Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Trikes in the Pattern

What ultralight?? Where is the ultralight Rick???
I have also flown my trike and in a Vagabond and I would say I'll fly my trike rather than land Vagabond in a crosswind.
Nothing disparaging about that.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Pitcher" <lightflyer@...> wrote:
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> I dunno why you're so upset, Joe DID say the wind around there sometimes gets too strong to fly ultralights "comfortably".
> I've been in both, and would certainly say a Piper Vagabond (cool plane by the way!) is more comfortable in high winds than any ultralight I've owned.
> Nothing disparaging about that.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: apollonorthamerica
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:42 PM
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Trikes in the Pattern
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> Oh is that why for the last 3 years at Sebring Expo, our trike is the only one flying when all those LSA airplanes with manufacturer reps are tied down tight?
> Darn, should have known it must be just those non-expert manufacturer rep airplane pilots, who cannot fly a P-1 or a Tecnam in those winds when our trike can fly in it. I get it now.
> Abid
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> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "gremmieguy" <piper_pa20@> wrote:
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> > My Vag is lemon yellow, has no electrical system and is perhaps a little larger that your typical trike. Don't get upset guys. I just thought you guys would like to keep from getting run over. This was a regular civil airport and I bet the only reason these guys were there was because of the unusual no-wind conditions. The sea breezes have not yet started this Spring. On a normal summer afternoon, the winds would probably be too strong for these guys to operate confortably. They were curteous and seemed to make all the right radio calls, but they were hard as hell to see. My Vag has a more basic panel than many of your light sport aircraft so, yes, I do look out the windows.
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> > Joe
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> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Bill C" <bczygan@> wrote:
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> > > Joe,
> > > Great ideas. Do you have extra bright strobes top and bottom, on all the time? I assume your Vagabond is International Orange. Can you post a photo?
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> > > Bill
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> > > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "gremmieguy" <piper_pa20@> wrote:
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> > > > Yesterday evening was clear with literally no wind at KCVH (Hollister) and there were two trikes operating in the pattern and in the airport area. I was doing touch and goes in my Piper Vagabond. Those trikes are hard to see. They both had radios and were communicating well, but they blended in with the ground and were very hard to see in the ground clutter. Just a suggestion: Why can't the tops of the "canopies" (airfoils?) be a bright color like international orange. Also, bright strobes on all the time might help.
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> > > > Joe
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