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181.
Short Cold Flight over South Ridge and
Sandbars, Kamloops, Dec 23, 2017
It was cold, -12C, but beautiful and sunny day. Had to
hand shovel snow to get from the hangar to taxiway. I used to fly down to -25C,
but my ultralights were slow to max 50 km/h.
-12C at 110 km/h feels very cold especially on the face and my fingers.
There is an opening in the front bottom of the pod to accommodate the steerable
front wheel. This creates serious and concentrated draft directly into the
face, which is very unpleasant. Even the microphone wind screen sponge froze
solid from my steamy breath. I had to raise my voice to penetrate the ice.
Overall it was very good flight. Actually, by default,
the flying in winter is more pleasant then in summer, because usually there is
no turbulence to worry about.
180.
Flight to Mt Peter and Paul, Downtown
and Sandbars, Kamloops, Dec 4, 2017
Very nice but cold flight to very scenic
179.
Flight with Clouds, Kamloops, Nov 17,
2017
It was perfect day for flying: Stable air, sunny with
fluffy clouds and +5C. I like to fly "with" clouds, which is above, below
and around them, but I never dared to fly into them, yet. Right now it is
enough to fly under them and to feel their effect. I followed the North Ridge
east to Harper mountain area;
178. Flight
around Kamloops Lake, Oct 27, 2017
I had so much fun a day before that I decided to do
the same again this morning. It was on cooler side (5C) and a bit haze in the
air, but still beautiful day to fly. I decided to fly around
177. Flying
above Nicola Valley Clouds, Kamloops Oct 26, 2017
It vas a crispy morning which allowed me to fly in
beautiful,
176. Cold
and Unpleasant Turbulent Flight, Kamloops Oct 23, 2017
This morning with no ground wind and 5C looked too
good not to go flying. The first part was uneventful until I wanted to take a
picture and realized that my
I experienced the effect of cold and warm areas from
deep shade in valley on north side and warm sunny side on the other side of the
ridge. This was coupled with the 18 km/h upper wind blowing over the ridge. It
was wild ride.
It was short flight, because I am getting wimpy and
less tolerant to the low temperatures. Now -5C is too cold for me while in
175a. Turbulence
between Mt Peter and Mt Paul from 3 Cameras Views, Oct. 11, 2017
Short clip from flying in turbulence between Mt Peter and
Mt Paul. It shows the same locations from 3 cameras consecutively.
175. Short
Local Flight in Beautiful Cloudy Sky, Kamloops Oct 11, 2017
The summed disappeared so fast. After almost month vacation,
I had an urge to fly again. The sky was covered by very heavy but beautiful
clouds, which would be perfect for picture taking. Unfortunately, I forgot my
camera. I had a few bumps on my way, but nothing extraordinary. Only the
landing was not as I would like, actually it was bad in my books. The landing
actually looked much better on video (even in slow motion) then during my
landing.
174. Flying
in Kamloops with Cathy, Aug 27, 2017
This was another milestone in my flying life. It was
the first time ever that I carried a passenger. Cathy Montgomery, ultralight
flying instructor from
I noticed, when editing this video, that Cathy was on
her edge before our landing. She grabbed the control bar cables and she was
ready to interfere if needed. It was not necessary as I was in full control and
confident in my abilities. It was good flight.
173. Flying
in Kamloops in Rough Turbulence, Aug 25, 2017
The weather was very tempting to go flying. Normally,
I would try to avoid flying in the afternoon heat, because it could be nasty in
172. Flying
to Savona to Check Forest Fires, Aug 18, 2017
I took off at 7am west into no wind. I was following
the south shore of the
I was pushed by some serious tail wind at 45 km/h (~29
MPH) with my ground speed of 145 km/h (90 MPH) on the way back. There was no
wind when I arrived to the
I flew several times around the ever increasing sand
bars (summer low water level in the river). Visited downtown, with some heat
turbulence ride.
I stopped at the airport fire prevention aircraft base
for selfies and pictures of the water tanker aircrafts. Overall, it was good
day for me.
171. Flying
in Kamloops in Very Smoky Sky, Aug 12, 2017
We lost our mountains for about 2 weeks to numerous
forest fires in our province. Visibility and air quality was extremely poor to
dangerous. Airport was closed for several days, because of very dense smoke.
