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July 20, 1969: The Lunar Module Eagle, at a weight of 16,153 lbs, carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. from Apollo 11 to the surface of the moon. If you enjoy aviation history facts we have a new one each day on Flymall.org at the bottom of our pages.
For months we have been posting pictures and updating you on the Hawker project at the Cambridge Airport. Here is the finished product. Click on the picture for a larger view. If you stop in and have lunch on Harry’s table post some pictures on Facebook and tag him in them. For past post about the Hawker project use the search box in the newsletter section and search for “Hawker”.
Here is some big news in the flying car / roadable aircraft industry. Geely, parent company of Volvo Cars, has agreed to purchase the flying–car startup Terrafugia. For more information on flying cars / roadable aircraft visit Harry’s Flying Car page on the Flymall.
Harry loves to introduce aviation to young kids. Harry recently met this young boy and his grandparents at the airport. They were watching the planes. he told him it was more fun on the other side of the fence and offered to let him sit in a few planes.
This is what experienced pilots call a sucker hole. It looks like a way out between two cells until you try to fly through it. This picture was taken at KGAI earlier in July. Here are some more “sucker holes” via Google Images.
In August Harry will be at several judged shows with a few of his vintage three wheelers. Click here for his appearance schedule. Follow Harry on Facebook for more updates and pictures live from the shows. For other events including car shows, county fairs, airport open house, air shows, etc., visit our events calendar by clicking here. The calendar is searchable. You can set up an email reminder about an event. The calendar will automatically email you a reminder about an event you are interested in.
Harry’s friend Brenda continues to see growth and success with her flight school Bravo Flight Training.
Brenda will often plan fly-outs for breakfast or lunch. Here is some info on an upcoming fly-out to Cumberland for breakfast. Click here for her post on this fly-out. Click on the log above for her site and more info on the numerous events Brenda organizes.
Harry’s student Francesca completed her solo cross countries this month. She hopes to have her checkride completed by the end of July. Here are a few pictures of her with N34HD after she returned from her first solo cross country.
If you are looking for a used aircraft visit Harry’s used aircraft page by clicking here. We also have a page dedicated to “buyer’s tools and information”. Here you can find useful information to help you in your search for an aircraft. Click here for the page. You can also visit Harry’s market watch page to research price data on aircraft, cars, motorcycles, and other vehicles. If you’re planning to purchase an aircraft to leaseback to a flight school visit Harry’s leaseback calculator developed by Harry. The leaseback calculator is a useful tool in determining rental rates, monthly income, etc.
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Differential axle – Peerless/4 bolt housing – used on Heald Haulers and Super Trykes
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Differential axle – Comet/8 bolt housing – used on Kimball Haulers
Quality Drive Systems, Alambra, CA, Roy Navarrete 626-293-5970
Hydraulic Master Cylinder-(Handle Bar)
Enginetics – Only repair kits available, Martin Custom Products
(Brad), 937-228-0370
Possible replacement – www.wilwood.com – see cylinder #260-14347
Hydraulic Master Cylinder-(Foot)
Heald, Haulmaster – 3 hole mount – Fork Lift Parts OUtlet, 208-553-7244 – Use: #fpd 800051726 nos
Kimball haulers – use automotive 1976 to 1982 Chevette — 1981/82 Pontiac 1000
If you’re looking for wheels and wings events for this summer, visit our events calendar for over 25 categories. Fun for the entire family. You can have our calendar email you a reminder about an event. Click here for the calendar. You can also visit the Day Tripper section of the Flymall for more ideas.
Once again, lots of aviatrix in the news this month.
This year the original DC3 Air Racing team (Pat Kraemer, Linda, and Debi) joined up for the 2017 Air Race Classic. However only Pat and Debi were able to fly the actual race. This year Harry was on hand for a lot of the pre race activities.
Here is the DC3 Air Racing team at the pre race dinner.
Some pictures from the Air Race Classic BBQ at the Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick. You can click on each picture to enlarge it.
You can visit the Kraemer Aviation Facebook page for numerous updates posted by Pat during the actual race. You will need to scroll down to the end of June for the race updates.
On the wheels side of the news. Here is a Facebook find. Meet Oklahoma Willy the Jet Powered VW Pickup .
This bit of news fits both the wheels and wings side. Here is a car made by the Beechcraft company. 1946 Beechcraft Plainsman made by the Beech Aircraft Company in Witchita Kansas.
Here is an update on the Hawker picnic area that Harry has been working on at the Cambridge airport. Below is a picture of the table that Harry & Pat donated.
Harry’s friend and business owner Brenda in the news again. Brenda owns Bravo Flight Training. Brenda has been teaching a friend’s (Lin, also a pilot and aircraft owner) mother to fly. Carol is 82 years young and she just received her student pilot certificate. Great job Brenda and Carol.
