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Hi Joz, the numbers are the years of the high school graduating class in the local town Arco at the base of the mountain. Each year a group climbs the mountain and paints the numbers. As you can see it has been a tradition for some time.Comment on "I'm not usually excited about inflatable wings, but this is just awesome"
...g up a HG and holding cold aluminum tubing at the top of a mountain with potentially brutal cold...s. Not to mention hassle to transport a HG to top of mountain. Pros and cons to every form of flying!- +1879 more Comments
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- Working my way up the East River past Crested Butte, to 10707 ft Schoefield Pass, and on to the beautiful grass strip at Marble, Colorado. The big mountain at the center is Gothic Mountain.
- We steadily climbed out of the valley to reach the top of the 12,500 ft mountain north of Creede, Garita Peak. From there we followed a high mountain ridge to the east. This is a view back to the northwest to Garita Peak and the large park below the mountain.
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- We have 3 mountain ranges to the north of us - Outeniqua, Kammanassie ,and the mighty Swartberg Mountains. When we have extreme cold a...go for a flight to photograph the beautiful mounta...
- ...nd Ken flew with Leo. We launched from the Flying J Ranch, landed at Big Bear airport. Then flew over the mountain and landed at the Flabob airport, then went over the mountain back to the Flying J ranch. We had a wond...
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Bookmarks
Brocken spectre-- I learned a new word-- I always thought it was just called a "Glory"
A Brocken spectre (German Brockengespenst), also called Brocken bow or mountain spectre, is the apparently en...e phenomenon can appear on any misty mountainside or cloud bank, or even fr...bsp;Brocken, a peak in the Harz Mounta...- Let's Not Meet In the Sky Whether you're...f hours, one simple rule applies to us all, in any flying environment, and in any aircr...t, and it is arguably the most fundamental rule of flying that keeps us safe -- SEE AND...
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- This is my XT carriage being fitted with a GT 6 by Kamron at Northwing right now. Pretty excited for this coming flying season. Does anyone on here have experience flying a Airborne trike with a Northwing wing? Looking forward to meeting you all in Joseph Oregon in July!!!
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Bush Pilot: 'Brakes were my enemy': Landing a one-way airstrip in Southcentral Alaska
It doesn't look challenging -- it looks like a huge airstrip with a tiny bit of snow. I could try to be coo.... The runway is plenty long enough, but it's a one-way landing because of that mounta...- The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bo...wn head-on to the runway you are taking off from. — Robert Livingston, 'Flying The Aeronca.' The sc...
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- ...es, and is my main motivation for flying. You feel almost super human flying a trike. The top of the mountain, a remote meadow are all wi...ouse. Often someone you are flying with someone who will land on...ds. It took me 6.5 years of flying to get there. I know ot...
1 Pages & Sub-Pages- Site Navigation & Organization (Keeping it neat and logical)
"Pages" are used to start a conversation topic...a Trike," or "Stories about my Trike Flying") This is as opposed to "Gro...might be interested in Cross-Country flying. So, you click on "Page...sp; However, you may be interested in flying Cross-Country across frozen l...- +52 more Pages
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- This is a cool story, of a hang gliding dog and his friend at Point of the Mountain Utah. When POM is on, it blows nice all day, and is easy to top la...should do the dunes at my house then road trip up to Point of the Mounta...
V8 Supercars - Bathurst - Australia's gr8t race.. Lowndes & Winnicup fly Hornets
...;Bathurst 1000, real Aussie V8 adrenalin with flying.. how good is that.! The Red B...s-tribute-livery No phone calls, no work, no flying.. nothing - that's ...for the 2014.. Bathurst 1000 King of the Mountain - Australia.- +132 more Top-level pages
Market posts
- Wills Wing Sport 2, 155 hang glider, Robertson pod harness, PDA reserve chute, and Mountain High Oxygen system for sale. To see them in action search for "Larry Kaiser" on You Tube, then watch the Sabbath Flying" video. All equipment is in good shape. $900 for wing only or $1450 for everything.
Hi flyers, Sorry I missed getting a note...get a copy of the 256 page book that is The Trike Flying Bible in the trike world.&nbs...nbsp; Thanks for taking time to read this and safe flying to you all.- +6 more Market posts
Events
- The 12th Annual Arizona Flying Circus will be happening February 13-15, 2015 at MoTown!The Arizona Flying Circus is a volunteer effort...West, the AFC has evolved into a rather unusual flying event like no other. Certainl...
- Aero Club of Northern California luncheon at Michaels at Shoreline. Dr. Mort Grosser presents on Gossamer Airplane Project. Aero Club membership not required. RSVP...
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Videos
- ...was my true first cross country mountain flying through potentially very hostil...ally I enjoyed those challenging flying conditions and even sought some thermals under mountain clouds. I gained a lot of c...his experience the next day with flying another mountain cross country.
- Saturday morning - I flew inland from Knysna to find the snow on our highest mountain range in this area. 100km north from my Hometown Knysna.
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Cross-Country Trikers
A group for Trikers around the world who are interested in Long Distance trike flights.Member's Life Stories
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Approaching the Rio Grande Pyramid
I flew along this ridgeline, getting help from the thermals to take me to the top of the Pyramid.Tags: jeff_trike, jeffsflightlog, mountain flying, Featured
- 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. Maybe next year. As the canyon narrowed ahead,we climbed up high to the left to reach the Rio Grande Py...
Tags: Photo9-13, Calendar2013, Featured, jeff_trike, jeffsflightlog, mountain flying
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