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  • ‘Flying coffin’ glider pilot from WWII gets overdue Bronze Star

    Little known are the 6,000 World War II glider pilots who were towed into combat zones, in a one-way flight to drop off soldiers and supplies. Bo...

  • Remembering TWA

    You remember TWA (Trans World Airlines) don't you? Well I do, as one day at LAX everyone in the tower held t...t of no return on takeoff. The pilot had decended to the ocean level to use the wate...

  • A lighthearted tale (several tails) of moronic stupidity...

    ...winter, and cold - well below zero - and we're dropping into this strip for a fina...e in Kiwiland that it takes over 200 litres of water to make 1 litre of milk. ...you look thirsty and there's some lovely fresh water down by the river..." ...

  • is it time

    is it time to banish complacency ? not in any way blaming this as a cause for rebs accident, a possibility only. in...quits! don't fly up the center of  box canyons, close to mountains or over wate...

  • Common Dog 01

    "Common Dog" ... 01 Welcome to "Common Dog" number one. As...sing for a pilot making a radio call, or looking for an unfamiliar airfield. So drop the last digit, and you now h...

  • When I learned my lesson about Dew Point-- TIWTIWGTD

    ...be Torrey Pines (near San Diego) (where my jaw dropped as a kid first seeing HGs i...flags straight out, see the white caps on the water, but drive up to launch (abou...block would be a mile or so West, out over the water-- the ocean to the West of t...

  • 2020 Trike Fly-in July 18th - 25th.

    And the site for this years fly-in is Methow Valley located in North Central Washington State!!!  Pr...3 miles up the road for overflow and dumping tanks.  There’s potable wate...

  • Sail Wing Rocket

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57552488-1/sailrocket-2-breaks-sailing-speed-record-at-68-mph/ Sponsored by...he 40-foot, British-built craft weighs just over 600 pounds but skims along the wate...

  • Time to smell the roses

    I posted this blog on trikepilot social, but I seriously suspect that I will get any honest responses, but my quest...ned there?William in Virginia Revo stalled and crashed in five to six feet deep wate...

  • DIARY OF A POMMIE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA ( contributed by YFT)

    DIARY OF A POMMIE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA August 31 Just got transferred with work from Leeds UK to ou...November 15 - Doesn't it ever rain in this damn fucking place? Wate...