Ultralight MPEG Movie

[BigDun]

I have uploaded a short video clip of me performing a "Touch-And-Go" on the Ang.Hody GMail account. The sound you hear at the beginning of the clip is a different plane near my wife who was filming me. I land with the engine idle but you can hear my plane's engine when I take off.

[Gamplayerx]

That's so excellent!  Look at you gooooooo!

[eo000]

the next travolta. 

[BigDun]

Here is a pic of my wife taxing down the runway.

[Gamplayerx]

Look at the grin!  This makes me want to try that.

[BigDun]

Look at the grin!  This makes me want to try that.

She does look happy:

[Jessie]

I'll have to watch the video at work tomorrow.

That looks awesome from the pics though.

Do you need a license for that thing?  I want to do it.

[BigDun]

Do you need a license for that thing?  I want to do it.

It's an unlicensed sport. Anyone could jump in one and fly with no training. Mind you, they would die pretty quickly. We got training in Phoenix AZ. It took us 2 weeks from never having flown to be compentent enough to solo.

You can pay $50 or so to go up with an instructor to check it out. I don't know how close this is but you could probably find out more info here:

http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/ultralight/link.cgi?p=ultralight_school&lid=4300

[DownSouth]

That is so cool!

[nishi]

that is fantastic, BD!! just watching it made me smile so hard my face started hurting!

what a great, great thing for you guys to be doing.

and yes - gamp and jessie need to learn asap.

[Jessie]

I just got to watch the video.

That is so effing awesome.

I want to do it.

How fast does that thing go?  How many hp?

[BigDun]

It has a 50 hp engine and it cruises around 45mph. I have gotten it up to 70mph at full throttle with a good tail wind. It isn't really built for speed. There are different wing configurations that are faster but we like the slowness of it.

[nallen]

Do you own it yourself?  What is the cost on one of those things?  What's the largest cannon that could fit it? 

[Jessie]

Do you own it yourself?  What is the cost on one of those things?  What's the largest cannon that could fit it? 

hahahahaha

[BigDun]

Do you own it yourself?  What is the cost on one of those things?  What's the largest cannon that could fit it? 

It costs about as much a really nice motorcycle.

I have duel 40mm machine guns mounted on the wheel housings so I can shoot geese and deer. Unfortunately, I can only fire in short bursts before they overheat.

[nishi]

Do you own it yourself?  What is the cost on one of those things?  What's the largest cannon that could fit it? 

It costs about as much a really nice motorcycle.

I have duel 40mm machine guns mounted on the wheel housings so I can shoot geese and deer. Unfortunately, I can only fire in short bursts before they overheat.

then your wife has to run along the ground after you, retrieving the kill?

sucks to be her.

[Jessie]

Do you own it yourself?  What is the cost on one of those things?  What's the largest cannon that could fit it? 

It costs about as much a really nice motorcycle.

I have duel 40mm machine guns mounted on the wheel housings so I can shoot geese and deer. Unfortunately, I can only fire in short bursts before they overheat.

then your wife has to run along the ground after you, retrieving the kill?

sucks to be her.

If he's not a really accurate shot, she may be running to dodge the bullets.