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1. 03:20 AM - Re: Re: Gap Seal (herbgh@juno.com)
2. 04:00 AM - Re: gap seal (Dana Hague)
3. 05:15 AM - Re: Re: Gap Seal (Jack B. Hart)
4. 05:49 AM - Re: Re: Gap Seal (Richard Pike)
5. 06:23 AM - Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? (tomd)
6. 07:21 AM - Re: Wing Support Brackets (tony malins)
7. 07:48 AM - Re: Re: Gap Seal (herbgh@juno.com)
8. 08:35 AM - Re: Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? (John Hauck)
9. 10:23 AM - Re: Back from Oshkosh, P51s' accident (Jim ODay)
10. 11:48 AM - Kolb MKII Fatality (John Hauck)
11. 12:00 PM - Re: Kolb MKII Fatality (John Hauck)
12. 12:06 PM - Re: Kolb MKII Fatality (John Hauck)
13. 12:14 PM - Re: Back from Oshkosh, P51s' accident (Rex Rodebush)
14. 12:26 PM - Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? (robert bean)
15. 12:33 PM - Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? (John Hauck)
16. 04:23 PM - Numidia airport, my home field! (Lanny Fetterman)
17. 05:08 PM - Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
18. 05:56 PM - Re: I finally flew it! (wenquist@comcast.net (Walt Enquist))
19. 06:21 PM - Re: I finally flew it! (Dana Hague)
20. 06:31 PM - 2nd US flight - yee hah! (Dana Hague)
21. 06:50 PM - Re: I finally flew it! (Larry Cottrell)
22. 06:55 PM - Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. (cspoke)
23. 07:12 PM - Re: Kolb MKII Fatality (Steven Green)
24. 07:37 PM - Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. (Richard & Martha Neilsen)
25. 07:57 PM - Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. (N27SB@aol.com)
26. 08:05 PM - Mark III for sale (Russ Phillips)
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Cristal
I had 15 hours on my velcro..always hangered...always folded.. It came
loose on the top of the wing toward the engine.Both sides..
Currently working on a .016 2024 t3 sheet of Aluminum to replace the
cloth gap seal.. I do not plan to use lexan as it is much too heavy..Herb
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:05:47 -0700 "cristalclear13"
<cristalclearwaters@juno.com> writes:
> <cristalclearwaters@juno.com>
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> Thanks for sharing your input and experiences. Just curious if
> there are factors that contribute to the deterioration of the Velcro
> such as...are they hangered right after flying vs. left out in the
> weather...do you fold the wings every time you're done flying, thus
> needing to continually remove and replace the cloth gap seal...do
> you live in extreme climates?
>
> Beauford, I've never heard the term "Brothette", but if that's what
> you'd call a "Mrs.", then yep, that's me.
>
> Aviatress Cristal :D
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At 01:07 AM 9/24/2007, boyd wrote:
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>With the way I built my gap seal, I can fold the wings without removing
>it.
That sure sounds convenient... but I don't think it's possible on an Ultrastar.
-Dana
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At 07:05 PM 9/23/07 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Thanks for sharing your input and experiences. Just curious if there are factors
that contribute to the deterioration of the Velcro such as...are they hangered
right after flying vs. left out in the weather...do you fold the wings every
time you're done flying, thus needing to continually remove and replace the
cloth gap seal...do you live in extreme climates?
>
Cristal,
History of my center wing gap seal.
I painted the original white gap seal to match the color of the FireFly.
The thread on the original Kolb supplied trailing edge started to fail from
flapping after three hours of fight. I re-sewed the seam and inserted a
small diameter aluminum tube inside the seam to stiffen the trailing edge.
This stopped the fluttering and I had no further problems with the trailing
edge.
After 41 hours, about one year, I replaced the gap seal. I purchased light
red Dacron cloth that closely matched the color of the FireFly. I cut the
thread on the original gap seal so that I could use it as a pattern. I
re-used the original Velcro. It has been in place for the last 190 hours and
seven years. To save weight, I did not paint or seal the cloth. I keep the
back edge from fluttering by using a small piece of Velcro in the center to
attach it to the engine support tube. I did install a tube in the foremost
seam to prevent it from buzzing.
