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Hey Jake, that sucks you can't make it. We'll have a beer in your honor .... You gonna make it to Calif Valley? I think you'll rea...Comment on "Hang Gliding from a Triker's Perspective-- Going Back is Going Forward"
Hey cburg them were great days. I remember Bob carolton and I were flying tatilla peak 1500ft vertical lava rock l...he low passes on the ridge screaming with streaks of tears down her face for a death...Comment on "I shot this video several years ago: Hang Gliding in the Sierras (Owens Valley) w Kari Castle, Near Mt Whitney"
Nice video. I flew once at Owens Valley in October. Nice lift. I got into glass lift. I don't remember how high. I landed at lake Diaz (I think).Comment on "lets say you had to do an engine out landing in a remote region, youre passenger has a broken leg, you have an injury that prevents walking a long distace for help. your radio wont work. how good are your survival skills in all seasons"
In winter, especially in snow conditions, the greatest danger is freezing to death. I put a small pack with a sleeping bag in the backseat on my daytime XC flights over snow in wi...Comment on "What degree of subtlety should we use to critique a pilot video who is demonstrating dangerous skills as cool?"
Oooops sorry wang i guess you did.yup we all saw a lot of death back then.lots of storries. Just one reason iam so interested in the matrix of pilot safety, attitudes and physchology...Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
Hey Joe. One thing about the thrust issue. It seems a lot of HG pilots that transitioned to 103 trikes had a te...off of it until I got up a thousand feet or so. Worked fine, but scared me to death....Comment on "learning to thermal and ridge soar a soaring trike"
Our instructor didnt like thermals and told us: Its da...bsp;Kľak we were at 1700m MSL. In front of us was a valley with a BIG thermal cloud (cum...my friend was. So, I flew an S pattern up the valley and I found my friend at the...