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Triker News
Australia
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XT-912 Tundra with Merlin wing over the beach near the Airborne Factory at Redhead, NSW
Geez, not much in the way for trikers in Soaring in Australia.
Being a newbie to this sport I was disappointed about the lack of trike articles in this magazine.
Then I remembered a famous quote I once
read, “Why doesn’t somebody do something...
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XT-912 Tundra with Merlin wing over the beach near the Airborne Factory at Redhead, NSW Geez, not much in the way for trikers in Soaring in Australia. Being a newbie to this sport I was disappointed about the lack of trike articles in this magazine. Then I remembered a famous quote I once read, “Why doesn’t somebody do something about it? Then I realised that I was somebody. ” So here goes my naïve, first-hand account of my adventures in becoming a trike pilot! by: Brett Flatters Cor…. I like the look of that! That’s what I thought when I saw the idyllic scene of two trikes soaring over my head in the lush green, hilly paddocks of rural Gingin, Western Australia last May. I’d tried hang gliding in NSW back in the 80s - brief as it was, I had managed to soar over some of the cliff tops near Newcastle. When I left this ideal hang gliding region to return to WA it all became but a memory. New job, add a couple of kids and time just flies. . . you’ll understand what I mean if you’re
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by: Rob Donaldson
(Continued from previous issue, #114): We left Rob’s story when he had just limped into Coral
Bay after helping in the rescue of Dave and Sharon despite being inconvenienced by a wing problem due to a missing batten.
The story continues on the afternoon of Day 3 of the trip at Coral Bay.
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by: Rob Donaldson (Continued from previous issue, #114): We left Rob’s story when he had just limped into Coral Bay after helping in the rescue of Dave and Sharon despite being inconvenienced by a wing problem due to a missing batten. The story continues on the afternoon of Day 3 of the trip at Coral Bay. This issue of Triker News sets a record in that it is the first issue in our eleven year history that an entire issue has been devoted to just one story. I slowly limped into Coral Bay and made a nice gentle landing. At least Richard was very impressed given our issues of the day. Upon landing we heard that Dave and Sharon had been found and picked up. We also found out that Jon and Ian had also only just arrived before us. This surprised us as they bypassed Carnarvon and should have been here hours before us. A common weather pattern along the west coast of Australia is for the winds to pick up in speed considerably during the middle of the day and to drop off later in the af
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Denis and Sheila get
ready to press the
power button on the
electric winch
May I express my apologies to
all members for being unable to
produce a Triker News for the past
couple of months.
Apart from my day job and
commitments as an instructor, my
duties as National HGFA Secretary
with three Board meetings in three
months have made...
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Denis and Sheila get ready to press the power button on the electric winch May I express my apologies to all members for being unable to produce a Triker News for the past couple of months. Apart from my day job and commitments as an instructor, my duties as National HGFA Secretary with three Board meetings in three months have made it difficult to find time to produce a newsletter. I am hoping that I will be able to resume a more regular schedule over the coming months. Paul ¤ Denis prepares to load his trike from the Editor
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