Safety
Seminar Schedule
-March
4
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin - 7th ninual Wisconsin Ultralight/Light
Aviation Safety Seminar at EAA Headquarters. For more information,
contact: Bart Gaffney, 414/567-4486.
-March
9-11 - Memphis, Tennessee - 11lth annual International Women In
Aviation Conference at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. For more
information, contact WIA at 937/839-4647, or visit their website: http://www.wiai.org.
EAA
WILL HELP WITH YOUR ULTRALIGHT CREDENTIALS:
Are people begging you to
teach them how to fly your ultralight aircraft? The Experimental Aviation
Association (EAA) plans to offer enthusiasts working toward an ultralight
instructor rating a special two-day course on March 18-19. The EAA has
received an exemption from the FAA to designate qualified ultralight
flight instructors who may provide training in two-place ultralights.
Warp Drive
propeller hub failure!
During preflight I felt something while running my fingers over
the prop and prop-hub. Upon closer inspection I realized it was a
crack in the prop-hub, small enough to easily be missed. (Using
touch during pre-flight can save your buns.) So, unfortunately, I
had to scratch this flight.
Click
here for more information
Click on photo for larger view.
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Easy
Riser back in production!
Larry Mauro, designer of the
"Easy Riser" hang glider, has teamed up with Bill Lishman
(Father Goose) to begin producing limited edition replica Easy Risers -
as used by Lishman in his goose flight experiments - and award winning
documentary C'mon Geese and the movie Fly Away Home.
Lishman and Mauro met at EAA AirVenture '99 and Mauro was impressed with
Lishman's modifications, which include a clear wing covering and
polished aluminum leading edge. The combination of polished metal ribs
and the clear polyester covering gives the craft a look that combines
modern technology with the bi-wing shape that is reminiscent of a Wright
flyer. Lishman's modifications include an elevator, eliminating weight
shift control. Lishman says the craft is a great flyer that meets all
the requirements of a true Far Part 103 ultralight.
The planes will only be available as completed and test-flown aircraft
with Mauro and Lishman personally signing each unit.
Only 25 craft will be produced, and part of the proceeds from the
joint venture will help support Operation Migration Inc. a non-profit
organization co-founded by Lishman which plans to lead a flock of
Whooping Cranes by ultralight aircraft on a new migration route with the
hopes of establishing a second (insurance) flock of this highly
endangered bird.
More information about the group is available at their website
Click here!
1-800- 675-2618.
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Free
Air Scoop for 503 Rotax
The
kit includes an anodized Splitter vane, stainless fasteners and complete
directions. The kit retails for $185.00
The new cowling features a flow-through design with a large exit ramp for
increasing engine cooling in the tractor configuration. The 503 gains 2 hp
and loses 6 lbs. when the fan and steel shrouds are removed. The new
cooling has met Flightstar's goals of reducing cylinder head temperatures,
cooling drag and maintenance requirements on the popular 54 hp Rotax
503.
The SuperCowl is finished in white epoxy primer that can be waxed and used
as is or painted to match a plane. The 503 SuperCowl is now available to
other OEMs and directly from Flightstar dealers as an aftermarket
part.
For more information, contact Flightstar, Inc., A 0. Box 760, Ellington,
CT 06029, phone 8601875-8185, e- mail fstar@mail2.nai.net,
or visit their website: www.fly-flightstar.com
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Dave, anyone who
signs up on our web site can receive a free sample copy of
UltraFlight Magazine. We hope that in the upcoming year to greatly
expand our subscription readership. Jim Byers UltraFlight
Magazine
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Ultralight aircraft Photo
album
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aviation photo and you could win an issue of the Ultralight Flyer video
magazine! To enter just send along your photo, with a little info
on it via email, we will enter it in the journal. Then each month
visitors will vote for the most outstanding photograph, which will win a
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