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JetPilot
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 Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Sun and Fun 2009 |
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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., john h
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That guy probably thought he was pretty big in his composite LSA looking at a couple LCD screens and flying over 100 MPH. When one is new to aviation and has very little experience, it is easy to be impressed by any airplane is bigger and faster. Now that I have been flying for more years than I care to admit, whenever I am flying over a beautiful area of the country in a large Jet with 8 CRT's and doing well over 500 MPH, I look down and dream about flying to those places in my Kolb !!!
Mike
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009 |
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> That guy probably thought he was pretty big in his composite LSA looking
at a couple LCD screens and flying over 100 MPH. When one is new to
aviation and has very little experience, it is easy to be impressed by any
airplane is bigger and faster. Now that I have been flying for more years
than I care to admit, whenever I am flying over a beautiful area of the
country in a large Jet with 8 CRT's and doing well over 500 MPH, I look down
and dream about flying to those places in my Kolb !!!
There are a surprising number of professional pilots, both civil and
military, active and retired, flying Homer Kolb's airplanes, and other makes
and models of light planes and ultralights. Most of the time you can not
tell by the way a UL pilot looks if he is an unlicensed amateur or maybe
flying 40 or 50 years.
Will never forget landing at Headland, Alabama, for fuel in 1984 or 85 in my
Ultrastar, on a cross country flight to Tallahassee, Florida. The line boy
came out to help me with the fuel. He walked up to my little US and asked
me, "What frog pond did you get that skeeter hawk out of?" Back then I was
extremely sensitive about others' comments about my airplane. I promptly
told him, "It is an airplane, not a GD skeeter hawk." He replied with, "Yes
sir. How much fuel would you like in your airplane."
Had the Airport Manager at Danbury, Connecticut, 1994, pay me a visit as I
was sitting on the main gear of my mkIII filling out the log book. He drove
up in a big black sedan with a lot of antennas on it and the Airport Manager
logo on the door. Did not get out of his car, but hollered over to me,
"Ultralights are not allowed at my airport." I replied, "Your tower
operator authorized me to land here after I informed him of my intentions."
Then I pointed to the big yellow N number on the tailboom. The world is
full of them. If you fly long enough you will bump into one sooner or
later.
I am not as bad about it as I used to be, but the ding a ling at Perry, FL,
kinda got my goat yesterday.
john h
mkIII - 2,893.0 hours
912ULS - 324.5 hours
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Thom Riddle
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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frank.goodnight(at)att.ne
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| Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:37 am Post subject: Sun and Fun 2009 |
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Just got home from sun and fun, I think there were less people [tue &
wed] than last
year , but more a/c in paradise city. Had a great time looking at air
planes and talking to people.
Sure was disapointed that the [Fly-Kolb] plane was not makeing it's
usual round every 3 min.
Spent quite a bit of time at the Kolb tent, as usual whenever I talk
with Bryan Melborn I learned
something new, also his wife Helen gave me a few tips on useing my
new digital camera.
Was good to see Travis as I talk to him so often on the phone {great
group]. Also I was happy
to meet some of the people that use the Kolb-List. Can't wait to get
to M.V. this will be my first
time there,
Frank Goodnight
F.S. 2
Brownsville , TX
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