I rarely fold. The FireFly is hangared in and enclosed building out of
direct sun light. All but two years of this time the FireFly was hangared
in the Mississippi River bottoms where it was hot and humid in the summer.
I have not had any trouble with the adhesive backing on the wings. At this
time, the color shows some fading, but otherwise the gap seal in in good
shape.
I hope this helps you out.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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Cristal, years ago I had a Maxair Hummer that often needed to have the wings
folded, and I had a very successful gap seal made from Naugahyde that was
semi stretchy. It would give a little when you stretched it, it had Velcro
sewed around the perimeter to attach to the various structure points. The
stretchiness allowed it to fit tightly. Based on my experience, if I were
going to use any sort of fabric instead of aluminum, I would choose
Naugahyde instead of cloth, and also sew a reinforcement into the rear edge
ala Jack Hart's method.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
----- Original Message -----
From: "cristalclear13" <cristalclearwaters@juno.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Gap Seal
> <cristalclearwaters@juno.com>
>
> Thanks for sharing your input and experiences. Just curious if there are
> factors that contribute to the deterioration of the Velcro such as...are
> they hangered right after flying vs. left out in the weather...do you fold
> the wings every time you're done flying, thus needing to continually
> remove and replace the cloth gap seal...do you live in extreme climates?
>
> Beauford, I've never heard the term "Brothette", but if that's what you'd
> call a "Mrs.", then yep, that's me.
>
> Aviatress Cristal :D
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=136008#136008
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? |
Thank you Mr. Riddle for your input. It was certainly not my intent to "ruffle
anyones feathers" with respect to TNK. I am building the plane on a very limited
budget so if can save an amount of money welding the cage myself I would like
to do so. I plan on the Great Plains VW conversion which should save significantly
on the engine investment.
do not archive
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| Subject: | Re: Wing Support Brackets |
Thanks very much Rick, a great idea, I'll see how it goes.=0A=0ABest regard
s=0A=0Atony=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Richard & Martha Ne
ilsen <NeilsenRM@comcast.net>=0ATo: kolb-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Thursda
y, September 20, 2007 10:19:15 PM=0ASubject: Re: Kolb-List: Wing Support Br
ackets=0A=0A=0ATony=0A =0AThis is what I use as a dolly or wing fold bracke
t for use in my trailer. It might be over kill for what you want but check
it out. Note! The picture was taken before I fully covered it with carpet s
o it would show how it is made.=0A =0ARick Neilsen=0ARedrive VW powered MKI
IIC =0A----- Original Message ----- =0AFrom: tony malins =0ATo: kolb-list@m
atronics.com =0ASent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:09 AM=0ASubject: Kolb-
List: Wing Support Brackets=0A=0A=0AI am still trying to find drawings or p
hotos of a bracket system to support the wings of my M3X when folded. Any i
deas?=0A =0AThai Kolb=0A=0A=0A=0AFussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please?
Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. =0A=0A=0Ahref="http:/
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Piping in
My experience tells me that just the last foot or so of velcro ,
glued to the wings, toward the engine, on the top side, is all that needs
fixing..
I figure that the gap seal is flapping a bit in flight to hasten to
the problem... Herb
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:47:02 -0400 "Richard Pike" <richard@bcchapel.org>
writes:
> <richard@bcchapel.org>
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> Cristal, years ago I had a Maxair Hummer that often needed to have
> the wings
> folded, and I had a very successful gap seal made from Naugahyde
> that was
> semi stretchy. It would give a little when you stretched it, it had
> Velcro
> sewed around the perimeter to attach to the various structure
> points. The
> stretchiness allowed it to fit tightly. Based on my experience, if I
> were
> going to use any sort of fabric instead of aluminum, I would choose
>
> Naugahyde instead of cloth, and also sew a reinforcement into the
> rear edge
> ala Jack Hart's method.
