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OK folks, time again to get the photo nominations for the 2017 calendar. If you have a favorite pic from the last year please recommend it in the comments below, or post it on the site. I'll gather them all up and we can get some votes and get this baby off the ground!- Based on a number of trike fatalities because of lack of training of pilots being able...come out of it and spiralled multiple times to the ground from 800 feet and died. There...w pilot and a CFI. There was a clear spiral from a ground r...
- By Larry Hughes Scott (Skyman) Adair was killed in a tragic accident at Valkaria (X5...no indication that he was in audio contact with a ground observer. Scott reportedl...fortable". Following several up/down cycles at low ground s...
- During the early 70's there was a rash of commercial aircraft hijackings. Th...f I had switched the PSA flight to a separate ground control frequency and we had...The hijacker by now was very, very agitated. The ground c...
- After every flight, pilots fill out a form, called a gripe sheet which tells mechanics...before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor....te descent. Engineers: Cannot reproduce problem on ground....
- (if you've already read the intro jump down the page to ***) Host...Chapters) the famous Ground Controller vs the German Airf.... The only exception was the "ground control" position. It was gro...ht after airborne. It was the ground controllers job to mix the so...
- ...relative. What is "low"? Well some might define it as skimming the surface at no more than...ng triking category to participate in. If you come from a GA background and fly a heavy trike and have...
- I was not present for either mishap, but I did retrieve Wayne's trike wreckage. Wayne is an experienced pilo...th 40-50 hrs in trikes. He fell into the addicting habit of flying low for the ground r...
Hang Gliding from a Triker's Perspective-- Going Back is Going Forward
The mission to Wallaby Ranch was three-fold: 1) Check out a used low hour trike a friend at the ranch told m...to ship, going to Sun n Fun & Fantasy of flight- Steve Prepost gave ground s...Brain teasers for those that believe down wind turns are "different".
If you believe that downwind turns are "different" from upwind turns, or i...newly visible earth, you see that the ground is passing by very swiftly fa...n came up and now you can now see the ground? What if you close your eyes?...ate. From your perspective, the ground h...