Aug
17
Brian Milton – Escape by Microlight Part 4
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A full length documentary covering Brian’s 2001 attempt to make the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic by microlight. (PART FOUR). More details on www.brian-milton.com
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7 Comments
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Ive flown flexwings for over 20 years and yes this bloke is well known for bieng a fukin idiot.
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
@mph7 shut up you fuckin tool
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Without any test flight with a full tank, he didn’t even know if his aircraft was capable of taking off with a full fuel load, regardless of the runway length. Surly he should have used a test flight to establish that fact. If he couldn’t take-off from a 4000ft runway – then he never will take off with over 90 gallons of fuel.
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Many record distance flight attempts are taken without trial flights with full fuel. Landing with so much fuel load is usually more dangerous than takeoff. Charles Lindberg only had full fuel at his record attempt & Rutan’s record Voyager flight around the world flew only once with full fuel.
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Bad luck. Hard to know if another 1000 feet of runway would have made any difference, whole package so heavy.
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
What a fukin idiot, did he not think of a trial flight with a full tank???
August 17th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Wow. Inspirational. Such a shame this was scuppered – with a little support the dream could have become a reality.