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Electric ?

Last post by OneHungLow « Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:48 am
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by OFSO » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:48 pm

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Sitting on our terrace watching dusk approach, whoosh of air from overhead - a couple of hundred feet above us
a small aircraft about the size of a...

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A Pipistrel Velis Electro perhaps? It might be EC-NYP which is based at Barcelona-Sabadell (LELL) Aero Club.

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Saw one of these...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:48 am
I want one!

Last post by barkingmad « Wed May 10, 2023 7:56 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:34 am

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Chart fault! Update your charts...

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It's the same people that make the brown sauce, BM.

“Cette sauce de haut qualite est un melange…etc”

How the hell can I remember that but forget...

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Last post by barkingmad
Wed May 10, 2023 7:56 pm
Counting, one, two... 98 (or it was it 97)? Start again!

Last post by OneHungLow « Wed May 10, 2023 6:20 am
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by OneHungLow » Wed May 10, 2023 6:05 am

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The current inverted flat spin world record is 98, set on March 20, 2016 by air show performer Spencer Suderman over Yuma, Arizona. Suderman flew the...

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From - AOPA -

Hey Spence, what about the recovery technique?

Airshow performer and IT engineer Spencer Suderman set the record for the most...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Wed May 10, 2023 6:20 am
Just A Little High On The Landing

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Tue May 02, 2023 11:03 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:01 am

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Pilot makes first-ever plane landing on Burj Al Arab helipad

Link has pics.

Polish pilot Lukasz Czepiela made aviation history on Tuesday,...

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Er negative, Ex-Ascot. In glider towing, whilst you may launch to the same altitude and flying the same pattern, each and every launch is somehow...

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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Tue May 02, 2023 11:03 am
Around The World in 425 Days Or So

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:20 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:57 pm

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The family of five flying around the world in a tiny plane

Spending over a year flying around the world with your family in a tiny...

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One of my students disappeared off during Year 9 to do a family sail across the Atlantic. The other teachers gave her all the standard academics to...

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:20 pm
A demanding day at Oshkosh...

Last post by llondel « Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:07 pm
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by TheGreenAnger » Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:04 pm

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gusting as high as 27 knots made for a 70-90 degree crosswind for pilots landing on 36L/R.

Goto 19:59 for a wild ride (very close to disaster)....

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I remember being at Stansted one day and watching all the big jets decide to go around.

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Last post by llondel
Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:07 pm
Pilot pranks wife

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:16 am
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by Ex-Ascot » Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:29 am

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Chap pranks sleeping wife by pushing negative G.

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Chap pranks sleeping wife by pushing negative G.

Another ex-girlfriend now! =))

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:16 am
Bad outcome to an engine failure...

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:26 pm
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by TheGreenAnger » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:34 am

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What strikes me is how helpful ATC were. Should the pilot have decided to make an early precautionary off field landing? Easy to ask, difficult in...

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I agree, but I don't think any of that applies in this case.
Firstly, one would not use a normal approach if the engine is already known to be rough...

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:26 pm
Baltic mystery.

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:22 am
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by G-CPTN » Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:00 pm

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A private Cessna plane has crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia's coast in mysterious circumstances.

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I discovered my ability to do mental math, such as square roots, diminishes as the main sign of hypoxia for me. The same problem also occurs with...

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:22 am
Why Martha? Why?

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:30 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:19 pm

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Feisty lady.... but what a silly move as she clearly has more flying left in her... :)

A well-known Ohio pilot and aviation columnist may be...

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Ah...The blind leading the blind. =))

PP

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:30 pm
Anyone else thinks this is pretty sketchy?

Last post by VP959 « Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:53 pm
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by VP959 » Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:45 am

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Bloke (in the UK as far as I can tell), apparently with no flying or aircraft engineering experience, decides to build a light helicopter in his...

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Out of interest, how do autogyros manage to land from an engine out without a collective?

They just have a fixed pitch rotor with a teetering hinge...

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Last post by VP959
Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:53 pm
Tom Cruise terrifies James Corden with wild jet ride

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:32 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed May 25, 2022 5:07 pm

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It must be nice to have access to such toys.

Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise flew a fighter jet with The Late Late Show host James Corden, who...

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Longer video of original post.

PP

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:32 pm
Bad day near Stellenbosch.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:58 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:07 pm

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Flying out of my favourite airfield...

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Light aircraft makes emergency landing in Stellenbosch

Published by Robyn Simpson...

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At least they managed to miss Woody's favourite winery! ;)))

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:58 pm
Stall kills well known and highly experienced STOL competitor.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:01 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:01 pm

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FAA inspectors took part in a safety briefing that preceded an impromptu STOL landing and takeoff competition that turned fatal...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:01 pm
In extremis...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:29 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:29 pm

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:29 pm
From Oudtshoorn.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:29 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:50 pm

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Fresh in from the runway at Oudtshoorn. The Flying Lions Aerobatic team are in town.

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I wonder if they can release the chains. If not if one makes a forced landing they all do.

I am apt to ask them about that.

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:29 am
Impressive handling of an engine failure....

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:44 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:55 pm

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This incident happened on 11 March....lots of bits with no talking that you might want to skip over....

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Excellent. Fortunately never had an engine failure in a single.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:44 am
Another US AOPA case study...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:49 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:02 am

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Today I am off to an advanced tutorial at my nearest friendly flight training establishment in the use SkyDemon VFR planning and navigation...

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Not AOPA, Air Safety Institute, but still worth watching. It's a hard watch though. Reminds one that one cannot take the pleasure of flight lightly....

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:49 am
Zara Rutherford attempts to become the to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:24 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:20 am

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Teen aviator Zara Rutherford lands historic flight in Seoul

Teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Seoul on Saturday, December 11 from Russia, the...

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Flying using a PC/GPS, in IFR conditions, and not formally under IFR rules and/or not qualified to do so , and putting one's brain into neutral and...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:24 am
aeobatic championship flying

Last post by G-CPTN « Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:18 pm
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by om15 » Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:17 pm

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Last post by G-CPTN
Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:18 pm
Beagle B.206 Series 2 Basset

Last post by k3k3 « Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:55 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:03 am

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I was going to entitle this thread V-bomber flying lard arses and the Beagle , based upon the fact that the 20 Beagle aircraft eventually built at a...

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In 1975 I cadged a lift in a Basset from Lossie to Boscombe Down.

Flying above the clouds we saw to the west a hole in the overcast through which a...

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Last post by k3k3
Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:55 pm
Don't Cough or Sneeze!

Last post by FD2 « Sun Sep 05, 2021 8:23 pm
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by FD2 » Sat Sep 04, 2021 7:53 pm

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Sun Sep 05, 2021 8:23 pm
The Saffer Sling...

Last post by ian16th « Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:05 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:45 am

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Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:05 pm
Wings of the Weird and Wonderful.....

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:56 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Mon Jul 26, 2021 1:09 pm

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...borrowing Winkle's book title seems appropriate......ever heard of the Yak 110? Is this guy a genius or just plain mad!

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Shades of the Twin Mustang!

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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:56 am
Mojo Mike looks at spam cans...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:14 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:14 pm

I like this guy's reviews of the common tin cannery in the GA sector...

I like this guy because he shows it all warts, family and all... A bumpy...

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Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:14 pm

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