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  • Grand Canyon Trip, 2018 Day One

    I finally uploaded my flightlogs from trip out to the Grand Canyon in late O...2018. Here is Day One of the trip,7.4 hours of flight from Belen, NM to Marble Cany...the Grand Canyon.   http://www.jeffsflightlog.com/2018/2018_10_27_belen_...

  • Trike Shimmying at landing

    I went with my friend for a flight today, I fly a Northwing Navajo with HKS 700e. We did a few touch a...landing and all of the above could have contributed to the shimmy. The first time my speed during the shi...

  • Aircraft maintenance a "necessary evil"? / Waddington Efffect : Opinion Mike Busch, a well-known A&P/IA and owner of Savvy Aviator

    ...more about this elsewhere, but it's particularly interesting in light of the recent local fatal GA (not trike) crash of a plane on it's first flight after it's annual inspect...

  • My Sunday Flight

    ...Valley over to Jean we found the first and only bumps that we would...t air balloon set up on the lake. First time we had seen one there, s...asked us to help look for a free flight glider gone missing. Well we...impression of trikers in the free flight glider world.  

  • The Signs Were There - when not to fly!

    Today I got some flying experience. ...warmed up an then some, I taxied, preflight checked and rolled for depart...days ago.  I decided to end the flight and return to base. I app...sore arm - I would have continued my flight.  But because of my arm,...

  • How much does it cost to operate a Trike? What does this sport cost on an hourly basis?

    ...ion of the trike.  After the first purchase depreciation, trikes...bsp; To determine hourly cost, we first need to make an assumption ab...his is about 8.5 hrs/mo, 1-2 flights per wkend--  many fly l...rvice ($39/yr .39/hr) & other flight / con-ed stuff I think it'...

  • So you think you're a pilot

    ...old Marine Pilot sat down at the Starbucks, still wearing his old USMC flight jacket and ordered a cup...He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life flying planes, first Stearmans, then the early...

  • FSA issue 96 - Blind faith

    .... At a critical moment during flight you turn to your electronic flight bag (EFB) needing information...are required to have a backup flight bag, whether it takes the for...nt of iPad 2s breaking in the first 12 months of use. The ment...s part of the ICAO electronic flight bag working group, welcomes t...

  • A lighthearted tale (several tails) of moronic stupidity...

    There's a little grass strip amongst the tu...and although it's only a half hour's flight from home it has a wonderful...y, that bloke in the black and silver flight suit waving his arms like a d...ing if cows have developed the art of flight.  Swinging back over the...

  • Santa and the FAA

    Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and the FAA examiner arrived last week for the pre-Christmas flight check.In preparation, Santa h...