Comment on "Ken Brock Freedom Fly-In El Mirage CA Sept 27-29, 2013"
...ct business office right at the airport. He sold his plane. Hesperia airport has good restaurant as well. There is a dirt runaway at Lake Arrowhead air...Comment on "Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?"
...that grabbed the landing gear. For a little perspective (though not claiming any expertise), I have landed a GA taildragger on some very narrow dirt strips and landed trikes in s...Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"
...f the runway. I didn't care because I was dreading tipping over. I kept turning, eventually leaving the runway and rolling across a dirt section between the runway an...Comment on "Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?"
...be charged $20 per hour to fly the club planes.) some of them weren't fixed properly, resulting in appx 10 'emergency ldgs'. most were in fields or dirt. i avoided roads as a 'set do...Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
...part of its' future. The only ones that seem to really turn a profit, tend to fly used equipment, operate in a more mild climate, and fly out of a dirt strip. In other words they k...Comment on "white eagles first engine out in soaring trike at elk river fly in"
...as i dont trust an engine at low altitude so that was a priority for me certainly at elk river.my reason for the turn alignment to the east was the dirt road which was the only optio...Comment on "Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?"
...e availible.Every location offers a different set of variables,plains,mountains,trees,water,bridges,fog ,traffic,populace, air density desert rocky dirt and paved roads. The choices...