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Gear

Batteries
Tow Bridles
Clothes
Flight and GPS software
Glasses and goggles
GPS
Harnesses Aeros
Carbon CG
Rotor
M2
Tenax
Other harnesses
Moyes
Helmets
Neck Support
Parachutes
Radios Antenna
PTT
APRS
Varios and Flight recorders Airtotec
Arai Tangent
Ball
Brauniger
Digifly
Flytec
Pods
Wheels and Skids

Gear

Batteries

1800 mAh NiMH GP batteries: Mar.27'02
1900+ mAh rechargeables: Feb.4'03
2200 mAh Batteries: May 30'03
Batteries: Feb.7'03, Feb.6'03, Feb.5'03, Jan.20 1998
Battery usage with a Garmin 12 GPS: 5.33#3
NiMH batteries: 5.36#3
NiMH batteries and the cold: 5.37#5
Nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries: 5.28#1
NiMH batteries: 5.41#4
Maha Quick Charger: Nov.5'03
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Tow Bridles

Retractable bridle: Nov.20'02, Nov.19'02, Nov.17'02

Clothes

Gear: May 2'03
New hang gliding clothes: Mar.23'03
Arc'teryx: Apr.22'03
Clothes: Mar.31'03, Mar.25'03
Clothes Horse: Mar.24'03
Gloves: Nov.6'03
Foot ball receiver gloves: Nov.4'03
Flytec Gloves: Nov.1'02
Fishing for Gloves: Jul.23'02
Glacier Gloves: Jul.24'02
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Flight and GPS software

3D: 5.179#0
3-D in Texas: Mar.14'02
3D with GPS software: 5.119#4
CompeGPS: Mar.7'03, Mar.5'03, Jan.31'03
Compe-GPS 3D: Mar.30'02
Compe-GPS 4.00: Mar.29'02
CompeGPS 5.0: Apr.10'03
Compe-GPS and Mark+Enter: May 6'02
Compe-GPS and world records: Mar.14'03
Compe-GPS update: Feb.17'03, Aug.28'02, Jun.20'02
New version of Compe-GPS is out: May 4'02
Flight: Mar.25'02
Flight analysis software: Jul.26'03, 5.149#4
Flight Computing: 4.49#1
Flight planning and analysis software: 5.58#0
Flight planning for soaring flight (in Oz especially): 5.51#10
New Flytec software: 4.167#3
G7ToWin: Mar.19'03
GPSDump: Oct.1'02
GPSVAR: Sep.30'02
GPS Verification: 5.167#3, 5.166#2, 5.165#2
GPS software: 5.67#5
GPS's used for OZ competitions: 3.1#2
GPS to Palm: 5.193#7
GPS turnpoint verification: 4.182#3
GPS turn point verification at the competitions: Feb.8'99
Log_It GPS data logger: Jun.20'02, Jan.10'02, 5.166#7
**Map datum conversion: 3.57#8
Maps as colorful backgrounds for track logs: Mar.8'03
Maps for Garmin GPSes: Sep.10'03
MapSource: 5.51#5, 5.49#3
Mark + Enter: May 4'02, May 1'02, Apr.15'02, Apr.14'02
Maxpunkte: May 26'03, Mar.17'03, Mar.12'03
New features planned for Compe-GPS: Mar.2'02
OziExplorer: 5.49#5, 3.125#4
Scoring and GPS software: 4.115#4
Security in G7ToWin: Mar.11'03
SeeYou: Nov.21'02, Sep.25'02, Apr.7'02, 5.175#3
See You 2.0: Nov.2'02
SeeYou 2.4: Sep.7'03
SeeYou adds the hang glider symbol in 3D: Jun.11'03
SeeYou and the Hang Glider and Paraglider On-line contest: Jun.11'03
SeeYou Competition version: Jul.24'02
SeeYou feature or bug?: Aug.5'02
SeeYou flight speeds: Jun.14'03
SeeYou seeks Spanish translator: Jan.29'02
SeeYou update: Apr.17'02, 5.197#6
SeeYou updated (2.3): May 7'03
SeeYou upgrade: Mar.9'03
See You works with Galileo: Mar.19'03
New See You: Feb.18'02
Satellite Images for SeeYou: Nov.2'03
Tim Cumming's GPS verification software web site: 5.51#2
Track2Termic: Mar.14'03
Track2Thermic - from GPS tracks to thermic/waypoints: Mar.11'03
Track logs: Mar.3'03
Updates to Compe-GPS: 5.191#5
Verify GPS: 5.52#3
Waypoint+ and Delorme maps: 5.51#4
Your flight in 3D: 5.102#1
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Glasses and goggles

