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WillUribe(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Greetings,

 

This video was taken yesterday a little after sunset.  It has been  very 

windy here in the southwest so anytime we get calm air we go out and  fly.

 

_http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv_ 

(http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv) 

 

Enjoy,

Guillermo Uribe

FireStar II N4GU

El Paso, TX

_http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane/_ (http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane/) 

_http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125/_ (http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125/)

John Hauck

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

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Enjoyed the video.  Place looks familiar.



Your pulsating landing lights are very effective.  They are difficult 

to ignore, and more noticeable than the strobes when flying head on.



john h

mkIII

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

Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Great video Will.

What kind of the lights and strobe?

And how did you do the landing light pulse?

I think I need to spend some money for that sort of setup...



Richard Pike

MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)



WillUribe(at)aol.com wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Greetings,

  

 This video was taken yesterday a little after sunset.  It has been  very 

 windy here in the southwest so anytime we get calm air we go out and  fly.

  

 _http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv_ 

 (http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv) 

  

 Enjoy,

 Guillermo Uribe

 FireStar II N4GU

 El Paso, TX

 _http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane/_ (http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane/) 

 _http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125/_ (http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125/)

_________________
Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0

Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing.

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:03 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

This video was taken yesterday a little after sunset.>>

Hi Will,



nice pics and your lights are great.



In the UK it is illegal to fly ultralights after sunset. Not so in the 

States?



Cheers



Pat 



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John Hauck

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

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:57 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

| In the UK it is illegal to fly ultralights after sunset. Not so in 

the

| States?

|

| Cheers

|

| Pat

US UL's may fly 30 minutes after sunset with appropriate anticollision 

light system.



Will's FS is registered amateur homebuilt experimental.  If it is 

equipped with navigation lights and noted by the inspector during 

certification, it may be flown at night.  I had my MKIII registered 

for night flight, primarily, to cover me insurancewise if I should get 

caught out after dark and break it.



Take care,



john h

mkIII

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

planecrazzzy
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:07 am Post subject: Re: FireStar II sunset flight

Nothing seems to be wrong with my computer....But "I" can't get "any" of



those address's to work.....?



anybody else having the same problem ?



Gotta Fly...

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WillUribe(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Hi Mr Poops,

 

The nav lights and  strobes are from Dick Kuntzleman of Kuntzleman 

Electronics. I got them because  they use less power then all the others.  The strobes 

don't show up as good  on the video because they are not in synchronization 

with the camera's  shutter. 

http://www.kestrobes.com/ 

For the landing lights  I used a 3 way heavy duty toggle switch.  Up is on, 

middle is off and down  is connected to an alternating flasher that I got from 

a store that sells lights  to emergency vehicles. The flasher part number is 

Federal FA3 and costs about  $22.50. 

I normally don't use  the landing lights because they will drain my battery. 

We have some pilots that  don't like to use the radio so strobes come in 

handy.  

 

Hope this helps,

Will

 

 

 

 


Great  video Will. 

What  kind of the lights and strobe? 

And  how did you do the landing light pulse? 

I  think I need to spend some money for that sort of setup... 

Richard Pike 

MKIII  N420P (420ldPoops) 

WillUribe(at)aol.com wrote: 

 	  Quote: 	
		    

  

  Greetings, 

   

  This video was taken yesterday a little after sunset.  It has been  very  

  windy here in the southwest so anytime we get calm air we go out and  fly. 

   

http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv

WillUribe(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:54 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Hi Pat,

We live in the land of the free and the wild west.  Did you hear  the gun 

shoots right after I landed? I guess some people were blowing off steam  after 

paying their taxes.

 

Seriously, my FireStar is not an ultralight so I can fly at night but I  

don't because I can't see much with the tinted windscreen.

 

Regards,

Will

 

 

 

 

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WillUribe(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:01 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

I  don't know why Matronics treats links from AOL e-mails differently.   It 

used to be we could post regular URLs and clickable links for AOL but not  

anymore. 

One  more try. 

http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv 

Regards, 

Guillermo Uribe

FireStar II N4GU

El Paso, TX 

http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane 

http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125 

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biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 457

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Yah, we have some like that in this area, too.  With 3 airports in 30 miles, 

(PSP, UDD, TRM) all busy, and 1 with a tower, (PSP) these guys are a menace 

to themselves and everyone else around them.  I'm not sure what their 

mindset is, but it's an aggravation in busy airspace.  Personally, I check 

in with every airport as I near it, even to pass by, and listen to all 

traffic as I go.



