Florida-Georgia Flight Center Near
Gainesville Dickert
British triker Colin Bodill pilots his Blade 912S trike
on his solo flight round the world. Mainair Sports Blade 912S
trike uses the 100-hp Rotax 912S 4-stroke aircraft engine with
electric start, a 2.43-to-1 gearbox reduction drive and a 65-liter
(16.9-gallon) fuel tank. The Blade 912 model offers the 81-hp
Rotax 912 4-stroke aircraft engine (certified to European JAR
22 standards), with a 2.273-to-1 gearbox reduction drive.
- Photo by Paul Tomlin
Mainair Sports, manufacturer of the Mainair Blade 912S trike that
Colin Bodill flew around the world,* has announced that Bill Dickert
of the Florida-Georgia Flight Center near Gainesville, Florida
is the new U.S. representative for the British line of Blade and
Rapier trike microlights (the international term for ultralight
). "We have a new representative in the USA with Bill Dickert
of the Florida-Georgia Flight Center, reports Mainair Sports director
Roger Patrick. "Bill can train new trike pilots either at
his home base near Gainesville, Florida, or travel [across the
U.S. to train them".
Dickert offers trike training at the Cross City Airport (CTY)
in Cross City, Florida. He says he "loves to travel, and
is developing a "2-place trike trailer to transport two trikes
c one for his customer and another for him to fly and train in
when he reaches his destination. Dickert indicates he may market
the trailer to the ultralight industry by this summer. Dickerts
distributorship will offer Mainair Sports full line of Blade and
Rapier trikes. The Lancashire, England manufacturer offers both
ready-to-fly trikes and kits (which include a factory-built trike
wing). Dickert loves to fly trikes, and says he has logged "more
than 600 hours flight time during the last 6 years.
The Florida-Georgia Flight Center is also a dealership for
AirBorne Windsports, Dickert indicates. AirBorne is an Australian
trike manufacturer, as well as a producer of nonpowered (foot-launched
free-flight) hang gliders.
*See "Flightlines: Another Round the World Challenge in
a Microlight May 00 UF! ; "Flightlines: Round the World Flight
Update, August 00 UF!; "Flightlines: Where Are They? Microlight
and Helicopter Round the World Flight, September 00 UF! .
- Buzz Chalmers
Info pack: $3. Florida-Georgia Flight Center, PO Box
259, Dept. UF, Old Town, FL 32680. Phone: (352) 542-2985 * e-mail:
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. Mainair Sports, Unit B, Dept. UF, Crawford
St., Rochdale, Lancashire OL16 5NU Great Britain. Phone: (44)
0 1706 655134 * Fax: (44) 0 1706 631561 * e-mail:
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