Living in Phoenix Eric, you know what the terrain looks like between Phoenix and just east of Salton Sea, or between Phoenix and the Pecos River, how desolate, it is, and what chance an ultralight...
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Living in Phoenix Eric, you know what the terrain looks like between Phoenix and just east of Salton Sea, or between Phoenix and the Pecos River, how desolate, it is, and what chance an ultralight...
Think that YOU can D.R. an ultralight with NO chase planes, NO chase boats, A lensatic compass, which if got get too far from straight and level you "lock" the card, at only 2000 feet MSL after...
I agree 100 percent Steve, those people need to get a proper attitude about the "face" that they are giving ultralight pilots.
Brie
I don't know how anyone could fly that way and be able to look at themselves in the morning. There is a certain thing called "Professionalism", and even if you are a lowly Weedhopper pilot, you are...
I had all that stuff in my head from when I first started flying ultralights in the mid Eighties, (back then, we couldn't fly over out door gatherings of people, the 60 mile veil was me hitting the...
The rules say that we CAN land at tower controlled Airports with permission, true, but there are MANY airports in this country, two that I PERSONALLY know of in Arizona, that when you contact the...
Monetary case in point. I have a TOTAL of 2,200 dollars in this plane to build it, and in the 14 years that I have owned it, I have spent a TOTAL of about 900 in maintenance on it, and it flies just...
By the way folks, if you notice my screen name, you should notice that I own a 1940 Taylorcraft BC-65. I am not an ultralight only pilot, but then my no electrical system, built in the United States,...
Within 20 miles of me, there are forty one that I know of, not counting my five. Why don't you see them at Oskosh? Because the overwhelming number DON'T trust the Government, and Hate / Fear the FAA,...
You know, this is PRECISELY where the "market", (that's us), can dictate how many of which type of aircraft are built. There is going to by a group of pilots who want the latest plastic whizz-bang,...
Marty, My Sweetie Pie and I moved to Texas from Arizona in 2003, and did the owner of T-27 in the El Paso area a favor, by giving him a rest, and running the Airport for six months. There were NO...
I don't know about that, I flew one from Lantana Florida to West End Airport on G.B.I. one time.
I agree with your last paragraph one hundred percent Buzz.
Pilots like you are few and far between Buzz, Thank you for offering to help this young pilot reach for the sky.
Brie
Looks like God knows full well, how much us Ultralighters love the freedom of flight, and what better year to celebrate it with a Salute, than THIS ONE.
In 1964, I started learning to fly at 14. Any questions of "legality" were far from my mind, My grand father, father, and two of my uncles flew in two wars in the military, I had only ONE DESIRE...
OK, let's put in language you will understand. I also fly aerobatics, free climb cliffs, base jump, cave dive, blue water sail, and ride a 150MPH sport bike. Let's just say that because of my not...
If you decide that you don't need the passenger option that much, Look at the Weedhopper Ultralights. You can build one in a weekend without busting your butt, and mine will rotate in 90 feet on...
It sounds like a wonderful idea!! As long as your wife won't divorce you, just see if you can get enough of your friends to make the run, and JUST DO IT!!
True, but my 1940 BC-65 is right at home flying as an LSA and I much prefer flying Sport Pilot. They are a TON of fun guys, they think that they are a funny looking motorglider, TRUST ME.
It is a pretty close clone of a Flightstar, I have a set of plans for it.
Hey Ben,
WHERE in Texas do you live? Where we live in West Texas, the winds are out of the southwest probably 70% of the time at least 8 to 10 a lot of the time, which is a little too slow for...