I rode with a couple of those guys to the annual Chapter 1 fly-in at Flabob 

a couple of years ago, and it was spooky.  They take it as a point of pride 

not to use the radio, and as we got deeper into that very heavy traffic, I 

finally raised hell from the back seat and insisted they get on the air. 

They were upset, and I'm still not being spoken to.  Sorry, but I just don't 

agree with them.                     Lar.                  Do not Archive.



Larry Bourne

Palm Springs, CA

Building Kolb Mk III

N78LB  Vamoose

www.gogittum.com



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Larry Bourne
Palm Springs, CA
Building Kolb Mk IIIC
"Vamoose"

WillUribe(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:36 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Hi John,

The airport is a movie star, it came out in the 1983 movie Lone Wolf  McQuade 

with Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera and Robert  Beltran

 

 

 


Enjoyed the video.  Place looks  familiar. 

Your  pulsating landing lights are very effective.  They are difficult   

to  ignore, and more noticeable than the strobes when flying head  on. 

john  h 

mkIII

planecrazzzy
Guest

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: Re: FireStar II sunset flight

Thank you Will,

                       I don't know what is different...but it's working now...



 You can really see that something is coming....cool lights



.

.

 Gotta Fly...

.

.





 	  WillUribe(at)aol.com wrote: 	
		  I  don't know why Matronics treats links from AOL e-mails differently.   It 

used to be we could post regular URLs and clickable links for AOL but not  

anymore. 

One  more try. 

http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv 

Regards, 

Guillermo Uribe

FireStar II N4GU

El Paso, TX 

http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane 

http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125 

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Russ Kinne

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 182

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:31 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

I can play the first 10 seconds; then  it freezes



do not archive



On Apr 16, 2006, at 10:00 AM, WillUribe(at)aol.com wrote:



[quote] 

 I  don't know why Matronics treats links from AOL e-mails  

 differently.   It

 used to be we could post regular URLs and clickable links for AOL  

 but not

 anymore.

 One  more try.

 http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv

 Regards,

 Guillermo Uribe

 FireStar II N4GU

 El Paso, TX

 http://home.elp.rr.com/airplane

 http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125

 --

John Hauck

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

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

| I can play the first 10 seconds; then  it freezes

 

Never gets that cold in El Paso.

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

Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

Thank You

rp

do not archive

WillUribe(at)aol.com wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 Hi Mr Poops,

 The nav lights and  strobes are from Dick Kuntzleman of Kuntzleman 

 Electronics. I got them because  they use less power then all the others.  The strobes 

 don't show up as good  on the video because they are not in synchronization 

 with the camera's  shutter. 

 http://www.kestrobes.com/ 

 For the landing lights  I used a 3 way heavy duty toggle switch.  Up is on, 

 middle is off and down  is connected to an alternating flasher that I got from 

 a store that sells lights  to emergency vehicles. The flasher part number is 

 Federal FA3 and costs about  $22.50. 

 I normally don't use  the landing lights because they will drain my battery. 

 We have some pilots that  don't like to use the radio so strobes come in 

 handy.  

 Hope this helps,

 Will

 Great  video Will. 

 What  kind of the lights and strobe? 

 And  how did you do the landing light pulse? 

 I  think I need to spend some money for that sort of setup... 

 Richard Pike 

 MKIII  N420P (420ldPoops) 

 WillUribe(at)aol.com wrote: 

>  

>  

>  Greetings, 

>   

>  This video was taken yesterday a little after sunset.  It has been  very  

>  windy here in the southwest so anytime we get calm air we go out and  fly. 

>   

>     

 http://home.elp.rr.com/youngeagle/sunsetflight.wmv

_________________
Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0

Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing.

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: FireStar II sunset flight

US UL's may fly 30 minutes after sunset with appropriate anticollision 

light system.>>



Hi John,



thats about the same as here though I have landed gliders by the light of 

car headlamps on occasion.



If an ultralight is built overweight then it is possible that it can be 

registered as a Light Airplane and they operate under a whole different set 

of rules including night flying.



Good luck on the MV Fly in. Wish I could make it. I had rather put the idea 

on the back burner with the expectation of maybe making the Homer Fly in 

instead and now there isn`t going to be one its a bit late to reorganise. 

Maybe next year.



Cheers



Pat



do not archive



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