Kraemer Aviation / Flymall.org December 2019 Newsletter

With Christmas just a week away, here is Harry’s collection of T’was The Night Before Christmas.

Want to find something we wrote about in the past? Our newsletter section is searchable. Just use the search box to the right of this post.

While on the topic of Christmas, Pat & Harry had breakfast with Santa at the Laytonsville Volunteer Fire Department.  As always, good food, good company, and cool fire trucks to look at.  Click here for more pictures from breakfast with Santa.  

Want to know where the Kraemer Aviation team will be next?  Visit our appearance and class schedule by clicking here.

Interested in living at an airport?  Visit our Aviation Real Estate page here.

Here’s what living at an airport is like!

Want to have your business highlighted on the Flymall???  We offer inexpensive rates to have your business featured on our Wheels & Wings page.  Contact us for more info.

History Trivia: December 7 1888:  John Boyd Dunlop, a Scottish inventor, was issued a patent for his pneumatic tyre. In 1887, when his 9-year-old son had complained of the rough ride he experienced on his tricycle over the cobbled streets of Belfast, Dunlop had devised and fitted rubber air tubes held on to a wooden ring by tacking a linen-covering fixed around the wheels. Due to the major improvement in riding comfort, Dunlop continued development until he patented the idea. He sold his rights to the pneumatic tyres to a company he formed with the president of the Irish Cyclists’ Association, Harvey Du Cros, for a small cash sum and a small shareholding in their pneumatic tyre business. Dunlop withdrew in 1896. The company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, was not incorporated until later using the name well-known to the public but it was Du Cros’s creation

If you enjoy history, we have a new aviation history fact each day at the bottom of our webpages.  Some days there may be more than one, just refresh the page.  And if you like Beatles history, checkout our Events Calendar and select the Beatles category.  This is a work in progress, we’re building the most comprehensive calendar of important dates in Beatle history.

For those that like to stick with current news, we have an aviation news ticker on our home page.  This is updated daily to show the current aviation news.

Here is another historic Porsche for this month in history trivia. This is a Lohner Automobile by Wilhelm Lohner, 1989.  During the 1900 Semmering hillclimb, the hybrid petrol-electric Lohner-Porsche racing car was driven by Ferdinand Porsche. It performed very well in practice, but during the race a front-wheel pneumatic run away, forcing him to withdraw.

Another resource had this to say about this car: The Lohner Porsche is a car by (founding father) Ferdinand Porsche for the Lohner company. It had batteries and two engines mounted in the rims of the front wheels. Thus tackeling the problem of stressed driveshafts on front wheel driven cars.

Technically the Lohner/Porsche is a motorwheel vehicle.  The Three Wheel Association has one in the collection, a Briggs & Stratton Midget Mobile.

Achievements & Special Recognition: Instructors, what to highlight your students first solo or other achievement here?  Just send us a short write-up and a picture or two and we’ll post it here for you.  Click here for our contact info.

Aviation/Aviators in the news: The aviation section of the Flymall is full of aviation news, training info, and much more for the aviator.

Two wrongs don’t make a right. But two Wrights made an airplane. December 17 1903.

Air show season is always just around the corner.  Want to travel to air shows in your own aircraft?  Visit our used aircraft page on the Flymall to view our inventory.

Car/Motorcycle Show News: Our Events Calendar has the most current info regarding local and national car shows, air shows, and more.  With nearly 30 categories, there is something for everyone.  The Day Tripper section of the Flymall has dozens of day trip ideals and interesting places to visit.  Check it out here.

Visit Harry’s Classic Car Cruise In page for information on local cruise in events and local shows.

Barn Finds/Hangar Finds:  Need an appraisal on your barn find?  Visit our Appraisal Page for information on our appraisals.

Enjoy this 1966 Toyota 2000, not a barn find, but a Facebook find!

Visit our online store to search for hard to find car parts, aircraft parts, and much more.  You can pay online in our secure store, just click on the Store button on our home page.

Visit the Test Drive section of the Flymall for reviews on automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and more. Read about it before you buy it.  You can also research price info on a wide variety of vehicles, collectibles, and more in the Market Watch section of the Flymall.  You can also share a review or write your own review.

If you’re restoring a fabric aircraft, Ira Walker of Walker Aviation is your resource.  Visit his page on the Flymall by clicking here.

CFI / DPE Notes: Visit Harry’s Practical Test page for information on his checkrides.  You will also find useful information there to help you prepare for your checkride.  You can also visit Harry’s Lesson Plan section of the Flymall for other flight training information.  Visit our Flight Training page for information on our aviation training classes.

Follow Harry on Facebook for daily updates on his checkrides, flight training, and other activities.

Weather in the news:  For a pilot, there is no such thing as “no weather”.  Here is an account of how a student pilot handled some difficult weather on a cross country from KGAI to KLNS.  Click here for the story told in the student’s own words.

Three Wheel Association (TWA): Visit the Three Wheel Association page on the Flymall for more info on the association.

Want a reproduction vintage 3 wheeler.  Walker Aviation can scratch built from pictures or drawings.  Visit his page on the Flymall.

Here is a “vehicle” that crosses over to numerous of Harry’s interest: flying car, 3 wheel vehicle, vintage aircraft, and prototype vehicles. The Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep was a prototype vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Piasecki Aircraft. It had 2 ducted rotors powered by Lycoming O-360 engines. There are 2 models in Harry’s collection, one is the green one assembled and the other is a vintage model still in the box. Harry has been collecting flying car models since the early 1960s.

Prototypes: The Blohm und Voss Bv P.111 was a German trimotor asymmetrical flying boat design from 1937. Designed by Dr. Richard Vogt, it was developed along side the Bv 138 trimotor flying boat. Both designs were presented to the RLM and the Bv 138 was chosen. The P.111 project was then cancelled with no prototypes built.

Animals in the headlines:  Visit Jett’s page on the Flymall for interesting dog stories and other pet related information.

We close this newsletter with these words from a John Lennon song:

There are places I’ll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone, and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead, and some are living
In my life, I’ve loved them all