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Jimmy Young

Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Posts: 182
Location: Missouri City, TX

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:36 am Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

For those who are interested, (how could one not be?) Arty Trost has begun her journey to Sun & Fun. Go to 



www.lessonsfromtheedge.com/uladventure2009.htm



to stay informed.

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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

Be sure to click on the " Blog " link, Arty has a very good day to day narrative of her flight along with pictures.  I find myself looking at this every day !



Mike

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:18 am Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

Mike

Where do I find Arty's "blog link"? I'm on  her website but don't see it

Thanx



On Apr 5, 2009, at 1:01 AM, JetPilot wrote:



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 Be sure to click on the " Blog " link, Arty has a very good day to  

 day narrative of her flight along with pictures.  I find myself  

 looking at this every day !



 Mike



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 &quot;NO FEAR&quot; -  If you have no fear you did not go as fast  

 as you could have !!!



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Tom Jones

Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 752
Location: Ellensburg, WA

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

Here's the direct link to Arty's blog.

http://www.lessonsfromtheedge.com/b2evolution/blog1.php

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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

Arty is making really good progress, and it looks like she is having a great time.  One day it will be me doing a flight like this in my Kolb    Here is one of the pictures from her blog.  



Mike

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John Hauck

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

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

> Arty is making really good progress, and it looks like she is having a 

great time.  One day it will be me doing a flight like this in my Kolb   

Here is one of the pictures from her blog.

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 Mike


	




That's John Bickham!



Hi John B.



Arty must have made it to Nauga Field.



john h

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lcottrell

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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

Yes John, They spent the night there and took off at about  3 pm, I think my time. Heading your way.

 Larry

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John Bickham

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Location: St. Francisville, LA

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

Yep, that me!  We "passed a good time".



It was great meeting and visiting with Arty (she hates "ma'm") and Randy.  Also got to meet another Drifter pilot from Beaumont, TX - Tom Harlagn (sp?). 



Arty has taught me something new about XC flying.  You don't have to worry about those rough air mid-day landings if you don't take-off till afternoon.  Seriously, they left Nauga and False River late mostly because she needed to catch up some much needed rest.  She is a tough little thing and pretty amazing to watch stuck out there on the front of the Drifter.



When you guys catch up with her at Sun-n-Fun, she is getting real close to getting a Kolb.  Those Drifter's eat a lot of runway both in and out.



Had a great visit, hope they did too.  It was some great weather while they were here.  Rained 5" in 2 hours Sunday.  Nauga Field had a water retention issue.

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cristalclear13

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

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

 	  John Bickham wrote: 	
		  Also got to meet another Drifter pilot from Beaumont, TX - Tom Harlagn (sp?). 

	




He was mentioned in the article written about her in the beaumont enterprise site (AOPA daily Aviation eBrief had a link to this article in today's email).  It is a good article about her.



http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/on_the_wings_of_adventure__oregon_resident_touches_down_in_hardin_county_on_way_to_florida_04-14-2009.html



I think anyone can sign up for AOPA's Aviation eBrief (daily email showing aviation news from all over the country) here:



http://www.smartbrief.com/aopa/

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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

Arty made it to Sun and Fun, a couple days early at that !!!  Her spot tracker shows her position on the airport now.  That is just so cool she flew a drifter from Oregon to Florida, must have been a great experience.



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John Hauck

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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

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		   Arty made it to Sun and Fun, a couple days early at that !!!  Her spot 

 tracker shows her position on the airport now.  That is just so cool she 

 flew a drifter from Oregon to Florida, must have been a great experience.



 Mike


	




That is great!



One leg at a time.



I'll be looking forward to seeing her Tuesday at Paradise City.



I plan on leaving here late, taking advantage of a NW wind all the way down.



Will be camping in the UL tie down area with my Kolb, as usual.



Come by and sit a spell.



john h

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hauck's holler, alabama

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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Wandering Wench is on her way

John H,



Look at what you went and started when you got into that Kolb many years ago and decided to fly across the country       Now you have a bunch of us dreaming, and some doing the same thing !   From the first time I looked at your pictures and read about your flights, I was hooked.  I am sure there are a number of us here flying, and building Kolbs because of flights like yours, and also this one.  Have a great time at Sun and Fun.



Mike

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John Hauck

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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

Have a great time at Sun and Fun.

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 Mike


	




Thanks, Mike.



Are you and your Wife going to make it to S&F this year?



Talked to Travis Brown about noon today.  He and Dennis were coming through 

Atlanta, GA, in the rain.



Going to be different this year with the entire Kolb crew consisting of 

Travis and Dennis.  We'll have a good time though, as usual.



Travis said they will be set up in the same spot they always are, right 

beside the lemonade stand and the control tower.



john h

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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:44 am Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

Have fun, all the best, fair winds

Russ

Arty Trost

Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 205
Location: Sandy, Oregon

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:13 am Post subject: Wandering Wench is on her way

Hi Kolber drivers,



Sun ‘N Fun ends today, and we’ll be packing up and flying out tomorrow. 



Here's a question for you.  We’re got a tentative route home (to Oregon) figured out and I’d very much appreciate hearing from you about it.  



My method of flight planning is a 3-step process:



1. We look at a road map and choose a tentative route. This is usually based on prior knowledge of portions of the route (in this case, from Albuquerque to Oregon,) and from suggestions we’ve been given. (John Hauck was really helpful on this.) Since we tend to follow roads (and they can be little, tiny back roads or interstates,) anyone can look at a map and see where we are thinking of going. We avoid congested areas (meaning cities and suburbs.)



2. I put out the “road route” to various ultralight e-mail lists and ask for input.  What we're looking for are people who are familiar with any segment of the proposed flight route.  I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have flown over segments of our route, so they can warn us about unsafe terrain and make suggestions for alternate flight paths.  This worked very successfully on our flight here, and helped us get around Tuscon’s and El Paso’s airspace, and around the swamps in Louisiana and Mississippi and Florida.



3. We incorporate the suggestions when Randy and I sit down with sectionals [air maps] and plan specific waypoints.  That’s the route I’ll be posting on our blog. Of course, it will change based on weather and new information.



SO – here’s our tentative flight route. Please take a look, and if you’ve flown any portion of the route, or are very familiar with any part of it from the ground, please let me know whether there is anything to be aware of…remember, we’re flying two-cycle engines and want to be able to have landing spots as much as possible, in case we have engine problems.



Also, if you know of nice small airports along the way, let us know. Obviously we’ll see them on the sectional and can look them up in our Flight Guide, but there’s nothing like local knowledge.



And finally, if you know a safe and yet more scenic route – let us know!



1. From Lakeland, Florida, follow I-75 north to Gainesville, FL.

2. Pick up Hwy. 27 to Foley, FL and go around Tallahassee to the north and on to Bainbridge, GA.

3. Take Hwy. 84 to Dothan, AL

4.Follow Hwy. 231  to Hwy. 29/10; continue east on 10 to Greenville, AL and then on to Meridian, MS

5. Pick up Hwy. 20 and head east past Shreveport.

6. Somehow get around all the congestion (looking for suggestions!) and pick up Hwy. 82, following it past Sherman, TX on to Witchita Falls, TX.

7. Pick up Hwy. 287 and follow it to Amarillo.

8. Pick up I-40 and follow it to Albuquerque.



What do you think?  Please let me hear from you.  THANKS!!



Thanks -



Arty



Maxair Drifter

Sandy, Oregon



www.LessonsFromTheEdge.com/uladventure2009.htm

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