Lloyd in his Air Creation and me following in an Antares when I shot this on our way to the Yentna River to follow Iditarod Dog Teams up the river to the Susitna and Skwentna checkpoints.
...t flying a microlight, if the aircraft is flown beyond the flight envelope o...lity of delta wings.
The DULV Pitch Tests allow certain trike manufactur...e result. The wings are also driven backward a slow speed to replicate inverted f...
A world first patent corset mechanism for the twist control of the Air Creation BioniX wing. The variable geometry allows the pilot to adjust the handling, speed & performance of the aircraft with the ability to go very fast, or ideally very slow for short field landings.
We got up 2hrs before sunrise. The wind was still blowing, 8kts at Milford, out of the south. We talked to a helicopter pilot yesterday. It is always blowing here. We took off, did a touch and go and headed north for Ibex.
Paul and I (Jeff) are following the Rio Grande, towards its source high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The canyon continued forever, and we never did reach the source...
Routing the wire from the wheel pant to the wheel strut.
The two blue arrows show:
where a tension loop is placed and an electrical connector to allow disconnection in case the wheel pant needs to be completely removed
where the strobe is on the outer aspect of the pant
...n, the wheel pant angles slightly to the rear- so the light in this position has a slight rearward angle-- which to me was good, since in a rather slow moving aircraft, I'm more wor...