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  • Paraglider dashboard, must have FREE Android cell phone app

    ...apps.  It estimates the wind vector in real time while you...are flying from the gps groundspeed measurements alone. Years a...in circle with you drift downwind. And if you plot your velocity...n the display, you get a good wind estimate. It displays the dat...

  • Trike Shimmying at landing

    ...probably a bit faster, with about 6 mile cross wind. Has anyone who owns a Navaj...d slightly deflated tire, coupled with a cross wind landing and all of the above...contributed to the shimmy. The first time my speed during the shimmying was arou...

  • Speed range in Strut wings vs Cable braced wings

    Hi all,   Most strut wing manufacturers always highlight the wide speed range in their wing advertisi...t what makes a Strut wing have a wide speed range. Would a strut wings of...hat makes a Strut wing have the wider speed range.   Any help in u...

  • Sail Wing Rocket

    ...1/sailrocket-2-breaks-sailing-speed-record-at-68-mph/ Sponsored by Danish wind turbine maker Vestas, the Sail...e coast of Namibia.  The speed was the best average time ove...eboarder-plots-new-course-for-speed-sailing-record.html?hpw Amon...

  • New Gibbo Wing Mako 15 RST

    Gibbo Gear is coming out with a new wing, a 15 me...ays "100% double surface increases top end speed and lowers the stall speed....Not sewing the under surfa...urface wing, how does that help lower the stall speed? If anything I would think th...

  • New Gibbo Wing Mako 15 RST

    Gibbo Gear is coming out with a new wing, a 15 me...ays "100% double surface increases top end speed and lowers the stall speed....Not sewing the under surfa...urface wing, how does that help lower the stall speed? If anything I would think th...

  • Teen's high flying dream lands him in Marion: 3 Days & 900 Miles

    ...at field to take off from, using a headwind for lift, the field sloped downward, allowing speed and air to provide lift. One...Pa., where things got hairy. The winds picked up to more than 12 kno...weight, 7 knots is a maximum safe wind speed for take offs and landings, m...

  • Is American Hiring?

    STL approach: “United XXX best forward speed to the marker, you’re number one.”United XXX (male): &l...e number two behind a 737, follow him, cleared visual, best forward speed.”American XXXX (female)...

  • Profi TL vs Northwing Mustang 15 on an HKS 700e Navajo trike

    Hi Peeps, I am in the market for a faster wing. I fly a...d be a better choice. I like the double surface and speed range of a Profi TL wing but...hands off is 47-52 miles, it doesn't have the same speed range as Profi TL but, it is...

  • Incident Report

    ...arrawonga Aerodrome YYWGMETAR:Wind 230 degreesWind speed 10kts on groundARFOR:Wind 2000 feet 260 degreesWind speed 20kts.Cloud NILTurbulence NI...the student needed some crosswind departure training. After take...he fence. I no longer had the speed or altitude to make it over t...