Trikepilot Social

From: Jeff's FlightLog

Frank got a new Trike, an blood red Apollo 912S Delta Jet. We call it the Red Devil". Here is some air-to-air video I took of Frank in his trike zooming long the Rio San Jose near Albuquerque, NM.

Spiral and loop on paramotor (Szczecin, Poland)... WHAT ARE THESE GUYS THINKING?

Paratoys fly-in April 2009. Mad Max doing what he does best. Thank you PARATOYS for letting us use the Quad buggy and there awesome new 2nd gen paratoys glider! (18m twister quad pilot Brad Geary)

Rarely have I been as impressed with a website as I was this morning when my pal Paul Bass dropped me a link to "The Vintage Aviator" site.

This is simply a MUST SEE for anyone who loves aviation or vintage aircraft. This New Zealand company specializes in the creation of "factory new" flying aircraft that duplicate the original WWI machines in every detail.

Be sure to check out the videos, and also note the flying specs on these machines... not to far off from some of our own high-performance trikes!

My favorite part of the site was the vintage photograph section, especially those that show all the wild 1913-1915 flying clothing... those are not O-Zee suits, that's for sure.

Enjoy!

A good friend of mine made a trip up to TrikePilot Ranch today in order to enjoy the gorgeous 84 degree weather. To my surprise, he pulled up to the Ranch in his "daily driver"... a Ferrari F430 convertible. WOW!

I couldn't resist the photo-op, and promptly whipped out my camera to capture two of the hottest things on three wheels... and four!

Oh, bye the way.... he was a real trooper. Even though I tried to beg off on taking him for a first flight on this day with "17 gusting to 35kt winds", he insisted that he still wanted to go if I felt it safe. Since the wind was steady at that time and down the runway, we popped his flying cherry. If I know him as well as I think... there may be a RED Quik-R coming to the ranch for training in the near future... maybe with an Enzo badge?

Next Step: Martin Jetpack Video Shows Progress
Martin Aircraft Company of New Zealand, makers of the Martin Jetpack that was demonstrated at EAA AirVenture 2008, unveiled a new video showing a quantum leap over what attendees saw in Oshkosh last year. "The two most common queries we receive are, 'When are the guys running alongside going to retire?' and 'Is the aircraft stable?'" said Glenn Martin, founder. "We have now passed our 40 hours flight test milestone with this prototype, and this video answers these questions."

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Led by Operation Migration co-founder, Joe Duff, this human led migration annually leads a new generation of Whooping cranes on their 1200+ mile migration from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin to the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Using a specially constructed ultralight, complete with cameras, GPS system and an amplifier system to broadcast calling sounds, Joe and his four man team can cover any where from 50-100 miles per day at a speed of 38 mph.[Barcroftmedia/CFP]

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