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Yeah, You can take my name off the list now as I no longer have the Kolb or fly at all.
Marlon West
west1m@hotmail.com

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Of course you have to introduce your kid to flyin'
note the two coils duct taped to the main tube. No mag. just a 6V lantern battery under the seat and an alligator clipped wire hanging on the batt f ...

While not the pilot you guys are I have been doing this off and on for quite a while. My flying started at around 6:30 AM in a bar after graveyard shift back in the mid 80s. My friend and i were sitti ...

Interesting talk about muffler brackets. This is what happened to me yesterday on a short flight to Amery airport. I was already in my seat when the the guy I was chatting with asked what was wrong wi ...

Great flight looks like it was a bit bumpy here and there.
The rocky cliffs look great, much different than farm fields.

I made a copy of the 1989 Firefly manual today. I had trouble getting the link to work, I try to make it work better when I can but if you feel like trying here is a link.
Sorry Kolb sent me a note n ...

I have seen a link to one of the books here on this site but I am not sure which model it was.
It would be a project to get my Firestar book all together and posted I may have to do that...

I have a wrecked one with a blue print book and misc parts. Looking for anything in particular?

I use a hand held using a Ram Mount with the antenna sticking through the wind shield with a rubber grommet in the windshield. It has worked real well except the wind noise. I have started using a lea ...

IFR - I fly Roads?

Merry Christmas to everyone!
Have a wonderful new year.

Your enclosure without the surround tubing looks great. Just before I went to the full enclosure I made a taller windshield , about 6 inches taller. The top wanted to buckle down when up to speed , I ...

Full Enclosure, I went the ridiculous route and ordered one from Kolb.
Not a stitch of information on how to install, One of the hoops was too long but I did not figure that out until I had the rivet ...

Looks good, thanks for the pictures and info.

I am installing the "Kolb Full Canopy" right now and I plan on using your latch mechanism . In the latch picture of the rear, How is the back half of the latch and aluminum piece attached to ...

Larry, thanks for the insite. I just finished making a piece for behind the seat while waiting to hear from Kolb. I will have to try it out with just the windshield first before I mount the back and s ...

Great fall flight. thanks!
As above, the flying is done here in Minnesota as well. I just ordered a full enclosure set for my Firefly from Kolb. Maybe that will let me get out a bit earlier next year ...

I believe Helen Melborn told me the number stamped on the rear edge of the motoe mount tube is the steel cage we;dment number, which is not sautomatically the same as the aircraft serial number???

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Here is another interesting picture I took on this flight. These two planes flew right over us twice (they must have made a u turn right after they flew over us) , maybe 500 to 1000 feet above us. I d ...

That picture doesn't show any but we flew over some real colorful areas.
Still a way to go in this area but already well on the way to Fall Colors.