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  • Safety concerns when flying trike with a child passenger

    Hi all,   I am considering flying my 10 years old son on my trike. I fly an Airborne XT which has a nice shoulder and lap strap belt system.   Call it a paranoia but...

  • Open or enclosed trailer

    Hi, I've researched on the aluminum trailer, open and enclosed.  I opted for the open trailer since it'll be li...strutted wing with Northwing cover provide more protection if I encounter wet weathe...

  • Megafauna Flyaway 2012

    ...d now “claim” the weather!! For an eight day trip to th...Hangar 19 YYWG in exceptional weather, and flew across a recently f...g to Meningie. It was perfect weather and very picturesque. The loc...into the sea. I can now cross flying over Mr. Percival’s home...

  • "SHUT-UP AND STEER".

    ken and i were flying a beaver ul doing a freebie promotional photo-sh...k in back and couldn't see much out front so was flying looking to the side. ken and...g of the plane was leading to some 'interesting' flying ! ken was issueing terse inst...

  • Aircraft storage

    It has become very obvious to me that storing an aircraft is one of the more difficult aspects on being an aircra...to sharing, or dismantling and assembling, regular transportation, or extreme weathe...

  • Trike Flying: Craig V ( QuickR Trike Pilot )

    Hello all, I was invited here to share some XC flying stories and create new ones and new adventures. Looking forward to sharing stories with all of you, Craig   See the Branches of...

  • 2012 backcountry flying trip in Utah

    I finally pulled together my electronic scrapbook of a 6 day backcountry flying trip in Utah.  My best trip...

  • prov. 'neither a lender nor a borrower be '

    well, i was and did. while blessed with an ex...be an accomplished opperator of most flying things asked to try my trike....rks back, preventing me from any more flying till i was able to repair it....keep hearing about  'naked trike flying'. is this  a new fad? i...

  • Powerline avoidance strategy

    A recent powerline fatality and a few near misses of my...e, which is a lot easier to see. 2) If you are flying low at powerline altitude (un...and pop over if  you have to. 3) Realize flying low is risky and be in a heig...

  • Mark Gibbo Gibson

    I just learned that trike pioneer and topless wing builder Mark Gibson died this morning while flying his trike during an engine fa...to a line of trees following an engine out. He was flying locally from the Dan Jones ai...