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John Hauck

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

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:42 am Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

Morning Folks:



After 12 years, The New Kolb Aircraft Company (TNK) no longer exist.  It has 

been replaced by Kolb Aircraft Company, Inc.



Bryan Milburn is the new owner of Kolb Aircraft.  The new company will 

operate out of Bryan's hanger at the former Chesnut Knolls Air Foundation 

property.



Travis Brown is still the man in charge of Parts and Supplies, plus anything 

else you can imagine.



Dennis Jackson is still welding airframes and making parts.



Kolb Aircraft's direction will be to support the aircraft designed by Homer 

Kolb and the people that love to build and fly these airplanes.



I urge everyone to continue to support Kolb Aircraft.  They need our 

business.



john hauck

mkIII

Titus, Alabama

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

williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:55 am Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

John- Is the phone number still the same?

  

                                       Bill Sullivan

                                       Windsor Locks, Ct.

                                       FS 447

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John Hauck

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

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:21 am Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

John- Is the phone number still the same?

        

                                                    Bill Sullivan

                                                    Windsor Locks, Ct.

                                                    FS 447

[quote]

 Bill S/Gang: Yes, the phone number is the same now.  I do not know if it will change in the future or not. john hauckmkIIITitus, Alabama[b]

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

mdnanwelch7(at)hotmail.co
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 7:26 am Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

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		   Kolb Aircraft's direction will be to support the aircraft designed by Homer 

 Kolb and the people that love to build and fly these airplanes.

 
	


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		   john hauck

 mkIII

 Titus, Alabama 


	


John H, Travis, Bryan, etc.,

 

  So that we can better understand what the company is all about, could someone list the actual aircraft this new company will produce?  (Firestar, MkIII Xtra?? ,, etc.)    Or, did you actually mean like it sounds, "support" only?

 

  I assume they are no longer affiliated with the Kolb Sport, correct?

 

  With a new owner, is there any anticipated change in the aircraft offered for sale, or possibly any new designs Bryan has been contemplating?

 

  Crap!!  This economy sure is hard on airplane makers!

 

Mike Welch

MkIII

 

  



 		 	   		  

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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:22 am Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

John/Kolbers, Too bad to hear TNK going by the wayside but good to hear Brian Milburn is taking over He is a good man and I wish him the best . One of the main reasons I didnt sue TNK after my crash was to not be a part of them going down , the state  of the economy and the"Sport Pilot" impact on the ultralight world has been hard on the Ultralight companies!

    If the FAA had just raised the weight of an Ultralight 100 lbs there would still be a lot going on. just my 2cents

Chris Davis

KXP 503 492 hrs

Glider Pilot

Disabled from crash building Firefly  



 

   From: John Hauck <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com>

To: kolb-list(at)matronics.com

Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 9:13:05 AM

Subject: Kolb Aircraft



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



Morning Folks:



After 12 years, The New Kolb Aircraft Company (TNK) no longer exist.  It has 

been replaced by Kolb Aircraft Company, Inc.



Bryan Milburn is the new owner of Kolb Aircraft.  The new company will 

operate out of Bryan's hanger at the former Chesnut Knolls Air Foundation 

property.



Travis Brown is still the man in charge of Parts and Supplies, plus anything 

else you can imagine.



Dennis  Jackson is still welding airframes and making parts.



Kolb Aircraft's direction will be to support the aircraft designed by Homer 

Kolb and the people that love to build and fly these airplanes.



I urge everyone to continue to support Kolb Aircraft.  They need our 

business.<=              - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS             - List Contribution Web Site -

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neilsenrm(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 10:35 am Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

Chris

  

 When the FAA introduced part 103 we thought the FAA was being overly generous. Before that the requirement was that ULs had to be foot launchable. Most planes weighed 100-150lbs. I had a Weedhopper at the time and they had hired a weight lifting runner to prove it was capable of foot launching but I always used the wheels. 

   

 Nothing is as simple as adding to the weight limit would have helped. The television show (what was it 60 minutes?) had as much to do with killing ULs as anything. 

  

 Rick Neilsen

 Redrive VW powered MKIIIC

 On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:19 PM, chris davis <capedavis(at)yahoo.com (capedavis(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:

 [quote]   

 John/Kolbers, Too bad to hear TNK going by the wayside but good to hear Brian Milburn is taking over He is a good man and I wish him the best . One of the main reasons I didnt sue TNK after my crash was to not be a part of them going down , the state  of the economy and the"Sport Pilot" impact on the ultralight world has been hard on the Ultralight companies!

     If the FAA had just raised the weight of an Ultralight 100 lbs there would still be a lot going on. just my 2cents

 Chris Davis

KXP 503 492 hrs

Glider Pilot

Disabled from crash building Firefly  

 

   From: John Hauck <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com (jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com)>

To: kolb-list(at)matronics.com (kolb-list(at)matronics.com)

 Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 9:13:05 AM

Subject: Kolb-List: Kolb Aircraft



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

 

Morning Folks:



After 12 years, The New Kolb Aircraft Company (TNK) no longer exist.  It has 

been replaced by Kolb Aircraft Company, Inc.



Bryan Milburn is the new owner of Kolb Aircraft.  The new company will 

 operate out of Bryan's hanger at the former Chesnut Knolls Air Foundation 

property.



Travis Brown is still the man in charge of Parts and Supplies, plus anything 

else you can imagine.



Dennis Jackson is still welding airframes and making parts.

 

Kolb Aircraft's direction will be to support the aircraft designed by Homer 

Kolb and the people that love to build and fly these airplanes.



I urge everyone to continue to support Kolb Aircraft.  They need our 

 business.<=              - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS             - List Contribution Web Site -



 

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cspoke

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

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Kolb Aircraft

Best of luck to Bryan, Travis, Dennis and all. These are great people leading a great company.

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

jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 14:28:59 -0400

From: Richard Neilsen <neilsenrm(at)gmail.com>

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..................  

Nothing is as simple as adding to the weight limit would have helped. The 

television show (what was it 60 minutes?) had as much to do with killing ULs 

as anything. 

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Rick,

The EAA has to take some of the blame. To be fair, they were involved in 

103-7 but have gone silent.  The EAA has changed from a build from scratch 

that get you in the air aircraft for low dollars into supporting big bucks 

sport aircraft, major antique restorations, and very expensive speedy kit 

built aircraft.  

Sorry, you ran my bell.

Jack B. Hart FF004

Winchester, IN

Ralph B

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

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Kolb Aircraft

Some of the blame is our time limited society. Most everything is ready-made for instant gratification and reward. Nobody seems to have time for things that take some effort to build. Kids want things ready to use. Install batteries and away we go. If it doesn't work, take it back to the store and get another one.



I built my Firestar 23 years ago, but I bought my Kolbra ready to fly. I don't think I could match Mark German's work to build that plane. In some cases, buy and fly makes a lot of sense.



Ralph

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Ralph B

Kolb Kolbra 912uls
N20386
550 hours

jim.baker(at)windstream.n
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject: Kolb Aircraft

 	  Quote: 	
		   Some of the blame is our time limited society. Most everything is

 ready-made for instant gratification and reward.


	


Damn straight. A good example is the Almost Ready to Fly models you see now in hobby 

magazines. $300-500 for some. Kits? Build it yourself? Ever wonder why we're not cranking 

out as many engineers as we used to?



Damn, I'm getting old.....

Jim Baker

Elmore City, OK

580.788.2779

405. 426.5377 cell

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