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cristalclear13
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R. Hankins
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 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:59 am Post subject: Re: Flew my Kolb Mark II Twinstar for the 1st time this morn |
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Congratulations Cristal!
I applaud your discipline. I can see how one would be tempted to call in sick with "eye trouble". You know, "I just can't see going going in today"...
Best of luck with your continuing Kolb adventure.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject: Flew my Kolb Mark II Twinstar for the 1st time this morning! |
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Too bad you are not excited!!!!
Congratulations, make every flight as carefully as the first,
Boyd Young
MKIIIC
Brigham City Ut.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!
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cristalclear13
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Flew my Kolb Mark II Twinstar for the 1st time this morn |
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You would have heard that WOO HOO from the FBO twice...once when I landed and again when I got out of the plane. I was not only excited...I was THRILLED! That thing jumped off the ground like a grasshopper and climbed like there was no tomorrow.
When I got out to the hanger this morning and got her ready to fly, I was so nervous. The plane HAS flown before, but not after we did so much to get her ready for the airworthiness inspection, and not with me as PIC (student pilot still and having only solo'd a Cessna 150). So I primed her, pulled the choke and cranked her up...she died after I put the choke in (seems to happen when I haven't cranked her in a while and when it's a little cold). So I tried to crank her again and she wouldn't start. Then I tried to crank her again and my battery must have gotten low by then. So there I sat thinking I wasn't going to fly it today. And this morning looked to be the only good time to fly this week (no winds). So I sat in her and chair flied for a bit and then decided to try to crank her again (with a little prayer) and she cranked right up and ran beautifully. So I WAS going to get to fly her today AFTER ALL!  I taxied out to the runway, got a dragonfly passenger along the way. Here's the look on the dragonfly's face at 2500ft --> 
I'm using a handheld radio and I was about 2000 ft up and I heard someone but I mostly heard
static. I hear things fine on the ground at the airport. Do I need an extension for the antenna maybe?
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