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Bird-Strike on ZU-BST! Part of my standard pre-flight operating procedures is to rig my wing-cam (GoPro HD) – on EVERY FLIGHT! I have always figured that I can learn from every flight, those not-so-perfect landings etc., and, God forbid, if something worse happens, hopefully the SD card survives so as to explain the incident and then at very least my fellow aviators could learn from what went wrong!! Anyway, a recent flight which had me doing a touch-and-go at ODI resulted in a bird strike on climb out! It all happened EXTREMELY fast . . . . from a blur in front of me to a glancing blow to my left side (under my arm), which left me wondering if I had not just imagined it! Thereafter, I listened intently and felt for any vibration on the propeller but heard and felt nothing. Later, on arriving back at Aeroden and conducting my post-flight inspection, I noticed something unusual on the exhaust silencer . . . . which was the first clue to what had happened! Only later when back home and reviewing the video footage of my flight did I make sense of what had REALLY happened!! What happened next was incredible!!! Watch this video to see what happened . . . . . I think the big man upstairs was watching over me! Or could it have been just a VERY considerate bird??
Best if watched in FULL SCREEN HD. Recorded in October over eastern WA. Flown with Denny Reed of Backcountry Aerosports just south of Cheney & Spokane Washington in the Palouse region.
A first draft taster of the upcoming training video “Learn to fly a flexwing microlight” from Airplay Aviation. Stay tuned to www.airplayaviation.co.uk for more updates!
Flight over the Petaluma area in Northern California in Air Creation trike. If you’d like to try, contact www.spiritsup.com – they do flights to the coast like this.
Own this rare vintage Ultra Light…”FLY LIKE AN EAGLE” The UFM Easy Riser is an American swept wing biplane hang glider that was first powered in 1975, becoming the first modern Ultra Light aircraft. The Easy Riser was developed by Larry Mauro from the earlier Kiceniuk Icarus II biplane hang glider. An engine was installed by John Moody in 1975 so the glider could be launched from flat terrain. On July 27, 1976 John K. Moody, world renowned “Father of Ultra Lights”, demonstrated Ultra Light aviation at the annual EAA fly-in convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with a foot launched McCulloch 101 powered Icarus II in front of thousands of aviation-loving spectators, starting the modern ultra light aviation revolution in the USA. Later he added wheels to the aircraft and by the end of 1979, there were almost 100 competing companies selling powered Ultra Lights (micro lights) but very few were foot-launchable. The Easy Riser is constructed with an aluminum structure and wooden ribs, covered in doped aircraft fabric covering, Mylar or other coverings. The pilot sits on a fabric sling seat. Engines used include the 11 hp (8 kW) McCullochMAC-101, 15 hp (11 kW) Hirth F-36 and Solo 210 VERY EASY TO ASSEMBLE … EASY TRANSPORTING THE WINGS THEY FIT ON TOP OF THE CAR ALSO ENGINE AND TRICYLCE FIT IN YOUR TRUNK. (SOLD AS-IS~ NO GUARANTEES NO LIABILITIES) FOR SALE 00. SERIOUS INQUIRIES PLEASE
Gene Williams in his and Ken Volmert’s Ultralight Quicksilver MX practicing dead stick landings above Jefferson City, Missouri in the mid 1990s. Robert Wunderlich would later join the partnership, a veteran RC pilot. This was taken above Balcer Field just south of Jefferson City, Missouri on Shepherd Hills Road. It is now abandoned, and houses are now located in that location. I now fly my aerolite 103 out of a public airport so I am assured of not being at the mercy of a private owner.
