Pilot's Tip of the Week: "How should we approach landings at a strange field with no wind socks if we suspect a cross wind might exist?" - Anon.
Answer:
"First of all, have we done our planning? If we did we...
Free 8-minute audio by Rod Machado where he offers tips and tactics for landing in gusty conditions. Rod explains:
The hidden hazards associated with wind gusts
How to maintain better control during your approach
Avoiding...
A Four Minute (actually under 4 minutes Takeoff to Land) Flight once around the pattern at Felts Field just before sunset on December 28th 2012. Yes it was freezing out but I stayed nice and warm in my new Sedici Hotwired heated gear which I was...
Found an article posing a question I often wonder about. Not a great article, and offercs inconclusive advice, but I think it might spawn interesting conversation. I had an engine out due to fuel pump in my first trike. Opted for dirt road, and...
I linked this video because it demonstrates nicely a wingtip stall, in a high rate turn, low level on finals. Don't get caught out like this. Very unforgiving. It is approaches like this that cause a lot of accidents because in the event of a...
Here is the VIMEO link
Beautiful 2+ hour flight from Calvada Meadows Airport NV to Furnace Creek Airport and back with Leo Fitzgerald. 20+ mph winds picked up just as we were coming in for landing at sunset!
Revo Trike Flight from Peter Del Vecho...