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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: OSH 2007 |
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Got back from OSH yesterday. Spent 10 days and 9 nights sleeping on the ground. Thank God I can still do it comfortably.
Flew 23.2 hours.
Burned 116.4 gal fuel.
Traveled 1,907.04 sm.
Had a ball!!!
Got to spend the entire week with the Kolb gang in the Kolb trailer. Was great to be able to enjoy their company for a week.
Spent the night flying north at Washinton, IN. RON Washington, IN, on the way home.
Here are a few photos I took during the flight up and back.
This is a huge drag line in Kentucky on a reclaimed coal strip mine. Never really knew how large they were until I landed on the gravel road next to it, and taxiied up under the operator's cab. Estimate the main boom is over 300 feet long.
The other photos are Lake Michigan. I flew down the lake after the wind shifted out of the SE, the direction I wanted to fly to fly across it and land in Michigan, 60 miles away. The flight from Manitowoc, WI, to Ludington, MI, would be directly over the ferry route. I also had on a PFD, just in case. Instead, I flew the lake off shore down to Gary, IN, right past downtown Chicago, IL. Was a very beautiful and exciting flight over 180 sm of water instead of 60.  I am mighty proud of my little mkIII and its 912ULS.
I'll probably have to spread these photos out over several posts. There are 16 of the many I took on this flight.
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| Ready for bed, at dark, Washington, IN. |
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: OSH 2007 |
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More pictures.
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| Lighthouse. Got to look it up to see which one it is. ;-) |
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: OSH 2007 |
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Mo' photos.
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| That is a 3/4 ton truck, security officer, parked by the bucket for comparison. He volunteered to drive over there so I could take the shot. |
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| There really is a little mkIII under the operator's cab of that old drag line. Estimate the main boom is over 300 feet. |
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John Hauck
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: OSH 2007 |
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Who would ever think you could have so much fun with a little Kolb airplane.
The reward is well worth the effort to complete the airplane.
John W and I flew the Owyhee River Canyon in May. The vids are good, but do not do the flight and the canyon justice.
Larry, we need to go fishing next year. Camping out on the river bank, cooking and eating the fresh catch sounds like a lot of fun.
With a good sound airplane and reliable engine, the opportunities to enjoy the beautiful, exciting country we live in, are limitless. I have just scratched the surface of the North American Continent the last 23 years I have been exploring it in a Kolb.
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WhiskeyVictor36(at)aol.co
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: OSH 2007 |
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In a message dated 7/31/2007 9:04:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com writes:
| Quote: | | This is a huge drag line in Kentucky on a reclaimed coal strip mine. Never really knew how large they were until I landed on the gravel road next to it, and taxiied up under the operator's cab. Estimate the main boom is over 300 feet long. |
John h,
I really enjoyed all your pics, but I can see that you liked the drag line best (most pics & you even had to land to check it out).
Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com.
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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: OSH 2007 |
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John
No dragline pic! -- two sunsets & a dowtown pic --
On Jul 31, 2007, at 9:03 PM, John Hauck wrote:
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Got back from OSH yesterday. Spent 10 days and 9 nights sleeping
on the ground. Thank God I can still do it comfortably.
Flew 23.2 hours.
Burned 116.4 gal fuel.
Traveled 1,907.04 sm.
Had a ball!!!
Got to spend the entire week with the Kolb gang in the Kolb
trailer. Was great to be able to enjoy their company for a week.
Spent the night flying north at Washinton, IN. RON Washington, IN,
on the way home.
Here are a few photos I took during the flight up and back.
This is a huge drag line in Kentucky on a reclaimed coal strip
mine. Never really knew how large they were until I landed on the
gravel road next to it, and taxiied up under the operator's cab.
Estimate the main boom is over 300 feet long.
The other photos are Lake Michigan. I flew down the lake after the
wind shifted out of the SE, the direction I wanted to fly to fly
across it and land in Michigan, 60 miles away. The flight from
Manitowoc, WI, to Ludington, MI, would be directly over the ferry
route. I also had on a PFD, just in case. Instead, I flew the
lake off shore down to Gary, IN, right past downtown Chicago, IL.
Was a very beautiful and exciting flight over 180 sm of water
instead of 60. I am mighty proud of my little mkIII and its
912ULS.
I'll probably have to spread these photos out over several posts.
There are 16 of the many I took on this flight.
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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler, alabama
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: OSH 2007 |
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John
Finally got the drag line pix -- awesome!
You averaged 82MPH on your trip (at) 5GPH -- that ULS is some engine
Fair winds,
Russ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: OSH 2007 |
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Hi John,
Lovely pics of the Chicago waterfront. I know it well from my Microsoft
Simulator.
I was never ever able to pull off the landing at Meiggs Field until I had
actually stood on the Pier and watched the planes approaching.. When I tried
the simulator the next time it worked, no problem. Microsoft pics. are not
as good as yours.
Pat
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jb92563
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| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: OSH 2007 |
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Awesome pics.
Very cool that you were able to land on the road and check out that huge machine.
Thats why I like Kolbs that can land/takeoff just about anywhere theres 300' of sortof flat land....opens up whole new world somewhat like the daring Barnstormers and Bushpilots of an era that has gone before us.
I can hardly wait to get my Ultrastar in the air.
Ray
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