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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: Alaska 2009

One thing I've noticed in recent years is how much the young girls'   

vision  has deteriorated!

They used to look at me, now they can't even see me -- look right  

through me.

BAH!

Maybe when  I get a Mark III they'll notice --

Russ K

On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:07 AM, John Hauck wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 > Welcome to the over 70 flying club.  A few years ago, I could  

 look at an old

> codger and say to my self "I will never look like that."  Now when  

> I look in

> the mirror to shave, I see that person.

 >

> Jack B. Hart FF004

 Thanks, Jack:

 Cool being an old codger.  I get away with a lot more sh_t now than  

 I could in my younger days.  

 Yea, sometimes the mirror is shocking, until I figure out who that  

 old fart is looking back.

 I'm not as mobile, flexible, or strong as I was a few years ago,  

 but when I get in the Kolb, I fell like I am 18 again.  I don't  

 know that my ability to fly well has deminished any.  However, I  

 have not been flying nearly as much as I used to.  This shows up as  

 a rusty old pilot right away.  A day or two into a long cross  

 country and I am back in the groove flying and staying ahead of the  

 airplane and my navigation.

 john h

 mkIII

ces308

Joined: 03 Nov 2008
Posts: 317
Location: houghton lake ,mi

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

John...I envy you ,my friend....I can only hope I will be able to do something like that some day....Blue skies and tail winds!



chris ambrose

M3X jab

rlaird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 373
Location: Houston

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: Alaska 2009

Yeah, well, good luck with that.  My MkIII didn't help at ALL in that respect.  

  -- Robert

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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:42 PM, russ kinne <russ(at)rkiphoto.com (russ(at)rkiphoto.com)> wrote:

 [quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: russ kinne <russ(at)rkiphoto.com (russ(at)rkiphoto.com)>

 One thing I've noticed in recent years is how much the young girls'  vision  has deteriorated!

 They used to look at me, now they can't even see me -- look right through me.

 BAH!

 Maybe when  I get a Mark III they'll notice --

 Russ K

 On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:07 AM, John Hauck wrote:

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

 > Welcome to the over 70 flying club.  A few years ago, I could look at an old

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		   codger and say to my self "I will never look like that."  Now when I look in

 the mirror to shave, I see that person.

 >

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		   Jack B. Hart FF004

 Thanks, Jack:

 Cool being an old codger.  I get away with a lot more sh_t now than I could in my younger days.  

 Yea, sometimes the mirror is shocking, until I figure out who that old fart is looking back.

 I'm not as mobile, flexible, or strong as I was a few years ago, but when I get in the Kolb, I fell like I am 18 again.  I don't know that my ability to fly well has deminished any.  However, I have not been flying nearly as much as I used to.  This shows up as a rusty old pilot right away.  A day or two into a long cross country and I am back in the groove flying and staying ahead of the airplane and my navigation.

 john h

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John Hauck

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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:11 am Post subject: Alaska 2009

> John...I envy you ,my friend....I can only hope I will be able to do 

something like that some day....Blue skies and tail winds!

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 chris ambrose


	




Chris:



I hope you will be able to also.



Thanks,



john h

mkIII

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lucien

Joined: 03 Jun 2007
Posts: 721
Location: santa fe, NM

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:59 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

 	  John Hauck wrote: 	
		  



Lucien:



Come May you need to load and fire up the Titan, point it west, and head for 

MV.  It is 220 sm from Santa Fe Airport to Gouldings airstrip, a little over 

two hour flight in a Titan.  If you couldn't spend the weekend with us, you 

could fly over, have lunch, then fly back home.



Thanks for the invite to Santa Fe.  I have never been there.  I'll take you 

up on it one of these flights.



john h

mkIII 	




Thanks for the invite - already planning it . plus or minus weather, I'll see if I can make it out. I'd airport-hop probably which would slow it down but it'd be a neat trip....



LS

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icrashrc

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Posts: 247
Location: Mishawaka, In

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:42 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

John,



Do you already have one of the new ELT's installed in Miss P'fer? I'm pretty sure you'll need one to cut across Canada on your way to Alaska this summer.

