Flight Tracking: Spectator involvement and Pilot Safety
Pedja Bogdanovich & Lane Bush
GlidePort.aero is the preeminent sailplane tracking software used by pilots and crews, spectators and enthusiasts all over the world and is directly available from the SSA home page. It allows you to see who is where and how they are doing relative to other pilots in near real time. This video presentation will go over new feature and functionality of glidePort.aero.

Soaring Birds of Prey
Karl Striedieck
This video is intended to acquaint glider pilots with the identifying features, range and flying characteristics of most of the birds we are likely to encounter while soaring. Karl has practiced falconry for 25 years and holds a Master Falconer rating.

Few people have been more involved in US Soaring than Karl Striedieck. A former USAF and Pa. ANG pilot, he was the US Rep. for Schleicher from 1974-86. He has accrued 18,000 hours of flying time with 8,500 in gliders