Blueye Goggles: Nov.30'02, 5.188#5, 5.158#6
French aviation glasses: 5.27#2
Goggles of Controversy: Dec.2'02

GPS

eTrex: Mar.8'03, Mar.7'03, Mar.3'03
eTrex and GPSes: Mar.4'03
eTrex Legend: Mar.19'03
The eTrex models from Garmin: Mar.2'03
Garmin eTrex: 5.66#5, 5.54#3
Update to eTrex Vista: Jul.23'02
Garmin: 5.58#1
Garmin 72?: Dec.9'02
Garmin 76: Dec.13'02
Garmin 76 Gliding Updates: Aug.24'02
Garmin 76 MAP: Jun.18'02
Garmin 76s: Jan.15'03, Jan.14'03
Garmin 76S non beta update: Mar.14'03
Garmin updates: Feb.24'02
Garmin updates explained: Aug.28'02
No more Garmin 12 series: Feb.27'03
Do it yourself Garmin cables: Mar.6'03
Magellan and MLR: Feb.17'03, Feb.16'03
MLR: May 8'02
Bad GPS coverage: Mar.17'03
More bad GPS coverage: May 1'03
The end of Selective Availability: 4.102#1
GPS: Oct.8'02, Oct.7'02, 5.65#4
GPS and cell phone in the air: 5.64#4
GPS and flight verification: 5.50#8
GPS and records: Feb.27'03
GPS and the On-line Contest: Sep.24'02
GPS and UTC time: Feb.26'02
GPS downloading for world records: 5.47#3
GPS drawings: 5.178#4
GPSes for badges and records: Feb.22'03
GPSes for records: Mar.10'03
GPS for badges and record: Feb.25'03
GPS vs. UTC time: Mar.1'02
Let's use our GPSes: Oct.6'02
The Future of GPSes: Nov.7'02
Using The Garmin GPS Screen To Verify Photo Sectors: 3.6#4
Using the GPS in Oz: 5.23#1
Where the GPS came from: Nov.2'03
Why not the GPS?: Oct.4'02, Sep.22'02
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Harnesses

Harness reviews: 5.10#3
Cool harnesses: 4.93#4
Harness comfort: Apr.18'02
Harness dangers: 4.179#4
Harnesses: Dec.16'02, 5.11#7
Thinking about harnesses: May 14'03
Why can't the World Champion get a comfortable harness?: Dec.23'02
Harnesses to help to convert PGers to RWers: Mar.6'03
Dave Swanson on George's harness: Mar.14'02
More on George's harness: Mar.15'02
Harness design ideas: 5.192#6, 5.191#3, 5.190#4
Harness with a tail: Sep.8'02
Fishy harness: May 17'02
Jim Lee's harness: 5.158#4
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Aeros

Aeros Viper harness: Nov.4'03
Aeros Viper harness review: Nov.2'03
New Aeros Harness: Nov.1'02
The Aeros harness: Jan.18 1998

Carbon CG

Carbon CG: 3.125#3
Carbon CG and Rotor: 3.127#4
Carbon Fiber - CG: 3.88#1
Carbon Fiber harness: 3.61#3
First impressions of the CG carbon fiber harness: 3.83#1
Review of the CG carbon fiber harness: 3.83#0
Scott on the Carbon CG: 3.126#4
No more Carbon CG's: Jun.4'03
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Rotor

Fixed Rotor backplate: Mar.18'02
New Rotor harness: Mar.18'02, 5.46#0, 4.161#3
Rotor and Carbon CG harnesses: 3.133#5
Rotor harness: 5.94#2, 3.125#2
Rotor harness report: 5.141#1
Rotor responds to Tenax: 4.113#2
Rotor reviewed: 4.55#0
Scott's Rotor: 3.129#1
Smacking the Rotor backplate: Mar.15'02
Update on the Rotor harness: 5.97#12

M2

M2: Dec.15'02
M2 - Cigar: 5.59#4
M2 Cigar pilot dangle method: 5.66#2
M2 Harness?: Dec.13'02
M2 no more: Dec.14'02
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Tenax

Manfred on a Tenax: 4.75#6
Manfred's Tenax: 5.122#1
Water ballast system for the Tenax: Mar.16'03

