THE JULY 2012 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL THE MAGAZINE JUMPS IN SIZE TO 72 PAGES with the July issue, about to be posted. Another wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. Stories include: 1. Jonkers designer, Johannes J Bosman looks into the future and enumerates how he plans to lift the performance of their sailplanes by 2 to 3 points. An eight page feature article.
2. Patagonia at its very worst, but an interesting report on soaring the Andes waves full of volcanic eruption dust from the Chilean volcano. Shows graphically how air moves within wave systems. 3. The French expedition to Patagonia this year experienced terribly corrupt customs officials and paid through the nose¹ to get their gliders cleared to fly and be repacked for homeward journey. (Graft totalled in excess of Eur8000) They warn anyone contemplating entering their own glider in the Argentinean worlds in 2013, to first have some concrete guarantees from the organisers about customs entry for their sailplanes in and out of the country. 4. The story about the Slovenian pilot that flew his Pipistrel motor glider round the world in 2.5 months. Flying into the Ant-arctic and over Everest en-route. 5. Debate on fuels and motors for tugs. The future of Avgas looks decidedly unsustainable. 6. Peace seeming to be declared between the European Aviation Safety Authority and Europe Airsports on regimentation. 7. A cheap solution has been found to effectively silence noisy tugs and motorgliders. 8. How Red Bull fixed their Austrian grounded Blaniks. 9. On a Wing and A prayer¹ One of the most hair raising cross country flights ever achieved. A 1980 story re-lifed. 10. A solo effort - An Australian home builder will complete from scratch, the building of a 1930¹s gulled winged Minemoa. 11. Germany looks into insect airworthiness to find improved gliding performances. 12. New research on 80% of the worlds soaring population. Fatality rates as a percentage of pilots numbers. This is frightening! 13. Another chart on which countries are losing the most members. 14. Story on the man who made his own self-launcher out of a SparrowHawk. 15. The Freedom of information act¹ is used to extract the true position on how many UAV¹s are flying and where. You¹ll be amazed! 16. United Kingdom to open a gliding museum. Their first! 17. Clubs with just $600 can now afford to have their own mapping, circuit planning/ turn point identification device. 18. IBM now seriously into battery research and spending millions. 19. Research shows that windfarms will produce thermals later in the day than any other likely generator. 20. Garmin has now made/sold over 100 million GPS devices. 21. FAI creates a special marketing company and IGC president elected to the board. 22. The world¹s top competition pilot has a very nasty accident and in hospital recovering. Unlikely to fly again this season. 23. Story on the $600,000 one off hot ship that broke up in mid-air last month. 24. Chart on competition shows participation declines. 25. The success of the Online Competition. May 12/13 - 3,833 flights logged world wide. PLUS A MULTITUDE OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES THAT PROVIDE GREAT READING. NEW OR RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS GO TO OUR WEB SITE <www.glidinginternational.com>
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