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I recently found an old album stashed away in the archives, and thought I would share this photo of my old Flying-Machine. The photo is circa 1985 (before the FAA started putting heavy restrictions on Ultra-Light Aircraft). This one is/was a Condor. Powered by a Rotax power plant (if I recall correctly ) swinging a 5' wooden prop. It was a ton of fun and we had numerous fly-ins and air-rodeos way back then. We had a 3 hangar "Ultraport" in Katy, Texas
The FFA back then had an "AOPA Air Safety Foundation "Ultralight Pilots Registration" with a special flight school to get certified. My card number was 2971,
Curiously...I never really wanted an "airplane" but loved "flying machines". Guess I got hooked by the movie "Those Magnificient Men And Their Flying Machines" (still watch it about once a year).
To get this shot, I bolted my Cannon camera to the outboard rib and ran a pneumatic shutter release down one of the flying wires to the camera. (and no...I did not crawl out to rewind the camera.... I had a power winder on it. :>P )
The FFA back then had an "AOPA Air Safety Foundation "Ultralight Pilots Registration" with a special flight school to get certified. My card number was 2971,
Curiously...I never really wanted an "airplane" but loved "flying machines". Guess I got hooked by the movie "Those Magnificient Men And Their Flying Machines" (still watch it about once a year).
To get this shot, I bolted my Cannon camera to the outboard rib and ran a pneumatic shutter release down one of the flying wires to the camera. (and no...I did not crawl out to rewind the camera.... I had a power winder on it. :>P )
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When they came out with their "Thou Shalt Not" lists I knew the end was approaching
Thou shalt not have more than 5 gallons of fuel on board
Thou shalt not have an airspeed of over 70 knots
etc.
I cant imagine the hoops you are going to have to jump through to get your design in the air. Hang in there girl !
Thou shalt not have more than 5 gallons of fuel on board
Thou shalt not have an airspeed of over 70 knots
etc.
I cant imagine the hoops you are going to have to jump through to get your design in the air. Hang in there girl !
my brother has a Maxair Drifter (gen 1 I think) that BARELY stays under the ultralight limits with the smallest friggin motor that came with the plane... and it's not strong enough to get either of us ff the ground in less than 500 feet... so it's been parted. he'd have to LSA it to upgrade the engine enough to take off in the length of the local grass field
he'd consider selling it, because he'd never pass the physical for an LSA license through the FAA
Thats sad. Way back when I had my Condor, the requirements were pretty lax. Then they gradually added restrictions to legislate ultralights out of existence. It was fun while it lasted. I think I sold mine about 91ish.
Funny story...I got around the 5 gallon maximum "fuel in the system" restriction ruling by mounting a "spare" 5 gallon tank behind the seat. (right before take off, I hooked up a hand pump transfer hose and hand squeeze bulb pump from the "spare" to the "main" so I could effectively air-refuel myself. (of course as soon as I landed...off it came.)
Funny story...I got around the 5 gallon maximum "fuel in the system" restriction ruling by mounting a "spare" 5 gallon tank behind the seat. (right before take off, I hooked up a hand pump transfer hose and hand squeeze bulb pump from the "spare" to the "main" so I could effectively air-refuel myself. (of course as soon as I landed...off it came.)
Nice little bird, those things really give you that 'flying by the seat of your pants' experience. Sorry to hear that you had to give up on the flying so long ago. We have always had quite a few hoops to jump through over here regardless of your choice of either ultralight or what you'd call light-sport. For me it was a Jabiru J170-C but work and such meant I gave it up over a decade ago. Just recently changed work so I may try to make the time to resit my RAAus certification and get back into the air.
Stay safe in these crazy times.
Stay safe in these crazy times.
Thank you Parou. It was a lot of fun and it served its purpose. I learned about flying in the most basic way (without a lot of sophisticated aids.) I have not seen an ultralight buzzing around in years. I am sure there are still some out there. Back when this photo was taken we had 3 or 4 "ultraports" in the Houston area, each with 50+ planes. We could fly from one to the other and have mass fly-ins. on weekends.
The FAA here in the States had a motto when it came to ultralight aircraft...."Were' not happy till you're not happy" :>)
Cheers Ray
The FAA here in the States had a motto when it came to ultralight aircraft...."Were' not happy till you're not happy" :>)
Cheers Ray
What is the best : use a vehicle or be itself a flying creature ?
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Well : stukas were just diving bomber planes when the A-10 is more a flying tank (as his creators describes it) . I won't say it's a loveable plane (gunship) but it's impressive : not a lot of shelters can protect peoples from his firing ability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkRBPuL6P44
Or get an AC-130 ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8A3FXhZ_c
Stormtrooper armor has a limited breathing system, they could go outside for about 1/2 hour.
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