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2. 07:19 AM - Fw: The Stella Wards 2002 (Mark Jefferies.)
3. 10:06 AM - Prop Balancing (Drew Blahnick)
4. 01:52 PM - The Gospel According to St. Fresnel of the Miraculous Lens (Petri, David S. CDR NAVSPACE)
5. 05:20 PM - Re: Fw: The Stella Wards 2002 (Brian Lloyd)
6. 05:51 PM - Re: Fw: The Stella Wards 2002 (Coffey, John)
7. 07:39 PM - Fw: Round Engines (staar)
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"YAK Club UK" <yakclub@yahoogroups.com>
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Mark Jefferies." <mark@yakuk.com>
NEWS NEWS NEWS !!!
YAKOVLEV has just achieved full certification of the YAK-54. This is to AR23 a
word for word copy of FAR23.
YAK UK is an approved distributor for this aircraft.
A new web page with details, pictures and certification documents can be found
at www.yakuk.com/yak54.htm
Best regards, Mark
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| Subject: | Fw: The Stella Wards 2002 |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Mark Jefferies." <mark@yakuk.com>
does this really happen in USA or is someone pulling our legs??
Subject: The Stella Wards 2002
Subject: The Stella Awards - It's time once again to consider the candidates for
the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella
Liebeck, who spilled coffee on her-self, and successfully sued McDonalds.
That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful
lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates:
1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 by a jury of
her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running
inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably
surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms.
Robertson's son.
2. A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses
when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman
apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he
was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.
3. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania,was leaving a house he had just
finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage
door to go up since the automatic door opener was
malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting
the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on
vacation, and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days.
He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food.
He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue
mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000.
4. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and medical
expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next-door neighbor's
beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced
yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might
have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who was
shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft
drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because
Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an
argument.
6. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a
nightclub in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to
the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms.
Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid
paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
7. This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home.
On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise
control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and
make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R. V. left the freeway,
crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski
sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't
actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The
company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in
case there were any other complete morons buying their recreation vehicles.
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--> Yak-List message posted by: "Drew Blahnick" <aapilot@adelphia.net>
Folks,
If you are in the SOCAL area, John Fackler, who did such a superb job at prop balncing
my MTV/CJ and provided me with crankshaft vibration recordings can be
contacted at
jfackler@earthlink.net
James has written an excellent technical article on engine/prop vibration and it
will be posted soon. Please let him know you're a part of the Red Star crowd,
he is planning to attend All Red Star West 03 the first weekend of May at Castle
airport in CA to do field testing and give a talk. He's quite a fan of our
Eastern Block equipment.
Ciao,
Drew
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"'Bob Koffman'"
"'Carl Hays'"
"'Charlie Racoosin'" <cmracoos@nps.navy.mil>,
"'Curt Shanahan'" <ShanahanC@navair.navy.mil>,
"'David Moon'"
"'David Peters'" <DPetersArt@aol.com>,
"'Hugh Beckham'" <MERRYHUGH@msn.com>,
"'Jim Williamson'"
"'Joe & Billie Orechovesky'" <orecho@cox.net>,
"'Jon-Jon Ottery'" <Ottery.John@hq.navy.mil>,
"'Kurt Sonderman'"
"'Mark Stone'" <StoneMH@navair.navy.mil>,
"'Meat'" <m040432@usna.edu>,
"'Mike Tedesco'"
"'Pete Stoll'" <PStoll@LANTD5.USCG.mil>,
"'R. Richard Evans'" <eaglerre@cox.net>,
"'Rich Affeld'"
"'Richard and Sandra Martin'"
"'Rodeo'" <co@rainier.navy.mil>,
"'Skip'"
"'The Fin'" <wwoodfin@oao.com>,
"'Tim Hill'"
"'Yucksters'" <yucksters@bvd.cso.atmel.com>,
"'Woody Whitworth'" <laurel.whitworth@Peterson.af.mil>,
"'yak-list@matronics.com'" <yak-list@matronics.com>
| Subject: | The Gospel According to St. Fresnel of the Miraculous Lens |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Petri, David S. CDR NAVSPACE" <David.Petri@ARSPACE.ARMY.MIL>
Chapter One, Verses One through Five
In the Beginning, God created the heavens, and the Aircraft Carrier, and the
seas upon which to float it; and yet there was complete Darkness upon the
face of the earth. And, as we traveled there came to us, as a voice out of
the darkness, an angel of the Lord, saying, "On centerline, on Glideslope,
three quarters of a mile, call the ball."
I reflected upon these words, for I was still yet engulfed in complete
darkness. With deep feeling and doubt overwhelming my countenance, I
glanceth towards my companion at my right hand and saith, "What seeth thou,
trusted friend?", and there was a great silence.
Gazing in a searching manner and seeing naught, I raised my voice saying,
"Clara..."
And God spoke to me, and He said, "You're low..power". As the Lord saith, so
shall it be, and I added power; and lo, the ball riseth up onto the bottom
of the mirror. But it was a tainted red glow, and surely indicateth Satan's
own influence. And God spoke to me again saying,
"Power.Power..Power!!!!....fly the ball." And lo, the ball riseth up and off
the top of the lens, and the great darkness was upon me.
