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It's top speed is likely not much higher but it could climb like a scald...more for show like Madmik notes. For extreme High altitude, this might be the ticket...80 HP engine in my Tanarg. I fly some high altitude hot areas though fully loaded...- ...seconds to react) He says, of the flight at that altitude, "I've done it m...the first two sets of wires, then he's actually too high in that transfer station) on that final turn at about 4ft altitude and actually stalled / spun t...
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- Map of high altitude flight over the Blanco, Navajo and Chama headwater basins near Pagosa Springs, CO on 2013/09/07
East Shore of Lake Tahoe Nevada with California in the distance
Paul Hamilton (Reno) training Jon Carmichael (Las Vegas) for private pilot high altitude above 10,000 at Lake Tahoe at the North Shore looking south- +52 more Photos
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- Jon Carmichael flying above 10,000 sport pilot limit to train for Private pilot high altitude mountain flying
- Winter is at an end in our high country with the last snows on Mount Buller and Mount Stirling starting to disappear.
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- ...South Carolina pilot sets the bar (not too high) On June 21, with scattere...uld not take much: No one had yet attempted an altitude record in this particular...e ground would do the job. Davis, however, had higher aspirations than that—at least...
- Looks trike-like. Without wings, but does have an Arplast propeller ! ...; Maybe even a ground effects snow trike-like vehicle that flies at 1 ft altitude only- in ground effect the wh...
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- Cor - check this out. This is something that occurs reasonably regularly but isn't...wind gradient. The wind is blowing right to left, and difference in speed with altitude because of surface friction i...
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Bat-Like (not bird-like): Bats inspire 'micro air vehicle' designs
Researchers study bat wings for "micro air vehicle" designs Researchers at Virginia Tech are..., bats are very agile and can change their flight path very quickly -- showing high man...- Hi everyone, I would like to share a terrifying trike story. This happened back in 2009, this was the day before...felt like flying a helicopter (we were hardly making any headway)....I was on high ale...
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- From Pilot Tips / Works...u should be flying at a cardinal altitude (odd or even thousand-foot altitudes e.g. 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, 7,...our altimeter displays Indicated Altitude and that is what you should a...e altimeter setting so relative (altitude) separation is maintained....
- ...fuel lines, evaporated by the previous days high temperatures, stopped h...not make it around. Climb up to pattern altitude before turning. If you...he pattern, some thing is very wrong. Density altitude, too much payload, a binding...
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- sad news, high time fixed wing pilot killed crashin...uction, stall, and if you don't have altitude crash. it can happen to a...uction, stall, insufficient recovery altitude. apparently, he trained in a...with little or no transition into a high-performance trike. sad to those t...
Call to Action. Adding Spiral recovery Tasks to the Practical Test Standards (PTS).
...step process: 1. Get into a very high 60 degree bank and recover fr...throttle. Additionally at a very high bank angle, push out to demon...le 60 degrees) unable to maintain altitude at full throttle. Nose falls...al recovery. 2. Selects an entry altitude that allows the task to be co...- +47 more Top-level pages
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The Sandia STX 165 is a small, light weig...ng installation, three timer functions, a pressure altitude readout and with the optional Sandia OAT probe, OAT display, Density Altitude display and an Icing Alert....- Wills Wing Sport 2, 155 hang glider, Robertson pod harness, PDA reserve chute, and Mountain High Oxygen system for sale. To see them in action search for "Larry Kaiser" on You Tube, then watch the Sabbath Flying" video. All equipment is in good shape. $900 for wing only or $1450 for everything.
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- ...on the small grass runway. Last year a great group of about 8 trikes showed up for 4 days of wilderness flying in the ruged, rural, high-density altitude of Idaho. For a feel of w...
- The 43rd Annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In will be held at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport (.... COPPERSTATE is expected to generate an unusually high volume of VFR traffic in the...trated in a relatively small area will be extremely high; co...
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- ...linked this video because it demonstrates nicely a wingtip stall, in a high rate turn, low level on final...dents because in the event of a stall or issue, there is no maneuvering altitude for correction.
- Zion National Park is one of the most famous national park in Utah. Rick and I took off from Hurricane Airport early in the morning. We flew between 8,500 and 9,500 feet high due to some turbulence in the lower altitude. Enjoy spectacular view of 270 million years old landscape from the sky.
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Trike Flying over The Grand Canyon-- Oct 26, 2012
The Grand Canyon Last Friday (Oct. 26) was a nice day for a morning flight out of my home field at Lodi, CA. Afterwards, during the 1 1/2 hour drive home I stopped about 2 PM for a bit of lunch and checked WX reports as is my habit. Holy S*#t!!! The reports had changed and there.........
- Mine is the Blue and Yellow Moyes Lightsport-- I had faster gliders, but THAT glider was my favorite. Uploaded on Jul 31, 2007 My wife, my friend Morgan and I went to the Owens valley to meet Kari Castle (multi-time Women's World Hang Gliding Champion) to lead us on a hang gliding adventur...
Tags: Hang Gliding, Sierras, Owens Valley, Kari Castle, Mount Whitney, High Altitude