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  1. Adam: Thanks for the update, I guess I was one of those who had no idea of what is required. Including $388 for a hose between the carbs--this takes my breath away. See ya, Ken Nolde
  2. Dear Roger, Tim, Etal: Since the great flyin at Page, where Roger got me plugged in o this site, I apologize for my lack of commentary or acknowledgement. As many of you know, I have not been reticient to jump into a conversation. I just had another atricle published and it was in the last issue (Issue 11 Oct 2010) of EAA's online Light Sport World titled: Light Sport Cross country Flying: Lets Go! I have gotten a number of nice comments, including ones from overseas: UK, Spain. For those of you who do not know me and for those I did not meet at the Page Flyin, I am Kenneth Nolde, PhD. Major USAF(Ret.) and I a partisan CT owner. My wife Nancy and I have owned an aircraft for the past 16 years and we sold our long cherished Piper Cherokee to buy our CTLS in August 2008. Reasons are mainly that FAA and I had a fight about my medical certificate, I won after a particularly nasty fight---I let my certificate lapse rather than fight the FAA medical establishment. So Nancy and I went to the 2008 Sebring Expo and decided I needed a retirement present )See EAA Sport Pilot Dec 2009--"An LSA Joins the Family." Since then I have been a steady contributer (hopefully) to the CT/LSA dialogue. I actually have quikte a bit of aviation experience, beginning with my first flight, when a Civil Air Patrol Cadet,in a WWII surplus Stinson L-5 and the noise of flapping fabric, a whistle from a cracked window, and 5 minutes of stick time, foreever warped my head and I was hooked on flying. B-52s, 2000 houes, RF-4Cs 2700 hours, and about 2100 GA hours later I still love it as much as the dazzling in old Zahn's Airport, Long Island NY. In deference to my wife, I must say that this years trip to San Diego through Santa Fe and Page was the best and most exciting CT trip yet. The Santa Fe area is great and we spend 4 really great days sight seeing. Page was a total surprise and we enjoyed so much we will include on a future trip. We were lucky in leaving for San Siego on Saturday, the cluds were thicking--in fact, they were the first clouds we had seen since leaving Pensacola 10 days earlier. Ah sunny San Diego, we left 8 days later to go hoome and popping out of a hole leaving Montgomery (MFY)it was the first time we saw the sun in that whole time. We landed in Demming and found out our landing light was out. After flogging aroound a totally dark airport for a while, we found a tiedown and came back the next day. There was 770LS right next to us. After we took off from Demming, it was a 1000 nm scud run to home. The final 70 nms were under a variable overcast that leaked the whole time (it was misty and rainy). The scud running was not particularly hard, but it was enough to prevent us from sponging off relatives in Texas on the way home. So, there we are and I apologize for the length, but its nice to be back. Seeya, ken and Nancy Nolde, N840KN 345 hours
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