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1. 03:34 AM - Re: More Kolb History (Lanny Lambdin)
2. 09:20 PM - Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar (Snakestr)
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Subject: | Re: More Kolb History |
You are pretty amazing, John! Hope I am still flying when I hit 80 , much l
ess
planning a trip such as yours!
Best of weather to you,
Lanny Lambdin
Sent from my iPad
> On Mar 7, 2019, at 8:46 AM, John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John G/Kolbers:
>
> You are absolutely right, John G. I don't think it will be repeated. As I
look back 35 years ago, this month, when I bought my first Kolb kit, every d
ay was a new day of building, modifying, experimenting, and making mistakes.
The cross country flights were virgin territory everywhere I went. Most i
mportant the lasting friendships from people I met along the way. Most of t
he people I know, I met through these little airplanes.
>
> I have one more adventure to get under my belt before I settle down. Next
month I turn 80. I plan to celebrate my 80th year by cruising the Great Lo
op https://www.greatloop.org/ . It is an approximately 6,000 mile route alo
ng the waterways of the Tombigbee and Mobile Rivers, Gulf of Mexico, the Atl
antic Coast, Hudson River, Erie Canal, Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan, the I
llinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers, and finally the Tennessee-
Tombigbee Waterway back to Demopolis, Alabama, where I plan to start my trip
. I'm also going to try to visit Fort Hamilton, where John Wilkes Booth was
imprisoned, on the Dry Tortugas, 75 miles out of Key West, Florida, while I
am in that area. Entire cruise should take about 2 to 3 months depending o
n the situation. I do not have a schedule to follow or dead lines to meet.
I may make this an annual affair until I get too old to enjoy. ;-)
>
> Then I should have time to get started on the Memories of a Retired Army A
viator. In fact, writing would be a good pass time for the days, maybe week
s, of getting weathered in with nothing to do but polish Grumpy, my 25 foot R
osborough RF-246. Should have plenty time. I don't plan on doing too much p
olishing on Grumpy.
>
> To keep this Kolb oriented, I plan on meeting Marcus Kolb when I am in the
Philadelphia, PA, area. I have a lot of Army and airplane friends that liv
e along this route that I plan to visit.
>
> john h
> mkIII
> Titus, Alabama
>
>
>
>
> From: owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-server@
matronics.com] On Behalf Of JC Gilpin
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2019 2:00 AM
> To: kolb-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Kolb-List: More Kolb History
>
> This story just reminds us that we are still waiting for JH's history of h
is adventures with Kolb. We'd really like to read it an have it recorded. It
's aviation history that'll never be repeated......
> JG
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Subject: | Need parts list/plan prints for Firestar |
Greetings fellow Kolb enthusiasts,
I just got a nice old Kolb Firestar and am trying to get a hold of a parts list/booklet
and/or the plans prints to get to know all about the bird. I have all
the engine info, and the builder manual for the Firestar, but it seems to be
lacking any parts info that would be pertinent to ensuring correct parts/assembly
and replacing anything I may need to.
I will be looking for some Kolbs next month @ SNF when I go, but would like to
see if anyone here can point me in the right direction or if anyone has anything
that may help. Emailing Kolb didn't get a reply, but didn't pursue it further,
yet.
Thanks for any help, hope to see some of you @ SNF, and any help is greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Steve
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Kolb Firestar new to me
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