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WARNING: Hanging around 1-26er's may cause a life long affliction with "Soaring Dementia". Since there is no cure, it is recommended that you join the 1-26 Association support group. There you will find others who share your affliction and are understanding of it's side affects.

1-26 News You Can Use.

August 2010 1-26 Association OLC September 2, 2010 by Bob Spielman

AUGUST 2010 1-26 ASSOCIATION OLC August was a much better showing for the 1-26 Association, 17 flights by 9 pilots putting us in 24th place. BOB SPIELMAN in an early wave flight (it snowed in the Sierras) flying 268.75sm (432.52km) on August 28th. LANE DECKER flying 200.88sm (323.29km) on August 15th out of Parowan. Way to go. GEORGE POWELL also flying out of Parowan on August 15th with a 134.1sm (215.77km) flight. Congratulations to all. CORRECTION TO JULY Because I forgot to look up Doug Levy's flights (his points go to Warner Springs) I missed his flight in July that just blew us away. #1. DOUG LEVY flew a 378.24sm (608.73km) flight out of Inyokern on July 9th, ending up SOUTHWEST OF Elko, NV. I bet that's an entry for the Claybourn Trophy. Bob Spielman

FAA Requires Aircraft Registration Renewals July 20, 2009 by By Mary Grady, AVweb Contributing editor

As reported on AVweb The FAA will now require re-registration of all civil aircraft over the next three years and renewal every three years after that, the agency said on Monday. A final rule (PDF) published this week establishes specific expiration dates over a three-year period for all aircraft registered before Oct. 1, 2010, and requires re-registration of those aircraft according to a specific schedule. A fee of $5 will be collected for each registration and each renewal. The FAA will cancel the N-numbers of aircraft that are not re-registered or renewed. "These improvements will give us more up-to-date registration data and better information about the state of the aviation industry," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. Current regulations require owners to report the sale of an aircraft, the scrapping or destruction of an aircraft, or a change in mailing address, but many owners have not complied with those requirements, the FAA said. Re-registration of all U.S. civil aircraft by Dec. 31, 2013, will enhance the database with current data derived from recent contact with aircraft owners, according to the FAA. The new regulations also aim to ensure that aircraft owners give the FAA fresh information at least once every three years when they renew their registration. Click here for the FAA's full schedule for re-registration and registration expiration. The rule was proposed in 2008. AOPA had suggested that the rule should not include fees and shouldn't cancel N-numbers for lack of renewal. "We are disappointed that the FAA has chosen what may turn out to be a complicated and costly method of updating the aircraft registry," said AOPA Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Rob Hackman. The FAA reauthorization bill now in Congress would allow the FAA to raise the initial fee to $130 and renewals to $45, AOPA said. "AOPA will be monitoring the implementation of the rule closely and communicating with the FAA about any issues that arise," said Hackman.

Inspection of Tow Release Assembly Service Bulletin Updated July 12, 2010 by Mike Havener

I received an email from Kyle Schweizer notifying me that the Service Bulletin SA-001.4, Inspection of Tow Release Assembly that was posted on our web site had been updated in December of 2009 to SA-001.6. Since K & L Soaring, LLC has taken over all sailplane spare part and technical support from Schweizer Aircraft Corp, they now maintain this information on their web site. So, I've updated the Maintenance Documents Page such that rather than maintaining copies of the Service Bulletins and Service Letters on the 1-26 Association web site, there's now a linked to them on K & L Soaring's web site.