Volunteer planners in the ultralight area at AirVenture are hoping to add evening entertainment to our venue. We want to have an open mike or jam session Tuesday and Wednesday evening in the...
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Volunteer planners in the ultralight area at AirVenture are hoping to add evening entertainment to our venue. We want to have an open mike or jam session Tuesday and Wednesday evening in the...
One solution is for ultralights is to have then fly the same pattern but lower and closer in unless they are landing on a different runway. Some airports I visit have a separate sod strip and a...
Hello Bob and welcome to winter flying. The air is smoother and the plane climbs better. You can easily fly down to 32 degrees if you use snowmobile gear. It may cost some coin but will last for...
Scott Sheets of Hamilton Illinois is instructing in a Sonex using the LODA. Read article here.
http://www.eaa.org/lightplaneworld/articles/1109_sonex.asp
His website has more details and...
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I have been flying from a strip on my farm for 14 years and I have been retired the last 10 years. There is nothing better than having your airplane 3 minutes from your front door. Usually no...
The showers at Planview truck stop are said to be great, much cleaner than usual camping shower and I hear they provide the towel. I have a few friends who go there and would never use the more...
I have camped at that campground and others including the old "Ollies Farm" which is now EAA security headquarters on and off for 29 years. The problem described of flightline wristband holders...
I have been to a few "backwater" strips where UL pilots do not use radios but here in Illinois it is rare (for me anyway in 2012) to find a "UL" pilot who does not have a radio. In my circle of...
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Mock Machine Gun for Ultralight or Light Plane
How about a pair of these beauties mounted on the wing struts of your plane? Airplane and model builder Darrell Porter showed his very...
Suggest you wite a letter to Paul, print it out and mail it to EAA HQ. He likes that much better than email anyway. He said so. At age 90 he gets a fair bit of mail that could be characterized as...
Hello Ray, yes Quicksilver was there and there were also several single and 2-seat Quicks displayed by EAA members. MIke Ostrander's 1984 blue quick was there again as he is every year. I didn't...
Next photo by Jim Hayden shows first chute landing, second chute still in the air.
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The first photo was taken by me. This photo was first of several by Jim Hayden. Near UL barn. You can see in lower corner there were two parachutists.2359
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U.S. Flag over Ultralight Barn
One afternoon at AirVenture 2012 I looked up from the Ultralight barn volunteer parking lot and saw this parachutist with a U.S. flag gliding over the...
Check out my photos from Down on the Farm at AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. They are in an album on the Light Plane World Facebook page. You don't need a login to view the pictures. Here is the link.
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The schedule for the ultralight forum tent next to the UL barn at AirVenture has been completed. See the link below for more details.
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Bob your last line says it all. If you are willing to go N-numbered instead of FAR103 then the answer for you is a Challenger. They are economical to buy used, fly more like a conventional airplane...
No, you have to ride on the hood.
Charging for 2-place rides at the ultralight strip is prohibited during Airventure. Also flight instruction is not allowed during the event so you can't charge it that way either. Dealers and...
OK I may deserve that but for the record it is incorrect as I have previously stated. I swear to you my first post is the truth. "I foolishly thought that Moller had replaced Jim Bede as the icon of...
Hello Steve. I love your avatar. Really cool. All I would have had to do was add a pertinent fact or two after the jump revealing the history of the company. Not sure why I didn't do that. I...
Yes April Fool and I'm the fool. Incidentally here is that goofy single seater. Would you fly this? ASTM compliance anyone?
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Hello Readers of LPW. I've recently got into a bit of hot water for a news article I wrote about Moller Skycar
http://www.eaa.org/lightplaneworld/articles/1202_moller.asp
It was very poor...
Ribbons or tape around the plane is the way to go. Lucky for me my 14 year old LSA trike isn't worth all that much and any part can be replaced. At the local airport fly-in the kids to young for...