Hang Gliding from a Triker's Perspective-- Going Back is Going Forward
The mission to Wallaby Ranch was three-fold: 1) Check out a used low hour trike a friend at the ranch told me about that might be available at a great price (i...No transponders for Ultralights (still) !!! Through 2020 and beyond. Pheww!!!
Europe has been trying to force gliders (PG, HG, etc) to have transponders !!! ??? WTF???!!! From the Oz Report v18, #29 Tue, Feb 11 2014, 5:44:08 am AUSEST...Tandem HG Pilot who's Passenger Fell to her Death (not hooked in) pleads Guilty.
This was huge news, especially since the Pilot (if I recall correctly) tried to eat the memory chip from the video camera recording the flight. That resulted...