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firebug

Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 36
Location: Montgomery Alabama

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

How do you make a living and money to fly. This is a way to know more about  each other on the forum. I'll start it off.  



I am a 21 year veteran of the Montgomery Fire Department in Montgomery Al. I am currently a Fire Investigator and no longer ride the trucks. I also own an Ornamental Iron business on my days off from the department. I am setting up my Blacksmith Shop and should have it done in a few months.

N111KX (Kip)

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

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Here's my first post in the new format! I fly air charter for a living out of Atlanta. Currently I am flying the Lear 60 and 35. I keep my Firestar about 1 hour outside of Atlanta so in between flying at work, I try to make it out about once a week to for some real flying in the Kolb.

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David.Lehman

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 265
Location: "Lovely" Fresno CA

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Different occupations of Kolbers?

 	  firebug wrote: 	
		  How do you make a living and money to fly. This is a way to know more about  each other on the forum. I'll start it off.  



I am a 21 year veteran of the Montgomery Fire Department in Montgomery Al. I am currently a Fire Investigator and no longer ride the trucks. I also own an Ornamental Iron business on my days off from the department. I am setting up my Blacksmith Shop and should have it done in a few months. 	




Well, if you check my "profile", you will see that I'm a "Government Trained Mumbo-Jumbo Interpreter"...



I commend you for 21 years of riding the trucks, that's a tough job and one I don't think I could do...



DVD

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firebug

Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 36
Location: Montgomery Alabama

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Different occupations of Kolbers?

David,



 Sure you could, it is the best job in the world.

edchmiel(at)mindspring.co
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

OK, I'll start.



I'm a Jet Pilot!



Ed in JXN

MkII/503

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firebug

Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 36
Location: Montgomery Alabama

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Kip,



 I am not too far from you in Montgomery. I have got my eye on a FSII and if I can get it maybe we can meet up somewhere and get one of those 50.00 hamburgers. Most general aviation guys say that the fun flying comes when they get into their kitplane.

jdmurr(at)juno.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

I'm a CPA but that's not were my money came from to buy my Kolb.  Six years ago I divorced my wife. Since then I was able to save what she normally spent and was able to buy my plane.  She told me for 20 years that we couldn't afford a plane but she knew that someday I would pursue my dream. 

So I traded her in on one, so to speak. 

I love my Firestar. I can ride her all day everyday and she never complains!  

John Murr





I'm a CPA but that's not were my money came from to buy my Kolb. Six years ago I divorced my wife. Since then I was able to save what shenormally spent and was ableto buy my plane. She told me for 20 years that we couldn't afford a plane but she knew that someday I would pursue my dream. 





So I traded her in on one, so to speak. 





I love my Firestar. I can ride her all day everyday and she never complains! 





John Murr

David.Lehman

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 265
Location: "Lovely" Fresno CA

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

John...



That's a classic!...



DVD

On 1/27/06, jdmurr(at)juno.com <jdmurr(at)juno.com> wrote:

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 I'm a CPA but that's not were my money came from to buy my Kolb.  Six

 years ago I divorced my wife. Since then I was able to save what she

 normally spent and was able to buy my plane.  She told me for 20 years that

 we couldn't afford a plane but she knew that someday I would pursue my

 dream.

 So I traded her in on one, so to speak.

 I love my Firestar. I can ride her all day everyday and she never

 complains!

 John Murr

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blackbird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 51

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:01 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

I do auto collision work.......have done this for 33 years .....until I went 

to work at the Gulfstream factory in Savannah.......met wife # 3 and she was 

an aircraft inspector. Bought Tierra # 15 in 1989 and have wanted a Kolb 

ever since.....had to build a home, go back into collision work, became an 

EAA chapter president and bought a KOLBRA...........cannot wait to get her 

flying...............

Wife supports me a LOT....................took 3 tries but made it after 

all................LOL..............Looking forward to going to the 

homecoming at the Kolb factory this year...........possibly with 

aircraft.................heh...heh..............us old guys are still having 

fun..........

Wayne McCullough

Kolbra004

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ElleryWeld(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

I am a self employed Welder, Machinist, Mechanic & building kit planes for 

others in the evenings and weekends I have been into flying since 1994 when I 

purchased a Vector 627 Ultralight at a yard sale  brought it home after dark one 

evening when the wife didnt know what I was doing but I spent most of the 

night putting it together in my shop the next day I did a good inspection and 

decided it was ready to fly & so was I 

so up the road I went with it untill I got to my neibors field  friends 

Blocking traffic  every one thought I was just going to go play in the field that 

afternoon but I had it in my mind that it was made for flying and I was going 

for it  and I flew it for a few years had fun with it but never dared to 

venture to far with it as it was to slow and only five gallons didnt seem to last 

long enough to go to far But I flew the hell out of it with out any lessons 

other than my younger years with Radio controlled Airplanes  and always had a want 

for a Kolb since the first time I saw one in a magazine and after many years 

of working hard getting through some tuff times I was able to purchase my very 

own and its really been great owning one but now its time I got a two seater 

because my wife likes to fly as well but I need to sell this nice little plane 

to someone that is ready to join our Kolb Brother hood so I can afford to 

purchase a Mk3 Classic 



                     Ellery Batchelder Jr in Maine

I hope I didnt bore you with this post Just thought I would like to share 

this with all of you so you will know me a bit better



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kfackler(at)ameritech.net
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

I'm an instructional systems designer for a division of EDS called Learning

Solutions. We design and develop training for other companies. The joke used

to be "have flipchart, will travel" but most of what we do today is

web-based training. So, yes, I'm both a desk jockey and a computer geek.

