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Hay Shed Fire at Yarrawonga... Yesterday morning as I opened the hangar doors I saw a large smoke c...as heading towards the Aerodrome. Not long after I could hear the fire trucks heading down the road towards the smoke. The fire...- Hi All, The CL215 & CL415 were my first choice for fire fighting in Australia. But the Fire bosses couldn't see the value in them. Then wanted Helicopt...ralia based two CL415's in each state we would have a ready fire...
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Photos
- On our way to Pagosa Springs we passed by this old fire watchtower. It was tiny, barely 8x8 ft in size.
- As I was taxiing out at Santa Maria a fire bomber asked permission to "Drop!" I'd never heard of that, but got my camera ready
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- Cold (-5C) but gorgeous conditions for a short late afternoon flight. The video is here: http://alltrikes.com/elgg/videos/view/8306/flying-with-george-fire-and-ice
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Bookmarks
- Disney's new animated film captures reality of aerial firefighting, blogger writes Airplanista gu...y's newest animated feature, "Planes: Fire and Rescue," captures th...ent two full years perfecting the animation of fire...
- Has the exemplary aviation safety record become its own worst enemy because it instills unrealistic expectations of risk in the minds of those fly? As a consequence...
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The Dark Side of Maintenance: Maintenance-induced failures happen all too often
Mike Busch writes that maintenance-induced failures, incidents in which a mechanic makes a problem worse rather than fixing it, cause about one-eighth of all aircra...- One Christmas, Santa was having a really bad day. The local elves union was up in arms over their contract and wer...e threatening a walk-out. Santa decided he needed to go home, sit in front of a fire...
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- Download the Air Safety Institute’s Mobile Flight Risk Evaluator to clarify the gray areas of making a go/no-go decision. By taking into account your total fl...
12 Groundhog Day (Again)- More in this Long DistanceTrike Flying Adventure series
Groundhog Day (Again) - More in this Long DistanceTrike Flying AdventureThis morning, AGAIN, I waited a while in the hopes that the clouds/mistwould burn of...- +4 more Pages
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- Not my events - but take note of a few coming up in the Southwest area. (New Mexico/AZ) 1 - Memorial Day Conchas Lake (end of May) 2 - Summer Solstice Day Angel Fire...
- 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
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Events
- Well do to a collective decision the location for the fly in has changed. With the high heat ,chelan winds,...s very happy to have us back. Nathan will have his famous evening washtub fire...
- The Oregon Air Rally was formed to help raise both awareness and funds for charitable organizations....mook (think CHEESE!!! We had to bypass this on Top-2-Bottom due to forest fire-...
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Videos
- I know, a lot of you are probably saying...not another Valley of Fire video! At the risk of boring some I am posting my latest flight through this surreal area for those who may have mi...
- Flying up close and deep into the Valley of Fire as well as a cloudscaped Lake Mead.
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Trike Modifications and Improvements
This is a group to discuss trike modificaitons and improvments that you have performed on your trike, or to find help on how to brainstorm and accomplish the mod you are trying to accomplish
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New Battery- Save ~ 7 lbs ( Equivalent to 1.5 to 2.5 more HP !!! ) Should I go for it?
My current battery is about 4 years old. Being in the trike, it is not a daily driver so it gets left for periods of time. It's about at the end of it's useful life and needs replacement. Having weighed everything that goes into the trike, I was REALLY surprised to se...Tags: Li-Fe, Lithium-Iron, Lithium-Ferrous, Battery, Lead Acid, Light Weight, Fire risk?, Extra Horsepower, genesis, charging, fully, cells, balancing