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Well it's almost summer here in the great Queensland of Australia. Flying...have very unstable conditions, with storms every week, warm thermally days, or winds gusting 20kts, and plenty of...- We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting into trouble this yea...downs 7) preflights and maintenance 8) weather fragility 9) cross winds take offs and landings 10) what to do if cross winds are too strong to land 11) la...
Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?
...n into a utility pole guy wire, substantially damaging the airplane. Read the N...gine began running rough, and oil covered the windshield. The pilot immediately dive..., cartwheeling the aircraft and significantly damaging it. Read the NTSB rep...- Today I got some flying experience. I learned a les...riveway was the tell-tale signature of the rotating winds. So all warmed up an then...a sign of unstable air. Today the early morning winds at 10 metres started at SSW,...
- As most of you know I am now certified. Someone recently asked me a few questi...are a must! And this week is totally out for flying due to ex-cyclone rain and winds. Best settled time of y...
- By Larry Hughes Scott (Skyman) Adair was killed in a tragic accident at Valkaria (X5...tly Scott decided to progress from balancing on the mains to first flight. The winds were 10-15. I am not aware of...
- What to take / things to consider o...th flask. In heavy winds, you may need to put your bas...y important-- weather / winds / visibility / TFR's ahea...is the favored runway for the winds, and the cross component-- it...e trying to tie knots in high winds-- winds are the most likely w...
- I found this post over on the ultralight yahoo group. I though it was pretty good an...iment with cutting power with increasingly more challenging conditions, higher winds, more cross wind component, k...
Teen's high flying dream lands him in Marion: 3 Days & 900 Miles
After three days and nearly 900 miles, 17-year-old Cole Norton is home safe and soun...out again, two more hours to Grove City, Pa., where things got hairy. The winds picked up to more than 12 kno...- For those of you who missed the "Event" I posted here at all trikes (see "Events" in me...ld say, I'm not comfortable discussing that now, I'm concerned about potential winds picking up later and for safe...