Toucans can't fly. Whilst on a cross country trip to Lightning Ridge in outback NSW, we had a forced landing. Suspected bird strike to the propellor. All went well though. No damage to trike or pilot and passenger. Yes, a video is being made. Watch this space!
This is the main Ibex Hard Pan. It is wide and hard landing surface. Paul and I played aroun...g of salt on my wheels and the underside of my trike and had to spend an hour hosing my trike off when I finally returned to...
got some nice flying in at tarkio . had so much fun after landing and warming up i had to go up for my last flight of the day . dan holinback snapped this spectacular photo as i came in for landing. it was lighter than it looks.
Some of the pilots at Albury on the first flight 2012. The last four pilots on the right died this year. Husband and wife pilots died when they crashed in the Trike in a last light crash....
This is the view that greeted us as we approached Mexican Mountain Airstrip.
After landing and with some hesitation, I...y somehow. I found out later the pilot had crashed here on landing 3 days earlier.