Finally, there was some hope. The mountains started to
appear around us again and I was hoping that it would be much clearer higher
up. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The visibility and smoke smell was getting
worse further east and higher I flew. I had to change my plan from cross
country to just low flying around the airport. It was good flight with very
smooth air, so nothing, video exciting happened during this flight. The water
level in our rivers is low so I could fly again above the growing and ever
changing sand bars.
170. Sixth
Annual Pacific Northwest Trike Fly-in of Trikes near Sandpoint ID, USA, July
27, 2017
I droved 650 km my motorcycle from
I chose different road to go back up to
169. Flying
to Sun Peaks, July 25, 2017
This was another milestone in my flying career. I flew
almost straight line over the hills to
168. Flying
to Greenstone Mountain and Savona, July 12, 2017
It was extremely smoky in
167. Flying
to Cache Creek Airport, July 5, 2017
It was another, 133 km long, cross country flight to small
airport in Cache Creek. I took off at 7 am in already 26C temperature and no
wind in
I spent several minutes at the airport, took several
pictures, replaced batteries in all my four cameras, and headed back to
I stopped by WW2 bomber
B25, which was visiting from
166.
Canada Day Flying in Kamloops, July 1,
2017
It was a special day for
I then flew over
165. Flying
to Ajax, Knutsford, Downtown and North Ridge Chasing Clouds, June 17, 2017
After I adjusted the camera bracket (see previous
video # 164), I went up again to
164. Flying
to West of Tobiano to Check the Nature, June 17, 2017
I went for hike and discovered spectacular scenery few
km west of golf resort in Tobiano on
163. Checking
Kamloops Overflowing Thompson Rivers, June 4, 2017
It has been annual ritual to go to see swollen North
and South Thompson rivers in their
162.
Knutsford Flying Club BBQ, June 3, 2017
Knutsford
Fly-in-BBQ by Thompson Valley Sport Aircraft Club members
161. Kamloops
Flying Club Fly-in-Breakfast, May 27, 2017
160. My
Length Record Flight from Kamloops to Salmon Arm, May 26, 2017
Well, finally I did it. I decided to fly to Salmon Arm
municipal airport, true test of my new, 50% faster, "Northwing Quest
GT5" wing. I woke up early to perfectly sunny and no wind day. I pulled
Salmon Arm airport info (GPS, elevation, radio frequency and runway numbers),
packed my 4 cameras, 3 GPS, bunch of spare batteries, 20 L of extra mixed fuel
in canister and in about 40 minutes I was ready to go. The day was perfect and
about 17C, but I still dressed in my full winter gear. It is not fun to be cold
and no way to change it. I was glad I did that. I was taking short cut over to
mountains and there was still snow under me at 6000'.
The only negative was very low rising sun blasting
into my face and very hazy day. We had a lot of rain this month and several
very hot days causing all that moist air hanging low above ground. It was not
easy to take good pictures in these bluish conditions.
I made it to Salmon Arm with no problem, just too many
flying people and no traffic control which I am not use to anymore. Finally, I
found slot to drop in. It was hot already, so I had to unpeel my winter
clothes. One pilot offered me coffee, used toilet, visited one fellow,
exchanged few questions about my flying machine, changed batteries in cameras,
GPS and topped my fuel. After 45 min I was in the air again for my trip home
100 km away. I was glad to have my GPS, because I was flying in wrong
direction, because my head compass (in my brain) flipped over again. It took me
about 3 minutes to synch my head compass with the GPS. Very few bumps when
crossing the peak reminded me that it is not over until it is over. The rest of
the flight was more pleasant with sun off my face. The true flying time was
2:10 hr for 197 km. This is very good for cross country flying. My engine RPM
went up now from 4300 to about 5100, but the fuel consumption is almost the
same at about 10 L/h. This indicates that the wing is much more efficient and
cuts better through the air. The wing is pleasant to fly in a still air, but
heavy in bumps and manoeuvres. It does not like to be pushed around. It has
direction control delay, which could cause serious over control to beginner
when used to more responsive wing. My best behaving trike was Sabre 340. The
wing was perfect and extremely pleasant to fly the first minute. I cannot say
that about my Wizard, Streak and this GT5. These need time to like them and
eventually love them.
159. Still
Testing New Wing and Old is Sold, May 20, 2017
I moved the wing hang post about 1/8" back (see my previous video), as I determined during
my last flight. This time the setting was perfect. I watched the videos from my
previous flights, looking for the answer to why I had a hard time to take off:
I was not pushing the control bar far enough before the lift off. I pushed it
the same way as with the Wizard wing without even thinking about this step.
