---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 07/03/04: 19 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:12 AM - Re: N.E. Fly-in (Jim Ballenger) 2. 04:48 AM - Gap seal modifications for BRS canister parachute () 3. 05:49 AM - NE gathering (Paul Petty) 4. 05:52 AM - Re: N.E. Fly-in (Denny Rowe) 5. 06:41 AM - Re: N.E. Fly-in (Don Gherardini) 6. 06:50 AM - Re: N.E. Fly-in (GeoR38@aol.com) 7. 07:29 AM - Re: NE gathering (Denny Rowe) 8. 08:02 AM - Re: Gap seal modifications for BRS canister (Richard Pike) 9. 09:29 AM - Re: still puttering (Denny Rowe) 10. 10:21 AM - Hauck Report II (The Kuffels) 11. 11:38 AM - Fathers day pictures (Scott Olendorf) 12. 11:41 AM - Re: Hauck Report II (Jim Hauck) 13. 12:58 PM - Re: Fathers day pictures (John Williamson) 14. 03:11 PM - Re: Lar Report :-) (Larry Bourne) 15. 04:22 PM - Re: N.E. Fly-in (bryan green) 16. 07:16 PM - Re: N.E. Fly-in (Eugene Zimmerman) 17. 08:44 PM - two boyds AND A LUPE (CRAIG M NELSON) 18. 08:57 PM - Re: two boyds AND A LUPE (Giovanni Day) 19. 10:44 PM - Re: rubys inn 2005 unoficial fly in (Steve Kroll) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:12:56 AM PST US From: "Jim Ballenger" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jim Ballenger" George Great pictorial of the fly-in. I really enjoyed looking at them. The web site was easy to navigate. Super job. Jim Ballenger Flying a FS KXP 447 Building a MK III X Virginia Beach, VA DO NOT ARCHIVE ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. T. Alexander, Jr." Subject: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in > --> Kolb-List message posted by: "G. T. Alexander, Jr." > > Members of the Kolb List: > > Just completed putting together a web site documenting the June 19th > activities at Homer Kolb's place. > > It was a great pleasure to meet Homer, his most gracious wife, Clara, and > the people who came to spend time together. > > The very good feelings about the people in the "Kolb family" were certainly > bolstered by meeting some of them face-to-face. > > The material can be seen at: > > http://kolbflyer.home.att.net > > Those of you that were there..... > > If I spelled anyone's name wrong or got names and pictures mis-matched, or > anything else that is in error, please feel free to let me know and I will > get it corrected. If any of you have additional material that you would > like to include, please send it along. > > Thanks, > > George Alexander > Original Firestar R377 > http://gtalexander.home.att.net > > > DO NOT ARCHIVE > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:48:47 AM PST US From: Subject: Kolb-List: Gap seal modifications for BRS canister parachute --> Kolb-List message posted by: I am starting to install the BRS canister type parachute on my Mark 3 Classic. It appears that the modifications to my gap seal are going to be significant since the parachute bracket is mounted to the frame tube just in front of the gap seal attachment point. Does anyone have pictures or suggestions on gap seal modifications? Tim Warlick BMW R100 engine installation almost complete Mobile, Alabama ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:49:46 AM PST US From: "Paul Petty" Subject: Kolb-List: NE gathering --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Paul Petty" George, Excellent presentation! Thank you so very much. It was great to see all of you having so much fun and peek into history. Is this the original home place of Kolb aircraft? The strip looks a lot like the one in the old Kolb video. Trees have grown quite a bit... Thanks again Paul Petty Building Ms. Dixie Kolbra/912UL/Warp www.c-gate.net/~ppetty do not archive ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:52:21 AM PST US From: "Denny Rowe" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Denny Rowe" > The material can be seen at: > > http://kolbflyer.home.att.net > > Thanks, > > George Alexander > Original Firestar R377 > http://gtalexander.home.att.net > > > DO NOT ARCHIVE > George, Here all this time since the NE gathering, I have been enjoying the Great memories of sharing the flight to Wellsville and back with Linda, not really too disappointed that the weather delays and winds discouraged us from pressing on to Homers place on Saturday afternoon. Happy with all the great Kolbers and other folks we met at Shreeveport North. Now this web page you built shows me how much we missed!! Wow, nice job on the page, but Boy, did you have to make it look sooo good? :-) Well, I guess there will always be next year to shoot for, I can hardly wait to see what causes me to fall short of my expectations this time. :-( I'll bet on crappy weather now to mimimize my dissapointment. Seriously, What a great sight, thanks for sharing the photos and a big salute to all the fine folks who made it such an event to remember. Denny Rowe, Mk-3, 2SI 690L-70, Leechburg, PA ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:41:35 AM PST US From: "Don Gherardini" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Don