ULTRAHOLICS. July Meeting NONE, NO MEETING, NADA

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1 ULTRAHOLICS Ultralight Flyers Organization July 2006 USUA Club #26 July Meeting NONE, NO MEETING, NADA 2006 Club Officers President: David Richards Vice Pres: Roger Wilson Treasurer: Kip Frey Newsletter: Kip Frey (503) , Sandy River Airport: Website: June Meeting As always, when we can sit stupidly in the dark and watch the purty pitchers, we had a great time watching Arty and Doug present one (count em) billion pictures of their trip to Monument Valley. Great stuff and Doug had 3 or 4 short movie clips as well. At the Airport Just generally spiffing up around Sandy River Airport. New owner Jack Hoffman has completed the new hangars, and has some openings there. Also in place is a new security gate, and some huge underground water tanks for fire suppression. Doug, Dave B, and Arty flew up to Elma WA to have some lunch last weekend, and the weather looked great. Haven t heard anything about the trip as yet. HKS Flight to Oshkosh (continued from last month) (comes from the Greenskyadventures web site) Second Leg With the delay at Madison, I almost decided to give it up for the day and spend an evening with my brother, in Gainesville, Ga., at USA Slide Company, but that would make it absolutely impossible to reach Oshkosh the following day. So I continued the trip as planned, though slightly behind schedule. This leg, to Smithville, Tn.(0A3) was only 211 statute miles, and involved the only high terrain for the whole trip. Nothing extreme, the smokies pretty much peter out in an area between Atlanta, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. I had been flying low because of the headwind, but selected 3500 feet as terrain began to rise. Another 500 feet was actually required to clear mountains over a short stretch or there was an option of flying around. Visibility was good, with a few clouds at 5000, so the shortest distance between points remained the chosen route. Arriving at Smithville, there was still another couple hours of daylight remaining, but when I asked Chuck Armstrong (Upper Cumberland Aviation) if the town was a good place for an overnight, he assured me it was, offered a ride, and hangar. What a place! What about my concern for a "crack of dawn" departure? He showed me how to unlock and open the hangar, and a discreet key location for the office, and also volunteered to come in early the following day to give me a ride back from the room if that was early enough. Next, I got a tour of their hospital clean shop. As it turned out, the local motels had no vacancies, so I was chauffeured past Micky D's for some stomach packing, and back to the air-conditioned airport office, where I was offered the couch, shower, VCR with a good selection of movies, and was brought up to speed on how to work their coffee maker. It turned out to be a nice experience. To kill some time, I stretched out all the sectionals on the floor, and drew accurate course lines. Since GPS, came around, although I generally follow along on the sectionals while navigating, they seldom have course lines. The day concluded with a viewing of the movie, Apollo 13. In the morning, by the end of coffee time and after 567GC was loaded back up, the fog/haze had burned off sufficiently for a VFR blast off. Next stop? Kankakee Ill. Leg Three/Four Cross country flying is often described as hours of boredom mixed with moments of terror. During the

2 boring time, I've wondered if the airports at the edge of natural folds on the sectional get more business than those in the middle. Minutes after leaving 02A, I was busied, getting out the St Louis Sectional. Smithville was last stop on the Atlanta. This leg to Kankakee (3KK) was the longest for the trip, 574 statute miles. During this portion of the trip, I got a new appreciation for the distance capability made possible by the efficiency of that HKS 4 stroke. I've worked the impressive numbers, but it really sank in when within a few hours after putting away the Atlanta sectional and getting out the St Louis, I was putting away the St Louis and getting out the Chicago. This toy airplane had transported me diagonally across the entire St Louis sectional non stop. Not exactly a "Gosset" moment, but I though it was pretty cool. The weather was hazy VFR, hotter n blazes, but luckily, there was a tailwind component to the wind bumping average ground speed to over 100 mph. Early on, my flight planning was coinciding nicely with what the GPS was saying. There would be no fuel issue covering the miles with a good remaining reserve. Not too long after that comparison of flight plan and GPS data, the ole Garmin 90 was saying "LOW BATTERY" This was unexpected! Those fancy NiMH batteries normally last a lot more hours. My extra batteries were not accessible in flight. Rather than making an unscheduled landing just to get the GPS going, it was time to practice some dead reckoning, pilotage, and to get intimate with the compass. It actually took about twenty miles to pinpoint a location on the sectional. "Let's see, I know I'm in indiana, now to identify landmarks" Those coarse lines drawn on the sectional were very handy. Without the GPS ground speed and time remaining