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  • is it time

    ...! i was COMPLACENT. and paid the price! as in all of lifes 'negative' experiences it would be nice to delete a...ld be a fairly straightforward task for the gurus , they have the the experience of flying various different w...

  • First Flight

    ...gs, but the feeling you get flying the front seat of a light sport trike is almost undescribable. A new freedom is born inside, and you have the experience that you can only imagine a s...

  • The Signs Were There - when not to fly!

    Today I got some flying experience.  I learned a lesson or two!  Nature can be very unforgiving when you take it on. The wind at 2000ft was VRB/15.  We currently...

  • Flying is for the Birds- (Excellent article on how cool birds are)

    ...degree dive at 217 mph, it can outrun most lightplanes operating at redline. Think of how embarrassing it would be to be passed by a bird (or to experience a bird strike from behind). C...

  • Dead Stick Mondays

    ...almost all cases.  So the question is not whether you will ever experience an engine out, the question i...f you have been flying trikes long enough it is quite likely you have experienced 1 or more real engine outs.&...

  • PSA902 Gets Hijacked!

    During the early 70's there was a rash of commercial aircraft hijackings. The following is an experience that I had while working at LAX when working the mid shift (11pm...

  • Time to smell the roses

    ...claims for a second) behave like that. Craig, like Gerry was an experienced pilot. I would like to know...ur good friend Bill, the loss of Scmidt's brother and near death experience of the gentleman flying Henry...

  • Hang Gliding from a Triker's Perspective-- Going Back is Going Forward

    ...ing), experiencing and learning hang gliding, adding to their triking knowledge. And with that lead up, I hope to get Ken to write about his experience of coming to Hang Gliding fro...

  • Member's Life Stories

    ...lles.  Once he discovered that I was once an Air Traffic Controller at LAX, we couldn't stop talking about our aviation experiences. I told him one of my ATC experience stories:  In 1972 the LA...

  • Gibbo Manta 17 wing First Impressions

    ...to tell you the truth, partially because I haven't flown in a while and on top of that this was going to be a brand new wing with no flying experience in that particular wing. I lo...