As an aircraft owner and pilot this picture is painful to look at. This is why you should never leave an aircraft parked under a hangar door. It should be all the way in or all the way out and clear of the door. Hangar doors can fail. The chain/cable can break, the counter weights can fall off, etc. Keep the aircraft clear of the door when parked.
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Welcome to our May 2017 Wheels & Wings Newsletter. Visit Flymall.org for all of your wheels & wings needs including show info, sales, service, appraisals, and more.
Sometimes you see something and just have to think why??? He is an eBay find. A Jaguar with a rear mounted GM engine. Why???
Here is a project that I have been working on since last fall. One of my clients had an old Hawker jet that was not airworthy. It was not worth the money to get it airworthy again. I was able to sell the engines and we donated the aircraft to the Cambridge Airport to be put on display with a picnic area around it. My company is paying for the picnic tables to be put around it. Here is the aircraft in the display area. The tables should be in place soon. The next time you are in Cambridge Maryland stop in and enjoy lunch on one of the picnic tables we donated.
Flying is important to the Flymall team. We fly general aviation aircraft almost every day.
Later in June Pat Kraemer will be flying in the Women’s Air Race Classic. The race is a 2400 mile race across the United States. We will be posting updates on our Facebook page as well as in our newsletter section of the Flymall.
Since Harry is known as the turtle man/expert, he is always alerted when there is a stray turtle (especially at an airport). Here is a snapping turtle walking across the ramp at KGAI.
Harry has 5 large turtle habitats on his property where he takes in unwanted turtles. He has 16 different species from all over the world. Pictured below is Harry with his African Sulcata tortoise.
We close this newsletter with a quote from Paul McCartney: And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
This is also the last verse in the last song (The End) on the last Beatle album.
“The End” is a song by the Beatles composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) for the album Abbey Road. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album.
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Here is Harry’s YouTube video with all of the pictures and video from the day at the Mid Atlantic Soaring Center.
Our next female aviator in the news is Lin Caywood.
Sugarloaf member Lin Caywood giving back to the community one flight at a time…
Volunteer Pilot Malinda Caywood also helped our PAL, patient Ronnie get to treatment from his home in North Carolina to Cancer Treatment Center of America. It sometimes take more than one leg to get from point A to point B and we are grateful for her!
Harry sold Lin this wonderful Cessna 182 pictured below. This was the last plane Harry sold as a Cessna dealer.
A Facebook find. Imagine waking up in the morning to find a Rolls Royce in your pool.
Harry is always on the lookout for rare and unusual vehicles (especially 3 wheelers). Here is a Facebook find. A very rare Lamborghini 1C roadable crawler. It has 3 wheels plus tracks.
More women aviators in the news. Congratulations to Sugarloaf member Brenda Tibbs ! Brenda is the recipient of an Amelia Earhart Scholarship!!!!!
Brenda was also named AOPA’s best flight instructor. Brenda is the owner of Bravo Aviation based at the Frederick Municipal Airport. Harry is a long time friend of Brenda and he has helped her and her customers over the years. Glad to see that she is doing great in her new business.
The Flymall team was at the annual Antique Tractor and Steam Engine Show in Derwood Maryland. Harry has done a few appraisals on some of the vehicles (classic cars & antique tractors) in the show. Click here for information on our appraisals.
All data from Harry’s appraisals is entered into the Market Watch section of our site. This is a searchable database designed by Harry. Posted here is actual sale prices, appraised values, asking price, etc. The database is searchable by any combination of Make, Model, and Year.
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Welcome to the Kraemer Aviation/Flymall March 2017 Newsletter.
Are you interested in car shows, airshows, etc? Visit Harry’s event calendar for 100s of local and national events. You can have the calendar email you a reminder about an event that you are interested in. The calendar has over 25 categories. You can view all categories or just the one that you are interested in.
I recently saw something in a METAR that I had to look up – Graupel.
Graupel
Also called soft hail or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) balls of rime. The term graupel comes from the German language.
Graupel is distinct from hail, small hail and ice pellets: The World Meteorological Organization defines small hail as snow pellets encapsulated by ice, a precipitation halfway between graupel and hail. The METAR code for graupel is GS.
Here is something interesting that made the rounds on Facebook a few weeks ago. Circular Runways! What are your thoughts? You can leave your comments below.
The Yamaha OX99-11. three beautiful prototypes were built. How many knew that Yamaha made a car?
The Montgomery County Airport will have it’s annual open house Saturday September 9, 2017, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Check our events calendar for more details.
Enjoy this picture by Brenda of Bravo Flight Training. This was taken over the skies of Frederick Maryland. We thank Brenda for letting us use her picture.
