Dear All, After receiving a few letters from pilots regarding engine decarbonizing (removing the carbon deposits from the cylinder head and piston) I decided...
Alex Varv
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Feb 1, 2004 11:03 pm
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Dear All, I have just uploaded the article "Decarbonizing a two stroke engine" on the Inventions Page. Those interested can view it using this direct link:...
Alex Varv
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Feb 2, 2004 4:59 am
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Hi Gang, Randy is a new pilot in the Milwaukee area and has posted this to the WPPGA list, I cannot answer and refer to the radio gurus here. I also need to...
... [February,05-08:34] DavidASM3: Good morning, Jim. This is Dave McWhinnie. I thought that you would be at the Salton Sea by now. I am leaving this...
All, I just placed my order for oil for the upcoming flying season (I'm getting
excited). I use Castrol TTS Fully Synthentic 2-Stroke Motor Oil in my Top-80...
DISREGARD: I just got notice from the merchant that they're sold out of the
oil. :( ... From: IPPGA@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, February 05, 2004 09:36:01...
Jeff, I emailed you a few days ago about the problem I had with the USPPA website. You replied back (see below). And I tried to reply to your reply, but I got...
More to follow. Nick, Jeff, Stefan, Stan [one of Jeff's neighbors] and I were the local midwest representatives. All of us did well. No injuries, minimal...
There were 161 registered pilots at the show. Most of them were from the west coast. Bruce Brown, Chris Bowles, Jim Jackson, Del Shanze [Walker Jet], Javier &...
Thanks for the report Dave. Sounds like a lot of fun and makes me even more anxious to start the sport. I've added one more wrinkle to my life this month, not...
Kevin, as a father of a 5 month old, I can hardly say that things have settled down ;^). Make sure you thank your wife when you schedule your lessons! Mark ...
Dave, It was great flying with you - I love your attitude and enthusiasm. Thanks for the write-up...can I use portions of it on the usppa site? Greetings all...
Guys, Our model for competitions is changing. We won't have them concurrent with a fly-in any more because it's bad for the contestants and annoying to those...
Jeff, This all sounds good. I suggest we hold the comp at the polo field. Wide open No complaining neighbors, and lots of green grass. Count me in seeing as I...
Here's an interesting segment I heard on the UltraFlight Radio Show
(2/10/04): Master Sergeant Leo Richard is the Northern Commander of the Illinois State...
Jeff, Interesting. I'm game. Although I'm not sure I'm competition or just judge
material -- but I'll entertain both. It'll have to be warmer for me to...
I would be happy to help too. The cloverleaf and the footdrag may be events that I won't do, but the rest seem interesting and safe for a relatively new pilot...
Guys, Appreciate the comments and support. Mikey, the Polo field would be the ideal choice *IF* the current owner is OK with it. We most certainly don't want...
Jeff, I appreciate you thinking about the polo field for the competitions. I will contact the owner and talk with him about it. However, this field is a...
Alex Varv
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Feb 12, 2004 5:50 pm
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Jeff, What!? Naper Aero can't host us? <grin, wink, wink> Yeah, I agree, the Polo Field would be ideal -- I hope the owner is
agreeable. And, seriously, how...
What's this I see in the extended forecast for our area? Possible 40 degrees
on Thursday/Friday next week? Can it be? Wheeeee! It's gonna be downright...
... competitions. Alex, I am sorry I suggested the POLO field casue it would be perfect. I had no idea that alot of flyers would be a problem. Hopefully it...
Gary, Yesterday was perfect for flying, Of course I was in the shop, But the sunshine and the cool breeze was great. I NEED SUN.... And altitude...Really bad. ...
Gary, That would be marvelous if you could scout out likely locations and see if they would be willing to host it. Alex, Thanks for checking, there would...
Mikey, "Perfect" yesterday you say? Sure, the winds were OK but there was still
snow on the ground and the temp wasn't much above 30! Sheesh... You *ARE*...
There are other alternate fields. First Cambell airport up by me is out. Totally UL un friendly too much student traffic. Westosha has always been acceptive...
Dear All, Following the thread of Solo 210 cooling on the forums, Graham Sutherland from Australia submitted an article with his original cooling duct (shroud)...
Alex Varv
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Feb 13, 2004 6:13 am
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Dear All, The inventions Page has been uploaded with Graham Sutherland's article about the Cooling Duct (shroud) for the Solo 210 engine. The direct link to...
Alex Varv
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Feb 14, 2004 1:03 am
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I placed a poll on the Big list for people interested in Competing here in june. Please vote so we can get a preliminary head count....
I notice that on the usppa schools and clubs page there was the Illinois Powered Paraglider Assoc. With names like Nick Scholtes, Alex Varv and Jeff Goin in...
