Thursday, August 30, 2007
2007 Cushing Field Bivouac Fun Fly Results are In!
This just in from Mike Hudetz. Gene Dean is the flying machine!!
(Check out Dave Wallis' Photos of the event HERE)
Below are the event results – sorry for some missing last names.
Balloon Drop:
3rd Place Pete Loepert with a total of (sum of 3 drops) 47 feet from target
2nd Place Shane Duncan with a total of 41 feet
1st Place Gene Dean with a total of 34 feet
Spot Landing
3rd Place Mike Hudetz and Spencer Forman/Rob Caya (912 Quick) with a total of 200 points
2nd Place Jesse with Aqua/ Black 912 Clipper with a total of 250 points
1st Place Gene Dean and Shane Duncan with a total of 300 points
Take Off and Landing Race Against the Clock
3rd Place Jesse with Aqua/ Black 912 Clipper with 131.51 seconds
2nd Place Gene Dean with 128.35 seconds
1st Place Scott Johnson with 124.60 seconds
It should be mentioned that John Kieth, flying a 912 Quick would have won this event with 121.01 seconds, but he failed to keep all 3 wheels on the ground for at least ½ second on his first landing. “Ricochet” landings are not allowed in this event. It has to be a complete touch and go with all 3 wheels on the ground for at least ½ second.
Mike
Aerial Photography Tips and Tricks
A great tutorial summary on how to take great shots from the air
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Website of the Day - Operation Migration
Operation Migration was founded in 1994 as a
non- profit charitable organization by Bill Lishman and Joe Duff. That was five years after Bill became the first human to fly with birds, and one year after the two artists, turned biologists, used ultralight aircraft to lead a small flock of Canada geese from Ontario, Canada to Virginia, USA. The unassisted return migration of these geese the following spring garnered world-wide attention that led to the making of the hit movie Fly Away Home with Columbia Pictures.
Quoted from their website:
Our Canada Geese Story
Our
entire story begins with the Canada geese. Without these majestic creatures that proved birds can learn a migration route, we wouldn't have a story.
Since childhood, co-founder Bill Lishman dreamed of flying with birds. He got closer to his dream as a grown-up, when he became an avid ultralight aviator. Then, one fateful night he and his family traveled to Toronto to see the IMAX film, "Skyward." As Lishman watched the geese in the film follow a boat, he wondered if they would also follow an airplane?
The film's animal trainer, William Carrick, had the answer Lishman wanted. With Carrick's help, Lishman began working with the geese since, as non-endangered species, they posed fewer technical and environmental risks.
And the rest, literally, was history. In 1988, Lishman lead 12 geese on local flights. Then, in 1994, he and partner Joseph
Duff helped 18 geese migrate from Ontario to Virginia.
Reaching his childhood dream gave Lishman a new focus. He and Duff formed Operation Migration for another dream: to save endangered species by introducing safe migratory routes.
LINKTrike Pilot Social made the Ning Blog today!
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