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  • Would you ditch in water or trees?

    QUESTION: Given a choice with an engine failure, would you land in shallow water near a shoreline or go for a tall stand of pine trees? Wally Moran tackles this difficult decision HERE

  • THE RAIN FALLS. THE CREEKS FLOW. THE DAM BREAKS. THE LAND FLOODS.

    ...o Urana to see the extent of the floodwaters from Billabong Creek, Wangam...00 feet Wangamong Creek looked like a water channel for our first time, instead of a line of trees, dotted with occasional muddy...ke Urana, which, at present does have water in it! I was beginning to won...

  • Mark Gibbo Gibson

    I just learned that trike pioneer and topless wing builder Mark Gibson died this morning while flying his trike dur...with us. Mark Gibson died this morning after crashing his trike into a line of trees...

  • Super Dell in Hot Water

    http://fox13now.com/2013/04/08/man-kicks-owl-while-paragliding-outrage-ensues/   News for those of you active in PPG community...thanks Rizzy

  • the life of thread ? (not brian!)

    i have two wings, the original 12m chronos , 1993, and a...ound the edges to keep the covers on. i used to put water in 'em but with the covers fr...o climb better, that could be the yellow too! i use water based latex which dries very...

  • Megafauna Flyaway 2012

    Megafauna 2012...     ...sque. The locals were pleased to have water in the Koorong, and the Murra...ers call it KI. The flight across the water was spectacular and along the...happy for a few years with the ground water replenished. After arriving a...

  • Beware the Drop Bear.

    Beware the Drop Bear.          &nbs...ds its days hiding in the foliage of Aussie bluegum trees (its blue speckled fur render...ed (yes, usually by staggering drunks walking under trees...

  • Remembering TWA

    You remember TWA (Trans World Airlines) don't you? Well I do, as one day at LA...t of no return on takeoff. The pilot had decended to the ocean level to use the water as a ground effect to try and...

  • A lighthearted tale (several tails) of moronic stupidity...

    There's a little grass strip amongst the tussocks in a ne...n here in Kiwiland that it takes over 200 litres of water to make 1 litre of milk. ...ase, you look thirsty and there's some lovely fresh water down by the river..."  I...

  • is it time

    is it time to banish complacency ? not in any way blaming this as a cause for rebs ac...quits! don't fly up the center of  box canyons, close to mountains or over water , deeper than a wading pool!...