by Mike Sandlin ................................ Last Update: November 18, 2011
The Red Goat is still roll launching and soaring in the mountains local to San Diego.
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Torrey Pines Flying Video that shows Red Goat briefly in the set-up area.
Among landings at Crestline, California, on September 1, 2011, it's Floyd Fronius in the Red Goat. Just a short home video by a local pilot:
Crestline Goat (not Bug) Landing
Here's a Youtube video someone made of Floyd Fronius flying the Red Goat at Torrey Pines:Floyd made a cross country flight the next day from Bear Valley to Tehachapi, California. This ten mile flight was the only airchair cross country flight in the last six years, as far as I know. A Youtube video was produced:
Red Goat Cross Country Flight to Tehachapi Gliderport
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The following video shows towing of a two place glider with side by side seating and side by side wheels to keep it level on the ground. If I were doing something like this, it would probably be a biplane with a low wing loading so it could be flown slower. (from the Yahoo Airchair Forum)
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(News and photos for the Yando Goat from the Yahoo Airchair Forum)
Alan Beavis has completed his Yando Goat in southern Australia.
This is a beautiful construction that combines the best things from various Goat versions, and adds much that is new. The Orotex pre-finished fabric looks perfect. It has a stick mounted tow line release handle, a backup release handle (red knob at the side of the seat), wide nose skid, tail wheel, removable center wing gap cover, 11 inches of extra wing span, custom rudder pedals, smooth wing contours, and a goat. Bravo to Alan, superb!
See the action at Yando Goat Video
See both Yando Goat videos from the same source. There's also a video of Roger Ruppert in the Archaeopteryx foot launching and thermalling in Australia last summer [January]. The Mystic launch looks like a good spot for a Goat roll off................................................................................................
New item: a short and fun YouTube video, including Floyd Fronius flying the Red Goat (briefly):
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Red Goat flies Santa Barbara and Sylmar
Floyd Fronius is flying the Red Goat over Santa Barbara in late May, 2011. He launched by rolling down one of the the mountain ridge hang gliding launches behind the city. This is one of the rare sites that have an ocean view and decent thermals.
This sequence shows the tight approach and canyonside uphill landing at Santa Barbara. The suburbs are on three sides, there is just this one little spot to land on. Of course, uphill landings are the easiest of all.
The Goat flies high over the Kagel launch, then sits in the LZ at the Sylmar Flight Park. This is a perfect place to fly an airchair.
Here's Floyd F. in the Red Goat, flying at Torrey Pines in San Diego, a photo that appeared in the local newspaper, the San Diego Union. He's way out over the ocean, maybe he's whale watching.
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