Gherardini" George. Thanks so very much pard for the pictorial on the fathers-day trip to Homers...very well done... Don Gherardini FireFly 098 http://www.geocities.com/dagger369th/my_firefly.htm DO NOT ARCHIVE ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:50:30 AM PST US From: GeoR38@aol.com Subject: Re: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in --> Kolb-List message posted by: GeoR38@aol.com In a message dated 07/02/2004 9:50:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gtalexander@att.net writes: Members of the Kolb List: Just completed putting together a web site documenting the June 19th activities at Homer Kolb's place. It was a great pleasure to meet Homer, his most gracious wife, Clara, and the people who came to spend time together. The very good feelings about the people in the "Kolb family" were certainly bolstered by meeting some of them face-to-face. The material can be seen at: http://kolbflyer.home.att.net To this I merely say..................WOW!!.... and I had to leave the North at this time....geeez George Randolph Firestar driver from Warren...er Akron....er...the Villages Fl Do not archive ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 07:29:27 AM PST US From: "Denny Rowe" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: NE gathering --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Denny Rowe" . Is this the original home place of Kolb aircraft? The strip looks a lot like the one in the old Kolb video. Trees have grown quite a bit... > > Thanks again > > Paul Petty > Building Ms. Dixie > Kolbra/912UL/Warp > www.c-gate.net/~ppetty > > do not archive > Paul, Yes, That is the birth place of all things Kolb up until the Kolbra and Mk-3 Extra, looking at the Kolb homestead I can't imagine a more wonderful place for such a creative mind to flourish. Talk about a class act through and through, not to mention an extreamly hard worker. Homer is the real deal. Denny Rowe ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 08:02:14 AM PST US From: Richard Pike parachute Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Gap seal modifications for BRS canister parachute --> Kolb-List message posted by: Richard Pike parachute I have been looking at a similar situation of a FSII I am building and will be trying the following: It will have a fixed gap seal so that I can waterproof around the mounting brackets, It will be in two pieces, a front half and a back half that come together and overlap around the brackets and once installed, will only need to be removed for serious maintenance. There will be a narrow strip of aluminum for each wing to fit between the gap seal and the wing which you install and remove when you put the wings off and on, probably spring loaded to hold it into place. If it works out easily enough, I will duplicate it for the MKIII, because the gap seal on that one is a real pain. Richard Pike MKIII N420P (420ldPoops). At 06:48 AM 7/3/2004 -0500, you wrote: >--> Kolb-List message posted by: > >I am starting to install the BRS canister type parachute on my Mark 3 >Classic. It appears that the modifications to my gap seal are going to be >significant since the parachute bracket is mounted to the frame tube just >in front of the gap seal attachment point. Does anyone have pictures or >suggestions on gap seal modifications? > >Tim Warlick >BMW R100 engine installation almost complete >Mobile, Alabama > > ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 09:29:55 AM PST US From: "Denny Rowe" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: still puttering --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Denny Rowe" Bob, good to hear of your progress with your engine, keep up the good work, I look foreward to hearing your flight report in the near future. Denny Rowe do not archive ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 10:21:05 AM PST US From: The Kuffels Subject: Kolb-List: Hauck Report II --> Kolb-List message posted by: The Kuffels List, John landed at Glacier Park International (KFCA) about 5pm yesterday. Weather was beautiful, puffy white clouds with easily avoided scattered thunder showers. He said his trip up from Ruby, ID was one of his best ever. Since then he has relaxed, downloaded his digital camera to CD, played ball with Valkyrie (he quit before she was tired) and helped us cripples with some manual labor. Weather forecast makes it likely he will take off for Canada on Monday. Until then we will do our best to keep him from getting bored or worn out. Meanwhile, shame on all you other fellows who backed out of taking this trip with John. Its gonna be a great one. Tom Kuffel Whitefish, MT Building Original FireStar ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 11:38:30 AM PST US From: "Scott Olendorf" Subject: Kolb-List: Fathers day pictures --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Scott Olendorf" OK, you want pictures? I have pictures of my trip from