailing ... Iceboating

We share with soaring:
- build your own ship
- trailers
- assembly
- need for ideal Ice and Weather
- frustration
and
- fellowship