Other harnesses

New Woody Valley harness: 4.72#3
Skorpion harness: 5.88#4, 5.87#3

Moyes

The Moyes Contour harness: 2.34#2
Moyes Matrix Harness: Mar.3'02

Helmets

James on helmets: 4.36#3
Headgear: Oct.29'02
Helmets: Oct.9'03, 4.17#3
Bicycle helmets: 4.40#1
Bicycle fairing: 5.96#2
Four flight helmet: Oct.8'03
Helmets at the Wallaby Open: Mar.19'02
Helmets required?: Apr.20'02
Icaro2000 4flight Integral helmet: May 1'03
Icaro2000's helmets: Oct.21'03
Icaro 4flight Integral: Apr.26'03
Icaro's cushioned salad bowl with a shoe string helmet: Mar.6'03
4-Flight low drag helmet: 5.139#2
More than a salad bowl: Aug.1'02
Salad bowl with a string: Mar.4'03, Sep.20'02
Super salad bowl: Apr.1'03
Sky diver's helmets: Sep.9'03
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Neck Support

Heiner Beisel's constant force head pulley: 4.86#1
Heiner Bissel's head holding device: 4.63#3
Head pulleys: Feb.20'03
Heads ups: May 21'03
Helmet Pulley: Aug.5'03
Helmet pulleys: Aug.10'02
Holes in your head: 4.77#3
More head ties: 4.75#5
My head on a string: 4.76#3
Pain in the neck: Mar.4'03
Andy's neck support: 5.119#3
Bad necks: Mar.8'03
Fixing necks from the inside out: Mar.2'03
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Parachutes

Betty on parachutes: Jun.14'03
Parachutes - Angelo responds to Betty: Jun.16'03
Angelo responds re: parachutes: Jun.14'03
Quantum parachutes: Sep.30'02
Metamorfosi: Jan.25'02
Conar parachutes: 4.28#1
Chutes: Jun.20'03, Mar.1'02
Chutes and ladders: Jan.30'02
Sizing chutes: Jan.28'02
Scatter in the drop test data: Feb.9'02
Deployment bags: May 15'03
Folding Chutes: Jan.28'02
Repacking Parachutes: Feb.23'02
Parachutes: Jun.11'03, Mar.13'02
Parachutes at the clinic: Jun.21'03
Lessons from a PG Parachute Clinic: Mar.3'03
No swivels: Feb.2'02
Paraswivels: Jun.20'03
Swivels: Feb.23'02
Sky diver rubber bands: 5.58#3
Wires: Apr.23'03
Wires and bridles: Oct.29'03, Oct.28'03
Ballistic chutes: Feb.23'02
Ballistic chutes from Czech company Stratos07: Apr.20'03
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Radios

Radios: Oct.28'03
Which radios?: Oct.27'03
Radio review - Yaesu VX-150: Jun.10'02
VX-150: Jun.14'02
Troubles with the Yaesu VX5R: 4.83#5, 4.82#4
Yaesu VX5R: Dec.27'99, 3.132#1
Icom IC-V8 Review: Dec.29'02
Kenwood: 3.119#6
Kenwood Upgrade: 4.111#1
Mods for Kenwood TH-D7A: 3.132#2
Mods to Yaesu: 4.206#2
Radio mods: 4.208#2
Perfect radio?: May 3'03
Ultimate radio?: May 2'03
The VXA700 radio: May 4'03
2 meter band plan: 5.71#1
2 meters around the world: 3.133#7
Amateur Radio test on-line: 4.169#2
Better communications: Feb.17'03
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Antenna

A better antenna: 3.34#1
Even a better antenna?: 3.36#2
Mark's antenna: Mar.23'03, Mar.22'03
SMA to BNC: Jan.29'03

PTT

More Push to Talk: Jan.11'02
Motocomm: Mar.28'02, Mar.27'02
Motocomm PTT's: Mar.5'02
Motocomm PTT switch: Mar.31'02
PTT units: Mar.4'02
Push to Talk: Jan.9'02
Still More PPT: Jan.13'02

APRS

APRS: Jan.21'02
APTS on the cheap: 4.204#2
Automated Pilot Tracking System: 4.60#4, 3.19#0
Automated Pilot Tracking System, part II: 3.20#1
Automated Pilot Tracking System test flight: 3.19#1
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Varios and Flight recorders

Flight recorders: 5.54#2
16 channel GPS: Jun.13'03
Dan's Flytec and Brauniger brackets: 5.65#2
Data logger: 5.167#5
Data loggers: 5.53#4
Airspeed/Windspeed: Jun.16'03
Final word on final glide: Mar.8'02
IGC-certified dataloggers: Mar.3'03
IGC record verification for hang gliders: 4.166#4
Renschler solar varios: 4.76#1, 4.75#3
Vario in your head: 5.66#4
Varios: 5.26#1
Varios in sailplanes: Jun.15'03
Vario Survey: 4.101#2
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Airtotec

Aircotec Top Navigator: 4.97#1
Aircotec XC trainer: Mar.26'03
Aircotec responds: Mar.19'02
Top Navigator: 4.100#4
Top Navigator update: Dec.9'02