And the voice of the Angel came to me again, saying, "When comfortable,
twelve hundred feet, turn downwind." Whereupon I wandered in the darkness,
without direction, for surely the ships radar was beset by demons, and there
was great confusion cast upon CATCC, and there was a great silence in which
there was no comfort to be found. Even my tacan needle spinneth..and lo,
there was chaos; my trusted companion weepeth quietly unto himself and from
close behind I heard weeping and gnashing of teeth of our flock. There was a
great turmoil within my cockpit for a multitude of serpents had crept
therein.
And though we wandered, as if by Providence I found myself within that Holy
Corridor, and at twelve hundred feet, among my brethren seeking refuge; and
the voice of the Angel of the Lord came to me again, asking of me my
needles, and I raised my voice saying, "Up and centered", and the voice
answered, "Roger, fly your needles.." I reflected upon these words, and I
raised my voice in prayer, for though my gyro indicateth it not so, surely
my aircraft hath been turned upside down. Verily, as Beelzebub surely
wrestled with me, a voice, that of my
trusted companion, saith to me calmly, "Friend...fly thy needles, and find
comfort in the Lord." And lo, with deep trembling in my heart, I did, and He
guideth me to centered glideslope and centerline, though I know not how it
came to be.
And out of the great darkness, God spoke to me again saying, "Roger ball"
for now I had faith. And though the ball began to rise at the in close
position, my right hand was full of the Spirit, and it squeeketh off power
and as in a great miracle my plane stoppeth upon the flight deck, for it
hath caught the four wire which God in his infinite wisdom hath placed
thirty feet further down the flight deck than the three wire.
And thus bathed in a golden radiance from above, our pilgrimage was at an
end, and my spirit was truly reborn. And as I basked in the rapture, God
spoketh to me one final time, and He saith, "Lights out on deck.."
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| Subject: | Re: Fw: The Stella Wards 2002 |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd <brian@lloyd.com>
Mark Jefferies. wrote:
> --> Yak-List message posted by: "Mark Jefferies." <mark@yakuk.com>
>
> does this really happen in USA or is someone pulling our legs??
Yes.
>
> Subject: The Stella Wards 2002
>
> Subject: The Stella Awards - It's time once again to consider the candidates
for
> the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella
> Liebeck, who spilled coffee on her-self, and successfully sued McDonalds.
> That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful
> lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates:
--
Brian Lloyd 6501 Red Hook Plaza, Suite 201
brian@lloyd.com St. Thomas, VI 00802
+1.340.998.9447 - voice +1.360.838.9669 - fax
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| Subject: | Fw: The Stella Wards 2002 |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Coffey, John" <john.coffey@attws.com>
Mark,
Someone's doing a bit o' leg pulling here.
These particular "Stellas" are probably bogus.
See http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html and
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.htm
There are, however, plenty of fabulously idiotic lawsuits here in the
US.
For some real Stella Awards, check out http://www.stellaawards.com ...if
you dare.
Cheers,
John Coffey
Yak-55m Lover
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Jefferies. [mailto:mark@yakuk.com]
Subject: Yak-List: Fw: The Stella Wards 2002
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Mark Jefferies." <mark@yakuk.com>
does this really happen in USA or is someone pulling our legs??
Subject: The Stella Wards 2002
Subject: The Stella Awards - It's time once again to consider the
candidates for
the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old
Stella
Liebeck, who spilled coffee on her-self, and successfully sued
McDonalds.
That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful
lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates:
1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 by a jury
of
her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was
running
inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably
surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was
Ms.
Robertson's son.
2. A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical
expenses
when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman
apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when
he
was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.
3. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania,was leaving a house he had
just
finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage
door to go up since the automatic door opener was
malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door
connecting
the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on
vacation, and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight
days.
He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog
food.
He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him
undue
mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000.
4. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and
medical
expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next-door neighbor's
beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced
yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might
have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who was
shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of
Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft
drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor
because
Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an
argument.
6. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a
nightclub in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window
to
the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms.
Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to
avoid
paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental
expenses.
7. This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
City,
Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor
home.
On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the
cruise
control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back
and
make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R. V. left the
freeway,
crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski
sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he
couldn't
actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home.
The
company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just
in
case there were any other complete morons buying their recreation
vehicles.
=
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| Subject: | Fw: Round Engines |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "staar" <staar@volcano.net>
>
> Round Engines
> Dedicated to all who flew behind round engines...
>
> We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation.
>
> We need to go back to big round engines.
>
> Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from "OFF"
> to "START", and then remember to move it back to "ON" after a while. My
> PC is harder to start.
>
> Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On some
> planes, the pilots aren't even allowed to do it.
>
> Turbines start by whining for a while, then they give a small lady-like
> poot and start whining louder.
>
> Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more
> rattles, another BANG, or two, more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a
> serious low pitched roar. We like that. It's a guy thing.
>
> When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can
> concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is like flicking on
> a ceiling fan: Useful, but hardly exciting.
>
> Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom,
> complacency and inattention. A round engine, at speed, looks and sounds
> like it's going to blow at any minute. This helps concentrate the mind.
>
> Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's attention.
> There's nothing to fiddle with during long flights.
>
> Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns. Round
> engined planes smell like God intended flying machines to smell.
Happy Holidays to all.
>
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