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  • fatality in trike crash in buckeye az.

    sad news, high time fixed wing pilot killed crashing a revo. sure sounds like a 'departure stall'...nally witnessed several 'steep take-off', stall, crashes . two fatal, one lucky. the...reduction, stall, and if you don't have altitude crash....

  • Learning to Land - consistently!?

     I am looking for your assistance so PLEASE chim...o solo. There is still a chance I could screw up a landing - so why is that? It i...good practice to always use power off approach and landing to be practiced in the event...

  • How to Crash

    I thought this might be a good topic for a thread... To start off...this is for rotorcraft but 80% applies to anybody: http://www.bladeslapper.com/m/how_to_crash.pdf

  • Intermediate Syndrome

    We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting int...is list, any all comments are welcome. 1) fear of landing, no fear of takeoff 2) early...8) weather fragility 9) cross winds take offs and landings 10) what to do if cross wind...

  • Searching for Documentary

    Anybody got a link to the trike documentary where a couple of guys were taking off (downhill) and landing (uphill) on a steep rocky mountainside, I think it was the Himalayas?

  • Small Plane Crashes at Big Airport- but No one notices!

    Authorities struggled to explain how a small plane crashed at an international airport, erupted in fire, but evidently went unnoticed for hours.  (fortunately not a trike, but ... ) http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/us/plane-crash-mystery/?iref=obinsite

  • ALMOST!

    i've read about 'goose stepping', seen re...but until this AM i had'nt dun it.  i was landing ( in light rain, ( rain, in w...goose stepping' phase of this my ' 4000th +landing'. it got quite violent fo...

  • stones spupidicity 101

    the other day, for no good reason i changed my 12m wi...ys later i did challenge gravity with it and after landing decided there was even more f...changed, somehow? or was the wing the culprit. the landing was slow and floaty, but i go...

  • Powerline avoidance strategy

    A recent powerline fatality and a few near misses of my own got me thinking about what I can do to avoid powerl....havasunews.com/news/coroner-identifies-parker-man-as-victim-in-fatal-aircraft-crash/a...

  • Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?

    ...the outcome of road and field landings. We researched the NTSB acc...land on a nearby road. During landing, the airplane veered off the...d, and was destroyed in a postcrash fire. Read the NTSB report...the NTSB report here. Field Landing 5 A pilot and flight instruc...