>
> Richard Pike
> MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? |
>
> Thank you Mr. Riddle for your input. It was certainly not my intent to
> "ruffle anyones feathers" with respect to TNK.
Thom R/tomd:
This will probably come as a big surprise, but there are no drawings for
the MKIII fuselage. The only jigs and tooling to build a MKIII fuselage are
at TNK.
It would be a very time consuming, tedious, and expensive project to
duplicate a MKIII fuselage, even by a professional aircraft fabricator in a
well equipped facility. The cost would be prohibitive, much more so than
the purchase price of a TNK MKIII fuselage.
tomd might consider purchasing a damaged MKIII to rebuild. A lot of folks
do that and there are usually a few around that have suffered from that
dreaded "Kolb quit", and in a few cases, pilot error.
Recommend tomd contact Travis at TNK to get the full story.
I also recommend we do all we can to support TNK. If it was not for this
small company, there would be no more Kolb line of aircraft. I can assure
you, TNK knows what it is like to live with a very limited budget.
Speaking of support, the Kolb Homecoming is this Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. Can not remember which one this will be. It is the only flyin I
know of that supports the attendees, and not the other way around. You will
not have to worry about paying $8.00 for a brat and $2.00 for a bottle of
water. TNK furnishes chow for every meal throughout the event.
Hope to see you all there, especially tomd and Thom R. ;-)
BTW: This hawk (hauck) does not have ruffled feathers, nor does TNK.
john h
mkIII 2,709.8 hours
912ULS 141.3 hours
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| Subject: | Re: Back from Oshkosh, P51s' accident |
Not really Kolb but a follow up to the earlier post:
I went to the move premiere of Thunder over Reno. One of the stars of the movie
was a P-51a "Precious Metal 2". This is the plane that Gerry Beck built and
was killed in at OSH 2007.
The movie is really good. The story is "cute" (per my wife) but the flying scenes
are terrific!. My wife liked it a lot and I thought she would hate it (but
remember, the story is cute).
The camera work during the flying is incredible, some of the shots of crop-dusting
make you rock in your seat. The racing shots are exciting and focus on the
Gold racers. The stars are the planes!
Gerry Beck has a role in it too during one of the scenes. He the mechanic is warming
up the 51a when it develops a cooling system leak.
The Red/White Super Corsair 57 was in the film too and also was in front of the
theater for the evening shows. Bob Odegaard was there with his kids (all in
the film) plus the other actors. It was fun.
I wish I could have a picture of the street Saturday night. There was also another
local P51c (in the movie too) on Broadway. Stang is being repaired from
the accident at OSH (but does star in the movie).
I do not know when the film will be released for distribution. It was filmed in
2006. Watch for it, it is a good movie.
The sad part of the night was both Gerry and the 51a was missing. The film is
dedicated to Gerry Beck.
http://www.in-forum.com/archive/index.cfm?page=archive_photo&id=370532
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Jim O'Day
Fargo, ND
Firestar II
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| Subject: | Kolb MKII Fatality |
Just read in the FAA Preliminary Data Base:
AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ONE PERSON
ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, NEAR ATHENS, TN
I have no idea who was flying or know the owner of the MKII. Steven Green
flies out of Athens, TN. He may know the circumstances.
john h
mkIII
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FAA Registry
N-Number Inquiry Results
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N43046 has multiple records
Aircraft Description
Serial Number M2-121 Type Registration Individual
Manufacturer Name KOLB Certificate Issue Date 02/24/2005
Model MK II Status Valid
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Type Engine Reciprocating
Pending Number Change None Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 51223041
MFR Year 1989 Fractional Owner
NO
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb MKII Fatality |
> I have no idea who was flying or know the owner of the MKII. Steven
Green
> flies out of Athens, TN. He may know the circumstances.
