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We landed at Milford with the winds 18 knots, gusting to 23.&nbs...miles to the north was a huge windmill farm, all of them spining...elf -- avoid airports next to windmill farms. Ibex Hard P...en on landing at Ibex in high winds anyway, so we landed here. &...o tie down my trike in strong winds...- A world first patent corset mechanism for the twist control of the Air Creation BioniX wing. The variable geometry allows the pilot to adjust the handling, speed & performance of the aircraft with the ability to go very fast, or ideally very slow for short field landings.
- A storm was around and we had a big problems with wind. Then we tied our trike to fence columns and big heavy metal tube.
- We got up 2hrs before sunrise. The wind was still blowing, 8kts at Milford, out of the south. We talked to a helicopter pilot yesterday. It is always blowing here. We took off, did a touch and go and headed north for Ibex.
- There are the western buttes of MV. The winds were 30 mph of the north, as we crept past MV with a ground speed near 50mph all the way...Cal Black Airport, near Lake Powell. The winds eased off to calm here, as pr...
- Glacier was spectacular from near 11,000 feet. I showed my mom the pics I took with my iPhone held out in the wind...
- Just as we got there the winds were picking up (you can see we're tied at 4 points) and clouds developing in these Sierra Foothills. We landed with a tail wind...
- With no GA traffic on Sunday evening, I had to practice a few engine off landings. In this case I cut power on down wind for several landings. I am a big believer in the importance of practicing engine off landings quite often.
- Spent a day at the Flying J ranch at El Mirage last Sunday. Pat landed, Jim R is at the right. Joey in the air. Perfect and no wind day. I got ride with Pat for 20 minutes to satisfy my lust for the blue sky.
- After a long windy night, we got ready before dawn (moonlight) for flight to Yosemite. (Jake still sleeping ;) The wind was so bad that night that it...drove the RV's around them to block the howling winds...