THE SEPTEMBER 2014 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL Our subscribers continued to tell us we produce the best ever gliding magazine. Thumbs up all round. It has been great to receive reader¹s complimentary emails. The September issue goes in the mail next week. Expect it in your mail box by August 29. The issue covers over 50 new absorbing topics for yet another coffee table issue. The photos alone make it a must have¹ issue. The authorative soaring journalist, Elk Fuglasang-Petersen (Germany) writes for Gliding international about the trail blazing flights of Gordon Boettger who perfected how you should fly downwind of a wave structure. She records Gordon¹s latest flight from Minden in Nevada to Hulet in Wyoming. The photograph series is unbelievable. Aldo Cernezzi, a regular feature writer for Gliding International has written about his perspective of the recent World Championships in Finland. Aldo flew his Duo Discus in the two seater class, but without success. It definitely was a different¹ contest. Aldo has an added feature this issue with a second article. He visited the Shark factory on his way home to Italy from Finland. HpH Ltd (Shark) are based in the Czech Republic and are in the middle of designing a new 20 metre two seater which should fly within the next nine months. Aldo talks about the factory and their five axis milling machine that produces perfection moulds that other manufacturers cannot equal. A very interesting story indeed. The first 13.5 metre World Championship is now less than 12 months away. We look at the I.G.C. class structure for championships and declare it to be a total mess. A debatable subject you can learn more about and express your own views on. Schleicher¹s new two seater, the ASG 32 competed in the World Championships in Finland and produced a creditable third place. It is not in the Discus - Quintus Class but the two Austrians that flew it declared it to be a two-seater with a great future. Read more in the September issue. The Germans Aerospace Research Centre supported by some American university researchers have a fleet of scientifically equipped aircraft in New Zealand exploring the country¹s wave structures. It is to be a five year research project which must have a rub off for wave soaring everywhere. We are keeping in touch with the personnel involved to report regularly on this project. This report on Atmospheric researching of Gravity Waves must interest every soaring pilot. Heard of the L Band? If not you soon will as GPS goes under the microscope for an expansion of present systems. Read more in this issue. U.S.A. pilots now have the ³Pilot¹s Bill of Rights,² which puts a different slant on FAA enforcement trials. Every country should have a Pilot¹s Bill of Rights. The USA have taken a major lead that all others should follow. An absolutely absorbing expose. Not an issue goes bye without some updated research announcement on improvements to battery technology. Leading this quest for more cheaper/bigger storage lithium-ion batteries is the University of California. Get your self up to date on what¹s coming by reading this issue. Sweden has developed a control tower that is manned 50 miles away from the actual high traffic airfield itself. This is really interesting. Research on propeller blades for both tow aircraft and motor gliders tells us shape changes are now inevitable. A new discovery on how the deformation of propeller blades can be made visible during flight has the promise of improving performance ten fold. All in this issue. A self contained electric winch mounted on a truck is the latest in winch launching. Reduces the cost of tows to under $1.00 each. Catch up on this to examine and look at it for your club. Could bring gliding into the realm of being available to the masses. Graphene is the Buzz¹ word for 2014 and the years ahead. A new material that is about to revolutionise aviation. Full story in this issue will reduce present day costs by 50 to 65 percent. Germany¹s Aerospace Centre is throwing big money finding ways of reducing bugs on the leading edge of wings. They are trying out various new applications which must certainly provide big advances for gliding. All in this issue. The United Kingdom¹s CAA has been engaging in a war to reduce red-tape and with major success. They are leading the world in reduced medicals, type certifications and many other useless rules that have evolved over the years. A very interesting treatise from our European correspondents. Perlan is back on track with a major sponsor that will ensure the project flies. Accidents world wide since our last issue: 26 majors, 10 sailplanes involved in mid airs and 10 fatalities. All detailed in this issue. Plus 35 other stories that will educate and inform. We hope you will join us. JOHN ROAKE EDITOR. NEW (or RENEWING) SUBSCRIBERS CAN EASILY EFFECT A SUBSCRIPTION BY GOING TO OUR WEB PAGE www.glidinginternational.com
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