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John Hauck

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

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:34 am Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

Morning Gang:



Sun and Fun 2009 is two weeks away.  Had about decided not to fly down, but 

got up this morning and decided I would like to fly down and sleep under the 

stars a few nights.  Mainly, I'm looking forward to spending time with 

Travis and Dennis, and all my old friends from previous flyins.  Hope the 

weather will be great for the entire week.



I have not flown much since last September.  Doesn't take long for me to get 

rusty.  It is about a 5 hour flight one way.  This will help me confirm what 

I need to do to get ready for my flight to Monument Valley in May.  The more 

one does it, the better they get at it.  One wants to travel as light as 

possible, but have everything one needs to make the flight comfortable.



See you all at Lakeland.



john h

mkIII

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MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama

cspoke

Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Posts: 32
Location: Lillian, AL

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

I too am looking forward to spending time with all the Kolb gang at Sun n Fun. I'll be there Friday and Saturday. Hope to see some of you then

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Craig Spoke
Mark111 Xtra
VW Redrive
Lillian, AL
cspoke@mediacombb.net

N111KX (Kip)

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 96
Location: Atlanta, GA

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

I'm watching the weather...  

Kip

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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta

icrashrc

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

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

Enjoy yourselves at S-n-F. Notre Dame is keeping me busy enough that i don't think I'll make it.

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John Hauck

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

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:05 am Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

Morning Gang:



I'm out the door and headed for Gantt International Airport.



Plan to get in the air soonest.



Weather guessers are forecasting a wind advisory today all the way to just 

north of Lakeland, 15 to 25 out of the west.  At least I will have a 

tailwind.



Hope to make it to LAL before they close the field for the air show at 1300 

EDST.  Will be pusing it, but with the wind, I may be able to do it.  If 

not, I'll hang out somewhere until about 1800 EDST to get into Paradise 

City.



See ya'll down there.



john h

mkIII

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

N111KX (Kip)

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 96
Location: Atlanta, GA

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:15 am Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

I'll be flying down also.



Look for the yellow checkerboards..!

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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta

cristalclear13

Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Posts: 363
Location: Southeast Georgia

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

 	  N111KX (Kip) wrote: 	
		  I'll be flying down also.



Look for the yellow checkerboards..! 	




Any chance you'll be stopping by AYS Waycross?

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Kolb Mark II Twinstar Rotax 503 DCSI Sept 2007 - sold Sept 2012
Private Pilot Aug 2008
ELSA Repairman for N193Y April 2008
Rotax 2 stroke maintenance April 2009

zeprep251(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:26 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

Just for anyones info,

   Blackwater ultralite airpark is a couple miles south of Zephyhills airport right on highway 39.It has 2300 ' of n/s runway all sod ,and a wash up sink and flush toilet and pop machine.It's 10 min north of LAL,and Mrs.Canon is a sweetheart.I keep the MK3 there all winter,nice people.I'm sure you could overnite there if the need arose.

   G Aman 

 

   

 

   

 

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N111KX (Kip)

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 96
Location: Atlanta, GA

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

Cristal, it's a bit out of my way but not much. Will you be around tomorrow? Are you headed to SnF?



Kip



 	  cristalclear13 wrote: 	
		   	  N111KX (Kip) wrote: 	
		  I'll be flying down also.



Look for the yellow checkerboards..! 	




Any chance you'll be stopping by AYS Waycross?

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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta

N111KX (Kip)

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 96
Location: Atlanta, GA

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

After 7 hours of flying today (thank you, tailwind) I'm back in ATL. Despite everyone nagging about the attendance being down I had the most fun than in 4 previous SnF's. It was because of the people, mostly. As I pulled off the runway upon arrival a woman comes up and offers to help push me off the flight line. I thought that it may be Arty but, I was not sure so I asked if she flew in and she said yes. I asked from where and she calmly said "Oregon". Well "Hello Arty!" I ended up camping so close to her that I all day I heard members of the crowd say "there's that lady" as they spotted her plane. 

The Kolb factory folks took me out to a nice dinner making me feel like part of the family. Thanks, Travis, Dennis, Bryan, and Bruce.