>
> john h
> mkIII
Sorry, system dropped the b ottom of my info:
Registered Owner
Name ROTH JERRY D
Street 5022 STUMP RD
City MARYVILLE State TENNESSEE Zip Code 37803-0747
County BLOUNT
Country UNITED STATES
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb MKII Fatality |
Looks like the owner was killed in the crash.
Here is what I could find:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TN_PLANE_CRASH_TNOL-?SITE=TNMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Re: Back from Oshkosh, P51s' accident |
Speaking of Mustangs; check out: http://www.gml2007.com/
If you can't make TNK Fly-in and live near Columbus, Ohio; check out the Mustang
fly-in.
Unfortunately, I have another commitment so I won't be able to make either.
Rex
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| Subject: | Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? |
Sometime soon after retirement I started doodling on scratchpads,
roughing out ideas
for a homebuilt. I wanted a tandem seater and pusher prop so the
thing looked
a lot like a Kolbra only with the back seat higher than the front.
Then I discovered Kolbs and decided I didn't want to reinvent the wheel.
Doing a little scouting I found a couple MkIII wrecks, unfortunately,
this being 1996
there were no Kolbras yet so I had to settle for side-by-side.
I still got to change a few things to personalize it and saved some $$
$$ too.
If I was 10 years younger I would start a scratch built design just
for the fun.
Now I have to be satisfied with the MkIII, the 928, the backhoe, the
62 bug, etc, etc......
--po' me
Maybe I'll built an ultralight canoe.
BB do not archive
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| Subject: | Re: MKIIIX weld yourself cage kit? |
> Maybe I'll built an ultralight canoe.
> BB do not archive
Bob B:
You want a copy of my plans? ;-)
john h
mkIII
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| Subject: | Numidia airport, my home field! |
Hi all, My good friend George Beaver posted a few pictures of me in the
Firestar on the Numidia airport website. They were taken before I got my
N-number. It`s the only Kolb in the photo gallery if you care to check it
out. www.numidiaairport.com Lanny Fetterman N598LF PS Pretty cool
website, Great job George!
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| Subject: | Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. |
Steve
Jim Swan and I will be driving down from Michigan. I will be trailering
my Kolb, arriving sometime Thursday evening. What time is dinner?
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
----- Original Message -----
From: N27SB@aol.com
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming in a month.
In a message dated 8/31/2007 8:25:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jhauck@elmore.rr.com writes:
Ready for the Kolb Homecoming in a month.
john h
mkIII
John, Don't forget about the Early Bird Custom Air Cookout.
It would be helpful if we had a rough idea of whom will be in early.
Steve
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| Subject: | Re: I finally flew it! |
If you have a bing carb the surge problem may be within. Open the top end of the
carb and check
whether or not the e-clip on the jet needle is placed on the wrong side (above
or below) of the spring cup. If the e-clip is on the wrong side the engine will
surge erratically at higher rpm.
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Dana Hague <d-m-hague@COMCAST.NET>
>
> Patience is rewarded and I finally flew my Ultrastar today! (I don't count
> yesterday's short crow hop as a flight). My only complaint is that it was
> too short... as soon as I was high enough to be committed, the engine
> started surging. Fortunately I only had to climb a little to be high
> enough to make the sod farms south of the airport, then throttling back
> smoothed things out a bit, keeping me aloft in a slow descent. Gave me
> enough to go around and get it back to the runway... made a real fast steep
> approach since I didn't have the opportunity to feel it out and do a few
> stalls as I'd planned. Got it down OK though, my only complaint is that I
> can't even say how it handled (except that it was no trouble), in that
> situation you just "do it" without thinking about it.
>
> Turns out there was an air leak at the fuel filter, which I at first
> attributed to the cheap worm screw hose clamps that were on the plane when
> I bought it. However, after removing them, trimming the lines, and
> securing them with several wraps of safety wire, I still get air bubbles
> and little fuel in the filter at full power (on the ground, of course!) As
> it got dark I didn't have time to investigate further; I'm wondering if the
> filter itself (the clear plastic one with the sintered bronze element that
> Aircraft Spruce sells for ultralights) maybe has a leak, perhaps a bad
> plastic weld... anybody ever heard of such a thing?
