Sting Airplane with a Bad Gear Leg Landing on a Mountaintop

Finally! The perfect mountaintop landing site to test my skill level--just as soon as I get a new landing gear leg installed!

[@AZVIDS]

Very happy to see you still flying the Sting!

[@StingFlight]

Oh, I am so thankful too, for not having killed myself flying that little thing 2,900 hrs.

[@retydeere1111]

Your Austin NV trip brought me. Your channel has been a wonderful trip good sir. Hope you enjoy your last quarter too! 👍🇺🇸

[@StingFlight]

Thank you, I just sold the Sting after 12 years and 3,000 hours. It was a great trip...but it's time to move on to other things.✔️

[@martyhelfers8642]

Hope you are well Richard… watching for your next video! Love the Sting! 😊

[@StingFlight]

Thank you. Actually, my Sting is for sale--private, by word-of-mouth only. A VERY good price! If you know someone looking, send them my way!

[@flysport_tedder]

@@StingFlight still for sale?

[@StingFlight]

@@flysport_tedder Yes. Doing another Annual on it in 3 weeks, too! If it doesn't sell soon, I am holding and installing the new engine for a spring sale~!

[@flysport_tedder]

@@StingFlight I'm test-flying LSAs in the next few months, including a Sting S4. I'll hit you up if I decide on the Sting and yours is available.

[@StingFlight]

@@flysport_tedder Excellent! If a Sting becomes your choice, you won't find a better one at a better price, I assure you. And you won't find better logbooks anywhere on any S-Lsa in the universe...

[@matthaze7906]

Postage stamp landing hype; looking forward to it

[@GR-zd6xl]

Excellent video and music as always. Thank you. Georgi and Katya.

[@johnmcneal9477]

I have to say I really enjoy your flight videos. I grew up and lived in Davis for 25 years and recognize most of the areas you fly in. Both of my parents worked at UCD and in the early 70's my dad would load up the mini bikes and take us to the Yolo Country Airport and we would speed up and down the run ways as fast as our little 5 hp motors would take us. I spent a lot of time up at Lake Berryessa fishing, swimming, water skiing and hiking those amazing hills. We floated Cash Creek and the upper Putah Creek dozens and dozens of times and hiked deep into those rugged mountains. Knights landing and a place called the hog farm was my second home once me and my friends got our drivers license. We spent many a week end fishing for sturgeon, strippers and cat fish. I suspect they knew that our love of night fishing revolved around beer and as long as we were not to stupid they looked the other way. lol We swam, fished and boated in every lake and river from Tahoe to Clear Lake out to Point Rays and the Delta in the spring and summer and hunted ducks and pheasants in the bypass in the fall. I lived in an historic house built in the late 1880's right on Putah Creek just south of the Davis airport for a few years. I have fond memories of the Sacramento valley area and especially the coast range. We moved to Alaska in 1982 searching new adventures, got married and raised our family here. Keep those flight videos coming, thanks.

[@StingFlight]

Sounds just like when we came here in 1968--from Colorado. But, alas, the old NorCal of back then, is gone forever! Thanks for sharing your story, though.

[@leonjohansson6542]

Went to UCD, BS 72 and Masters 75. Worked at Travis and had a Cessna 120 at the Davis airport. Kayaked everything in Northern California and flew to all the little airports.

[@therealdocter2096]

Have you ever been stung Mr Sting? Because this really stung me, Sting.

[@roberttew3053]

Richard, we are all missing you here on youtube. I am sure we are hoping you are doing well. Thinking about you my friend.

[@StingFlight]

Thank you! Everything is fine! I have just run out of the desire to fly any more, after cramming 3,000 hours into just over 10 years. So I am selling my Sting at a very good price--if you know someone who is looking. I am opening a new business to keep me busy during the last quarter of this game.

[@utahhomeloan]

Glad to see new content!

[@lightsportpilotadventures]

Richard, Just letting you know, your flying, your KZbin channel, and countless posts on maintaining your Sting S3 have greatly encouraged and helped me. I am now a private pilot, and Sting S3 owner. Almost 300 hours now and 1 year of PP flying!! I also have a youtube channel now as well... Light Sport Pilot Adventures. Please check it out! Thank you for doing what I know you love!! And, posting so many videos of your adventures. You have inspired a generation and more ways than you know!!! Hope you are doing well!! Sad that you are not flying anymore. Cheers!!! Rob.

[@StingFlight]

Roger that! And thank you, you made my day!

[@karenrichardson3432]

Another good one! Looks like that landing will be wild!

[@StingFlight]

Yep, but as long as it is totally DRY...I am confident!

[@Diggit7979]

Good to see new content.

[@maximmilkov4296]

Thank you for the videos, for the great views and especially for the good advices. Unfortunately, not only maintenance manual didn't covers all of nuances, but POH too. It would be great if you draw our attention to working with throttle and prop pitch in different modes. Safe flights!

[@StingFlight]

Roger that, Maxim, and thank you!

[@raykrv6a]

How is the new career and job going? I retired at age 60 when cancer got my wife. She was only 57 and all we did was work. Hope you have time to post a video some day. I really like your Sting.

[@StingFlight]

Well, the only videos I will be putting up now, will be re-runs, since I sold my Sting exactly 1 week ago, for pennies on the dollar, after running her peddle-to-the-metal for 12 years and 3,100 hours. It was darned fun--and I only nearly killed myself about a dozen times! I'm going 4-wheeling in NV during the rest of my time here.

[@michaelgrisewood3358]

Please, please, please more videos

[@raykrv6a]

How's the gear leg replacement going? Are you flying yet? Keep checking to see if any more videos posted.

[@StingFlight]

Thanks for asking. Yes! Two new gear legs, back flying...almost to 3K hrs, & videos coming.👍 I began a new career and job, at 76, and that has slowed me down, big-time--but I'm not done making videos, yet!

[@normanott644]

Missing your videos.

[@jacoswart4397]

Hello👋 from South Africa 🇿🇦How did the landing go?

[@grumpybear5305]

I see your still having fun with the plane are you still taking out the camper and 4x4 razor? Kennyboy

[@StingFlight]

Roger that, Kenny-Boy🙂

[@conrad1700]

Can I see the video of you fixing the gear? and did you land up there?

[@StingFlight]

There are pictures and a detailed description posted on SportairUSA, under Sting, Owners, How Tos. And no, I was too chicken shit--especially after landing on the lakeshore nearby.

[@Dremekeks]

KMCC based here.. any idea on the kind of takeoff roll in the mountains?

[@StingFlight]

Figure 1200 ft, GW, 8,500 ft DA.

[@Jack-ne8vm]

Sure obvious a fire just went through there...Sweet plane.

[@StingFlight]

Oh yes, and the dead, gray trees and buses don't photograph so well with the GoPros.

[@Ready2FlyCroatia]

Hi from Croatia, I have a sting to. Great 😀 Have You update for replace the leg?

[@StingFlight]

Yes, both gear legs have now been replaced. She's landing, running, and flying "like a top," with 3,025 Hours!

[@Ready2FlyCroatia]

Have You a video from this work 😀

[@StingFlight]

@@Ready2FlyCroatia Not a video--but pictures and story on Sting Flight Facebook. Also, my write-up of the procedure can be found on SportairUSA website--in the "How-to's" for Sting owners.

[@shawnpemrick4303]

What’s your email, I’d love to shoot you a message.

[@StingFlight]

Just click "About," Sting Flight Home Page.