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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

Kolbers,



I was interviewed for the local newpaper during the fly-in.  The article 

came out today.  I asked for an email copy of it and I put it up at:



http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/firefly141.html



I thought you may enjoy it.



Jack B. Hart FF004

Winchester, IN

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

Brother Hart:

Best thing I've read on the internet in a coon's-age...

The part she wrote about "spinning around" was right on...  I can

identify with it...

Good on 'ya...  keep 'er flying...

Beauford 

FF 076 - N173BW

Brandon, FL

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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:14 am Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

<<Hart says the thought occurred to him that he could fall out of his 

plane>>



Now there is a guy who is really switched on! Falling out of my airplane... 

well.. wonder why I never thought of that.



.<< So he got a better seatbelt to replace the racing buckle he first had. 

He saw just what he needed at Toys R Us,>>



 So he went to the shop and bought a safety harness that was rated to stop a 

5 year old child from going through the windshield at 30 mph. I hope it 

never has to stop a full grown man from being thrown out of his plane at 70 

mph when it hits a tree



The best bit was that the plane `was made of Dacron`. Great !. Just like an 

umbrella with no frame. Presumably you can roll it up in a ball and put it 

in your pocket.

Cripes.  I said in my post that all reporters write b********s. Even when 

you carefully explain everything they will write it up full of mistakes. 

Worse they may have an agenda of their own

.We were unfortunate to have a light aircraft written  off at a local strip 

I sometimes use. The pilot missed the strip, tried to put it down in an 

adjacent field  and rolled it into a ball.

Reporters, newspaper and TV, descended on the site and proceeded to question 

everyone in the area. The main thrust of all their questions was " Doesn`t 

it scare you with these little planes flying overhead all the time" All they 

wanted to do was dump on someone, get the locals to complain about the noise 

etc.,.

Luckily we are very close, actually within the MATZ, of Lyneham which 

operates the largest fleet of C130 outside the States. All the neighbors 

said that the C130`s were much more of a problem than the planes operating 

out of this little strip.



You gotta watch the press. Even if you write the report yourself they will 

edit it so that it reads wrongly.



We are all enthusiastic about our sport and like to spread the word and its 

a bit of an ego boost to have your name attached to a report. However, over 

the years I have come to believe that we are best served by keeping our 

heads down and keeping the media out of the picture if we possible can. If 

you want to spread the word talk to your friends NOT the press.



Cheers



Pat

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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

At 11:11 AM 6/20/08 +0100, you wrote:

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You gotta watch the press. Even if you write the report yourself they will 

edit it so that it reads wrongly.



We are all enthusiastic about our sport and like to spread the word and its 

a bit of an ego boost to have your name attached to a report. However, over 

the years I have come to believe that we are best served by keeping our 

heads down and keeping the media out of the picture if we possible can. If 

you want to spread the word talk to your friends NOT the press.




	


Pat,



At my age ego has nothing to do with it.  This is a rural area, and just 

about everyone knows everyone else.  The New Gazette is a small local 

newspaper that reports everything that happens in the county.  If I had 

refused to talk to the reporter, it would have been in the paper "Jack Hart 

refuses to talk about ultra-light"  Ms. Aukerman, locally, is well known for 

"not getting it right".  I was pleasantly surprised about how well she did 

do with the article.  In questioning her, I found she hates flying, but she 

is a word smith and wrote an article that makes sense to her and most of the 

other people in the county.  Those who fly will get a chuckle about what she 

wrote.  Those who do not fly will find it interesting from the normal fare 

of county, town, farm, and weather news.



We must not feel superior because we can fly.  We should feel compassion for 

those who have never had the experience.



Jack B. Hart FF004

Winchester, IN

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Ricochet

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Location: Fresno, CA

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

Jack,



I enjoyed "your" article, but it piqued my interest.  What Italian  

engine are you using, and what has been your experience with it,  

performance and reliability?  Also, what is the third engine and of  

course why.



Thanks again,



Jerry

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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:49 am Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

At 10:11 AM 6/20/08 -0700, you wrote:

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Jack,



I enjoyed "your" article, but it piqued my interest.  What Italian  

engine are you using, and what has been your experience with it,  

performance and reliability?  Also, what is the third engine and of  

course why.




	


Jerry,



I have 161 hours on a Simonini Victor 1+, 382 cc, one cylinder, water 

cooled, reed valve engine with dual ignition and electric start.  Although 

they say it is more powerful than the Rotax 447, I do not believe this to be 

the case.  It burns 1.5 to 1.0 gph less than the Rotax 447 on my FireFly.  

