At about 16:50, what appeared to be a Just Aircraft Super Stol crossing in front of her was very dangerous. The wingtip vortices can flip the little Aerolite in an instant and you can see the Aerolite bounce as it flies through the wake of the other aircraft. I was in a similar situation one time while flying a Cherokee180 on an air to air photo flight with my friend and his Piper Navajo. I had the Cherokee almost at redline flying straight and level while my passenger was taking photos of the Navajo as he maneuvered around us. At one point, he crossed in front of us exactly as in this video and even at full speed, the vortices rolled us close to 80 degrees to the right instantly. I immediately applied full left aileron and it had zero affect until we flew out of the vortices. We were coordinated and had all of the airspeed the Cherokee could muster so there was no danger of a stall/spin. Luckily, we were at almost 4,000 feet AGL so we had plenty of time to recover and regain the altitude lost in the steep bank. I now have a strict rule of never passing behind another aircraft unless the trailing aircraft is at a higher altitude than the leading aircraft so as to avoid wingtip vortices. They are silent and invisible killers. I think it’s wonderful that a young lady like herself is flying and loving aviation. I’m not trying to put anyone down with my comments. I hope she keeps flying and loving it for the rest of her life. I just wanted to take a minute to mention the unintended consequences of wingtip vortices because I have been there when I wasn’t expecting to be and I would hate to see the same thing happen to her or anyone else for that matter.
No veo el futuro, donde está? Veo una niñata, volando en línea recta, a baja altura, en un día sereno, haciendo horas de vuelo que seguro le paga su papi.
As a 37-year ultralight pilot, I can see that Alina is well trained. It's pretty amazing to me to see such a young girl flying. Also I noticed the wires on back of the dash are loose and they need to be taped up or they will break off from vibration. Just a little tip.
Those wires were to her fuel guage that was inop at the time. We didn't need it because her flights at Airventure were short and I re-fueled her often. Now the fuel gauge is fixed.
I happened to come up with a recommended video on RU-vid and watched it. It's amazing that you're young and you've mastered flying skills. A very good soft landing.
Congats Alina! Something I always wanted to do and have not yet flown Myself! You Have A Bright Future ! Thanks to you and your Family For Sharing the Experience ! Frank In Upstate N.Y. !
Excellent idea to give this passion to mother-in-law so that I finally have peaceful Sunday meals at home. I would also adjust the carburetor and the tightening of the bolts myself. You can never be too careful. 😇
In fact, my real problem is not to interest mother-in-law but to find the structure and an engine powerful enough to take off while remaining in the improbable category of ULM. 🙄
I fly RC planes, i sure wish i had parents who would have helped me do things like this, of course there was not a lot of technology like these days back when I was 14 , there was not even RC flying , there was only string flying i had a Cox P51 for my first plane , it was fun although you could get dizzy it was better than nothing.
Reminds me of yhat movie with Anna Paquin and Jeff Daniels that raise the Geese and try to get them to follow her home so they can migrate . I think its called fly away home.
Alina save time when your teachers ask if you did anything special this summer...just hand them a card with your RU-vid channel on it. 😂 You have the skills. Be safe!
Always love those tail wind gust. 41 years ago I owned a quicksilver mx weight shift with the mighty 35 horse cuyuna 430r. I've still got the rudder. I'll buy another UL.
I agree with all the commenters who talked about how dangerously stupid it was for that other aircraft to fly right across your flight path. Your ultralight bounced hard. And I think it was probably only Alina's experience level at that point that kept her from crashing. Many of your videos show your father assisting you when needed. But this was the first time I've ever seen him walk up to your aircraft with such a look of anger on his face. I hope the other pilot was reported to the proper authorities.
Thank you for your concern. It was a planned flight for the purposes of taking video. If I looked angry, I wasn't... Unfortunately, that is my normal face. :)
Hola Alina espero que estes bien , tremenda sacudida te hizo dar esa avioneta ,cuando vi que te hiba a pasar a esa velicidad sabia que te hiba a pasar eso eso es viento de cola a mayor tamaño mas grande es la sacudida lo que tu hicistes estubo muy bien agarrar el timon con las dos manos sigue asi eso son puntos a tu favor en la experiencia
Thank you for your support of Ukraine 🇺🇦 in the existential struggle for our survival as an ethnicity! The blue and yellow color theme of the wings clearly display the Ukrainian flag. Together we will overcome! Слава Україні!
I'm new to this channel and you are an amazing pilot. I would like to know what aircraft is this and how do you search for a school to learn and what kind of plane to buy. Please fill me in on products. Thanks!
Who wouldn't want to do that? It's all about money and training. How many flights and years has she been doing this? Great parents. Not many like her's.
She’s 14 years old. From watching another video about her flight to Oshkosh that had her father talking on it it sounded like this is her first year of flying by herself.
Henry/Alina, I am very impressed with her flying cross country in her Aerolite 103. I currently do not own an ultralight, but, I am very interested and doing my research. I am more interested in going from place to place, as opposed to just flying around. Which means I would probably need to land at an airport, or, some kind of airfield. I would really like to see a video about the equipment that Alina carries on her Aerolite (radios, etc.) and also maybe a little more information about her doing cross-country flying and landing. Landing procedures, ATC contact, Class E airports, etc. I have looked all over youTube and on the internet and one seems to cover this aspect of Ultralight flying. I know she did a lot of legs going to OshKosh. Where did she land? Anything you can present would be greatly appreciated on cross country flying. Thank you.
