---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 09/08/04: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:00 AM - perhaps- adverse WX (Mark Jefferies) 2. 12:41 PM - Re: perhaps- adverse WX (Brian Lloyd) 3. 01:13 PM - Need YAK Parts...............Adverse WX (Frank Haertlein) 4. 01:19 PM - Need a left aileron for Yak 52 (Carl W Hays Enterprises) 5. 06:47 PM - wx (Terry) 6. 07:07 PM - Re: wx (Ernie) 7. 07:16 PM - Re: wx (FamilyGage@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:00:06 AM PST US From: "Mark Jefferies" Subject: Yak-List: perhaps- adverse WX --> Yak-List message posted by: "Mark Jefferies" Perhaps now your politicians (and people) will recognise global warming is a FACT and that it DOES bring adverse weather conditions. People need to get there head out of the sand and sign up to the Kyoto (spelling?) agreement to try and slow the effects of the pollution being unnecessarily caused in USA. As you see its not only a European problem. I bet its an issue not even being raised in the coming elections. How's that for a political statement :>)) Think hard about it, we are all affected and the next generations especially. IVAN, does he come from the east? We have our WX problems also. Etc etc . Renewable sources of energy are taking hold here with wind turbines, some with blades 350 AGL. --> Yak-List message posted by: "Mills, Bill" Folks, The hangar here in Flagler Beach is standing and my CJ is just fine. One of the old hangars blew out the side and had some interior damage, but the guy was using it as a junk pile anyway, so no "real" damage. LOTS of rain, and wind up to 80 kts. Trees are down and the canals are all flooded. But all in all, everything looks like it survived. Many roofs blown off on the beach, the barrier island was evacuated on Friday. No one hurt as far as I know. What a mess though......... Time to go clean up and get ready for IVAN! Best regards, fly safe-Mark Jefferies For YAK UK Ltd www.yakuk.com Lt Gransden Airfield Sandy, Beds SG19 3BP England. Tel +44 (0)1767 651156. Fax +44 (0)1767 651157 Mobile +44 (0)7785 538 317 Conditions and terms of business Aircraft for sale ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:41:31 PM PST US From: Brian Lloyd Subject: Re: Yak-List: perhaps- adverse WX --> Yak-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd On Sep 8, 2004, at 3:58 AM, Mark Jefferies wrote: > --> Yak-List message posted by: "Mark Jefferies" > > Perhaps now your politicians (and people) will recognise global > warming is > a FACT and that it DOES bring adverse weather conditions. And if you look at it historically, this sort of thing, i.e a spate of hurricanes, happens pretty regularly. The warming of the Atlantic tropical seas which spawns the hurricanes is more of a function of an El Nio/La Nia cycle than global warming it seems to me. > People need to get > there head out of the sand and sign up to the Kyoto (spelling?) > agreement to > try and slow the effects of the pollution being unnecessarily caused > in USA. Oh, it is a USA-caused problem? Gosh! We are *such* bad people over here. I don't know *how* the rest of the world stands us. IMHO people who fly airplanes for the sheer joy of it (like 100% of this list -- you and me included) should not cast stones about unnecessary consumption of fossil fuels and their concomitant side effects. > As you see its not only a European problem. > I bet its an issue not even being raised in the coming elections. Nope. > How's that for a political statement :>)) Think hard about it, we are > all > affected and the next generations especially. Mostly it is a problem with too many people. > IVAN, does he come from the east? All hurricanes do. > We have our WX problems also. Etc etc . Renewable sources of energy are > taking hold here with wind turbines, some with blades 350 AGL. Just make sure you understand the ramifications of those too. They don't necessarily do what you think they do. Brian Lloyd 6501 Red Hook Plaza brianl@lloyd.com Suite 201 +1.340.998.9447 St. Thomas, VI 00802 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:13:14 PM PST US From: "Frank Haertlein" Subject: Yak-List: Need YAK Parts...............Adverse WX --> Yak-List message posted by: "Frank Haertlein" Yakinators Opinions needed! Filled my front tire to spec and the nose gear started to shimmy. A close look at the anti-shimmy components and linkages reveals a loose tolerance stack up to the point where I have maybe 1/2 inch of movement side to side without any damping action. In analyzing the existing design, it appears that the damping action is least where it is needed most, while tracking straight ahead. Looks like I have two choices. I can replace the parts or redesign the system to use something like the Lord Shimmy Damper. I like the idea of a redesign as the current system looks overly complex and prone to premature wear. Has anyone designed a retrofit kit or alternate installation to the stock system? If so I'd like to get info on