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henry.voris

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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: Dave Bigelow Down

18jan09,

   I just got off the phone with Mrs.Bigelow... Dave and his glider went missing on the Big Island last Friday. The search teams found wreckage this morning and are on their way to conferm that it is Dave...

Sorry,

Henry

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John Hauck

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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:58 am Post subject: Dave Bigelow Down

>   I just got off the phone with Mrs.Bigelow... Dave and his glider went 

missing on the Big Island last Friday.



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Henry:



That is terrible news.  Please keep us informed when you get some news.



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JetPilot

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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Dave Bigelow Down

Its been confirmed, my Uncle Dave was killed while attempting the altitude record on Friday.    He was an excellent pilot, and one of the smartest guys you would ever meet.  Had it not been for Daves good advice and cautions about the dangers associated with ultralight flying, I would have probably never survived my first solo and ultralight flying back in the early 80's.  He will be missed.



Dave did not attempt this record without doing his research and approaching it slowly and cautiously, he has been up in the lower 30's several times in this glider with no major problems.  I can only guess that there must have been a mechanical problem with the oxygen system in his sailplane.   Its always hard to see family taken from us early, but he was fortunate to have lived life to the fullest anyone possibly could have, and to have been able to do what he loved until the end.



Mike

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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: Dave Bigelow Down

to all his family and close friends, please accept my mutual feelings  

of sorrow for the loss of a

good member of the Kolb family.

BB



On 18, Jan 2009, at 6:47 PM, JetPilot wrote:



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 Its been confirmed, my Uncle Dave was killed while attempting the  

 altitude record on Friday.    He was an excellent pilot, and one of  

 the smartest guys you would ever meet.  Had it not been for Daves  

 good advice and cautions about the dangers associated with  

 ultralight flying, I would have probably never survived my first  

 solo and ultralight flying back in the early 80's.  He will be missed.



 Dave did not attempt this record without doing his research and  

 approaching it slowly and cautiously, he has been up in the lower  

 30's several times in this glider with no major problems.  I can  

 only guess that there must have been a mechanical problem with the  

 oxygen system in his sailplane.   Its always hard to see family  

 taken from us early, but he was fortunate to have lived life to the  

 fullest anyone possibly could have, and to have been able to do  

 what he loved until the end.



 Mike



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 &quot;NO FEAR&quot; -  If you have no fear you did not go as fast  

 as you could have !!!



 Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S





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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: Dave Bigelow down

My wife and I would like to extend our most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Dave.  He will be missed.

  

                                             Bill and Tiny Sullivan

                                             Windsor Locks, ct.

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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:01 pm Post subject: Dave Bigelow Down

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henry.voris

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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Dave Bigelow Down

19jan09



Kolbers,



   Yesterday a rescue team recovered Dave's remains from the 9,800 ft. level of Mauna Loa.



   Below is a URL of the latest news report...



http://www.hawaii247.org/2009/01/18/searchers-find-crashed-glider-on-mauna-loa/



Aloha,



Henry

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Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:52 am Post subject: Dave Bigelow down

Thank you, Henry.  Please keep us posted.  Again, our condolences.

  

                                               Bill Sullivan

                                               Windsor Locks, Ct.

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