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ces308

Joined: 03 Nov 2008
Posts: 317
Location: houghton lake ,mi

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject: Artical in the paper...

Hi all...



About a month ago I took a reporter from our local paper for a ride in my airplane and this is what she wrote about me and another fellow in the area that has a Firestar..the other link is the flight I took her on...



http://www.houghtonlakeresorter.com/news/2011-09-22/Features/WARNING_Experimental_Aircraft.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nEUAc6R_ic



Have a good week everyone ! 



chris ambrose

M3X/Jabiru    A-2200   236.hrs

N327CS

Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

Great video! I enjoyed that.

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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:57 am Post subject: Artical in the paper...

Hi Chris,



nice pics and it is a good thing to get a positive piece in the newspapers 

instead of the usual `plane crash` write up



I don`t think that the reporter is in line for a Pulitzer though.



Cheers



Pat

ces308

Joined: 03 Nov 2008
Posts: 317
Location: houghton lake ,mi

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

"   I don`t think that the reporter is in line for a Pulitzer though "



Pat,...



    Lol....I know...she was a young ,newbee....and I think I may have given her to much information to sort though...



chris ambrose

M3X/Jabiru A-2200

N327CS

Dennis Thate

Joined: 18 Nov 2010
Posts: 362

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

 	  ces308 wrote: 	
		  "   I don`t think that the reporter is in line for a Pulitzer though "



Pat,...



    Lol....I know...she was a young ,newbee....and I think I may have given her to much information to sort though...



chris ambrose

M3X/Jabiru A-2200

N327CS 	




I thought is was a pretty good article, sport aviation needs all the help it can get. I agree 'Good PR for a change !'

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t41pilot

Joined: 05 Sep 2011
Posts: 38
Location: Howard City, Michigan

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:53 am Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

I have enjoyed your videos for the past year.  I live in Howard city Michigan just an hour and a half southwest of you and hope with your permission to visit someday and maybe get a ride.  I have just started building a Firefly and hope to have it done by next summer sometime.  I'm an ex general aviation pilot and flew a t41B cessna 172 for several years. I have no experience in a tail dragger or using a stick instead of a yolk. Thus, I'm hoping to get a ride with you someday to at least get the feel of a Kolb before I try to fly my own.  Maybe next spring when the weather tries to get warmer again. Nice finish Job on your plane by the way.  I'm hoping to have something just a little different on my finish Job as well. take care and keep the vids coming



Gregg Kaat

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ces308

Joined: 03 Nov 2008
Posts: 317
Location: houghton lake ,mi

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:53 am Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

Hi Gregg! 



My wife's sister lives there in Howard City....email me your phone number and address  and maybe next time we are down that way I could stop by and see your plane ! I would be happy to take you up for a ride and let you get a feel for it .I also have a 172 K I have had since 1990...I'll show you when you come up.



Thanks for watching my videos and I'm glad you enjoy  them !



chris ambrose

M3X/Jabiru A-2200

N327CS

ces308

Joined: 03 Nov 2008
Posts: 317
Location: houghton lake ,mi

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

Oh yeah...



you can email me at     ces308(at)ldaco.com    



chris ambrose

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:51 am Post subject: Artical in the paper...

...and I think I may have given her to much information to sort though...>.



Unfortunately that didn`t include any information about how to write in 

English.  Perhaps the Editor is to blame. The page looks as though it was 

put together by a Home Compositor Kit  Part one.



I think that our local paper is pretty amateurish sometimes but it look like 

The Times compared to yours.  Honestly we have freebee newssheets that look 

more professional.



But still, no crash to report so that must make it noteworthy. Perhaps we 

should all take local reporters for a trip and get some  good propaganda to 

counteract the usual complaints about noisy dangerous `homebuilts.



When I was Secretary of the local Gliding  Club, which had just started, I 

talked a reporter into a trip and he gave us a great write up which produced 

several new members.



One never knows , do one?



Pat

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:33 am Post subject: Artical in the paper...

picky,picky picky

 



 



 



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rickofudall

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Location: Udall, KS, USA

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject: Artical in the paper...

A people divided by a common language, isn't that what Churchill said? There was a time when newspaper writing was considered a trade and it was taught on the job. Then the colleges got hold of it and now journalism majors are so full of themselves they can't write a decent first sentence and get in the five W's to save themselves.

 



Rick Girard



On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Gary Aman <zeprep251(at)aol.com (zeprep251(at)aol.com)> wrote:

[quote] picky,picky picky   

  

     

  

     

  

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: Artical in the paper...

Rick- How do I click "LIKE" on this forum?



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From: Richard Girard  <aslsa.rng(at)gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Re: Artical in the paper...