Arai Tangent

The Arai Design Tangent: 2.16#0
Pete's comments on the Arai Design Tangent review: 2.17#1
Arai Tangent goes streamline: 5.58#6

Ball

New Graphics Comp 99: Jan.30'99
Ball Graphics Comp and head winds: 2.42#7
Responses to the Ball Graphics Comp review: 2.16#1
Reviewing the competition varios - Ball Graphics Comp 98: 2.15#2

Brauniger

Andreas responds re Brauniger IQ/Competition GPS: 4.81#7
Beta blues from Brauniger: 4.161#4
Brauniger Galileo: Mar.18'02, Mar.17'02, Mar.15'02
Brauniger Galileo discussion: Mar.23'02
Brauniger IQ-Compeo: Jun.8'03
Brauniger IQ-Compeo/Flytec 5030 Upgrade: Jul.17'03
Brauniger IQ/Competition GPS: 4.80#5, 4.79#0, 4.78#0, 4.77#0, 4.76#0, 4.74#0
Martin Henry reviews the Brauniger IQ/Competition GPS: 4.80#6
Brauninger: 5.38#5
Brauninger final glide update: Apr.19'03
Brauninger software goes final: 4.166#3
Brauninger upgrade for final glide: Apr.29'03
FAI route on the IQ-Compeo: Jun.20'03
New Brauniger Galileo: Mar.14'02
Galileo: Dec.14'02, Jul.23'02, Apr.11'02, Apr.8'02, Apr.7'02
Galileo display: Oct.8'02, Oct.7'02
Update to Galileo: Oct.23'02
IQ: Aug.6'03
IQ-Compeo: Jun.21'03, Jun.14'03
IQ Compeo and 5030: Oct.2'03
IQ-Compeo Polars: Jun.16'03
IQ Compeo Revision 2.13: Jul.8'03
IQ-Compeo version 2.13: Jun.20'03
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Digifly

Digifly Runner vario reviewed: Nov.4'03
Digifly varios: 4.75#4

Flytec

Flytec 4030 review, part I: 4.65#0
Flytec 4030 review, part II: 4.67#3
Flytec 4030, Part III: 4.68#1
Flytec 4030, Part V: 4.73#0
The Flytec 4030: 2.19#2
The Flytec 4030 GPS Access: 2.17#0
Flytec 4030 Race for paraglider pilots: Jun.3'03
Flytec 4030 Race report: Dec.30'02
Flytec 4030 Race testimonial: May 28'03
New Flytec 4030 Full Race Version: Oct.4'02
Using the Flytec 4030 Race: May 15'03
Flytec 5030: Sep.3'03
Flytec 5030 and Brauniger Compeo: Oct.15'03
Flytec 5030 (Brauniger IQ-Compeo): Jun.10'03
Flytec 5030/Brauninger IQ-Compeo: Jun.14'03, Jun.13'03, Jun.12'03, Jun.11'03, Jun.10'03
Flytec Race finally ships: Dec.23'02
Jon Durand Jr. on final glide: Jun.22'03
The final glide: Mar.2'02
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Pods

Betinho's instrument pod: 4.81#3
Bracket for Betinho's instrument pod: 5.67#6
Brackets with Bogen adapter: 5.69#2
Brauniger Instrument pod: 5.40#1
Flytec Instrument pod: Feb.17'02
Flytec pod: 5.11#4, 5.10#4
Flytec pod/bracket: 5.13#1
Flytec Racing Pod: Mar.23'03
Frontal instrument pod: Mar.21'03, Mar.19'03
Frontal pods: Jun.26'03
Frontal pod web site: Mar.22'03
Improved La Mouette instrument pod: 4.214#3
Instrument pod at your chest: Nov.15'02
Instrument pod for Tangent: 5.82#3
Instrument Pods: 4.213#0, 4.77#2
Instrument pods for Garmin 76 and varios: Oct.30'03
New faired instrument pod: 4.201#0
New instrument pods: Jun.24'03
Pods for sore eyes: Dec.26'02
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Wheels and Skids

A competition with training wheels: Jun.3'02
Aero wheels: 5.128#6, 5.127#3
“Hot” Wheels: May 6'03
Racing Wheels!: 3.118#3
Trainer wheels: Mar.4'02
Wheels: 4.15#0, 3.116#1
Wheels are cheaper!: May 5'03
Wheels for aero-base tubes: Jun.10'03
Wheels for the ATOS: Feb.19'03
Wheels on an aerobar: Feb.18'03
Wheels on speedbars: 4.45#2
Wheels on your aero base tube: Mar.24'03
Wheels suck less!: 4.14#0
Skids: 4.108#0
Skids on asphalt: Aug.24'03
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