Toucans can't fly. Whilst on a cross country trip to Lightning Ridge in outback NSW, we had a forcedlanding. Suspected bird strike to the propellor. All went well though. No damage to trike or pilot and passenger. Yes, a video is being made. Watch this space!
At Hite, we let left the Colorado to follow the Dirty Devil River. I did my best to keep a landable clear patch of terrain nearby. If I ever was forced down here, it would be nearly impossible to take off again.
got some nice flying in at tarkio . had so much fun after landing and warming up i had to go up for my last flight of the day . dan holinback snapped this spectacular photo as i came in for landing. it was lighter than it looks.
A huge shout out goes out from me to Rebel Wallace who hosted me for the weekend in Lake Chelan WA and gave me some intense workouts (Old guy talk for lessons) he wa...
This is the view that greeted us as we approached Mexican Mountain Airstrip.
After landing and with some hesitation, I c...p; I found out later the pilot had crashed here on landing 3 days earlier.