XC TrikerAir Creation Tanarg 80hp BioniX 15M
0O2, 0O4, 0S5, 0Q5, 14S, 1O3, 3S8, 3W5, 9S3, A39, AVENAL, CALIFORNIA VALLEY, CN12, CYQS, DIXON, FOT, Headquarters, ID85, K1O3, K3O1, K3O8, KAST, KAVX (Catalina Island), KAWO, KBOK, through KBUR, KC80, KCCB, KCMA, KDAG, El Mirage Dry Lake & Flying J Ranch-El Mirage, KFHR, Over LAX midfield & LAX school, KFUL, KGCD, KHAF, KHRI, KINW, KIYK, KIZA, KKIC, KL52, KLGD, KLKV, KLPC, KLSN, KLVK, KMPI, KMRY, through KNTD, KO22, KOKB, KONP, KORS, KOXR, KPGA, KPRB, KRBG, KRBL, KRNM, KSBA, KSBP, KSDM, KSHN, KSMO, KSMX, KSNS, KSZP, KSZT, KTOA, KUAO, KUKI, low pass KVBG, KWHP, KWVI, KZPH, L06, L08, L09, L61, MATANCHEN, Monument Valley, NV74, Dry Lakes, O46, O69, Over KLAX, PHHN, PHDH, S16, S51, S89, SALTON Sea x3, Slab City, Stocking Meadows, through KSEA, A few that won't be mentioned (OR/MX/Sltn), Through TRONA GAP, UT25, WA09, Yosemite, 49X, KHII, L62, L17, KFCH, KCVH, CA66, KOAR KSFF 73S 72S S94 KPUW S68 Bill's Ranch S27 KGPI (Glacier) 58S 2MT1 53U 8S1 7S0 52S S09 S34 KTHM S83 KDEW, L88 (New Cuyama "X"d- low pass), KRIR (FlaBob), L35 (Big Bear), KSBD (KTOA <->San Bernadino @ NIGHT ! :) L45, KBFL, L05, O26, Over Mt Whitney Summit at 17,200', L73, KMIT, L19, L84, KOXR, P20, L54, KFUL (Trike Lecture), KCLR, YYWG YCOR YHAY YIVO YWTO YMIA YBRN YDLQ YTOC YPOK YWGT
~ 166 Airports, Fields, or off road (4 Countries- hopefully more soon :)
If you put all your airports/off airports on SkyVector, you can make a cool map of the places you've been. These are mine:
In North American Continent (US, Mex, Canada, Hawaii)
In AUSTRALIA (MegaFauna 2014, etc)
ALL (get's a little crowded in this view)
Bob Hoover in his Aero Commander Shrike
I was talking with a friend tonight and mentioned this vid-- he had not seen it. Since I'm sharing it with him, might as well share it here too.
It is VERY cool!!!! Flying, but not a trike. Great skill !!! Legendary in fact!!!
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There are other / longer videos of Bob Hoover if you liked that one. I believe he got started near WWII when he had to teach military pilots that the P-38 lightning was not a death trap if an engine went out. That was the popular notion-- however as is often the case, it comes down to training, knowledge, skill, & practice
He was therefore a natural to fly for the factory-- to show that an engine out in this plane was ok for it's customers who were skittish at the time-- I think maybe there had been an accident or two.
Live convo with me and Jagsy just now:
Jagsy: just watching the Hoover video flying with his engines dead... serious gonads
Nothing flies better that a powerful twin!
When I worked at LAX tower (71-73) an Aero Commander was on a 3 mile final for runway 25L and the pilot asked me if there was traffic close behind him for the same runway. I told him that the next arrival for 25L was about 6 miles behind him.
Without warning the Aero Commander did a loop and then landed on 25L. Obviously I was startled and another controller told me "oh, that just Bob Hoover. He does that all the time".
Wow, I bet that woke the crew up!
Is that (was that) legal ? Approximately what year was that?
Bob Hoover got away with a lot of stuff due to his popularity. This was probably around 1971-1972.