Hi Larry. All the trailing edge bits are ready for installatoin. We will be replacing / rebuilding the trailing edges in place. I will go to Debert on Thursday...
Hi Charles Charles Yeates wrote: Hi Larry. All the trailing edge bits are ready for installatoin. We will be replacing / rebuilding the trailing edges in...
Signature01Tim -- your message came in after we closed down here. Could you drive yourself? -- gas will be paid by the club. -- Charles ... From: Tim Segulin ...
I will be available from Sat-Sun. If anyone wants to go up then please let me know. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
Four of us worked away for 5-7 hours on ALN's wings today. Peter M., Charles Y., Tim S. and myself. Tim took off quite a bit of the green coating on the left...
Thr trailing edges of the Ka7 wings need only the cap ply glued on -- will be down tomorrow. Needs only minor sanding to have wings ready for covering....
I am available tomorrow and on Monday. Let me know if anyone is going out to Debert to work on the glider. I am at my parents' place (902)542-4118. Cheers, ...
The trailing edges work was completed Saturday morning -- just need to take off the clamps and do minor filing or sanding of sqeezed out epoxy On to recovering...
My availability is going to be limited from now until about 15 Sep, as we are approaching the middle of the month. I do have some days off coming up...
Paul etal I don't think we are quite ready to put the fabric on ALN. There is still some gluing to be done. A separation of plywood from the box on the left...
Re costs -- we are OK for flying whenever the ship is ready -- we have 7 or 8 thousand in the bank so, even after cost of coverign, we are ok for a year at...
Hi Charles Do we really believe that we can complete the work on ALN and have her certified and flying within a few weeks? If we do manage to make her ...
Hi all I have finally reread the PolyFiber "How to Cover an Aircraft" to figure out what we will need in terms of supplies .... I am surprised at the volume of...
Larry: Tampa Bay Soaring has someone who does covering work. He learned at a workshop at Sun and Fun. I think the Poly Fiber will hold up well and with new...
I have been updating my home page and added some material that might be of interest or use to members of this listserve. Under soaring on my pages (see link...
Hi All, What a beautiful day. At noon today, as I looked up from the arifield at Debert, there were wave clouds spaced north and south of the field....
I say this not by way of boast, but I sampled the conditions over the North mountain last night (Aug 23) between 5 and 6 pm in the Piper Cub. As you correctly...
I just looked at the atmospheric profile for Greenwood and for a 20C surface temperature the thermals go up to over 7000 ft today... it is clear here in the...
I just got back from an astronomical observing weekend. The skies were great at night for viewing - dark and transparent. The skies were agonizing during the...
Larry: The base within 15 miles of debert was 5300'. We had some 233s and the LAK up for hour plus flights today. The air was smooth, and the lift was well...
Soaring over Folley Lake must have been great. I enjoyed flying power over that area. It would have been more fun still in a sailplane. I am really glad to...
Hi Charles, Good to hear you had some good flying in Ontario. No I had never seen those images showing the scale of the Universe...nicely done and I enjoyed...
Fossett claims gliding record (WOW : 50,699') Aug. 30, 2006. 11:42 AM BILL CORMIER ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES — U.S. tycoon and adventurer Steve Fossett,...
Tomorrow I am going to haul VKA back to Debert with hopes of some autumn soaring with ACES. I will look in on ALN also. I have not attended to ALN much lately...
There is a cute story on flying with whooping cranes in yesterday's Globe and Mail. The author is Peter Cheney, who identifies himself as an ultralight pilot...
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Hi Chris, Peter Cheney is the person, formerly a student at Bluenose. I see him most summers when he returns to Nova Scotia to visit in-laws in Metro area and...
Hi all, I have just made arrangements to get space in the Valley to house and work on ALN's wings in space provided by Robert Clark of Berwick. Robert has a...
Hi Can anyone tell me where I can borrow or rent a projector that I can connect to my laptop? I need it for a lunch time presentation to a business group on...