info were sorely missed. At my previous fuel stop, I had set the self serve pump for 10 gals. When it shut off, there were a couple inches remaining at the very top of the main tank. This was probably only ounces within full, but occasionally, air gets trapped below the filler, and if the tank gets burped a couple times, air can be replaced by fuel. So perhaps there was a little consern about just how full it was at take off My fuel management procedure is to run off the main tank till the cork n wire rests, without bouncing on the cap. That leaves three gallons remaining....then open one wing tank to refill the main and observe how long it takes before the float bottoms again. At that point, that's how much remaining endurance there is in the second wing tank plus a 3 gallon reserve. As I approached 3KK, the cork had almost quit floating with both wing tanks empty. As it worked out, there was no one home at 3KK and the pump is not self serve. But, on the ground, I was able to visually confirm remaining fuel quantity from the 3 gal mark on the translucent main tank. It was only a few miles to Greater Kankakee (KIKK) and there is a runway that was pretty much into the wind, so KIKK it was and their fuel pump confirmed I had 3.3 gallons remaining on arrival. The wind was kicking up, maybe gusts to 20 out of the west northwest, and it was hotter n blazes,...just shy of 100 degrees F. So the wind helped on the heat index and takeoff. Leg Four Departure from KIKK was reminiscent of flying an overloaded C150. My previous notion that the Ivo Inflight adjustable prop didn't really do much for climb was proven wrong. Best climb rate resulted from both max rpm and leaning the mixture with the HACman. This leg required a diversion around Chicago Class B airspace. I picked De Kalb Taylor, DKB, as a waypoint. It took 4500 feet to get to a comfortable temperature, even with one door open....later, 5500 for direction of flight to Oshkosh. From DKB, it was only about 150 statute miles to Oshkosh, so remaining fuel would not be a problem. I had mixed feelings about whether to fly the standard VFR arrival procedure, or the Oshkosh Ultralight arrival. I have done both, on a number of occasions, and the Ul arrival is particularly handy if the UL area is your desired final location on the airport. If it was part of the procedure in the past, I'm ashamed to admit it, but this year, the notam for UL arrival had a required stop, short of Oshkosh and a telephone call to UL Operations area announcing intentions....basically, a special landing clearance. Anyway, as Dodge Co. (KUNU), the "stop short" point approached, Oshkosh ATIS was within range. I was paying particular attention as to which runways were in use relative to the wind. Wind was 290 at 13 with gust to 19. and Fisk arrival was directing traffic to both 27 and 36. I guess 290 at 19 didn't sound too bad for the 8000 ft RW 36, or 6000 ft RW 27. In reality, the UL runway wasn't too far off wind either, but it involved an unnecessary stop at Dodge Co. a low altitude dogleg final a greater chance of embarrassment for myself and others, should things not turn out nicely. The excuses: That really sounds wimpy. I operated out of our 1600 ft farm strip for 30 years. In 1997, the exodus to Florida began. It does not take long to get used to a

3 4,000+ ft runway. The Kitfox is certainly capable. I actually did some practice on our 1200 ft grass overrun at Melrose Landing (FD22) in preparation for this Oshkosh arrival, but not this heavy, not this hot, and not after seventeen ours of flying. My decision was the Fisk arrival. The Fisk arrival was as typical as it can be. Shortly after landing on 27, my "special handing" began. The Oshkosh ground crew does an amazing job of getting arrivals off the runway and to their final resting place. For smooth flow of traffic, you park where you are told, depending on type of aircraft, camping, no camping, etc. Upon vacating the active, I had only to taxi a few hundred feet to the first flagman, to whom I relayed my Ultralight Area parking preference. My present location and the UL area were about as far apart as one could get and still be on Whitman field. I finally shut down the HKS next to the UL runway and deplaned following a little over 60 minutes of taxiing. If you have ever taxied a Kitfox, you know how blind it is, so it is slow going, especially around areas congested with aircraft with values exceeding my home by several times. There was a single place ex military fighter behind me for what seemed to be 20 minutes. I heard, but couldn't see him. I'm sure we were both happy when our paths diverged. I still don't know if I made the right decision, choosing the main runway. Nothing was smashed, and no one was embarrassed so I guess it was Ok. Calendar of Events July 4 Powers OR, Rogue Valley Flyers will be meeting once again at the Powers Airport, for camping and flying on the Beach. July 6-10 Arlington WA Fly-in Contact EAA Sun Jul 23 Kiwanis-McKinnon Fly-in/Drive-in Pancake Breakfast Contact Sandy Kiwanis July Oshkosh AirVenture Contact EAA Aug 12 UFO Club Annual Fly-In, Lenhardts Field, Hubbard, OR. Aug NW Antique Airplane Fly-in, McMinnville OR Sep 1-4 USUA 9 th US National Microlight Championships, Marshall