It is one sweet engine.  If you would like more info on the engine, it can 

be found at:



http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/firefly.html - and:

http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/fireflyindex.html



The reason for changing to a lower hp third engine, is to reduce fuel 

consumption, drag, and overall weight.  I will give up some climb rate, but 

by going down in hp and weight, I can fare in more things and reduce drag 

and still cruise just as fast.  Since I have moved to east central Indiana, 

the winters are more severe, and I would like to fly with a full enclosure 

and remain 103-7 compliant.  I purchased an MZ34 engine three + years ago, 

and then got involved with moving etc.  I took it out of storage a couple of 

months ago and am trying to get the muffler mounted.  It will hang inverted 

off the rear of the fuselage.  No propeller extension will be required.  

Using electric start, and discarding the pull start, it should lower empty 

weight by 40 to 50 pounds.  This engine is air cooled reed valve engine of 

27 hp.



In general, reed valve engines are smoother running and use less fuel than 

piston ported engines.  The big problem is carburetion and getting the Bing 

tuned for your engine aircraft set up.  



If you have any additional questions please let me know.



Jack B. Hart FF004

Winchester, IN

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:04 am Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

We must not feel superior because we can fly.  We should feel compassion for 

those who have never had the experience.>>



Nicely put Jack.



As far as the egotrip is concerned. I don`t think age has much to do 

with.it.  I shall be 79 in August and I must confess to a little frisson of 

pleasure when an article or a letter which I have written is good enough to 

be published.



When I bust my leg hang gliding, not an unusual occurence in the sport, the 

local press made their usual rubbish write up of it. While I was laid up 

with my leg in plaster I wrote my own account for Sailplane and Gliding, the 

main gliding magazine here

It so happened that I turned up at my next Rotary Club meeting to be met 

with "The speaker has not turned up, can you talk about your crash" `Crash` 

you will note , not `accident`.

Of course I was lucky. I had the article which I had just written clear in 

my head. I also had a plaster cast on and was using crutches. Therefore I 

found myself holding forth on how safe the sport was while surrounded by the 

evidence that it obviously was not. The talk went well and by chance there 

were several Rotarians from other Rotary Clubs in the audience. In due time 

they reported to their Clubs that they had enjoyed my talk and as Rotary 

Clubs are always short of speakers invitations to speak at other Clubs 

rolled in.

In the end I think I did about 20 or so repeat performances, and didn`t have 

to buy a dinner for ages. By the time of the last talk of course the 

crutches were gone and the plaster cast but I learned the usefulness of 

using props when speaking to a crowd.



Sailplane and Gliding also deemed my article worthy of publication and that 

produced a few comments in the letter columns from readers worldwide.



Its an ill wind etc..



Cheers



Pat

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Ricochet

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Posts: 36
Location: Fresno, CA

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: Randolph County Airport Fly-in Newspaper Article

Jack,

Thank you for your informative reply and the links to your web site.   

It has the best analysis of anything I've seen.

Jerry

On Jun 20, 2008, at 11:47 AM, Jack B. Hart wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 <jbhart(at)onlyinternet.net>

 At 10:11 AM 6/20/08 -0700, you wrote:

> 

>

> Jack,

>

> I enjoyed "your" article, but it piqued my interest.  What Italian

> engine are you using, and what has been your experience with it,

> performance and reliability?  Also, what is the third engine and of

> course why.

>

 Jerry,

 I have 161 hours on a Simonini Victor 1+, 382 cc, one cylinder, water

 cooled, reed valve engine with dual ignition and electric start.   

 Although

 they say it is more powerful than the Rotax 447, I do not believe  

 this to be

 the case.  It burns 1.5 to 1.0 gph less than the Rotax 447 on my  

 FireFly.

 It is one sweet engine.  If you would like more info on the engine,  

 it can

 be found at:

 http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/firefly.html - and:

 http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/fireflyindex.html

 The reason for changing to a lower hp third engine, is to reduce fuel

 consumption, drag, and overall weight.  I will give up some climb  

 rate, but

 by going down in hp and weight, I can fare in more things and  

 reduce drag

 and still cruise just as fast.  Since I have moved to east central  

 Indiana,

 the winters are more severe, and I would like to fly with a full  

 enclosure

 and remain 103-7 compliant.  I purchased an MZ34 engine three +  

 years ago,

 and then got involved with moving etc.  I took it out of storage a  

 couple of

 months ago and am trying to get the muffler mounted.  It will hang  

 inverted

 off the rear of the fuselage.  No propeller extension will be  

 required.

 Using electric start, and discarding the pull start, it should  

 lower empty

 weight by 40 to 50 pounds.  This engine is air cooled reed valve  

 engine of

 27 hp.

 In general, reed valve engines are smoother running and use less  

 fuel than

 piston ported engines.  The big problem is carburetion and getting  

 the Bing

 tuned for your engine aircraft set up.

 If you have any additional questions please let me know.

 Jack B. Hart FF004

 Winchester, IN

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