I'm glad you are interested, but that list is a tall order. Think of it like drawing a picture of a tree. You don't draw it leaf by leaf...you get the form and proportion down first then add detail as you go In flying if we talk about.. can you fly...before all the details like how you communicate with ATC. If you can fly, teaching you radio usage is a snap With that said I plan on dong some videos that might be helpful in the future.
Excellent base turnt to the grass landing. Maybe I would refuel without the pilot strapped in, just in case. But that’s just the keyboard lion coming out. I know nothing about ultralights
Thanks for the great videos! Alina and Henry are great inspirations for the rest of us. I recently purchased an Aerolite 103 with the Hirth F23 engine. I will be traversing local mountains at 7,000 ft in a few days. I remember Henry stating that he had significant engine power loss down to low RPMs "until he learned how to handle the engine". Were these associated with altitude and what did he do to not have the power loss issues? Thanks, Tom
thank you for this reply. Did you have to rejet for leaner operation at altitude or was stock jetting and the leanest notch on the needle OK? Thx, Tom@@williamh.scottv438
@@user-no1yo7bv9h the needle and the main jet control two different throttle ranges. The main jet is for wot and the needle height is for cruise (50-75%) The main jet is on the bottom of the bowl. If you're using a mikuni carburetor, the main jet is numbered and for this size engine you're probably using something between a 290 or a 340. The wide open EGT temperatures on the Kawasaki need to be between 1,000 and 1100° I think they typically come from the factory with a 330 in them so that people don't burn up their engines by accident. However, if a 330 produces 950° then move to it 320 which in my experience would bump it up by 50°. This would have no effect on the mid-range. The altitudes in our journey didn't vary that much. The temperature did (they got cooler) and I changed down one size on the main jet and lowered the needle one notch. I found the EGT and CHT gauges that her airplane came with weren't working very well and also the probes were failing so I changed all that. I bought a cheap digital thermocouple on Amazon that had two channels and I use that for the exhaust gas temperatures. It seemed to be much more responsive and more accurate than the little round gauge. I would suspect at 7,000 ft, You would be running rich with a factory main jet. If it runs, that's not terrible. However, you're going to lose a bit of power and you're going to foul your spark plugs sooner. In Henry's case I didn't understand the needle jet. I thought I could richen the needle jet by raising it a notch or two and lower his exhaust gas temperatures during takeoff. So he took off (the main jet) and when he went to cruise the engine almost quit because it was too rich. He had the good sense to go full throttle and it worked and he made it to his first destination.
NIce, now for questions: how is her antenna wired? and what hardware is it? On her right what is mounted on that "pole"? Did you teach her on a 2 seat aircraft?
This video is how she was trained ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Owxcv4q_4I.html There is a BNC cable from Yeasu 550 to antenna mounted midway on the strut pointing down. There is a garmin 196 on her right.
I love the videos. Safety ? Refueling while the pilot is strapped in right beside the refueling point may not be all that safe. (I have been strapped in on hot refueling while in helicopters in the army). However, we were wearing Nomex, helmet, visor down, gloves...refueling team was as well. Safety checklist, grounded equipment, fire watch, and so on.
I sure hope it is an optical illusion but the video seems to show that the front of the plane forward of the attachment point for the wing struts seems to flex at times.
Hi William, I was hoping that was the case but thought I would bring it up so you could make sure it didn't cause a problem. I think you and your daughter have done an amazing job with these video's. I sometimes get a momentary blur with my GoPro on my Hawk Arrow 2 and I usually mount the camera behind my shoulder not on the wing strut.@@williamh.scottv438
Dad put a ballistic chute on her planeyou.can have all the experience in the world but if she has a structure malfunction its gona be a bad deal be safe 2nd chances are better thx fly safe and have fun so.ur daughter comes back every time
Alina, you handled that very well! That little maneuver of crossing in front of you like that was very dangerous and stupid to say the least! I hope that guy got his ass reamed by the FAA. I saw your frame flex hard, that could have ended much differently........
The turbulence wash seems to be a bit much. Might be safer ways to experience that. Otherwise, as a dad of a daughter, it's enjoyable to watch you two bond during a shared common passion. I look forward to your journey to become an Air Force pilot. Cheers!
(16:55). Perhaps it’s not such a great idea to get behind another airplane like that. Wake turbulence could lead to very undesirable and dangerous outcome.
Thank you much for the wonderful ride down to the southwest of OSH. Your route back came along the highway I, and many others, use coming to AirVenture from MSN (Madison) as in where Chapter 93 is located. I've notice the beautiful blue and yellow your 103 is "painted" and wonder if that is in honor of the people in the Ukraine? If so what a tribute you are paying to them. Again good luck to you in your aviation/aeronautical career from this 84 year old guy who's not flying anymore, lucky lady; and kudos to Dad too. JimM
