A flock of Icelandic ultralights arrives in style at the Reykjavik Airshow (seen from Flying Harry's Nynja)

[Garfly]

 

 

"Birds often fly in groups and so do ultralight pilots. On June 3rd, a group of 10 aircraft took off from Hólmheiði (BI43)

for a fun group flight to Reykjavík Airport (BIRK), where the 'Reykjavík Airshow' took place after a break of several years.

In this section you will see and hear how group flights take place with us into controlled airspace.

In order to reduce the load on the tower, only one program is entered in "formation" and 9 chasers."

 

 

 

[skippydiesel]

Not a believer in keeping the weight of the nose wheel

[Student Pilot]

Depends on the particular nosewheels geometry in relation to it's rake and trail. Some need weight until you ready for flight, others like most Cessnas and Pipers doesn't seem to matter

[skippydiesel]

27 minutes ago, Student Pilot said:

Depends on the particular nosewheels geometry in relation to it's rake and trail. Some need weight until you ready for flight, others like most Cessnas and Pipers doesn't seem to matter

Not the way I was trained - Could be that I tended to have more exposure to dirt/grass strips (country boy) I was trained to always look after the weakest part of the undercarriage (nose) by keeping up elevator (except in strong tail wind)