(Mark James Boyd) wrote in news:3fd8bce1$1@darkstar:

Kirk Stant wrote:

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The whole ultralight scene totally scares me. Not that the majority
of ultralight pilots don't fly relatively safely, but the attitude
that "I can just jump into it and fly around, just like an ATV with
wings" leads to some really scary flying - ... more clip

C.G.? This CG business was a real biggie).

I only tried the ultralight thing twice... 1st time I climbed in with the
apparently competent instructor and was flying around having a blast until
he cut the power back to idle and I had to push the stick all the way
forward and add power to avoid a stall. I hate to think what would have
happened if we had lost power. 2nd time I went to another operation. The
resident instructor was walking around with a bad limp. I didn't ask, but
he volunteered that he had crashed a cherokee a few months before... and he
had no license, no insurance, was taking off with about a 500 ft ceiling,
carb iced up. He also told me he didn't report it to the FAA. I didn't
fly there - found the glider operation instead and got my glider rating.


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