The SAGA that was this week...

Hi Gang, and welcome to this TEMPORARY holding page for Trikepilot Social.

The Long story will be forthcoming, but the short story is this...

The hosting platform on which Hairless Dog Productions moved Trikepilot to back in 2007
is Named NING. Last Friday, Ning had an issue with a company named WidgetLaboratory. For some reason, Ning's attorneys felt that they had a right to turn off Trikepilot.com in order to punish Spencer Forman personally (the CEO of WidgetLaboratory), without any thought to the fact that Trikepilot.com is a property owned by Hairless Dog Productions, an entity that has nothing to do with WidgetLaboratory.

Rather than continue to leave all of you hanging and waiting, we wanted to finally put something up to let you know that Trikepilot is NOT dead, never was, and that NING shall be held accountable for the harm and damages that they have caused by taking Trikepilot hostage for a completely unrelated matter.

We will be creating a new home for Trikepilot.com that is far away from Ning and in a very safe environment. In the meantime, Hairless Dog Productions has turned this matter over to its attorneys to pursue legal remedies against NING for their intentional and punitive conduct against a completely innocent party.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Website of the Day - FlightStats!

 
Seems like the mashups keep getting better and better. I really love FlightStats because it works well for me whether I'm flying commercial, or flying myself. There is a TON of data overlayed on to one page. You can get everything from the airport information to the news about the airport to flight tracking to weather to a cup of coffee! You really ought to check out FlightStats:

The MOST important Flying Tool you will use this Year!

I think I have to buy Mick Balaban a Trophy or something... besides being the smartest and nicest guy around, he CONTINUES to send me incredible links to useful sites! This last one is THE BEST... BAR NONE!
It is called SkyVector and it is an online chart program that lets you use actual VFR Sectional charts to find and plot your course and flight plans. It has a feature when you "right click" on anything to show you the details of that location as well as let you add that to your route. Completely addictive, and absolutely indispensable. GO THERE NOW by clicking HERE:

Video of the Day - PPG Aircraft - A new way to fly!?!

Thanks to Yli for sending us this video. I had to repost it because of a small error in the embed code, but was blown away at how cool this new combination looks!

Ebay Trike for Sale... Bargain of the Year?

Not sure what's up but there is a pretty snazzy A/C Buggy 582 for sale on Ebay with NO RESERVE. Looks like a possible "out of time" situation with the N-number? The ASC Registration is A10CSP and the machine is in Seminole, Alabama. Anyone know the full story? Check it out HERE

Video of the Day #2 - Magpie Attack!

This one intrigued me so much I had to post it tonight. Two Magpie birds attack a hang glider in flight!

Video of the Day - Going down with the ship?

Video of the Day - And you thought Trikes used very little runway...

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