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1. 07:45 AM - Re: Kit Planes (Don Gherardini)
2. 10:07 AM - Firefly vs. UltraStar (Masqqqqqqq@aol.com)
3. 11:04 AM - [ Mike Pierzina ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! (Email List Photo Shares)
4. 11:10 AM - [ Steve Garvelink ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! (Email List Photo Shares)
5. 11:11 AM - [ Danny Bradshaw ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! (Email List Photo Shares)
6. 02:22 PM - Santa Maria CA Fly-in (April 30-May 2) (Cory Emberson)
7. 02:43 PM - Re:John's MKIII on floats? (Frank Reynen)
8. 03:45 PM - Re: Re:John's MKIII on floats? (John Hauck)
9. 04:38 PM - FireFly Strut Rattle Fix and In Flight Noise Level (Jack & Louise Hart)
10. 06:20 PM - Fabric Covering (Mike Pierzina)
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Don Gherardini" <donghe@one-eleven.net>
THx Paul...
and Denny...hehe you oughtta heard my wife scream when she saw me pulling
off the fabric...hehe
not that big of a deal on a fly tho...not like it would be on your baby..
I have it all recovered already...new tank installed....painted and stars
applied....Made new axle fitting yesterday for the wheels and brakes From
John H..off of his old Flrestar. Single struts complete...getting really
close ....only mod left I havent done are aileron stops...
Biteing at the bit right now because I ordered new nylon brake line from
AS&S...and it didnt get here yet...arghh... going back together fast!.
Don Gherardini
FireFly 098
http://www.geocities.com/dagger369th/my_firefly.htm
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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| Subject: | Firefly vs. UltraStar |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Masqqqqqqq@aol.com
I've flown a 1984 UltraStar for 10 years now. I love it, but have only
logged time in a QuickSilver Sprint to compare.
I'm looking forward to getting a new machine, something 103 legal (not
that the UltraStar isn't 103 legal, harumph harumph) and would like to hear
from anyone with flight time in both the UltraStar and the FireFly. How do they
compare in flight characteristics, landing and takeoff, etc. Is the
different thrust line noticeable? (the firefly has the high engine, the ultrastar
has
the low engine) My UltraStar has a Rotax 447 with a B box, turning a 2
blade Precision Propeller.
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| Subject: | [ Mike Pierzina ] : New Email List Photo Share Available! |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Email List Photo Shares <pictures@matronics.com>
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| Subject: | Santa Maria CA Fly-in (April 30-May 2) |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Cory Emberson" <bootless@earthlink.net>
Hello everyone!
With Matt Dralle's blessing (thank you, Matt!), I'm pleased to post this announcement
for a terrific aviation fly-in weekend. SMXgig (in Santa Maria, CA) has
become the year's largest face-to-face get-together of electronically networked
aviators. We hope you'll plan to attend because we expect this year's gig to
be the best ever.
People come from all over the country (and sometimes overseas) to attend, and most of the sessions qualify for FAA Wings cards. The dates are 4/30-5/2/04 (Friday-Sunday) - it's a lot of fun, and a great chance for pilots from all over to mingle and share aviation stories, ideas, etc. The announcement below contains most of the crucial information, and you can get the rest from the website (www.smxgig.org). If you have any questions at all, just let me know, and thanks!
~~Cory Emberson
KHWD
>>> NOTICE TO AIRMEN! <<<
Announcing the Sixteenth Annual SMXgig
to be held on April 30 - May 2, 2004
at the Radisson on the Santa Maria (CA) Airport (aka SMX)
www.smxgig.org
SMXgig will be April 30 - May 2, 2004, at the Santa Maria Radisson. This year,
our featured speaker after Friday night's dinner will be Rod Machado!
"MACH 2 WITH MACHADO" is the byline Rod Machado has earned for his rapid fire delivery
at his lively safety seminars and keynote speeches. His programs are information-packed,
energetic, and humorous. He has spoken in all fifty of the
United States and in Europe sharing his fresh approach to aviation education.
If you can make it, please do. It's going to be pretty special. More information and the announcement/ registration info is available at www.smxgig.org You may also contact me by email at: cory@smxgig.org.
All technical sessions will be held in the Enterprise Ballroom at the SMX Radisson.
Each session will last about an hour. We schedule four tech sessions on Saturday
morning, and four on Sunday morning. Most of the speakers are set (I'm
still firming up a couple of slots - I'm working on a session about Experimentals):
MIKE BUSCH - The Art and Science of Troubleshooting
Your A frequently, that person is you. That's particularly true of problems that
occur only in-flight and/or are intermittent. This session offers methodology
for troubleshooting aimed at aircraft owners who aren't A&Ps.
ED WILLIAMS - GPS - How It Works, and How to Work It
Ed is a nuclear physicist working at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Ed does a
remarkable job of making physics phun!
BRENT BLUE, M.D. - Pilot Medicals: How to Avoid Problems with the FAA
Brent is an AME Advocate, who specializes in helping the tough cases renew their
medicals. He's a former member of EAA's medical advisory committee.
DOUG RITTER - Equipping Yourself To Survive - Personal Survival Gear for Pilots
Doug is a survival evangelist, personally driven to help pilots live through whatever comes next. www.equipped.org
PAUL MILLNER - The Future of Avgas
Paul works with ChevronTexaco, and is right in the middle of the industry developments
regarding our fuel of choice.
