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captainron1(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:39 am Post subject: Anyone in Southern Texas

Any Kolbs in Southern Texas?

I may be out here for some time, and wondering if there are any Kolbs down by Mcallen, Brownsville Texas area. This is a nice place to fly around in. Much nicer than southern Arizona, a great variety of visuals from Gulf water to desert to Farmland to rivers. It passes by too fast from the front office of a twin, but would be perfect for a UL, or any Kolb.



Ron (Texas)

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George Myers

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 76
Location: San Marcos, Texas

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: Anyone in Southern Texas

Hello Ron

I have a restored Twinstar with a 582 that I'll be glad to show you around San

Marcos in. (Between Austin & San Antonio on IH 35.) Weather permitting of

course. And if you just wanna stop in & swap lies I'm at:



George E. Myers Jr.

1500 IH 35 South

San Marcos, TX 78666

512-353-4860



Quoting Ron <captainron1(at)cox.net>:



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 Any Kolbs in Southern Texas?

 I may be out here for some time, and wondering if there are any Kolbs down by

 Mcallen, Brownsville Texas area. This is a nice place to fly around in. Much

 nicer than southern Arizona, a great variety of visuals from Gulf water to

 desert to Farmland to rivers. It passes by too fast from the front office of

 a twin, but would be perfect for a UL, or any Kolb.



 Ron (Texas)

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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Anyone in Southern Texas

Thanks George

I printed the message out and I''ll check out San Marcos see how far off it is. I got my Beech Sierra out here with me so I may give you a call once I find my bearings out here, basically I need a sectional for San Marcos area. Sure would like to move out here, after 20 years out in AZ I am ready for a change in scenery at the very least.

Having my Kolb M3X out here in flying status is going to be great.



Ron (Arizona)



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---- gmyers(at)grandecom.net wrote: 



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Hello Ron

I have a restored Twinstar with a 582 that I'll be glad to show you around San

Marcos in. (Between Austin & San Antonio on IH 35.) Weather permitting of

course. And if you just wanna stop in & swap lies I'm at:



George E. Myers Jr.

1500 IH 35 South

San Marcos, TX 78666

512-353-4860



Quoting Ron <captainron1(at)cox.net>:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Any Kolbs in Southern Texas?

 I may be out here for some time, and wondering if there are any Kolbs down by

 Mcallen, Brownsville Texas area. This is a nice place to fly around in. Much

 nicer than southern Arizona, a great variety of visuals from Gulf water to

 desert to Farmland to rivers. It passes by too fast from the front office of

 a twin, but would be perfect for a UL, or any Kolb.



 Ron (Texas)




	


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lucien

Joined: 03 Jun 2007
Posts: 721
Location: santa fe, NM

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone in Southern Texas

 	  captainron1(at)cox.net wrote: 	
		  Thanks George

I printed the message out and I''ll check out San Marcos see how far off it is. I got my Beech Sierra out here with me so I may give you a call once I find my bearings out here, basically I need a sectional for San Marcos area. Sure would like to move out here, after 20 years out in AZ I am ready for a change in scenery at the very least.

Having my Kolb M3X out here in flying status is going to be great.



Ron (Arizona)

	




San Marcos is on the San Antonio sectional. It's a really nice airport with a whole lot of concrete. It's generally UL-friendly or was a year ago when I left, except for a few grouches here and there.



And of course the aviation folks who live in central and south TX are the finest guys and gals in the whole world you'll ever meet; I've shaken George's hand a few times and in fact he owned my old quicksilver ultralight for a while.



As for central TX, I finally had to leave because I couldn't physically handle the summers anymore. 100+F temps, 80+ humidity and 15+ mph SE winds every day for 4 months without a break were finally too much for me as I started approaching middle age.



So if you love very long stretches of unreal heat and humidity and don't mind gusty winds just about every day, it's great .



As I said, the aviation guys and gals really make up for the rotten climate there. 



I did a lot of flying out of San Marcos, including most of my never-finished instrument rating training. There's lots of good flying around there when the wind is down runway 13....



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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: Anyone in Southern Texas

Thanks, I flew  / fly freight out of Dallas and Houston so I know about the b'chin'  heat and humidity. Got used to it but never did like taking a shower with a set of new cloths and 35 minutes later being ready for another shower and another set of new cloths. I think with the breezy Kolb it won't be as bad. But I deffer to others about that. 

Still like it better out here than Arizona which among other things with the influx of Califruties is turning into Taxzona.

Oh less I forget you ain't seen no winds till you been to Arizona. Dry wind that floats all the allergens most of which have yet to be discovered by science, but very discoverable by our immune system.



Ron (Temporarily in Texas)

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---- lucien <lstavenhagen(at)hotmail.com> wrote: 



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captainron1(at)cox.net wrote:

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		   Thanks George

 I printed the message out and I'll check out San Marcos see how far off it is. I got my Beech Sierra out here with me so I may give you a call once I find my bearings out here, basically I need a sectional for San Marcos area. Sure would like to move out here, after 20 years out in AZ I am ready for a change in scenery at the very least.

 Having my Kolb M3X out here in flying status is going to be great.

 

 Ron (Arizona)

 


	




San Marcos is on the San Antonio sectional. It's a really nice airport with a whole lot of concrete. It's generally UL-friendly or was a year ago when I left, except for a few grouches here and there.



And of course the aviation folks who live in central and south TX are the finest guys and gals in the whole world you'll ever meet; I've shaken George's hand a few times and in fact he owned my old quicksilver ultralight for a while.



As for central TX, I finally had to leave because I couldn't physically handle the summers anymore. 100+F temps, 80+ humidity and 15+ mph SE winds every day for 4 months without a break were finally too much for me as I started approaching middle age.



So if you love very long stretches of unreal heat and humidity and don't mind gusty winds just about every day, it's great .



As I said, the aviation guys and gals really make up for the rotten climate there. 



I did a lot of flying out of San Marcos, including most of my never-finished instrument rating training. There's lots of good flying around there when the wind is down runway 13....



LS



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George Myers

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 76
Location: San Marcos, Texas

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: Anyone in Southern Texas

Saturday morning I got up early, put on my long-johns, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed my headset, slipped quietly into the garage, and proceeded to back out into an overcast sky with light rain. There was snow mixed with the rain, and the wind was blowing 25 mph.

    I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.

    I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.  There I cuddled up to my wife's back (now with a different anticipation) and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."  

    My loving wife of many years replied, "Can you believe my stupid husband is out 

flying in that?"



    I still don't know if she was joking.



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