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  • Call to Action. Adding Spiral recovery Tasks to the Practical Test Standards (PTS).

    Intentional or unintentional spiral dives have caused a number of fatalities throughout the world. Therefore,  I have decided to pursue getting spiral dive recovery into the Practical Test Standards (PTS) so all new pilots and CFI's will start training for this important maneuver in the US a...

    Tags: safety, accidents, training

  • Again Almost!

    last friday was lovely, sunny, 50 deg, no wind. but saturday was different, with possible thunderstorms, etc. this happened  saturday.  i had spent the last coupla' weeks rebuilding 'phang', now known as 'feenix', my cosmos echo, and trailered him up to the airport. i assembled my old 1...

    Tags: comedy, safety

  • Strobe location

    Hey everybody, Just looking for the current consensus on strobe location for a small single seat part 103 trike like ours. Personally I prefer a mast mount about 6 inches above the average pilots head height and facing the rear of the trike. Seems like it provides the best coverage to make you...

    Tags: aerotryk, part, 103, safety, provides, pilots, visibility, regards, position

  • roof landing

    well it happened, a veteran trike pilot started it with him not in it, it flew off without him, went vertical stalled and crashed onto the hanger roof, at my home field arlington wash. fortunattely he wasn'tt seriously hurt but the trike was totalled. coulda been worse and coulda been avoided! ...

    Tags: safety