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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject: Monument Valley |
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Hi Gang:
Made it to MV.
There are a bunch of PPG and one Trike. I watched about 15 of them, late
this evening, stand around holding their wings, flying in place. Finally,
after an hour or so, two took off, flew north to the end of the airstrip,
turned around and landed in the tie down area. End of flying for today.
;-(
I expected to see power parachutes flying all over the place, but alas, a
little wind and they don't fly.
Seems like a lot of work to go no where.
Oh well, maybe tomorrow will be a better day. If not, I can always hop on
the dirt bike or quad and do some ground recon of a lot of places I have
flown in and around MV.
Somehow I got the impression there might be some fixed wings here, by
chance. Would be nice to see some Kolbs tied down and waiting to fly.
Weather is perfect.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
Monument Valley, Utah
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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rlaird
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Houston
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: Monument Valley |
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You need to be carrying around a 21st century version of Little Nellie*, in a series of suitcases, that you take with you, for situations like that. Assemble it and go fly!  "The name.... Hauck.... John Hauck." What a great name for a spy that flies! hehehehe
-- Robert
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Nellie.jpg
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Nellie.jpg][/url]
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:46 PM, John Hauck <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com (jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com)> wrote:
[quote] --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck" <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com (jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com)>
Hi Gang:
Made it to MV.
There are a bunch of PPG and one Trike. I watched about 15 of them, late this evening, stand around holding their wings, flying in place. Finally, after an hour or so, two took off, flew north to the end of the airstrip, turned around and landed in the tie down area. End of flying for today. ;-(
I expected to see power parachutes flying all over the place, but alas, a little wind and they don't fly.
Seems like a lot of work to go no where.
Oh well, maybe tomorrow will be a better day. If not, I can always hop on the dirt bike or quad and do some ground recon of a lot of places I have flown in and around MV.
Somehow I got the impression there might be some fixed wings here, by chance. Would be nice to see some Kolbs tied down and waiting to fly.
Weather is perfect.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
Monument Valley, Utah
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject: Monument Valley |
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Robert L/Gang:
I came here with an open mind, but I doubt I'll be swapping my mkIII for a PPG any time soon.
About the only thing I have seen so far that I like is the ability to take off and land in a matter of steps. My "landing gear" would never be able to take the abuse. However, there are a couple little PPG's with little carts under them like a Powered Parachute.
Another problem is the inability to get home if a headwind is encountered.
Got to have a lot more selling points than what I have observed my first day to sell my mkIII. Would take me a month to fly from Alabama to MV. ;-(
john h
mkIII
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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Dana
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 1047
Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject: Monument Valley |
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At 08:46 PM 10/8/2009, John Hauck wrote:
| Quote: | There are a bunch of PPG and one Trike. I watched about 15 of them, late
this evening, stand around holding their wings, flying in place. Finally,
after an hour or so, two took off, flew north to the end of the airstrip,
turned around and landed in the tie down area. End of flying for today. ;-(
I expected to see power parachutes flying all over the place, but alas, a
little wind and they don't fly.
Seems like a lot of work to go no where.
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When conditions are right, PPG is a blast! Mid day thermals are to be
avoided, so unless you live on the coast (as I do) you generally fly in the
morning and evening, just like the early ultralights. But you generally
don't really GO anywhere, it's more about buzzing around the treetops down
low, kind of an aerial dirt bike... if the engine quits you can land on a
postage stamp. PPG got me back into flying 20 years after I last flew my
T-Craft. Now I have my Kolb and I love it... but I'm not giving up the
PPG, either.
-Dana
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Place a half full glass of water before a pessimist, optimist and an
engineer:
The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
The optimist says the glass if half full.
The engineer says the glass is too large.
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