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  • ALMOST!

    ...until this AM i had'nt dun it.  i was landing ( in light rain, ( rain, in w...e stepping' phase of this my ' 4000th +landing'. it got quite violent fo...ps (i'm NOT  posting this on 'the dark side' due to the propensi...

  • Intermediate Syndrome

    ...ist, any all comments are welcome. 1) fear of landing, no fear of takeoff 2) early...weather fragility 9) cross winds take offs and landings 10) what to do if cross wind...ing in rain 18) frost on wings = death 19) the dark side of trailering 20) passen...

  • Ken and the Weedhopper

    ken and i drove the 600mls to lake alvord in south east ore...ht and i prepared to take-off. it was by now almost dark, no moon. no sweat, i had nev...phew! thats better. but not much, it was now really dark, out front was inpenatrable g...

  • Light Sport Airplane Emergency Landing on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive (LSD)- with video!

    Story and video HERE Two hours after landing his plane on Lake Shore Drive early Sunday, John Pedersen peered past rows of police cars, gaping drivers and news trucks,...

  • Trike Shimmying at landing

    I went with my friend for a flight today, I fly a Northwing Navajo with HKS...id a few touch and gos, on two of the landings we felt a significant shimmy...a bit low on air and also the second landing was done probably a bit faste...lated tire, coupled with a cross wind land...

  • Learning to Land - consistently!?

     I am looking for your assistance so PLEASE chime in if you have words of encoura...to solo. There is still a chance I could screw up a landing - so why is that? It i...good practice to always use power off approach and land...

  • Searching for Documentary

    Anybody got a link to the trike documentary where a couple of guys were taking off (downhill) and landing (uphill) on a steep rocky mountainside, I think it was the Himalayas?

  • go pro tips

    i already posted my clamp screw pictures, (maybe on the 'dark side') with a 1.5inch camera lens cover stupid glued to the tiny plastic knob of the clamp screw, also chamfer the end of the thread...

  • stones spupidicity 101

    the other day, for no good reason i changed my 12m wing for my 14.7. it was hot here i...ays later i did challenge gravity with it and after landing decided there was even more f...changed, somehow? or was the wing the culprit. the land...

  • Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?

    Found an article posing a question I often wonder about. Not a grea...a pilot making a forced landing on a highway. The landin...the outcome of road and field landings. We researched the NTSB acc...land on a nearby road. During landing, the airplane veered off the...