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Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:36 pm

Re: Flight Following

mountainmatt wrote:Glad you're back Rob. Does Lovelock have a liquor store?

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Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:45 pm

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Thanks Gump. But I have paid for a room and it is snowing. 1/4 on the ground and it doesn't look like it will stop.
This probably would be a ok day when you were flying in Alaska. Cheers...Rob

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Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:47 pm

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58Skylane wrote:
mountainmatt wrote:Glad you're back Rob. Does Lovelock have a liquor store?

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Yes. but I don't drink much anymore. 1 and done. :mrgreen:
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:06 pm

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Well.....I'm glad your safe, Rob!!! At the end of the day, that's all it matters!


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Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:14 pm

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good decision, rob. YOU don't have to be to work on mon. anyway...! even instrument rated, it really ain't worth it...loading your bird with ice if u don't have to don't make much sense...hey Pat, is it snowing in boise...? here in i.f. it is and i hope it continues....!
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:20 pm

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jomac wrote:hey Pat, is it snowing in boise...? here in i.f. it is and i hope it continues....!


I don't know Image. I'm still down in SoCal Image.

I'll be back in Boise the Wednesday night for a few weeks. Yeah......I hope there's alot of snow dumping up there!!
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:11 pm

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aha, u and i are both working stiffs, and rob has all the fun....!
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:21 pm

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jomac wrote:aha, u and i are both working stiffs, and rob has all the fun....!


Hahaha....yeah, we'll be in Rob's shoes one of these days. I know for me, I'll probably work till I pass. I'll get too bored to just sit around and tell flying story's in the ole folk home. Being a yahoo trucker, I aint going to make a whole lot of money to keep flying if I retire around 60-65.
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:45 pm

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ccurrie wrote:great thread!
stupid question... how do you "self launch" a glider?



Google < Schleicher ASH26E >. It has a 50 hp Wankel engine in the fuselage behind the wing. The prop comes up on a pylon for lauch. Main wheel, steerable tailwheel, and faired in roller blade wheels on each wingtip allow for taxi and limited ground ops.

I keep mine hangared and built a hydraulic lift dolly to push it sideways between the hangars out to the ramp, as wing span is 59 feet and trying to taxi there would be a bit dicey.

For soaring, prop folds back into fuselage and engine bay doors close. Ship then looks like any other high performance glider, just over 50 to 1 L/D.

all the best,

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Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:04 pm

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Glad you're safe on the ground, Fast Bobby. Call me tomorrow if you want me to get any internet updates for you. Not sure what your internet situation is there in Lovelock.
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:15 pm

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1SeventyZ wrote:Glad you're safe on the ground, Fast Bobby. Call me tomorrow if you want me to get any internet updates for you. Not sure what your internet situation is there in Lovelock.


If you had checked the chat room, you could have talked to him there. Appearantly he has good internet in his room.
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:19 pm

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58Skylane wrote:
1SeventyZ wrote:Glad you're safe on the ground, Fast Bobby. Call me tomorrow if you want me to get any internet updates for you. Not sure what your internet situation is there in Lovelock.


If you had checked the chat room, you could have talked to him there. Appearantly he has good internet in his room.


#-o I was too busy surfing porn.
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:40 pm

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58Skylane wrote:
1SeventyZ wrote:Glad you're safe on the ground, Fast Bobby. Call me tomorrow if you want me to get any internet updates for you. Not sure what your internet situation is there in Lovelock.


If you had checked the chat room, you could have talked to him there. Appearantly he has good internet in his room.


#-o I was too busy surfing porn.


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Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:20 pm

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ccurrie wrote:great thread!
stupid question... how do you "self launch" a glider?



Google < Schleicher ASH26E >. It has a 50 hp Wankel engine in the fuselage behind the wing. The prop comes up on a pylon for lauch. Main wheel, steerable tailwheel, and faired in roller blade wheels on each wingtip allow for taxi and limited ground ops.

I keep mine hangared and built a hydraulic lift dolly to push it sideways between the hangars out to the ramp, as wing span is 59 feet and trying to taxi there would be a bit dicey.

For soaring, prop folds back into fuselage and engine bay doors close. Ship then looks like any other high performance glider, just over 50 to 1 L/D.

all the best,

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Cool, isnt that cheating though?
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:14 am

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After you get done eating your relaxing brunch, we need a update (current temp, snow accumulation, POA). :?:

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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:23 am

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My buddy in Reno posted that he had 15" of super fluffy snow in his driveway this morning at 4,875 msl.

Maybe Rob is out shoveling the Lovelock runway?
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:35 am

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mountainmatt wrote:After you get done eating your relaxing brunch, we need a update (current temp, snow accumulation, POA). :?:

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METAR KLOL 15:53Z 12/07/09
KLOL 071553Z AUTO 06014KT 1 1/4SM -SN ////2" of snow. Dry blowing around. Relatively warm here now. 19. Single digit on the route home. Colder tomorrow.

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Good news! Got hooked up with the owner of a hanger at Derby Field. There are only 2 hangars on the field. Hugh has a real engine heater too. What a bonus. Now if the weather gurus are right I'll get home tomorrow.

What I have learned so far. Don't stop at small airports with no FBO.

Hope to launch 1000-1030

Cheers...Rob
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:50 am

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KLOL has an nice pilots lounge. Laughing out loud. Last July I flew up to 3U2 for the 180 flyin and fueled there on the way up and back. Stayed in the same hotel Sturgen's on the way back, looks about the same room (angle to street), free airport shuttle both ways. Wasn't any snow when I was there Rob.
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:54 am

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The old saying, "It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground." Doesn't apply to places like Lovelock.

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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:57 am

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Could be worse Gump, like Trona or Stovepipe wells
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