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0. 12:04 AM - Please Make A Contribution... (Matt Dralle)
1. 04:50 AM - Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd) (Edward Bonsell)
2. 10:45 AM - Re: Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd) (Pat Ladd)
3. 01:55 PM - Fw: FAA proposal (Larry Cottrell)
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| Subject: | Please Make A Contribution... |
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| Subject: | Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd) |
Hi Pat,
That sounds great. Are there any photo's or film?
Ed
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>
> Time: 01:49:35 AM PST US
> From: "Pat Ladd" <pj.ladd@btinternet.com>
> Subject: Kolb-List: Remembrance Day
>
> Hi All,
>
> Not strictly Kolb, but certainly ultralight related.
>
> I don`t know if this gets reported in the US but all UK casualties
> from
> Afghanistan etc , alive and dead are flown in to Lyneham which is the
> HQ of Transport Command.
>
> Consequently all coffins are taken through the streets of Wootten
> Basset
> which is the nearest small town. The coffin is driven slowly as in a
> funeral with an undertaker in top hat, black suit and a long cane,
> walking ahead. It has become the practice for the whole town, plus
> friends and relatives of the dead, with representatives of local Ex
> servicemens organisations to stand, heads bowed, as the procession
> drives slowly by. They stop at intervals while flowers are put on the
> coffins. This whole thing happens much too often.
> Somewhat as a by product of the feelings engendered by the constant
> showing of this on TV a fund called Help the Heroes has been set up
> and
> many organisations have held rallies etc.and made contributions
> A few months ago hundreds of bikers rode through Wootten Basset to
> show support and this sparked the idea of a flypast of ultralights.
> Organisation was very tricky as Wootten Bassett is within Lyneham
> Control Zone. They were however very cooperative, and Kemble, a local
> airfield just outside the zone, agreed to act as the starting point.
> All the usual problems of briefing such a large number of pilots on
> rendezvous, turning points, landing fields for aircraft after
> dispersal
> etc, were overcome and finally 135 ultralights flew together,
> including
> a special `missing man` formation over the town.
> Apparently the multiple take offs from Kemble were quite spectacular.
> Ultralight pilots are not trained in formation flying but the whole
> group managed to fly together over the town without incident.
> There was considerable coverage in the local press and on TV and the
> Mayor of Wootten basset wrote aletter of appreciation to our
> organisation..
> A thoroughly worthwhile project, well organised and executed which can
> only foster a good opinion of ultralights which suffers too often from
> negative reporting of crashes, noise and nuisance.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
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| Subject: | Re: Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd) |
Hi ed,
I have contacted The |Brit Micro Assoc to see if there is an net address
you could tap into. i will send dteails if I can get them.
Alternative is for me to try and take some pics of the photo`s which
appeared in the Micro Magazine. Not likely to be very good.
we will see
Pat
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| Subject: | Fw: FAA proposal |
I got this from a friend and thought that it might be important to some
of you.
Larry
Note: If you forward this email, please delete the forwarding history,
which includes my email address.
Subject: FAA proposal
This is important, especially for those of you with your IA! I had heard
rumors of this happening. The FAA apparently wants to put limits on
current AP/IA holders. They seem to want an end to part-time, low volume
IA activity.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=d12fa23e-83b5-47b9-9e
17-c50faba0e0ae&
There is a docket for comments on this proposal... FAA-2010-1060. This
could impact a lot of AP/IA folks as well as the aircraft owners who
depend on them.
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