Hi - Call me or PM me for details - I own both MPL & PPL schools at Plett airfield.

Cheers

Mark
oh 82 574-1090

You use the same system as for towing hanggliders. Available from Airborne www.airborne.com.au - check out

http://www.airborne.com.au/pages/news_n.cfm?id=104

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Hi Alan

Contact me when down - will be able to get you flying.

Cheers

Mark Porter
082 574-1090

The Australian designed and manufactured XT-912 continues to make inroads into the European market with Airbornes French distributor winning the prestigious microlight Tour de France for the second year running on the Airborne XT-912. Serge and Genevieve Bouchet operate Veriplane ULM Paris one of th...

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I have a MPL school in Plett - 140kms from Mosselbay but still the closest to him. Accomodation in s/c cottages.

Mark Porter
Air Sport Africa
082 574-1090

I had a prop strike in the height of the Plettenbergbay season on my Airborne Edge XT912. This happened on Tuesday December 22nd. I emailed them but due to time differences they only received my order on their Wednesday morning. On Friday mid morning I received a call from my clearing agents that th...

Airborne XT912 with Streak lll wing. Wing area 13m Rotax 912 UL. Trim speed as set up 60 kts (69mph), max speed is 85kts (98mph) in level flight In flight trimmer will bring speed down to 45 knots hands off. Test flights welcome if the weather ever improves in Plett.

I have been offline for 10 days and missed the earlier thread about the XT912 article – heavy rains have taken out my landline not to mention both my hangar and home being flooded twice in two weeks. With regard to the trike article appearing in Aviation and Safety magazine – the artic...

FF is CAA opposed to Part 96 only when the application is from a trike operator - down here both the motorglider operation and a 4 seater Jabiru operator are operating under Part 96 doing only flipping (scenics).

Hi Skybound I have only done conventional gliding at Magalies Gliding Club which I think is the biggest SA club - they don't drop the line. It's the duty officers job to ensure noone is snagged on landing. I have been to Wallaby Ranch the biggest aerotow operators in the world. This is where I was t...

We've also hooked a coupled of things with the tow rope - like a gazebo tent when towing for a film shoot in Cape Town and the hangglider dolly also chased us at high speed down the runway after being hooked on landing .If it's a solid item the weeklink breaks immediately as it should.

Mark

The trike you saw belongs to Thermal Riders Aerotow syndicate which operates out of Aviators Paradise – a field just to the north west of Harties dam wall. The trike is an AirBorne Edge X 582 coupled with AirBornes Wizard wing and their certified aerotow system. The tow point is just behind t...

Double surface wings have the cross bar enclosed in between the top and bottem wing surfaces, these are faster wings due to less drag. Single surface wings have the crossbar exposed. Single surface wings are great for quick rigging and slow flight. The hangglider aerotow trikes are usually single su...

There are two in Knysna at Warren Rosewell's field one a double surface single seater and the other a dual seat version. Both of them are North Wing trikes - very fast and good finishes as with most imports. Both are brand new. Both are owned by Tom who at 79 is not flying trikes regularly - most pr...