Michigan Sep 2-5 Powers - Coast Labor Day Fly-out Contact Arty Trost (503) artytros@europa.com Sep Top Fun Flyers Alvord Desert Fly-in Contact TopFun Flyers The Last Word Things Learned From Children For those with No children - this is hysterical! For those who already have children past this age - this is hilarious. For those who have children this age - this is not funny. For those who have children nearing this age - this is a warning. For those who have not yet had children - this is birth control. The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas: Things I've learned from my Children 1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep. 2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite. 3. A 3-year old' voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant. 4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room. 5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way. 6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan. 7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh," it's already too late. 8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it. 9. A six-year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old man says they can only do it in the movies. 10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old. 11. Play dough and micr owave should not be used in the same sentence. 12. Super glue is forever. 13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water. 14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O. 15. VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do. 16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes. 17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

4 18. You probably do not want to know what that odor is. 19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not like ovens. 20. The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time. 21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy. 22. It will, however, make cats dizzy. 23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy. 24. The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful. First grade... true story: One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read,"..and so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, "Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?' The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?" One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said...'holy crap! A talking pig!'" The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes % of men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid. So, how d you break your arm? A friend just got back from a holiday ski trip to Utah with the kind of story that warms the cockles of anybody's heart. Conditions were perfect, 12 below, no feeling in the toes, basic numbness all over, the "tell me when we're having fun" kind of day. One of the women in the group complained to her husband that she was in dire need of a restroom. He told her not to worry that he was sure there was relief waiting at the top of the lift in the form of a powder room for female skiers in distress. He was wrong, of course, and the pain did not go away. If you've ever had nature hit its panic button in you, then you know that a temperature of 12 below zero doesn't help matters. So, with time running out, the woman weighed her options. Her husband, picking up on the intensity of her pain, suggested that since she was wearing an all white ski outfit, she should go off in the woods. No one would even notice, he assured her. The white will provide more than adequate camouflage. So she headed for the tree line, began disrobing and proceeded to do her thing. If you've ever parked on the side of a slope, then you know there is a right way and a wrong way to set your skis so you don't move. Yup, you got it. She had them positioned the wrong way. Steep slopes are not forgiving, even during embarrassing moments. Without warning, the woman found herself skiing backward, out of control, racing through the trees, somehow missing all of them and onto another slope. Her derriere and her reverse side were still bare, her pants down around he knees, and she was picking up speed all the while. She continued on backwards, totally out of control, creating an unusual vista for the other skiers. The woman skied, if you define that verb loosely, back under the lift, and finally collided violently with a pylon. The bad news was that she broke her arm and was unable to pull up her ski pants. At long last her husband arrived, putting an end to her nudie show, then went to the base of the mountain and summoned the ski patrol, who transported her to a hospital. In the emergency room she was regrouping when a man with an obviously broken leg was put in the bed next to hers. "So how'd you break your leg?" she asked, making small talk. "It was the darnest thing you ever saw," he said, "I was riding up this ski lift, and suddenlly I couldn't believe my eyes. There was this crazy woman skiing backward out of control down the mountain with her bare bottom hanging out of her clothes and her pants down around her knees. I leaned over to get a better look and I guess I didn't realize how far I'd moved. I fell out of the lift." "So how'd you break your arm?"

