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  • Learning to Land - consistently!?

     I am looking for your assistance so PLEASE chime in if you have words of encouragement and wisdom. To...ble arrival - which could end badly in a low height stall if there is a gust or wind...

  • Incident Report

    Incident Report 20/02/2017 at 0845 hours.Yarrawonga Aerodrome YYWGMETAR:Wind 230 degreesWind speed 10kts on groundARFOR:Wind 2000 feet...erunway 19 as the student needed some crosswind departure training. After tak...ded to over fly the aerodrome and check thewinds...

  • When I learned my lesson about Dew Point-- TIWTIWGTD

    Hostman started this great group- Member's Life Stories....of lift: Ridge Lift: wind blows into a cliff or mountai... we needed about 14 mph wind to minimally soar, but we'...e inland) and have barely any wind in our faces.  Sometimes...y blew his breath onto a cold windo...

  • Gibbo Manta 17 wing First Impressions

    So today I test flew my wing for the very first time. I was quite nervous to tell y...competition wing. Today I flew in absolutely no wind conditions at all (maybe 1 mi...d the trike around and took off again (there was no wind,...

  • Intermediate Syndrome

    We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting into trouble this year.  You learn a lot in...downs 7) preflights and maintenance 8) weather fragility 9) cross winds take offs and landings 10) what to do if cross winds...

  • Burning Man airport appears, disappears without a trace - Pretty cool story about the burning man airport

    Burning Man airport appears, disappears without a trace   One of the header photos features an Orange Tanar...l miles, it's visible one moment, then partially obscured by shifting plumes of wind-...

  • Sail Wing Rocket

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57552488-1/sailrocket-2-breaks-sailing-speed-record-at-68-mph/ Sponsored by Danish wind...

  • 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 maveri...th the covers frequently wet with dew the extra weight wasn't needed. (till the wind...

  • Megafauna Flyaway 2012

    Megafauna 2012...            ...cross the water and along the coast. One of the big wind generators had blown up, and...ded for Wentworth in some quit bumpy condition. The wind...

  • Equipment for XC Flying in a Trike- Series of emails

    What to take / things to consider on XC. This is a series...y important--  weather / winds / visibility / TFR's ahe...also use an app called "Wind-Aid" which helps give yo...below you, to enter the L downwind for XX) Here is a checkl...'t flop around so much in winds...