John H was by often looking for a drinking buddy, coffee that is. Ask him about his ride on the Mayflower next time you see him.

Also, good talking to all of you guys from this forum and those who recognized my FSII from youtube.

See you all soon...

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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta

Last edited by N111KX (Kip) on Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:42 pm; edited 1 time in total

John Hauck

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

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

> After 7 hours of flying today (thank you, tailwind) I'm back in ATL.

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 Kip


	




Glad you made it home quickly and safely.



I enjoyed spending time with you at Lakeland.



I also had a great time, saw a lot of old friends and met more new ones, 

even one who accused me of ordering the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, sticker that 

was on the side of my nose cone.  



Every once in a while us Kolb flyers will encounter a real "a" hole.  Not 

very often, but I did today, when I landed for fuel in Perry, Florida.  He 

pulled up in front of me as I was refueling.  I take joking and teasing 

pretty good from folks I know, and hand out my share.  But, when an arrogant 

SOB comes up to me, after getting out of his little $100,000+ glass LSA and 

demeaningly refers to my MKIII as a "hummer", a "bug", etc., I reach my 

tolerance point in a hurry.  I can assure you, after counseling him a bit, 

he will think twice before he approaches another Kolb flyer at an unfamiliar 

airport and make the comments he made to me about my old airplane.



I flew a little less than 900 miles in a little less than 9 hours.  Not bad 

for an 80 mph airplane.   Was blessed with a great tailwind going and 

coming.



Now it is time to get ready for Monument Valley.



john h

mkIII

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

N111KX (Kip)

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 96
Location: Atlanta, GA

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009

Wish I could have heard that conversation....

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Kip
Firestar II, N111KX
Waiex, N111YX
Quickie 1, N111QX
Atlanta

capedavis(at)yahoo.com
Guest

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

John , I went to sun&fun today  as I had to meet a gent from the list Fred Kerfoot said hevwas a helicopter pilot like you ,I sold him an old Full Lotus  Monofloat I had from my KXP that went well . The most disappointing thing was I was to late to visit with you! I look forward to seeing you but I was too late Travis , Dennis and my new best friend in the Kolb world Brian were all very good to Becky and I. I got to get in a Firefly for the first time ! a little difficult for me as I dont have full control of my feet but I got in and when I got out it was muchn smoother than the entry. when I left there I went to the "Sky Arrow "display and got in a Skyarrow the only aircraft I have found with a disabled Pilots rudder control Now that I know about the rigging I think Brian and I or  perhaps just I can come up with a set of controls I can use without my feet that I can install in the Firefly and fly away!I may stop in Atlanta on the way home and take an hour of instruction to see if it fits. So Sorry we didnt get to see you. The invite is still open if you get to New England come to Chatham  Municipal Airport and walk over to my house and spend a while .  Chris & Becky Davis

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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To: kolb-list(at)matronics.com

Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:32:54 PM

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

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		   After 7 hours of flying today (thank you, tailwind) I'm back in ATL.

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 Kip


	




Glad you made it home quickly and safely.



I enjoyed spending time with you at Lakeland.



I also had a great time, saw a lot of old friends and met more new ones, even one who accused me of ordering the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, sticker that was on the side of my nose cone.  



Every once in a  while us Kolb flyers will encounter a real "a" hole.  Not very often, but I did today, when I landed for fuel in Perry, Florida.  He pulled up in front of me as I was refueling.  I take joking and teasing pretty good from folks I know, and hand out my share.  But, when an arrogant SOB comes up to me, after getting out of his little $100,000+ glass LSA and demeaningly refers to my MKIII as a "hummer", a "bug", etc., I reach my tolerance point in a hurry.  I can assure you, after counseling him a bit, he will think twice before he approaches another Kolb flyer at an unfamiliar airport and make the comments he made to me about my old airplane.



I flew a little less than 900 miles in a little less than 9 hours.  Not bad for an 80 mph airplane.  Was blessed with a great tailwind going and coming.



Now it is time to get ready for Monument Valley.



john h

mkIII                     -Matt Dralle, List==========



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Fran Losey

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 61
Location: Boca Raton, FL

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:25 am Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

Oorah!  The thing about "bugs" in Florida is when they bite they usually leave a mark that stays for a few days.....maybe longer in his case!

