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

If you think trikes are hard to see try flying around gyrocopters.  They are almost invisible.  Color makes almost no difference.  Look at the photos of my plane.  People still find it hard to see.  Roger

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From: Richard Williams <rkwill@lewiscounty.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 12:47:28 PM
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Trikes in the Pattern

 

gremmie,

sounds like they were powered parachutes 'canopies' and not trikes.

R. Williams



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From: "gremmieguy" <piper_pa20@prodigy. net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:34:11 -0000
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Trikes in the Pattern

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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

ou think

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