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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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 Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: newe |
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This may start a new thread -- but have Kolbs ever been stolen? On
trailer or at airport?
I'm impressed with the LOJACK system of recovery for cars, should be
good for aircraft too
Russ Kinne
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d-m-hague(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: newe |
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At 02:58 PM 12/3/2007, Russ Kinne wrote:
| Quote: | This may start a new thread -- but have Kolbs ever been stolen? On
trailer or at airport?
I'm impressed with the LOJACK system of recovery for cars, should be
good for aircraft too
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Seems an ultralight or homebuilt would be a dumb thing to steal... it's a
small community (especially these days when everybody's online), and the
aircraft would likely be recognized.
In the big days of drug smuggling in the 1970's, though, almost any plane
with decent cargo capacity in the southern states was fair game.
-Dana
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It's only premarital sex if you're going to get married.
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Tom O'Hara
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: Re: newe |
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Back in the late 60-early 70's aircraft avionics were being stolen. None were recovered until someone realized that the thieves were taking one radio out and putting it into another aircraft with the same make radio. Then they stole the radio from the second aircraft. Tough to trace when you are looking for the wrong serial number.
For years there was a Mitsubshi twin turbo sitting at PA airport-- property of US Gov. Yours to buy cheap--if you could get the residual white powder out of it!! Fast aircraft-- but easy to get behind of with a result of pilot getting bitten hard.
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KolbFlyerJim(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: newe |
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An UltraStar with A decent cargo capacity (laughable)
hottest products and top money wasters of 2007.
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject: newe |
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Jim:
I started flying cross country in my Ultrastar two weeks after I got it flying.
I secured my bag under the fuselage, below the seat, with a bungee type net with hooks. Map recon was done prior to takeoff. Had to remember heading, distance and time, check points, etc. Folded up the map and sat on it. Made a lot of flights from Gantt International Airport, Alabama, to Tallahassee, Florida, and return in late 1984 and 1985. Was very exciting to do these flights back then. Landed at airports, vacant lots next to gas stations, cattle lots, hay fields, and parking lots. There were a lot of forced and precautionary landings for everything from plugged fuel filters, loose spark plug caps, cigarette packs going through the prop, along with muffler bolts and washers. Once did a forced landing on the foot ball field at Sebring Highschool, Sebring, Florida. Right after I landed and shut down, I heard the bell ring for recess. I was soon covered up by curious high school students. Bell rang again, they went back to class, and I took off for Miami. The landing in the football stadium was done without the luxury of brakes.
Take care,
john h
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Subject: Re: newe
An UltraStar with A decent cargo capacity (laughable)
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