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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:49 am Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

I too, just got back from SNF, Left Wed, (ground) to PMP to fly with Jeff 

Wheeler, one of the new owners of N58SG, (Steven Green`s old  MK-3C). The 

flights went well , then we took a short hop out over the Everglades, What 

lucky guys! Then on to Lakeland, saw Travis, Dennis,Bruce, John H., Craig 

from Ala., Kip, & a few more.

What a nice bunch.!

I didn`t realize how unique an experience, the scenery from a Kolb, in that 

neck of the woods. For the lurkers on this forum that don`t have a Kolb 

yet,but are thinking about it,  Whatcha Waitin for?

Jim Kmet

Cookeville, Tn

MK-3C



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Blumax008(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

I'm familiar. 

  

 We had one of our local yocal BIG airplane drivers (C-172) come up to a  nearby Trike flyer & make fun of his little Trike. A "kite" he called it  while bragging about how he flies his "real" airplane. When BIG airplane driver  asked our Trike flyer what he did for a living...BIG mistake...Trike flyer  responds..."I fly F-15 Eagles over the Iraq no-fly zone."

  

 No further comment from BIG airplane driver...while retreating with  haste.

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Dana

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: Connecticut, USA

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

At 03:32 PM 4/26/2009, Blumax008(at)aol.com wrote:

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 We had one of our local yocal BIG airplane drivers (C-172) come up to a nearby Trike flyer & make fun of his little Trike. A "kite" he called it while bragging about how he flies his "real" airplane... 	


 Fortunately they're all not like that.  Guy walks over from his Comanche after I landed my UltraStar.  He'd just gotten back from Florida (I'm in CT), but all he could talk about was how much fun my plane looked.



 A 172 is OK, I guess, but as airplanes go it's about as exciting as a Plymouth station wagon.



 -Dana

 

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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

GOOD for that Trike flyer. Wish I'd seen  it

On Apr 26, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Blumax008(at)aol.com (Blumax008(at)aol.com) wrote:

[quote]  I'm familiar. 

  

 We had one of our local yocal BIG airplane drivers (C-172) come up to a nearby Trike flyer & make fun of his little Trike. A "kite" he called it while bragging about how he flies his "real" airplane. When BIG airplane driver asked our Trike flyer what he did for a living...BIG mistake...Trike flyer responds..."I fly F-15 Eagles over the Iraq no-fly zone."

  

 No further comment from BIG airplane driver...while retreating with haste.



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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

You're absolutely right, 172's are not that exciting, and underpowered too. 170 is better, 180 horsepower better yet.Cessna 180/185 even better. One big plus is they're big enuf to sleep in Russ do not archive



On Apr 26, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Dana Hague wrote:

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		   At 03:32 PM 4/26/2009, Blumax008(at)aol.com (Blumax008(at)aol.com) wrote:

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 We had one of our local yocal BIG airplane drivers (C-172) come up to a nearby Trike flyer & make fun of his little Trike. A "kite" he called it while bragging about how he flies his "real" airplane... 	


 Fortunately they're all not like that.  Guy walks over from his Comanche after I landed my UltraStar.  He'd just gotten back from Florida (I'm in CT), but all he could talk about was how much fun my plane looked.



 A 172 is OK, I guess, but as airplanes go it's about as exciting as a Plymouth station wagon.



 -Dana

 

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John Hauck

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

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009

I guess the Cessnas are ok for what they were  intended to do.  I had to fly one a hand full of hours 19 years ago to get  a fixed wing ticket to fly my mkIII.  At that time I had 1100 plus hours in  the US and FS.  Was a lot more fun flying the Kolbs than the  Cessnas.

  

 A Kolb is built to fly  for fun.  Hard to beat that.

  

 john h

 mkIII

  

  

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You're absolutely right, 172's are    not that exciting, and underpowered too. 170 is better, 180 horsepower better    yet.   Cessna 180/185 even better. One big plus is they're big enuf to sleep  in    Russ do not archive

    



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