This time my first and any other after take offs were as normal as they should
be, with the bar a bit far forward. I am still too hot on landings and looking
for that magic sweet spot on my speed indicator.
I had beautiful morning flight. When I came back, my
Face book friend from
158. Short
Flight NW Area of North Ridge with Rough Landing, May 18, 2017
I am still trying to fine tune my new Northwing GT5
wing. Moved the wing hang point another 3/8" forward and I felt that this
is too much. I will back it up about 1.8".
It was sunny, warm, no wind and no scary clouds in the
afternoon, just perfect day for flying. The scenery is always spectacular in
I could cause this air movement, because sometimes
even bird can trigger the warm/cold air to move. Everything is in balance,
until the warm air cannot stay still any more or something pushes the worm air
into motion. Warm air above the runway suddenly rises up and it is replaced by
cold air from the North Ridge, which flows horizontally from north.
157. Wing
Test Flight, May 14, 2017
After I just finished previous flight (video #156), I moved the wing (hang
glider) hang point 0.5" forward to increase the cruise speed to specified
level between 88 and 105 km/h (55-65 MPH). My speed was 74 km/h (46 MPH). I
test flew over the NW Ridge and I was very happy with 85 km/h (53 MPH) which is
very close to its minimal cruise speed range. I will fly this way for at lease
another hour and then move the hang point by another 0.25". So this is my
plan for a near future. I have to find some GoPro attachment for my wing view;
looking for some idea and solution.
I witnessed, and it is documented in this video, very
interesting nature twist. Two days previously (video #155) I flew over the Tranquille
Creek with very high water level. Normally this is just a wimpy creek. The
creek looked to me totally dry this time while flying over at 9:11 am. This
looked strange, because there was always some water, even in deep, hot and dry
summer. Ten minutes after, on my way back (at 9:22 from picture time), the
creek water was again spilled over its banks. How is this possible?
156. Flying
to Cross Country to Walhachin Area, May 14, 2017
Started early morning to avoid any major turbulence. I
had to scrape ice form my car window, which is very unusual for
155. Testing
my New Wing from North Wing, Quest GT5, May 12, 2017
It was long process since Dec 2016. I took advantage
of the North Wing Christmas discount and ordered their latest model with high
performance numbers, Quest GT5. It took 5 month to get it, because it had to be
test flown by local dealer. He was in mercy of weather and other delays.
Anyway, it is on my Airborne trike and this is the first video. So far I did
not find any suitable bracket to mount a wing camera, so I used only control
bar cameras.
I made 3 take off and landings and then I went for it. It was definitely different from anything I flew so far. During and after just one hour of flight I must say that it was a bit intimidating. This is not wing for beginners. Ease of handling, better control and experience in turbulence as book says... Not at all. I would say just opposite. I had to put much more hours on it, before I will fly some cross country. The video shows that there is no difference, or it feels worse while flying in turbulence in comparison with my previous Wizard wing. Only a time will show if I will master it. I am committed, because I spent fortune on it, so there is no turning back for me.
154. Following
Campbell Creek Upstream to See Flooding, May 9, 2017
Flying over
153. Flying
by following South Ridge and North Ridge on Return, Apr 30, 2017
It started as very interesting day with some low
clouds as a residue from the previous rainy day. This gave me an opportunity to
fly over them while following South Ridge east. The wind was very low and
predictable with only mild turbulence. I crossed the
152.
Flying 30 km North from Kamloops
Airport, Apr 25, 2017
I always wanted to fly straight north over the not
very emergency-situation-friendly terrain. Finally I had enough confidence in my
equipment to do it. It was almost continual uphill from 1200' to 7000', from
15C to -2C and snow covered terrain. The first half of the flight north was
very beautiful, but the second portion was not very photogenic. Just forest and
logging patches on rolling hills. It was interesting that I was flying north
upwind. When I turned east to
151. Flying
along the North Ridge to East of Kamloops, Apr 21, 2017
Two days before my flight, the weather forecast said
that the wind will diminish from strong, gusty and from East to no wing at 10
am. I was ready at 9:30, waiting for the wind to get reasonable. Exactly, 10 am
the wind stopped, slowly turned around 180 deg, but still below 10 km/h.
Practically, no wind and the sun cooking, created very unstable thermal
conditions. As I am used to it, I actually enjoyed some of those thermal bumps.
