Flymall Wheels & Wings May 2018 Newsletter

Welcome to the Kraemer Aviation / Flymall Wheels & Wings May 2018 newsletter.

We have a nice starter airplane for sale, a 1967 Piper Cherokee 140 that can be purchased for under $20,000.00 USD. Click here for details.

Visit our ebay store for some great deals on pilot supplies, car parts, collectables, and more.  You can also shop on the Flymall by clicking on our store button on the left side panel.  We have numerous categories in our store, and you can pay online.

Are you looking for some deals on aviation headsets.  We have some for sale. Click here to view our used headset inventory.

Achievements & Special Recognition:  Do you want to promote/celebrate your first solo or new pilot certificate or rating?  Send us an email and we’ll post it here for you.

Aviation/Aviators in the news:  Each day on Flymall.org we have a new history fact at the bottom of our webpages. Just look where it says “Today in Aviation History”.

Car/Motorcycle Show News:  The Flymall team visited The Rural Heritage Museum in early May.  They had an entire building dedicated to transportation (cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and covered wagons).

 

Click here for more pictures.

The Flymall team had their vintage Ural motorcycle on display at the British & European Motorcycle Day.  Here is a picture of Harry & Pat at the show with the bike.

Click here for more pictures from the event.

Harry’s favorite from the show was a 1930s Zundapp Military Motorcycle.

 

Car trivia. What car had a step down design. One of the reasons the manufacturer went out of business was because they did not offer a V8. Click here for answer.

Barn Finds/Hangar Finds:  1966 Pontiac Star Chief that has been sitting in a barn for 8 years.  It sold on eBay for $2,250.00 USD.  The seller said that it ran when parked.  Looked like a good deal.

You can research vehicle prices in our Market Watch section of the Flymall Wheels & Wings site.

 

CFI Notes:  Here are some pictures of a recent Piper Arrow crash.  Let’s examine the pictures and determine what could have possibly happened.  Notice how the tips of the propeller blades are not curled like you typically see with a prop strike.  It appears that the pilot stalled just above the runway and the aircraft nosed in to the ground “nose first”.  From looking at the propeller blades it looks like once the one blade hit the ground it dug in and the rotation of the blades stopped since one blade shows no sign of hitting the ground.

Weather in the news:  We had a lot of rain in Germantown Maryland this May.

Here is a snapshot of the radar from May 14 in Germantown Maryland.

 

After the storms passed on May 14.

 

 

Just 2 years after the historic flooding in Ellicott City Maryland, May 2018 brings it on again.

 

 

May 2018 ends with heavy rain and storms (May 31 2018).

Three Wheel Association (TWA):  There are plans in the future for the Three Wheel Association to have a building to house the collection and to be headquarters for the association.  Keep checking the TWA page on the Flymall for updates.

Prototypes:  This month we’re featuring some unknown cars by well known manufacturers.

Toyota EX-III, 1969 concept

Here is another interesting prototype we found online. This is a full-scale mockup for a 1965 Cadillac V16 two-seater. Too bad it was never put in to production.

The XP-755 concept car, better known as the Corvette Mako Shark concept car.

And here is one by Ford. The 1969 Ford XW SurferRoo GS utility from Australia was a prototype that never went into mass production. They were powered by a 5.0Litre V8 and 4-speed.  Three cars were built, featuring a massive rear wing and wooden deck. They were taken on a national promotion tour and, at the end, were offered to dealers and sold to the public.

Animals in the headlinesJett Kraemer (JK) looking over her kingdom for coyote. After her fight with the coyote she goes by JCK – Jett Coyote Killer.

Dogs and coyote were once again in the news in May 2018.  Memorial Day weekend a dog was attacked and killed by a coyote in Northern Virginia.

 

April & May frog/toad eggs

We close this newsletter with these words of wisdom:  Strive for excellence, not perfection.

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