how it was done. Alternatively, does anyone have the replacement parts? Thanks In advance! Frank YAK-52 N9110M Mark; A study of the history of hurricanes will reveal that we are repeating a pattern that last was with us in the 50's. This pattern is going to be with us until 2010. Like many things in nature, the frequency and intensity of hurricanes also have a cyclical nature to them. A more appropriate indication of global warming is the massive die-off of coniferous trees at higher elevations. This is occurring around the world and is currently explained away, by various authorities, as the result of insect infestations or the result of pollution that deposits nitrogen compounds in the soil thus causing late season growth of new leaves/needles that then die off during freezing winter conditions. Personally, I think the trees have been weakened as a result of less atmospheric protection from the sun's rays and that this leads to the insect infestations. But this won't be proven out until we get more data from the recently launched EOS (Earth Observation Satellite). Even then, if this is proved true, I suspect this information will be withheld from the general public due to it's dire implications. During the days following 911, a number of scientists used the opportunity of no high altitude jet traffic to prove that the jets had an effect on the earth's weather patterns. That is why I commented on Bryan's contribution to the destruction of the environment :) During the 1960's President Kennedy mobilized America to "put a man on the moon within this decade". America's energy, it's resources, it's people were channeled to accomplish this mission and we succeeded. Today, we need that same "moon shot" level of commitment from a strong leader to develop alternate forms of energy. With the ever growing use of fossil fuels by developing countries (imagine every person in China or Africa with an automobile) the environmental/atmospheric damage will become undeniable by even the most optimistic of scientists. Fossil fuels need to go if for no other reason than to deny the middle east muslims the resources they would use to destroy us. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:19:01 PM PST US From: "Carl W Hays Enterprises" Subject: Yak-List: Need a left aileron for Yak 52 --> Yak-List message posted by: "Carl W Hays Enterprises" Hello! I am need of a left aileron for a Yak 52. Fabric condition is of no concern, as it will be recovered. Please contact me offlist. 858-292-7222. Thank you! Jill Gernetzke ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:47:14 PM PST US From: "Terry" Subject: Yak-List: wx --> Yak-List message posted by: "Terry" Brian, Your are absolutely correct on this global warming issue. To many bodies on the planet and not enough technology to offset their impact on the environment. I don't know of anyone, except possibly a rabid tree hugger, that would consider turning over this economy, and our standard of living, to an organization that mirrors the UN. Terry Lewis ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:07:08 PM PST US From: "Ernie" Subject: Re: Yak-List: wx --> Yak-List message posted by: "Ernie" We should all convert our airplanes to run on manure. This would reduce the methane content in the atmosphere which is a green house gas. It has been proven that cow farts alone contribute to 10% of the worlds methane production. If we could only harness these farts and create some sort of fart injection system, I beleive we could get an increase in horsepower and a reduction in green house gasses by burning these farts and turning them into harmless carbon monoxide gas which only kills people. If we then learn to capture our exhaust, and release them over poplulations of less desireable people, then we would really be on the road to environmental responsibility. Also I think we should pay more attention to the plankton. Millions of these defensless creatures are killed by whales every year. And its a known fact that whale oil could lower our dependance on fossil fuels. So my motto is recycle farts, kill the whales, save the plankton, starve Opec and burn whale oil! Ernie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" Subject: Yak-List: wx > --> Yak-List message posted by: "Terry" > > Brian, > Your are absolutely correct on this global warming issue. > To many bodies on the planet and not enough technology > to offset their impact on the environment. > I don't know of anyone, except possibly a rabid tree hugger, that would consider turning over this economy, and our standard of living, to an organization that mirrors the UN. > Terry Lewis > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 07:16:05 PM PST US From: FamilyGage@aol.com Subject: Re: Yak-List: wx --> Yak-List message posted by: FamilyGage@aol.com Brian, The Democrats are absolutely correct! Global warming is primary cause of hurricanes and forest fires. Too many Republicans driving large SUV's and flying foreign aircraft.