The
150. Flying
to Tobiano and North Ridge, Apr 14, 2017
It was an exceptional morning: warm, no wind and
sunny. I decided to fly to Tobiano Golf course residential area. Several
kilometres west of Tobiano I crossed
149. Flying
to Mt Peter and Paul, North Ridge and River Sand Bars, Apr 3, 2017
I used 3 GoPro cameras, but strangely all quit as soon
as I started. I eventually resurrected just the wing camera.
It was very turbulent flight, but the aerial view
always compensate for any hardship I suffer.
148. Flying
to Ajax, Knutsford and Kamloops Downtown, Feb 27, 2017
It was no wind, but just trace of sun. It felt cold at
- 2C. I guess I am not use to it anymore. I used to fly down to -25C. I flew to
and over the
147. Flying
over Kamloops Downtown and South Ridge, Feb 22, 2017
After missing several days of beautiful weather to
fly, Feb 22, 2017 was the day. I finally received a water pump gasket to
prevent the coolant leak. I replaced it, install all gadget, like three GoPro
cameras, two GPS, Spot satellite tracker, radio. I was ready to enter that
beautiful day again. It was so peaceful at the airport. Warm, sunny, snow
almost gone and no wind. When I was strapping in, a commercial pilot called to
inform us that there is very unsettled weather nearby, with rain and snow. I
looked up and I saw those beautifully ugly clouds within about 10 km E, NW and
W. I took off W and turn left following the sun and South Thompson River to
I was doing some chores around the trike and in the
hangar and enjoying the sunny and warm day. In about 2 hours, all hell broke
suddenly. The wind was blowing abut 70-80 km from N, 90 deg crosswind. I had
hard time to close my 4 panel, large hangar doors due to the wind blowing into
them, while still sunny. Yes, that is typical
146. How
Trike (Motorized Hang Glider) Works, Feb 13, 2017
One of my YouTube subscribers asked me to make a video
showing how the trike (motorized hang glider) works. I thought that this was a
good idea. My video shows the basic principle of how this simple flying machine
works. It is the easiest flying device learn to fly with just your hands and
now pedals for steering. I never took any flying lessons and I learned to fly
hang glider on my own in just couple hours (https://youtu.be/VeuHVEn6BhY). From that I
progressed to motorized hang gliders, which was very easy and natural process.
No instruction or video to see how it supposed to work.
145. Flying
Kamloops North Ridge, Mt Peter & Paul, Frederick, Feb 13, 2017
Finally, after so much of snow and cold weather we had
a beautiful flying day. I flew NE of airport to Mt Peter & Paul then back
west following the North Ridge. Flew over Mara Hill and then NE shore of
144. Few
Minutes of Unpleasant Turbulence in Kamloops, Jan 22, 2017
This is just turbulence section from my flight and my
video #143. It was kicking. It is very well captured with my camera mounted on
3 axes gyroscopic stabilizer. The horizon is stable, but I am bouncing. Check
this out.
143. Winter
Flying in Kamloops North Ridge, Mt Peter & Paul in Turbulent Air, Jan 22,
2017
The weather was almost the same as the previous day (https://youtu.be/59HTNObHCpw),
except of very strong and sometimes unpleasant turbulence. The wind was very
light, but the air bounced me very often up and down. The worst place was
between Mt Peter & Paul. I was pushed into downdraft and violent kicks. My
radio acted again. Eventually I found that the camera gyro RC caused the radio
interference.
I am pleased
with overall performance and especially video result of my 3 axes gyro
stabilizer. It saves me several hours of video processing to get the similar
result: "The horizon is fixed and aircraft is moving". Almost all
aviation videos, even commercial, are from cameras fixed to the aircraft. This
produces not natural effect: "Aircraft is fixed and horizon is
moving." See my test video of fixed horizon here: http://youtu.be/GT1MQhoJxK8
I was good, but not very relaxing day.
142. Winter
Flying in Kamloops North Ridge, Jan 21, 2017
Finally temperature was above freezing after several weeks
of unusually cold weather. Unfortunately, the sun was gone before I was ready.
I received even several drops of rain, which was potentially not very good for
my unsealed cameras.
I wanted to try my new remote control for the camera
(GoPro 3+) gyroscopic stabilizer. The RC did not work properly and it created a
lot of static in my radio. I had very poor communication with the tower due to
the noise bursts. I eventually discovered the next day that it was not my
radio, but the RC. It was decent flight over out beautiful country site.