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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

Morning Gang:



This morning, three years ago, I departed Gantt International Airport, 

Alabama, for Leadville, Colorado, Point Barrow, Dead Horse, Kaktovik, 

Alaska, and Tuktoyaktuk, North West Territory, Canada.  I returned 48 

days later.



For the benefit of the new folks on the Kolb List since that time, 

here is a short article and some photos of that trip published in the 

Alabama Aviator web page:



http://www.alabamaaviator.com/isaa.asp?id=72867



At the beginning of the article you will find "See photo gallery". 

Click on that to see larger copies of the photos.



john h

mkIII - 2,660.2 hours

912ULS - 91.7 hours

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hauck's holler
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

Good job John. Very impressive. I read theses articles from the Kolb and Challenger list and it is easy to understand why these are my first two choices for an ultralight or kit plane. I learned to fly in a T Bird at the factory in De Soto IA.



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Chuck

  > From: jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com

[quote] To: kolb-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:54:04 -0500

 

 --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck" <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com>

 

 Morning Gang:

 

 This morning, three years ago, I departed Gantt International Airport, 

 Alabama, for Leadville, Colorado, Point Barrow, Dead Horse, Kaktovik, 

 Alaska, and Tuktoyaktuk, North West Territory, Canada. I returned 48 

 days later.

 

 For the benefit of the new folks on the Kolb List since that time, 

 here is a short article and some photos of that trip published in the 

 Alabama Aviator web page:

 

 http://www.alabamaaviator.com/isaa.asp?id=72867

 

 At the beginning of the article you will find "See photo gallery". 

 Click on that to see larger copies of the photos.

 

 john h

 mkIII - 2,660.2 hours

 912U====

 

 

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:11 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

Thanks John for posting web site of story of your flight to Alaska.  What a trip!! Sent the link to Grandson Kendall, he will enjoy...

  

 Jim Swan firestar ll michigan

  

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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:23 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

In a message dated 6/26/2007 7:55:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com writes:

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		  This morning, three years ago, I departed Gantt International Airport, 

Alabama, for Leadville, Colorado, Point Barrow, Dead Horse, Kaktovik, 

Alaska, and Tuktoyaktuk, North West Territory, Canada.  I returned 48 

days later. 	


  

  

 This in no way equals John's accomplishment, but 3 of our Trenton Flyers just today reached Prudhoe Bay [sp], Alaska by motorcycles.  They began approx. 40 days ago from Trenton, SC.  Some of the locals at Prudhoe claim it's the first Honda Goldwing they've ever seen there.

  

 By the time they get back they will have covered over 14,000 miles.

  

 Check out our website at www.trentonflyers.com , then click on "trenton flyers Alaska" to view some gorgeous photo's of the trip.  More to follow.

  

 Also, click on the "members" tab then "Robert Broadwell" to see maybe the prettiest Kolb Mklll float plane

 in existance.



  

 Howard Shackleford

FS II

SC



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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

| This in no way equals John's accomplishment, but 3 of our Trenton 

Flyers just

| today reached Prudhoe Bay [sp], Alaska by motorcycles.

| Howard Shackleford



Shack:



Thanks for the info and photos.  Always nice to go back to places I 

have been through others pictures.



Nothing more exciting than driving or flying to Alaska.  I'd like to 

do that trip on a bike, I think, some day soon before I get to old for 

the task.



I think one of your guys was riding a Suzuki V Strom DL-1000.  I have 

been looking at them recently.  Seems like they may be the way to go 

for an Alaska trip.  The BMW GS1200 Adventure would be nice, but way 

more than twice what the DL-1000 cost.



Also hope to do the Alaska flight again Summer 2009, to celebrate my 

70th birthday.  Got to get the old body in better shape to enjoy the 

flight though.  Takes a lot of energy and endurance to do an extremely 

long flight in conditions normally encountered between here and 

Barrow, AK.



john h

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John Hauck
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hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

In a message dated 6/26/2007 4:54:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com writes:

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		  Nothing    more exciting than driving or flying to Alaska.  I'd like to 

do that    trip on a bike, I think, some day soon before I get to old for 

the    task 	


 

  

  

 John h,

  

 Those 4 pictures you attached are absolutely beautiful.  Thanks for  sharing.