To: kolb-list(at)matronics.com

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 10:01 PM



A people divided by a common language, isn't that what Churchill said? There was a time when newspaper writing was considered a trade and it was taught on the job. Then the colleges got hold of it and now journalism majors are so full of themselves they can't write a decent first sentence and get in the five W's to save themselves.

 



Rick Girard



On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Gary Aman <[url=/mc/compose?to=zeprep251(at)aol.com]zeprep251(at)aol.com[/url]> wrote:

[quote] picky,picky picky   

  

     

  

     

  

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:52 am Post subject: Artical in the paper...

picky,picky picky  >>

  

 Hi  Gary

 maybe, but language is what separates us from the  animals.

  What is considered `standard` language is of  course fairly flexible and changes often but the general ignorance of even the  basic tenets restricts our ability to communicate.

 When a reporter, a professional wordsmith   whose business is language writes a report about flying, one of the most  wonderful experiences possible, in terms of `I bin flying. It were nice` what is  going to be the standard of the non professional.

 To keep this musically oriented I would liken it to  someone who has access to music on a hi fi sound system but is content  to listen to a tinny transistor set. A lot of noise but little  content.

  

 Cheers

  

 Pat  

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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:31 pm Post subject: Artical in the paper...

All true Pat,but the positive press was was the issue.I guess we've lost sight of the objective, which was to drain the swamp,now that we find ourselves up to our bums in alligators. Good to keep separate from those animals!

    Not much flying here,the field is just mush.Broke the record for rainfall and the year is not over yet.Freezing rain kept us grounded again this A.M.Hope the weather over there is better.

  Good flying!

 

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Dennis Thate

Joined: 18 Nov 2010
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Artical in the paper...

Thought for the day

Life is Good, and I'm told it gets better with age, Like a fine wine. But if we get older without proper care, we go sour and lumpy.

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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:47 am Post subject: Artical in the paper...

Hope the weather over there is  better.>>

  

 Not really Gary,

  

 One half of the country is being rained on heavily  and flooded. The other half, all of 300 miles away, is a dustbowl with fields  which should be greening up for the winter showing nothing but bare  earth.

  

 We have had several windless autumn (fall) days  recently with lovely winter sunshine although the trees have  not changed  colour and still have their leaves.

 Flew yesterday. For various reasons about 4 hours  too late. The calm as I left home had changed when I reached my field and the  clear blue sky was beginning to show some lines of cumulus and the windsock was  beginning to flick out straight.

 The wind was more or less down the strip so decided  to do a quick sortie anyway. The plane was beginning to need some close  attention as I taxied out through the gusting crosswind to the  strip.

 The take off run was pretty short and the climb out  a bit bumpy but OK. Throttled back to cruise at around 1000ft agl and had a look  round. Definite lines of Cu across part of the sky and the vario was flicking  sharply up and down.  Not comfortable so decided to limit the flight to  around 30 minutes and  just enjoy. Noticed that  the smoke from one or  two bonfires was being whipped away horizontally. There was continual  thermic activity, very broken because of the wind, and I was trying to keep well  away from the forming clouds.

 The bottom fell out and left me hanging in the  straps as I barged into a thermal. Luckily I had pulled the straps tight  when I realised that it was a bit lumpier than I expected or I would have  cracked my head on the canopy. The vario went from 4 up to 4 down in a split  second.  Decided that discretion was the better part of valour, (I do this  for FUN) chickened out and whipped very quickly back towards the strip,  sliding sideways across wind and banging up and down like a roller coaster. A  lot of throttle needed to fight my way down finals. The windsock was standing  out horizontally. Occasionally changing direction by 15 degrees.

 The landing strip has a high, thick hedge on either  side which usually causes a large pool of quiet air to form close to the ground.  I  usually close the throttle over the hedge and float in. Not this time.  The wind whistling slightly across the strip made a wind tunnel where the wind  went faster , enlivened by the odd lump of curl over from the side. I don`t  think I have ever had a rougher approach.  The ground was going past quite  slowly but it kept getting close and then receding again as I nearly touched  down and then ballooned up again. It seemed to go on for ages although it could  only have been a few seconds. Eventually the wheels settled on the grass  surprisingly gently. My wild over reactions must have just cancelled out at the  right time..

 I pulled off the strip and taxied very gently to my  hangar. Stick hard into wind and juggling the brakes to try and stay on the  track. Got her tucked away and was just driving away when the owner of the field  appeared. 

 "I am surprised to see you flying in this " he said  "No one else is up"

  

 I must sharpen up my weather forecasting  skills,  particularly paying attention to what is going to happen in the  next hour.  Pouring with rain today, sky is grey and overcast, wind is  supposed to freshen.  No decision to be made today. I am definitely NOT  going flying.

  

 Cheers

  

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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: Artical in the paper...

Pat, They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.Those breezes keep you sharp.   G.A.

  

     

  

     

  

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