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John,

I found the link did not get me to the story about Tom Danaher but I found it with a search.

http://www.texomashomepage.com/story/d/story/services-held-for-aviation-legend-tom-danaher/381 ...

Kolbers,

I shot this very unprofessional video yesterday of my Kolbra cruising along at 90 - 95 mph straight & level as I flew her through a light rain shower for a bath. I have had a lot of fu ...

You might want to consider a Warp Drive for your replacement prop. If you had one, you would have discovered you lost the fuel cap at your next re-fueling stop.

Jimmy Young
Missouri City, Tx

Kolbers,

I took these photos today while out flying with Alan Garvin in his MK III. There were two of us flying along with Alan, my friend Dave in a Taylorcraft & me in the Zenith. Alan comes d ...

John,
This photo reminds me of all the great photos of the U.S. John W. took from the Kolbra. They used to be available on the net but have since disappeared with his passing, or I just can't find t ...

Kolbers,

I flew up to the Reklaw event in East Texas Friday & ran into Travis Bennett. I hadn't seen Travis since the Nauga Fly-Around back in November of 2011. It was my first time Reklaw and ...

Barry wrote:
1 - Did you check your Spark Plugs?
Yes. they looked good, tannish to greyish in color, not fouled.

2 - Did you check your Timing?
Did that at annual. 26 & 28 degrees, same as ...

Don't know if many folks are still monitoring this list, but if so I've got a question.

Two weekends ago, I flew my Zenith 750, powered by a Cont. C-90, from Houston to Arlington TX. I arrived at 1 ...

Here is an in-flight photo of Alan G.'s new MK III I took this past Saturday. He is doing a good job of familiarizing himself with flying his new Kolb adventure machine he recently bought from John B. ...

Larry,

I think the narration is an improvement. It's nice to get a little geography/history lesson while watching your videos. Your part of the country is so different from mine. I vote thumbs up. ...

Kolbers,

FYI, Dean called me and said the Slingshot has been sold.

Kolbers,

I'm making this post on behalf of fellow Kolb owner & pilot Dean Chandler. He asked me to let the list know he is moving from Kentucky to Florida and has his Kolb Slingshot for sale. H ...

To Arty, Thom,and all other Kolb lovers,

I need to apologize for my"chat-room fodder" comment. It was out of place and inaccurate relative to the discussion taking place. I was still wait ...

Kolbers,
I guess this information on glide ratios makes for good chat-room fodder, but it will do you no good when that prop quits. You aren't going to remember any of it, nor will you have time to ...

Pretty cool stuff. Wish I was there, but your videos & posts are the next best thing. Have fun & keep 'um coming.

Jimmy Y.

It appears the consensus is, the VDO products are junk.

I do have the GRT model 4000 EIS in the plane, and I could install their fuel flow option as back up.

I will take a closer look at the op ...

701 builders,

I am building a 750 and am using the factory-supplied VDO gauges & senders. I've got wings on with 10 gal of fuel in each tank, and I have the 15 gal tanks.

I put 5 gal in each ...

Would an alum. sheet leading edge offer much in the way of leading edge protection, say in the event of a bird strike? It seems to me it may.

I recall reading a post about John H. having a leading ...

The two best Fly-Ins I've ever been to were both at Nauga Field. The slogan "many bigger, non better" is a perfect description, thanks to the effort of Sandie & John Bickham and the res ...

Thanks for posting this. Been looking for an affordable one of these for a long time.

Jimmy Young
CH 750 under const.