>
> With luck I'll be able to get new clamps and filter on tomorrow after work,
> and squeeze in a longer flight before sunset.
>
> -Dana
> --
> --
> "I'm a lawyer." "Honest?" "No, the usual kind."
>
>
>
>
>
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<DIV>If you have a bing carb the surge problem may be within. Open the top
end of the carb and check </DIV>
<DIV>whether or not the e-clip on the jet needle is placed on the wrong side (above
or below) of the spring cup. If the e-clip is on the wrong side
the engine will surge erratically at higher rpm. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Dana Hague <d-m-hague@COMCAST.NET>
<BR><BR>> --> Kolb-List message posted by: Dana
Hague <D-M-HAGUE@COMCAST.NET><BR>> <BR>> Patience is rewarded and I finally
flew my Ultrastar today! (I don't count <BR>> yesterday's short crow hop
as a flight). My only complaint is that it was <BR>> too short... as soon
as I was high enough to be committed, the engine <BR>> started surging. Fortunately
I only had to climb a little to be high <BR>> enough to make the
sod farms south of the airport, then throttling back <BR>> smoothed things
out a bit, keeping me aloft in a slow descent. Gave me <BR>> enough to go around
and get it back to the runway... made a real fast steep <BR>> approach
since I didn't have the opportunity to feel it out and do a few <BR>> stalls
as I'd planned. Got it down OK though, my only complaint is that I <BR>>
can't even say how it handled (except that it was n
o trou
ble), in that <BR>> situation you just "do it" without thinking about it. <BR>>
<BR>> Turns out there was an air leak at the fuel filter, which I at
first <BR>> attributed to the cheap worm screw hose clamps that were on the
plane when <BR>> I bought it. However, after removing them, trimming the
lines, and <BR>> securing them with several wraps of safety wire, I still get
air bubbles <BR>> and little fuel in the filter at full power (on the ground,
of course!) As <BR>> it got dark I didn't have time to investigate further;
I'm wondering if the <BR>> filter itself (the clear plastic one with
the sintered bronze element that <BR>> Aircraft Spruce sells for ultralights)
maybe has a leak, perhaps a bad <BR>> plastic weld... anybody ever heard
of such a thing? <BR>> <BR>> With luck I'll be able to get new clamps
and filter on tomorrow after work, <BR>> and squeeze in a longer flight before
sunset. <BR>> <BR>> -Dana <BR>> -- <BR>&
gt; --
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| Subject: | Re: I finally flew it! |
At 08:56 PM 9/24/2007, Walt Enquist wrote:
>If you have a bing carb the surge problem may be within. Open the top end
>of the carb and check whether or not the e-clip on the jet needle is
>placed on the wrong side (above or below) of the spring cup. If the
>e-clip is on the wrong side the engine will surge erratically at higher rpm.
Thanks Walt, it was definitely an air leak (and it's a Mikuni carb
anyway). The problem appears to have been a bad (new out of the box from
Aircraft Spruce) primer bulb. It didn't look that way as the bubbles
appeared at the filter, but replacing both the [also new] filter and hose
clamps didn't solve it. Putting the original primer bulb back on solved
the problem. I haven't disassembled the suspect bulb yet, but it looks
like it was restricting fuel flow, so the pump was able to generate enough
suction to pull air in anywhere it could, even though tightly clamped.
With the problem fixed I enjoyed a beautiful 1/2 hour flight tonight.
-Dana
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| Subject: | 2nd US flight - yee hah! |
Well, I finally got in a good flight. The engine problem turned out to be
a bad primer bulb, presumably a blockage as the air bubbles didn't appear
until the filter, which is downstream of the bulb. This time there were no
problems at all, and I tooled around for a half hour, getting the feel of
the plane, only landing due to sunset.