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www.ill-EagleAviation.com

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Ralph B

Joined: 14 Apr 2007
Posts: 367
Location: Mound Minnesota

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

 	  aoldman(at)xtra.co.nz wrote: 	
		  My instructor is in his early 80s and still instructing.Its 20 years since 

he sent me into the sky by my lonsome. Its now my turn to teach him how to 

operate a 1914 Ford T. How times change.



Tony

Downunder

Kolb MK111c

	




I have a friend who got his license a few years ago and said his checkride examiner was 90 years old (Colorado). You have a long ways to go John before you are grounded.



Good Luck to you my friend and have a fun and safe journey ...



Ralph

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John Hauck

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

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

Scott:



No 406 installed in MKIII, but do have a PLB w/internal GPS and 406.



I've got a lot of homework to do to get across the border and through Canadian airspace.  If I had my druthers, I'd rather not jump through all the hoops.  Plus, when I get back into Alaska at Northway, I have to pay 25.00 for a Customs Sticker.  Its good for one year, but I won't use it for more than this flight.



There is also an issue with getting a TSA Waiver for crossing the border with a non-transponder equipped aircraft.  I had a problem with this the day I filed my flight plan to cross over from Eureka, MT, to Cranbrook, BC.  Took most of the afternoon to finally get approval to fly without the transponder.  I had not problems with the actual flight not having that particular piece of paper.  Had me going for a while.  I was using a telephone nailed to a telephone pole on an airstrip with no facilities.  Getting nothing but the run around from Flight Service.  Sometimes they are not there to help the lonely pilot.  



John W got me some reference material, last year, on procedure for obtaining Non Transponder Waiver.

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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

kuffel(at)cyberport.net
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: Alaska 2009

<< Do you already have one of the new ELT's installed in Miss P'fer? I'm 

pretty sure you'll need one to cut across Canada >>



<< No 406 installed in MKIII, but do have a PLB w/internal GPS and 406. >>



The Canadian 406 MHz ELT requirement has been postponed for one year so John 

is ok in that respect.  Canada has officially ruled that a 406 MHz PLB is 

not an acceptable substitute for a 406 MHz ELT so 2010 is a different story.



Tom Kuffel

Whitefish, MT

Building Original FireStar

John Hauck

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

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject: Alaska 2009

> The Canadian 406 MHz ELT requirement has been postponed for one year so 

John

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		   is ok in that respect.

 Tom Kuffel


	




Thanks, Tom:



That is good news.



Hope I don't have a lot of hassle with the "non transponder waiver" from 

TSA.



john h

mkIII

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MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

lcottrell

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1494
Location: Jordan Valley, Or

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: Alaska 2009

John, if you want, mount an antenna location somewhere on  your plane and you can take my transponder back with you when you come out after  MV. It is the old freq. model, but it will cover you on your trip.  Drop it off on your way back.

 Larry C

  

 PS

 Apparently Beauford and I think alike, 

 The picture looked like a Rose between two thorns to  me.

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jimhefner

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Tucson, AZ

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

John, I'm glad to see you are planning another AK trip this summer!!  Good for you!  



About that age thing.... you've got lots of years of flying ahead of you if you stay active and your health holds up.  I know a 90 yr old retired AF transport pilot who is still flying his beautiful Bonanza several times per week and is still passing his FAA yearly medical (needs yearly for insurance).  Since you don't have to worry about medicals, you should be good for another 20-25 yrs of fun.  



Sounds like you need to get yourself (or make one) a motorized tug to pull that MK-III up the hill to the shed.  



Best of luck on your journey plans!

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John Hauck

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

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:29 am Post subject: Alaska 2009

> John, I'm glad to see you are planning another AK trip this summer!! 

Good for you!

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		   Jim Hefner


	




Thanks, Jim H:



Don't forget to come visit us at MV this year.



john h

mkIII

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Titus, Alabama

jimhefner

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Tucson, AZ

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:56 am Post subject: Re: Alaska 2009

Thanks John,  I'll try make it if I can get away from my taxi duties for a few days... still no progress on the driving front...

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