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My brother and I were in Culowhee NC today, looking at this ultralight. This is a 2 year old Aerolite 103. 40 horse engine, two stroke, made in Germany. Top speed 75 mph. $19K
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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson
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I like it. I need one of those parked in TX. I would be a hog killin' machine in that bad boy! I can just see me coming over the treeline on the edge of a 160 acre wheat field, pigs scattering and me dumping mags!
Cowardice is the greatest pandemic that has ever affected mankind.
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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So did John Denver. Man, that would be nice for finding big deer in the desert.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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1000 ways to die Tv show.
19k to buy # 672?????
Dude...........
LOL!!!!
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Now, boys, don't be a Nancy Boy. Ultralights are fun! Here I am flying my Goldwing ultralight back in Georgia. 32 horse 2 stroke Cayuna snowmobile engine. Here is my buddy, Jerry Tomlin flying his Goldwing at 2,500 feet above Washington County, Georgia. I was about 100 feet above Jerry in my Goldwing. I had the camera, dammit. So the best pictures were taken of Jerry, by me.
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My friend died in an ultralight. buy a used Cessna
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Powered Parachutes... LinkPhil
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Ultralight, powered parachute, gyro copter, etc. - all easy and all fun - but high potential deadly fun.
NRA Member - Life, Benefactor, Patron
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This ultralight has a ballistic parachute already installed. You need to practice dead stick landings before you need to make a dead stick landing.
Life is good live it while you can.
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Vaya Con Dios. If forced to fly one I like what you are looking at.
Last edited by Oldelkhunter; 07/16/20.
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My brother and I were in Culowhee NC today, looking at this ultralight. This is a 2 year old Aerolite 103. 40 horse engine, two stroke, made in Germany. Top speed 75 mph. $19K Nice unit! They've evolved a bit since I flew a pair of Eipper Quicksilvers many years ago... Gawd, they were a blast.. Gave 'em up right after my son was born in '91 when I was up over the house at about 2000 feet when the carb froze up.. Hadda dead-stick it onto the yard.. Thought it was time to sell 'em at get out..
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Always thought UL's were kinda cute as are many home built aircraft. Thing that makes me uncomfortable with them is who built them and to what construction standards. AND, hell will freeze before I go airborne with a 2 stroke engine. It's easy enough to kill yourself with factory production...
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I like it. I need one of those parked in TX. I would be a hog killin' machine in that bad boy! I can just see me coming over the treeline on the edge of a 160 acre wheat field, pigs scattering and me dumping mags! Better have a brass catcher. Those brass flinging into that rear prop get interesting pretty quick! I've known several people hurt badly or killed from ultralights. Maybe because they didn't get the required pilot training that small aircraft pilots do? After getting a private license and quite a few hours on it, I briefly considered an ultralight. Briefly...
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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There are a couple small airports near me, and I never ever see them anymore. Years ago they were popular. They still have gliders here. That seems to remain the same.
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I wonder what the 'safety record' is with ULs?
I watched a video once......tragic.
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The movie, “Secondhand Lions “ comes to mind here.
A Delta Airlines Pilot had one that he loved and flew it at every chance he had. He was flying along the Mississippi River north of New Orleans and was cruising just above ground level over crop fields. As he approached a hedgerow he angled up to go over it and at the top he was met by a crop duster going head-on. The prop-wash from the crop duster blew him down and into the trees.
Didn’t bang him up too bad but after retrieving it and repairing it, he sold it. Cheap.
Like road motorcycles, to each his own.
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Now, boys, don't be a Nancy Boy. Ultralights are fun! Here I am flying my Goldwing ultralight back in Georgia. 32 horse 2 stroke Cayuna snowmobile engine. Here is my buddy, Jerry Tomlin flying his Goldwing at 2,500 feet above Washington County, Georgia. I was about 100 feet above Jerry in my Goldwing. I had the camera, dammit. So the best pictures were taken of Jerry, by me. I helped a friend of mine who was a pilot build one of those in the early 80's. Put a fan cooled snowmobile engine in it. had to call goldwing on how to tune the engine. After flying it for a year we put a reduction on the prop to make it quieter. He had it a couple more years and put it up for sale, I offered to buy it and he said he would not sell it to me because he liked me. Best decision he ever made.
Writing from the gateway to the great BluMtns in southeastern Washington.
Just remember, "You are the trailer park and I am the tornado". Beth Dutton, Yellowstone.
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