New Open Class Gliders - Report from Aero 2011 in Friedrichshafen, Germany
About transponders - USA glider pilot background on transponder types and functionality
About ADSB - USA glider pilot background on the new aircraft traffic surveillance system
If you are interested in the FLARM glider traffic warning system, Dave contributed
heavily to this in-depth discussion:
FLARM discussion on GliderPilot.org
Dave's 2011 blog from Uvalde, Texas - The USA Open Class Nationals
Dave's 2011 blog from Hobbs, New Mexico - The USA 18-Meter Class Nationals
Dave's 2010 blog from Hobbs, New
Mexico - The USA Open Class Nationals
Dave's
2010 blog from Caesar Creek OH - The USA 18-Meter Class Nationals
Participating
in EAA's 2009 AirVenture Gathering at Oshkosh Includes links to
video of Dave's Antares 20E flight demonstration at Oshkosh and a
recording of EAA Radio's interview with Dave.
Dave's 2009
blog from Montague CA - The USA Open Class Nationals
Dave's 2008
Blog from Uvalde TX - The USA Open Class Nationals
Dave's 2008
Blog from Mifflin PA - The USA 18-Meter Nationals
Dave's 2006 Blog
from Hobbs NM - The USA 18-Meter Nationals
Dave's 2005
Blog from Uvalde TX - The USA 15-Meter Nationals
Dave's 2004
Blog from Uvalde TX - The USA 18-Meter Nationals
Dave's 2003 Blog from the
"Return To Kitty Hawk" Cross-USA Glider Marathon
Dave's 2002
Blog from Tonopah, Nevada - The USA 15-Meter Nationals
96
year old WASP June Bent flies again in a Duo Discus - Worcester
Telegram & Gazette, Wednesday, October 7, 2009
June Bent story on front page of Boston Globe, Saturday 10-October-2009
Boston Globe front page
image from 10-October-2009
Soaring Magazine, July 2009, The Aero 2009 Fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany
Soaring Magazine, November 2008, 2008 18-Meter Nationals, Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Soaring Magazine, September 2005, A Report from
Friedrichshafen
Report on the Aero Exposition in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
(Online
draft of Soaring magazine article available here)
FLARM introduction.
Soaring Magazine, August 2003, Aero 2003 - Friedrichshafen Germany. Antares introduction.
Soaring Magazine, February 2003, Wallaby Ranch
Flying the light stuff (hang gliders and an ultralight sailplane)
at Wallaby Ranch in Florida.
Soaring Magazine, July 2001, Aero 2001
Soaring Magazine,
May 1987, Perspectives
Article on flying safety, especially how not to kill yourself
learning mountain and competition flying.
Not for the queasy.
Often remembered for:
I will not follow another pilot... and
It is much more important to know the limits of your knowledge and
ability than to know everything, and certainly more practical.
USA National Soaring Convention lectures have included (slides
available on request):
Final Glides Without Fear
Effective Variometers and Computers for Sailplanes, Present and
Future
What You Need to Know about Your Vario
So You Think You Want a Motor-Glider...
The FLARM Traffic Awareness and Collision-Warning System
Notes on flying the Monnet Monerai Sailplane back in the 1980s
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Last update 31-August-2011
Contact Dave Nadler:
USA East Coast voice (978) 263-0097
Skype Dave.Nadler1
Dave.Nadler@Nadler.com
