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 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: 700th Flight In The FireFly |
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Kolbers,
Last evening, my wife and I were out in the garden harvesting tomatoes,
cucumbers and zuchni when I heard a sound coming from the west over the
woods. It was Fred Lucas in his Hummel Bird which is powered by a half VW
engine. He passed overhead, and continued east and made a pass over Bill
Micheal's. They have been friends for ever. Bill has cancer and can no
longer fly. But Fred is 90 years old. They are fun people who never tire
of talking about building and flying airplanes. Fred let his medical lapse
and flies as a sport pilot. My wife and I drove over to Fred's farm home
about ten miles away and arrived just as he was returning. We talked until
dark.
This morning, I flew to Hagerstown to my EAA Chapter 373 monthly meeting.
In the air at 9:00 am, it was powder puff flight on the way down. On the
way back at 11:30 am, the thermals were starting to boom and at 1,500 feet
agl, I could run thermal streets and pick up a few more mphi. Coming back
was the 700th flight for the FireFly. With balanced control forces, the
FireFly is such a joy to fly. It makes it worth while to put on the neck
sock, helmet, vest and heavy sweat shirt and to go fly.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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N111KX (Kip)
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: 700th Flight In The FireFly |
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Jack, that is great! I enjoyed some air-time today and feel the same way. I don't log number of flights but I have 889 landings and 375 hours over 8 years...
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