I've been in the human performance business for nearly 20 years, but it's a

second career. Before that, I was in the retail produce business, having my

own store, Ken's Greengrocer, back in Dallas.  I do website design and

development for small and home-based business as a sideline. I'm divorced,

but in a long, steady relationship with a wonderful woman who supports my

desire to fly. I have one child, a 22 year old daughter named Jennifer of

whom I'm as proud as can be. I'll be 49 next month and have been flying

since 1982. I've flown 15 ultralights, having started out in the

weight-shift Eagle. I've also flown five different types of GA airplanes and

one glider. However, I've only owned three aircraft, all ultralights. The

others were either rented or loaners. In all that time, I've had some

precautionary landings, but only two unintended engine-out situations: one

due to running out of fuel and one due to throwing a rod. I'm politically

conservative and theologically liberal. I'm chubby and plump, a right jolly

old elf.



-Ken Fackler

Kolb Mark II / A722KWF

Rochester MI

biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 457

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

I'm really enjoying this occupations thread, and gotr a great chuckle out of 

John Murr's.            Here's a little of mine:



Went from teaching Scuba Diving in L.A. to driving a Kenworth logging truck 

in WA state, then logging (falling timber) in Idaho.  20 years ago got into 

refrigeration/air conditioning/restaurant appliance service and was self 

employed for 12 years.  For 9 years now have been an engineer at a Palm 

Springs luxury hotel and was recently promoted to Chief Engineer.   Also, 

for 9 years, have been dabbling at building a Kolb Mk III and frustrating 

all those waiting to see an end to the B.S. and wondering if it'll ever fly. 

                           Lar.                 Do not Archive.



Larry Bourne

Palm Springs, CA

Building Kolb Mk III

N78LB  Vamoose

www.gogittum.com



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Paul Petty

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Mississippi

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Stand by for my story... I have to get busy on Ms. Dixie number 12

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Kolbra #12
Ms Dixie
912 UL 70" warp

Russ Kinne

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 182

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Lar

Amazing how much you've done, when you're only 39 years old!

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On Jan 27, 2006, at 6:58 PM, Larry Bourne wrote:



[quote] 



 I'm really enjoying this occupations thread, and gotr a great  

 chuckle out of

 John Murr's.            Here's a little of mine:



 Went from teaching Scuba Diving in L.A. to driving a Kenworth  

 logging truck

 in WA state, then logging (falling timber) in Idaho.  20 years ago  

 got into

 refrigeration/air conditioning/restaurant appliance service and was  

 self

 employed for 12 years.  For 9 years now have been an engineer at a  

 Palm

 Springs luxury hotel and was recently promoted to Chief Engineer.    

 Also,

 for 9 years, have been dabbling at building a Kolb Mk III and  

 frustrating

 all those waiting to see an end to the B.S. and wondering if it'll  

 ever fly.

                            Lar.                 Do not Archive.



 Larry Bourne

 Palm Springs, CA

 Building Kolb Mk III

 N78LB  Vamoose

 www.gogittum.com



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biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 457

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Yup, 39 yrs old, 24th anniversary.  The envy'll fly when you post yours. 

Lar.                     Do not Archive.



Larry Bourne

Palm Springs, CA

Building Kolb Mk III

N78LB  Vamoose

www.gogittum.com



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beauford(at)tampabay.rr.c
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Lar...?  39...?  That old....?     Awwww....no way.... would have guessed

EARLY 30's at most......

must have been some mistake..... hell, he's been working on Vamoose for at

least 20 years....  let's see... when did Kolb begin selling Mk3 kits....?

1975...?  I seem to

recall he was 14 when he got the kit...

How long does it take for a set of tires to dry-rot off a Kolb....?   2

sets...? 10 years a set...?

Hmmmm....

Beauford...

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biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 457

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Among friends.....??    I keep telling myself, "Self, yer among friends, 

honest."  'Tis truth, forsooth, an' ole Beauford foremost amongst 'em, right 

??.........right...........??                         Lar.               Do 

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Larry Bourne

Palm Springs, CA

Building Kolb Mk III

N78LB  Vamoose

www.gogittum.com



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Mike Schnabel

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Manchester, TN

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Different occupations of Kolbers?

OK, I do like this threads concept, so here’s my humble introduction...



Kolb fan since I first watched them fly at Sun'n'Fun / Oshkosh 1994. Been back to Oshkosh every year since, have watched many different planes fly as I dreamed of which one would some day be mine to enjoy and after all those years, the first impression still stands as the best! No finer light plane found yet that can beat a Kolb!



So, after 11 years of dreaming, I was lucky enough to find the right bird (Firestar 2), with the irreplaceable help from this very group (thanks Denny!!)... and awaiting the spring for my first flights.



Occupation wise, began working during High School in restaurants, most famously for being the kid that worked at the Playboy resort in northern NJ... once I became an adult, worked in the auto collision repair field for 5 years, that led to a job building cars at the factory, when the Nissan plant found its way to TN. Been there since, right at 20 years now. Still dabbled in car restoration and repair on and off, and probably always will. But I have a new house, and when the big shop (foundation going down this spring) is finally built it will be more a hanger than an auto shop. And of course, RC airplanes are always buzzing the back yard as well!



Next big step will be getting some instruction in a like type aircraft, despite on and off again training over the years, do not have a PPL yet, but am thinking the new Sport Pilot route may best suit my aviation interests. So, are there any MKIII's nearby that are willing to show a newbie around in a Kolb? Hope to hear from you soon, and thanks to all for a great list, and source for so much valuable information!



Mike S

Manchester TN

Firestar2 503

edchmiel(at)mindspring.co
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Now I don't care who you are, that's funny!  

(Sorry, Lar)



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blackbird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 51

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:35 am Post subject: Different occupations of Kolbers?

Mike , my kinda guy....

Wayne

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