Hi Peeps,
I am in the market for a faster wing. I fly a Northwing Navajo with an HKS 700e engine. Currently I fly a Manta 17 meter wing. My current wing is very docile and hands off is about 37 miles cruise. All of my hangar buddies have double...
ken and i were flying a beaver ul doing a freebie promotional photo-shoot of 'boris' and 'his 'bulldog' an engine-out-front gyrocopter' ken was opperating a humoungous camcorder on his shoulder, it recorded directly to vhs tape cassettes, (...
Hi all,
I have a question for you and especially for existing CFIs. Lately, I have been thinking about possibly becoming a CFI.
There are many motivations in my mind. The biggest one is that to my...
Not a trike but pretty darn cool nonetheless
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/travel/solar-impulse-2-plane-california/
Did any of you over in Petaluma see the fly by? @hgdavis?
Hi All,
I am working on adding Iron cross symbol to my wing. I want to know if this is offensive symbol. I don't want to offend anyone and neither get shot flying over farmlands here in Idaho.
Which amongst these two is appropriate. The one...
if you start bleeding from your ear-hole, check you haven't mixed your toothpicks in with your q-tips, again. if your toothpaste tastes 'funny', check the label, maybe you picked up your hemmeroid cream, by mistake, again. if you notice that your...
another pet peeve of mine is mfrs manuals. my 1961 suzuki came with 'hints and tips on riding the motorcycle'. it contained such usefull info as, 'beware of the mud-puddle for there-in lurks the skid-demon'. also, 'if a horseman hove into view toot...
i already posted my clamp screw pictures, (maybe on the 'dark side') with a 1.5inch camera lens cover stupid glued to the tiny plastic knob of the clamp screw, also chamfer the end of the thread for easier 'entry' (gopro shoulda checked with mother...
sad news, high time fixed wing pilot killed crashing a revo. sure sounds like a 'departure stall' event. apparently, according to witnesses the trike took-off, went 'straight up, then 'straight down' from the pics it wasn't under control, it 'fell'....