There we had all there: nice weather, nice XC flight, landing at "new airport" for me and adrenaline too. My friends engine stopped and he had an emergency landing at field.
We went for a short flight around the area we live, including landing at a couple of different airstrips. This was Daza's last destination - home for his trike.
Take a look at Bobby Breeden's fourth consecutive win and reported new world record for combined take-off/landing! 20 foot landing, 24 foot takeoff.
If only we could get trikes to do this without having to use a 30 meter wing
I did this landing a couple years ago. Filmed by Henry flying behind. A LARGE jet had just taken off preceding, so the protocol would be to touch down before he developed lift (his takeoff point) ... so I decided to see just how short I could land it.
and yes, it is repeatable. ;)
Well this would not qualify for our Part 103 (true Ultra Light) category, but aside from the 2 seats, I'm willing to bet it wou...dels of ATOS wings that are rated for tandem use, so with a very lightly designed trike this could h...
For those of you that are not "Headbangers" like me, here is the same hang gliding video...my vario telling me I am climbing! Notice the spot landing at the end (orange cone) and.... When the lift shuts off, everybody heads for the landi...