THE JANUARY 2013 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL The January 2013 issue goes in the mail on December 18. Another 64 page issue that has a spread of news and photos from around the planet. Another issue with some great reading plus a wealth of new press release stories for soaring pilots wherever you are. Stories include:
1. We have a replacement for the late Jochen Ewald. Aldo Cernezzi fills Jochen¹s place on the world gliding scene reporting and flying new sailplane with great expertise. He files his first in depth report and its on the Schempp-Hirth Quintus . His reports will now to be a regular Gliding International feature. Aldo provides great photography too. 2. Gliding International columnist Francis Humblet has been in Lithuania and reports on the Lak factory. Not a pretty scene there. A shadow of its former self, the work force is down from 600 to 80, all mainly engaged on repair work. 3 We have another look at the Morning Glory¹ with some great new photography. We report on a visit to Burketown and the Glory¹ by a German expedition who write about the wonders of this phenomenon. The Morning Glory¹ is a must for all glider pilots to experience before you hang up your parachute. The article provides an explanation on how and why the Morning Glory forms. 4. A first for any gliding publication. Gliding International has a one on one interview with Sebastian Kawa, the world¹s indisputable leading soaring pilot. He lets slip where he gets his competition soaring weather forecasts from and you would never guess it in a 1000 years. And they are there for you too! 5. Our expert on sailplane instruments reports on all the new goodies that are to be available in 2013. Competition pilots/owners can¹t afford to miss this report. 6. Bet you didn¹t know Flarm employs over 40 staff now and is the gliding success story of the decade. Flarm research has led them in all sorts of directions. Flarm and their associates have now manufactured over 35,000 Flarm type units. Read about the start of the company in 2004, their first assembly line (the kitchen table) and their future. 7. Ritz again reports from Europe and tells us about the multitude of 1000 km triangles being flown world wide. Almost an every day event nowadays. 8. Maria Szemplinska produces some original new photographs for soaring pilots to ogle¹ over. 9. South African manufacturer Jonker sailplanes details just how they fitted out a test sailplane to produce induced flutter and how to control it. 10. The history of Windward Performance makes great reading, how it all came about, what they working on and the future of this exciting company that is emerging as a force to be reckoned with. 11. Giorgio Galetto, a world top Italian soaring pilot had a disastrous accident in the French Alps earlier in 2012. He analyses all the mistakes he made and felt he should let others know just how easy it is to end up on a hospital bed. A lesson that everyone should read 12. A do all provide everything¹ glass instrument that needs no installing is amongst some of the latest instruments to reach the 2013 market. The Dynon is worth looking at despite that it is not certified as this report is written. The Dynon has a future which you can read about in the latest Gliding International. 13. At last - a simple easily applied new Nasal Spray for motion sickness. NASA has got into the act on finding a solution to this problem (airsickness- sea sickness) and thrown a lot of money at the problem. 14. Details on a new on-line course to improve your radio transmission abilities. The online training program labelled Sound like an airline pilot¹ is a ready solution to any problems you may have. Inexpensive too! 15. Big development strides in having drones fly with collision-avoidance technologies. Successful trials show that the answer to this thorny problem is very near. 16. The British Gliding Association has reduced the minimum age for first solos to 14. A Scottish lad achieved this milestone just three days after the new regulations come into force. 17. FAA reports that fatal accidents in sporting aviation have increased by 25% over the pat 10 years whilst accident numbers are basically static at 6.8 per 100,000 flight hours (six times higher than commercial operators). More details in this issue. PLUS A MULTITUDE OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES THAT PROVIDE GREAT READING. USE OUR NEWLY REDESIGNED WEB SITE - REALLY SIMPLE NEW OR RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS GO TO OUR WEB SITE http:/www.glidinginternational.com
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