It's a bit weird... all of my ultralight experience (except for PPG) is in
Quicksilvers, but the Ultrastar flies so much like a "real" airplane that
it's easy to forget it's an ultralight, until it does something
ultralight-like. Still working on getting "the picture" and judging the
glide slope (one area where it's definitely NOT like a Quick!)... I kept
overshooting. Stall is at an indicated 35, so anything the ASI says is
definitely suspect.
I think I'm gonna like this plane... :)
-Dana
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| Subject: | Re: I finally flew it! |
). The problem appears to have been a bad (new out of the box from
> Aircraft Spruce) primer bulb.
That is the second primer bulb from ACS that was defective out of the box.
That is just the few people on this list, and there are two of them. Wonder
if the whole batch is defective.
Larry C
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| Subject: | Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. |
Rick,
Glad to hear that you will be at the TNK homecoming with your plane. I will be
driving up from Alabama and arriving sometime Friday afternoon. I am very interested
in the VW for my Xtra. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and meeting
new friends. See you all there.
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Craig Spoke
Mark 111 Xtra (in the works)
Lillian, AL
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| Subject: | Re: Kolb MKII Fatality |
John and all,
There is some speculation by locals that he became unconscious, He was 72.
Steven
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Kolb-List: Kolb MKII Fatality
> Just read in the FAA Preliminary Data Base:
>
> AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ONE PERSON
> ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, NEAR ATHENS, TN
>
> I have no idea who was flying or know the owner of the MKII. Steven Green
> flies out of Athens, TN. He may know the circumstances.
>
> john h
> mkIII
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> FAA Registry
> N-Number Inquiry Results
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> N43046 has multiple records
>
> Aircraft Description
>
> Serial Number M2-121 Type Registration Individual
> Manufacturer Name KOLB Certificate Issue Date 02/24/2005
> Model MK II Status Valid
> Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Type Engine Reciprocating
> Pending Number Change None Dealer No
> Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 51223041
> MFR Year 1989 Fractional Owner
>
>
> NO
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. |
I just did a Weather Channel Internet forecast for the Kolb Homecoming.
Thursday Friday Saturday
Sct T Storm Sunny Sunny
High 77 77 80
Low 52 49 49
Precip 40% 10% 10%
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard & Martha Neilsen
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming.
Steve
Jim Swan and I will be driving down from Michigan. I will be
trailering my Kolb, arriving sometime Thursday evening. What time is
dinner?
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
----- Original Message -----
From: N27SB@aol.com
To: kolb-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Kolb-List: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming in a month.
In a message dated 8/31/2007 8:25:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jhauck@elmore.rr.com writes:
Ready for the Kolb Homecoming in a month.
john h
mkIII
John, Don't forget about the Early Bird Custom Air Cookout.
It would be helpful if we had a rough idea of whom will be in early.
Steve
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| Subject: | Re: Ready for the Kolb Homecoming. |
In a message dated 9/24/2007 8:09:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
NeilsenRM@comcast.net writes:
Jim Swan and I will be driving down from Michigan. I will be trailering my
Kolb, arriving sometime Thursday evening. What time is dinner?
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIC
Sometime late in the day, I have to start early so the TNK guys can eat, but
we will leave the light on.
Steve B
Firefly 007/Floats
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| Subject: | Mark III for sale |
Kolb Mark III Classic for sale. All control surfaces
and main wings completed through fabric coverage and
coatings. Professional workmanship. Must see to
appreciate. Includes Matco hydraulic brakes, full
enclosure, wing tip strobes, and aileron balancers.
All coatings done to Polyfiber specs. Only things not
done: gap seal, final paint, engine and instruments.
Ready to finish it your way. Purchase value from Kolb
is $17,200.
Selling for $9,900 Moving, must sell.
E-Mail rphillip1999@yahoo.com or
Call Russ at 352-245-7857
Located in Ocala, Florida
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