  

 Bill Varnes 70+

 The oldest pilot to fly to Homer Kolb's Homecoming 2007 

 Original Kolb FireStar

 Audubon NJ

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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:14 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

I'd like to do that trip on a bike, I think, some day soon before I get to 

old for the task.>>



Hi John,



Go soon.  I don`t know what the insurance situation is in the USA compared 

to here. More relaxed I suspect as in most things..



For my birthday last year, 77th,  Wendy bought for me a ride on a Harley. 

She found that because of my age the company would not let me drive the bike 

so I had to settle for a pillion ride. Finding that she was going to be left 

kicking her heels for a couple of hours she booked a pillion ride for 

herself.

We finally managed to fit the ride in last week. It was quite awkward as the 

company was in Kent and it meant an overnight away to be there early in the 

mornng.  We got kitted out in the leathers and hemet and enjoyed a tour 

around the very attractive small villages in the Weald of Kent in quite 

reasonable weather.

We finished up with a fast run back to base. Wendy, on her pillion was doing 

104 mph when I passed her on my pillion doing 110 mph. Not bad for a road 

within 15 miles of the centre of London with a maximum speed limit of 70 

mph. No speeding tickets have arrived yet.



I would say that contrary to my expectations, the Harleys were rubbish. They 

looked fantastic. Gleaming paintwork and shining chrome (£4000 worth on one 

bike) but the ride, in spite of soft armchair type seats and sprung rear 

wheels the ride was  no   better than the last bike I had in the early 

`50`s.



I would like to get on a newly designed bike such as a Honda or a BMW  to 

see what a really modern bike is like but I wouldn`t have a Harley as a 

gift.



I enjoyed looking through your Alaska pics again. Thanks for reminding me of 

them.



Cheers



Pat

jb92563

Joined: 23 Mar 2007
Posts: 314
Location: Southern California

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: Re: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

Wow, thats an amazing trip.



Says so much about your aircraft of choice as well.



I guess a well planned trip with a great aircraft and pilot stands a great chance of success in this sort of adventure.



Flying across a couple states for a flyin does not seem like a big deal when put into perspective of a trip like this.



Fantastic...and truly in the spirit of aviation pioneering and adventure of a past era.

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Steve Boetto

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 364

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

In a message dated 6/26/2007 4:54:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com writes:

  	  Quote: 	
		  Got to    get the old body in better shape to enjoy the 

flight though.  Takes a    lot of energy and endurance to do an extremely 

long flight in conditions    normally encountered between here and 

Barrow, AK.



john  h

	


 

 John,

 I have a wheelbarrow, flat shovel and 4 yards of dirt to move.

  

 Steve

  

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:28 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

| I have a wheelbarrow, flat shovel and 4 yards of dirt to move.

|

| Steve



Steve:



I wasn't talking about "manual" labor.  More or less, something I 

could do from my TV chair.  



john h

mkIII



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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: Third Anniversary Of Third Alaskan Flight

Man does this stoke up the memories fire!!  My  best cycle trip ever was on my BMW K100LT to AK.  Rode 11,014 miles in  22 days (plus 30 hours up the inside passage on the ferry stopping to spend  my first weekend out with my sister and b in law, Gladi Kulp and Jon Pond, in  Juneau) and got as far north as the Atigun Pass in the Brooks Mt. Range on  the Haul Rd.  From Fairbanks up to the pass and return in one day was 666  miles, 590 of them gravel.  At that time it was a private road some  miles north of Cold Foot.  The college kid in the "guard" shack stopped me  but I promised him I'd be "right back."  Of course there were no services  above Cold Foot so I had to terminate my trespassing at the pass in order to  make it back to Cold Foot for gas.

  

 Headed E from Tetlin Jct toward the Yukon Terr  going home.  Stopped at Chicken, AK ( chickenalaska.com ) for supper.   Chatted with the owners for a while and asked where they lived before they  bought Chicken.  "You never heard of it," she replied,  "It's a  little town in the lower 48.  New Hope, Pennsylvania."  Blew me away  and she was shocked, as well, to learn I was from Lansdale, just about 18  miles away.  Other "small world" encounters too numerous to  mention.

  

 If any of you have considered doing Alaska, DO  IT!!  Don't wait, it's a whole new world, and if you get to Juneau, stop at  the AK State Library and say hi to Gladi.  She'd enjoy meeting any of  you Kolb owners and enthusiasts, especially since she's family of the  founder. 

  

 Best regards,

  

 Dave Kulp

 Bethlehem, PA

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