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  • Common Dog 01

    "Common Dog" ... 01 Welcome to "Common Dog" number one. As...f you are left or right of track. Or if you are too high or too low. The left and right bit is very obvious. But if you are too high the...

  • Powerline avoidance strategy

    ...which is a lot easier to see. 2) If you are flying low at powerline altitude (under 30ft AGL) pull in...onditions.  If you want to be a more relaxed flying experience, go higher.  4) Scan from side to...

  • The Gripe Sheet

    After every flight, pilots fill out a form, called a gripe sheet which tells mechan...d bugs on windshield. Engineers: Live bugs on back-order. Pilot: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet...

  • Gibbo Manta 17 wing First Impressions

    So today I test flew my wing for the very first time. I was quite nervous to tell you the truth, partially... flat dirt area so no biggie...but I had to land and even though I was high but not high eno...

  • Dean Batman

    --- In FLY-UL@yahoogroups.com, mpoliak@... wrote: > > > > Friends, > > It is with a he...Force aboard an AWACS plane, an FAA systems engineer at ATC, a computer > high sch...

  • There are Ultra Lights....and then there is the other end of the spectrum

    I wouldnt like to meet one of these on an intersecting course....or get caught in the wake turbulence!!...Not many photos were saved from those times because of the high sec...

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

    ...o of a pilot making a forced landing on a highway. The landing was a su...orcing you to make a precise landing in a very high-pressure environment. On top...to making the best decision you can, with the altitude and landing spots that you ha...

  • First Flight

    This was my first flight lesson in any aircraft of any kind. How I waited so long I’ll never know, as I h...idence. I recall first seeing ultralight trikes being flown sometime during my high sch...

  • the life of thread ? (not brian!)

    i have two wings, the original 12m chronos , 1993, and a 15m northwing maverik, appx 200hrs. i,m flying the maver...warmer might have to go! i'm thinking more of single surface 'dacron' not the 'high bud...

  • Dead Stick Mondays

    ...tting power on base and then on down wind leg.  Gradually increase altitude at which you decide to cu...iment with cutting power with increasingly more challenging conditions, higher winds, more cross wind componen...