5 BUY and SELL BUY and SELL BUY and SELL BUY and SELL BUY and SELL Rans S-14 Beautiful condition, Rotax 582, electric start. Bubble fuselage for excellent visibility in all directions. Sacrifice at $13,000. Contact: Dave Nichols (541) Cosmos Phase II Trike Top 14.9 wing, Rotax 503, DCDI, C Box, BRS chute All for only $10,000 Contact: Dave Nichols (541) Hurricane Factory build +8-6 G's, Red, 65 hp Rotax 532. Ballistic chute, strobe lights, charging electrical system, external antenna cable. Mike Kern's personal plane. Great shape, always hangared Price: $8,900. Contact: Robert TenEyck (503) robertmetafiz@joimail.com Rans S-12 Experimental Rans S-12, N-151RB with Rotax 582, electric start and "C" gear box. 175 hours on engine and airframe. BRS model 1050 chute. Whelen strobes, cabin heater, full & half doors, standard & tundra tires, Bendix/King mode C transponder, Garmin Pilot III GPS, Warp Drive 3 bladed ground adjustable prop, elevator trim, ELT and Full Lotus float kit. Two 9 gallon wing tanks. Cruises at 70 mph. seating is side by side. The kit was completed in 1998 with pictures published in the 1998 issue of Sport Aviation and the 1999 March issue of Kit Plans magazines. Picture on club website. Priced at $19,950. It's always been hangared at Pearson Field. Contact Ron Bernhardt (503) or (360) Contact: Roger Wilson (503) flyingroger@msn.com 1998 KR-2S Kit Partially completed, with no engine. Airframe $2050. Located at Independence, OR. Pictures at: Contact: John Esch jfesch@earthlink.net EasyUpXP Biplane SOLD SOLD SOLD Contact: Clint Martindale (503) B1RD "John Deere" B1RD,Rotax 503 free air single carb, and runs very well, based at Propst Field. $4, Contact: Robert Goodell (541) flyboy917@yahoo.com Wanted B2RD in good condition. Contact: Randy McKinney (907) , Alaska rmckinney@alaska.net AVID FLYER Mk C, Rotax 582 and numerous upgrades, FAA inspector said it was the best Avid I've ever seen". The attention to details you've got to see to appreciate. Built by an A&P/IA/Engineer with over 2000 hours of labor and more than $22K kit and additional parts. Along with folding wings, it also includes a tow-bar so it can be towed on its main gear. It has a few rework/finishing details, so will sacrifice at $16K. Contact Loren mach0@intergate.com 80 s WEEDHOPPER Ultra Light Weedhopper 1980's vintage, complete, with extras. Illness, need to sell. Make Offer. Contact Norm Schroeder Newberg, OR janisk@spiritone.com Hawk Arrow 2 Place Hawk 2 place, tail dragger, Rotax 582. Airframe and Engine only 3 years old. Fabric in excellent condition. Yellow and purple. Oregon City. Price: $17, WEEDHOPPER 1984 Weedhopper Model C, Kawasaki 340 engine. Picture on club website. Contact: Henry Corbin corbin2@mollala.net EIS Instrument EIS instrument. Tach, temps, warnings, timers. Over $ new. Never used. Price: $ Contact: Mayor Bob Campbell (503) your ads to ads@ultralightflyers.org

6 July 2006 Summer is Here Please send your 2006 dues ($25.00), Payable to UFO Club to: Kip Frey, SE 362 nd Ave, Boring OR, Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Plane(s): Based: Send my newsletter by only: SE 362 nd Ave. Boring OR, website: