Mike, Sorry to hear about your experience. Glad to see the video of you, hands on your hips, talking to the first responders. You did great, sir. I have a 21' flat bed aluminum trailer and a couple

You might take a look at the Amzoil racer incident. You will find it is not only a tandem wing design but was constructed by RAF specifically with the features you are alluding to. There are some

Hi Mike, Thank you for your reply. I agree that parts coming off is a good thing. I made my career in professional motorsports and we design the cars, F1 and Indy, to shed parts the dissipate

Hi Bart, The ntsb wouldn't let me open it up to look, but I had an oil cooler hooked up with two flex lines to the engine. I suspect one line may have come loose and I was pumping oil overboard. My

Mike any preliminary thoughts on oil pressure? In a little bit over 450 hours I have had one loss of oil pressure it was due to the remote oil filter assembly accessory plate warped causing air

Based on all your posts I know you really enjoyed flying that airplane. So sad to see all that come to an end for now. That airplane served you well even in the end. Still impressed by you and the

Ian, I liked the firewall tearing off. Fyi, when the canard ripped off it took the header tank with it and cracked the main tank so I had a total fuel spillage. No fire for 3 reasons. 1) had been

Thanks Mike! Hope to catch up with you one day soon!! Fredd Baber

Hi Fred, Best I can figure is the canard rotated downward, ripped off the firewall and all went under the plane. Maybe related to that gulley I went into. The wing tips hit first. Fly Safe, Mike

I would happy to see these parts tear away if l were to crash my plane, it helps to cushion the impact . Well done Mick. Sent from my Samsung Mobile on the Telstra Mobile Network

Hi, Never met Mike, but have seen all his YouTube videos, and I too am very glad he came out of this OK. I had similar thoughts about the canard and also the firewall. I’m expecting to receive my

Mike, Glad you’re ok. Never met but hope to one day soon. I’m down at KPGD and trying to get a ride in Adam Heidi’s Dfly one day soon. My question is how, when the canard was torn off, did

Good to have you back in a talking mood, Mike. You did good out there. Cheers, Jay

Thanks Mike. I should have kept a log of all the rides I've given. Only had one guy that had a death grip on the stick. I showed him how well two fingers work but he never got it. Y'all be safe out

So glad to hear you're okay, Mike. To echo everyone else, having you here still with us is more important than the airplane ever was but it still stinks. Can't believe you walked out of that one when

Marianne Fox’s crash at SGJ happened on March 4. Patty Wagstaff posted on Facebook about it yesterday. Russell Austin

Two plane crashes in FL in the same day?!? Fredd Baber

Not Really !

Very good job Mike! you are to be commended for putting it down exactly where you intended, after a no go to the airport. Glad you are OK!!! -----------------------------------------From: "Mike

Thanks Nick. Thats great news! Jim N46JP Q200 Logistics Engineering and Design, Inc. Jim Patillo President/CEO 3987 First St. Suite H Livermore, CA 94551 Commercial General Contractor