Here is an interesting motorcycle seen on Facebook. A Prop-driven Thor ‘pacer bike’ with Henderson 4-cylinder engine
Let’s go back in time. Look at the car prices in this ad from the News Post (a Baltimore Maryland newspaper) September 1961.
Need an appraisal on an aircraft, visit our appraisal page for information on our appraisals. Pictured here are a few of the warbirds that we have appraised for clients and museums around the world. They are an A7 Corsair, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Bac Jet Provost P84 T3A (Provost T3), and a Vietnam era Huey. Our appraisal page is at Flymall.org and click on the appraisal link at the top of the page. Sometimes Harry gets to fly the aircraft he appraises!
Thanks for reading. Be sure to checkout our April 2017 Newsletter coming soon. If you want to find an old post in our newsletter section you can search it by using the search box. Just search for a key word.
Here is a cute YouTube video for my pilot friends.
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Good news for the Washington International Flight Academy. About 4 or 5 years in the works. Harry has worked on this project for about a year and a half and today Harry received notice that the school is now approved to issue student visas for international students.
Ariel and Harry attended the student orientation for the winter semester for the aviation students at Catonsville Community College (degree program). Here are a few pictures from the event.
CCBC Fly In Sunday 4/29 – Bay Bridge Airport 11:00 AM arrival at W-29. The college will host a fly-out to the Bay Bridge Airport on April 29 2017. All are welcome to attend. Depart at 9:00AM, return at 2:00PM
Airshow and car show season is juts around the corner. Visit our events calendar for up to date info on local car shows and other events. With over 25 categories, there is something for everyone. Click here for our events calendar.
January 2017 wasn’t a good month for flying little airplanes in Maryland. We canceled more flights then we flew.
Harry helped another client purchase an aircraft. This was is based at KGAI. The client just purchased a share of this aircraft. Dubbed the McDonalds aircraft.
WIFA at shooting range. Several WIFA employees and students attended a shooting range in VA. Here are a few pictures from the event.
More progress on the Hawker Jet display at Cambridge Airport. In our December 2016 newsletter we mentioned that we were working on a deal to have a Hawker 400 aircraft on display with picnic tables around it. This month we are happy to say that things are moving forward. Kraemer Aviation / Flymall with be donating some of the picnic tables for the project.
A shot of the Susquehanna River taken from a moving vehicle taken a few weeks ago while we were driving to PA to pickup another 3 wheel vehicle.
Is it an engine or a motor??? Whether we drive a car or fly an aircraft, they are powered by a gas engine. But is it an engine or a motor? Click here to read Harry’s post on the topic.
Buying or selling a vehicle and need pricing information, visit our Market Watch section of the Flymall. Harry tracks all types of vehicles: classic/collector cars, motorcycles, ATVs, tractors, aircraft, and much more. This is an online database, easy to use, and smart phone friendly.
First we began the checkride with the oral portion of the exam. The oral exam included questions on what checks need to be done on the aircraft and how often they need to be checked. Next he asked me about the weather minimums for different airspace. After that we went over what needs to be onboard the aircraft before flight and who is responsible for keeping these things current. Last we went over weight and balance and what is possible when weight and balance are outside of the proper limits.
The flight portion started with landings. We did a soft-field landing and then two short field landings. After that we departed the pattern to go on a flight to Hanover. Once the cross country part was completed we did maneuvers. We did stalls, steep turns, turns about a point, and last we ended with s turns a cross a rode. We then returned to KTHV.
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The AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT leaps tall buildings in a single bound, is more powerful than a 747, is faster than a speeding bullet, walls on water and gives policy to God.
The MULTI-ENGINE PILOT leaps short buildings in a single bound, is more powerful than a 707, and is just as fast as a speeding bullet, walks on water if it is calm and talks to God.
The INSTRUMENT PILOT leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable wind conditions. He is almost as powerful as a Learjet, faster than a speeding bullet, walks on water of an indoor pool and talks to God if special requests are approved.
The COMMERCIAL PILOT barely clears a Quonset hut, loses tug-of-war with Twin Engine aircraft, can fire a speeding bullet, swims well and is occasionally addressed by God.
The PRIVATE PILOT makes high ranks when trying to leap buildings, is run over by Piper Arrows and sometimes handles an airplane without inflicting self-injury, can dog-paddle and talks to animals.
The NON-SOLOED STUDENT PILOT falls over the door sill when trying to enter buildings, says “look at the airplane,” wets himself with a water pistol and mumbles to himself.
BUT …
The CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR lifts buildings and walks under them, kicks airplanes out of the hangar, catches speeding bullets with his teeth and chews them, and freezes water with a single glance. The CFI IS GOD.