MARY DUFFY & UWE LEMKE - Flying in Europe
Mary and Uwe are a Scot and a German who live in the San Francisco Bay Area, but
return "home" often.
As always, each qualifying session will get you a WINGS Safety Session card.
Our Saturday evening event should be a delicious one! At 5:45 p.m., the BFUB (Big Fat Ugly Bus) will arrive at the Santa Maria Radisson to bring us to the Far Western Tavern for dinner in beautiful Guadalupe (www.farwesterntavern.com).
DOLLARS AND CENTS
Just as in previous years, there will be one flat all-encompassing "gig" fee that
covers all events that involve significant out-of-pocket costs for the organizers.
The fee is $160 per person, and will cover:
- Friday afternoon welcome party
- Friday evening dinner banquet
- Saturday and Sunday tech sessions
- Saturday afternoon lunch
- Saturday evening dinner at the Far Western Tavern in Guadalupe
- Meeting rooms and coffee service at the Santa Maria Radisson
- Transportation to (and from) the Far Western Tavern
Lodging at the SMX Radisson will cost $89.00/night for either a single or double
room, which is far below the regular hotel room rate. Be sure you check in as
a SMXgig attendee and get the special rate. We have our definitive preference
listed with the hotel for rampside rooms - early registration can only help,
but of course, the rampside rooms are subject to availability depending on how
many existing guests are in those rooms.
You do not need to register with the hotel - just give me your preferences, and
I will take care of the reservations.
Important: This year, our final rooming lists are due to the hotel on April 11,
2004 (the even of Sun 'n Fun), which will guarantee space and the group rate.
The hotel will accept additional room reservations after that, on a space- and
rate-available basis. They will try their best to accommodate us after that
date, but the hotel is already sold out for the weekend.
The website (www.smxgig.org) has detailed information about the schedule, meals, hotel accommodations, and online registration. If you'd like your own announcement/registration emailed to you, or have any other questions, just let me know. (cory@smxgig.org or bootless@earthlink.net ).
Thanks, and see you there!
best, Cory Emberson
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| Subject: | Re:John's MKIII on floats? |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Frank Reynen" <frank_reynen@ix.netcom.com>
John,
I think that my 800 hrs of flying experience with a MKIII on floats can make
an interesting
conversation piece during our MV meeting.
Frank Reynen
MKIII/912/Lotus floats
www.webcom.com/reynen
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Fire Fly
> --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
> Bikini's make me think about floats on the Firefly. Wonder how that
> would work out. Be fun, I bet. And would be easier to handle at the
> dock, etc., with the short wing span. Seeing my MKIII getting beat up
> docking, especially in a windy situation, is one of the reason's I
> have never persued floats. I can not imagine how difficult it would
> be trying to get the aircraft to do what I wanted it to do in adverse
> situations. A 30' X 24" boat that only weights about 1,000 lbs.
>
> DO NOT ARCHIVE
>
>
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| Subject: | Re:John's MKIII on floats? |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
can make
| an interesting
| conversation piece during our MV meeting.
|
| Frank Reynen
Hi Frank/Gang:
I have a feeling, Frank's 800 hours of MKIII float flying may be a
record. I don't know how many Kolbs are flying off floats, but
probably not many.
Also looking forward to meeting Frank. After knowing him for more
than 6 years on the Kolb List, will finally get to put a face with a
name.
I think putting faces and names together at MV, last year, was a
highlight of that flight.
Take care,
john h
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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| Subject: | FireFly Strut Rattle Fix and In Flight Noise Level |
--> Kolb-List message posted by: Jack & Louise Hart <jbhart@ldd.net>
FireFlyers & Kolbers,
The miserable Winter gave me time to work on several projects. The last
week has been un flyable due to wind and rain, but the temps have been in
the 60's and 70's. This has let me spend some time in the hangar working on
the FireFly.
One of the things that has bothered me is strut noise as one taxies to and
from the runway. If it is noticeable with a sound suppression head set, it
must be very loud. Today I installed my solution, and it seems to work well.
It can be seen at:
http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/firefly104.html
Flew a little (twenty minutes) in misty rain. After over a month of being
land bound, it was great fun. I took my sound meter with me to check out
noise level at 5,200 rpm cruise. It measured 111 db which is equivalent to
someone shouting into your ear. My pickup truck with the windows up and the
radio off registers 87 db at 60 mph on smooth concrete road.
If you would like to read up a little on what noise can do to you, here is
a jump:
http://www.healthyconnections.com/hear/info/noise.html
The passive noise reduction headset I am using is knocking most of the noise
down by about 20 db, so this gets what I hear down to about 91 db which is
over the 85 db threshold for hearing damage. What it is telling me is that
I should go back to my ANR headset which will, on the average, drop 34 db
and get what I hear at cruise down to 77 db. It is a little late for me,
but I have to protect what hearing I have left.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Jackson, MO
Jack & Louise Hart
jbhart@ldd.net
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--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Mike Pierzina" <planecrazzzy@lycos.com>
Hi Guys,
Ken Duffny came over today...he's building a Firestar II... too.
Anybody got his e-mail address ?
I've looked in the archives, but I can't find it...
I've got some pictures for him...and I forgot to remind him to "cap off"
the tubes before putting the fabric on...(aluminum tape works best)
It was nice to let somebody check out the plane who knows the work involved...even
though it's a kit...
Do Not Archive
Gotta Fly...
Mike in MN
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Sometimes you just have to take the leap
and build your wings on the way down...
Gotta Fly...
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