Mechanicville, NY to Homer's place and then on to Shrevesport Fly-in and then home. I hope the link will work for you. There is a 'download photos' link from the thumbnail view if you want the original resolution. http://www.walmart.com/agt/bounce.gsp?ID=AD5380436121664DA06B180682D2C00723E2&sharee=solendor%40nycap%2Err%2Ecom Scott Olendorf Firestar, Rotax 447 and Powerfin prop. Schenectady, NY http://home.nycap.rr.com/firestar ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 11:41:49 AM PST US From: "Jim Hauck" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Hauck Report II --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Jim Hauck" Ted; You had better put a lock on the refridge while Bro john is there. Hee Hee Jim Hauck Do not archieve ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Kuffels" Subject: Kolb-List: Hauck Report II > --> Kolb-List message posted by: The Kuffels > > List, > > John landed at Glacier Park International (KFCA) about 5pm yesterday. > Weather was beautiful, puffy white clouds with easily avoided scattered > thunder showers. He said his trip up from Ruby, ID was one of his best > ever. > > Since then he has relaxed, downloaded his digital camera to CD, played > ball with Valkyrie (he quit before she was tired) and helped us cripples > with some manual labor. > > Weather forecast makes it likely he will take off for Canada on Monday. > Until then we will do our best to keep him from getting bored or worn > out. Meanwhile, shame on all you other fellows who backed out of taking > this trip with John. Its gonna be a great one. > > Tom Kuffel > Whitefish, MT > Building Original FireStar > > ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 12:58:32 PM PST US From: "John Williamson" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: Fathers day pictures --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Williamson" Hi Scott and all, Great photos, thanks for sharing them with us. It looks like you had a lot better weather for the trip home. Great scenery. John Williamson Arlington, TX Kolb Kolbra, Rotax 912ULS, 604 hours http://home.comcast.net/~kolbrapilot Zenith CH701 Project http://home.comcast.net/~stol_airplane do not archive ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 03:11:14 PM PST US From: "Larry Bourne" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Lar Report :-) --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Larry Bourne" It's good to hear you're a little more mobile now. Maybe you-all could cook an extra Kuffel Cake for the ol' Lar while you're at it. Good Luck to the Hauck..............wish I coulda joined him. I had a very nice 1 1/2 day visit with my old friend Bill Herren in Pineville, LA and then inflicted myself on Tom Coggin in Cullman, AL for 3 days while I waited for a new camera. He's an excellent host, as well as being the proud owner of a hot rod RV6. We had 2 great flights, and I'm addicted. Then spent 1 1/2 days at Okefenokee Swamp. Neat place. Lar, in Lake City, FL for the night, and heading to Ocala in the morning. Do not Archive. Larry Bourne Palm Springs, CA Building Kolb Mk III N78LB Vamoose www.gogittum.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Kuffels" Subject: Kolb-List: Hauck Report II > --> Kolb-List message posted by: The Kuffels > > List, > > John landed at Glacier Park International (KFCA) about 5pm yesterday. > Weather was beautiful, puffy white clouds with easily avoided scattered > thunder showers. He said his trip up from Ruby, ID was one of his best > ever. > > Since then he has relaxed, downloaded his digital camera to CD, played > ball with Valkyrie (he quit before she was tired) and helped us cripples > with some manual labor. > > Weather forecast makes it likely he will take off for Canada on Monday. > Until then we will do our best to keep him from getting bored or worn > out. Meanwhile, shame on all you other fellows who backed out of taking > this trip with John. Its gonna be a great one. > > Tom Kuffel > Whitefish, MT > Building Original FireStar > > ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 04:22:37 PM PST US From: "bryan green" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in --> Kolb-List message posted by: "bryan green" Thanks for putting together the web site George. It was great to put faces and names together as well as seeing all those Kolb's in such beautiful suroundings. Do not archive Bryan Green Elgin SC Firestar I 19LBG 377 BRS ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. T. Alexander, Jr." Subject: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in > > Just completed putting together a web site documenting the June 19th > activities at Homer Kolb's place. http://www.matronics.com/chat > > ________________________________ Message 16 ____________________________________ Time: 07:16:18 PM PST US From: Eugene Zimmerman Subject: Re: Kolb-List: N.E. Fly-in --> Kolb-List message posted by: Eugene Zimmerman John Williamson wrote: > --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Williamson" > > I was starting to wonder if anybody took any pictures at the Northeast > Fly-In. > > I'm not sure just what may be the problem but soon after the N.E. Fly-in I sent Matt D. 16 photos to post on Photoshare of the Kolb event but they never got posted. ________________________________ Message 17 ____________________________________ Time: 08:44:32 PM PST US From: "CRAIG M NELSON" Subject: Kolb-List: two boyds AND A LUPE --> Kolb-List message posted by: "CRAIG M NELSON" DO NOT ARCHIVE DONOT ARCHIVE DO NOT ARCHIVE DO MOT ARCHEVE BO NET ARECHEIVE DO NET REDRIVE Hay Guys: A year ago I made a trip to Utah and stopped to see Boyd young. he graciously took me to the airport and gave me a ride in his MKIII. and whale there got a photo op in the seat of the university's Wright flyer. I have to admit I was a little shaken by the ride. as we taxied to the runway all seemed normal, but as we roared skyward we made an abrupt move across the runway that put a lump in my throat. Well ----- Uncle craig actually got the F'in airplane of the deck today July 3 2004, but not without some hair razing tail rattling experiences. ground looped twice (Boyd I'm nor talking about a little wind pushing you off center) IM TALKING ABOUT A FULL BLOWN GROUND LOOP'S off the runway and in the weeds, sage brush, GROUND LOOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS DEPRESSED! SICK! AND SCARED! The last loop I almost took out a runway light!!!! No rudder control. a friend of mine was on hand Bryce Hatfield who has a lots of experience in many aircraft types, looked at the problem objectively. he got in the plane and taxied it with me. all is fine until you apply the optional matco brakes. I had the pedals to close to the front cross bar and as you would put pressure on the toe brake and enough pressure on the opposite rudder, the rudder torsional bar would flex enough to cancel any rudder input. we fixed the problem and did 6 passes the length of the runway, and had the extra in the air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some times it's good to have someone look at the project that is not so close to it. THIS IS THE DAY I HAVE DREAMED ABOUT FOR FOUR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks to Milow Tim for the motivation to start this project and the help. I wish you could experience the excitement displayed by him this past week. and at the airport this morning. including wearing a full g suit helmet and oxygen mask. and he was only ground crew today! ( temp in phx 107) DO NOT ARCHIVE DO MOT ARCHIVE DO NOT ARCHIVE DONT EVEN THHINK of ARCHIVEING THES OR I' LL CATCH ---- uncle craig MKIIIex 912uls warp Arizona www.milows.com ________________________________ Message 18 ____________________________________ Time: 08:57:53 PM PST US From: "Giovanni Day" Subject: RE: Kolb-List: two boyds AND A LUPE --> Kolb-List message posted by: "Giovanni Day" Craig, Congratzzz. I and green with envy and motivated to keep at mine. I have about 4 weeks to complete my MKIIIC before the fall session of school starts. At that time if it is not done it will have to wait till January. How about some photos of today. I love your web site. I would also like to have one of those scoops you have on your plane. Giovanni Day MKIII/912 N-80566 --> Kolb-List message posted by: "CRAIG M NELSON" had the extra in the air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some times it's good to have someone look at the project that is not so close to it. THIS IS THE DAY I HAVE DREAMED ABOUT FOR FOUR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks to Milow Tim for the motivation to start this project and the help. I wish you could experience the excitement displayed by him this past week. and at the airport this morning. including wearing a full g suit helmet and oxygen mask. and he was only ground crew today! ( temp in phx 107) DO NOT ARCHIVE ________________________________ Message 19 ____________________________________ Time: 10:44:39 PM PST US From: Steve Kroll Subject: Re: Kolb-List: rubys inn 2005 unoficial fly in --> Kolb-List message posted by: Steve Kroll George, Very nice site and it was a pleasure to see Homer again (if only in pictures) I went to Oshkosh in '88 to buy a kit. Didn't know for sure what I was after but I had already considered the Kolbs as one of the frontrunners. After spending some time with Homer and the rest of his people and flying the airplane, I made my mind up on the spot and bought a Mk-2. Homer was very gratious and made me feel like one of the family right away. I'm still flying the Mk-2 and have never regretted my purchase for even a second. There isn't many people in this (or any) business who can even come close to the hospitality and low-keyed professionalism I experienced with Homer and his people, and everybody here knows what great airplanes the Kolbs are to fly. Steve Kroll (16 years later and still in love with my Mk-2) ---------------------------------