{"id":1819,"date":"2017-09-27T18:56:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T23:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2017-10-01T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T15:46:30","slug":"flymall-september-2017-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/flymall-september-2017-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Flymall September 2017 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Flymall Wheels & Wings <\/a>September 2017 Newsletter.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month the country remembered the terrorist attacks that happened 17 years ago.\u00a0 Harry was flying between Gaithersburg, Maryland and New York on that day.\u00a0 Click here for his story and he describes the event from the inside looking out.<\/a><\/p>\n

September is also Harry’s birthday month – September 26 19??.\u00a0 It is becoming a tradition for Harry & Pat to celebrate birthdays at Julliano’s Brick Oven Pizza.\u00a0 Click here for pictures of Harry’s b-day party at Julliano’s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harry received a big surprise on his birthday morning. As he was feeding his turtles he saw something moving in the dirt.\u00a0 It was a baby eastern box turtle hatching from the nest.\u00a0 A total of 3 turtles were found in the habitat that day.\u00a0 As of this newsletter they are all doing well.\u00a0 Click here for Harry’s turtle page on the Flymall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Once again the weather was in the news earlier in September. Hurricane Irma.\u00a0 Here is a METAR for Key West during Hurricane Irma (Harry got this from ADDS during the hurricane).\u00a0 Click on the picture for a larger view.<\/p>\n

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TAF found online for Princess Juliana International Airport (Philipsburg, Sint Maarten) during Irma. Click on the picture for a larger view.<\/p>\n

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While on the topic of the hurricane, Harry’s student Francesca came back to Maryland (from Embry Riddle in Florida) to ride out the storm.\u00a0 They had dinner together at Julliano’s.<\/p>\n

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Another successful pass by one of Harry’s <\/a>students. Gilad passed his initial flight instructor checkride. Congratulations.<\/p>\n

The big news from this past August was the eclipse on August 21 2017.\u00a0 Here is a picture of it taken by a friend.<\/p>\n

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While on the topic of the eclipse here is an old car advertisement from the 1963 eclipse.<\/p>\n

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If you’re in the market for a used aircraft visit our used aircraft page by clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you’re planning to leaseback your aircraft to a flight school check out Harry’s leaseback calculator developed by Harry when he was a Cessna dealer. Click here for the calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking for something to do, visit our events calendar<\/a>. Many car shows and air shows benefit different charities. You can search our events calendar by the name of a charity to find an event that supports your favorite charity. For example “Toys for Tots”.\u00a0 You can even have our calendar email you a reminder about an event.<\/p>\n

You can sign up for our newsletter on any of the pages on the Flymall<\/a>.\u00a0 Simply use the “sign up for our newsletter” box in the upper right of our webpages.<\/p>\n

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Harry’s friend Brenda at Bravo Flight Training <\/a>continues with her success as a new flight school. She recently hosted an informative aircraft insurance seminar. Visit her site <\/a>for informative and educational events like this.\u00a0 Earlier this month Brenda also earned her seaplane rating.\u00a0 Brenda was also part of a group that went down to Jack Brown’s Seaplane base many years ago.\u00a0 About 8 total earned their seaplane rating during that week. Click here for Harry’s post on the outing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy going to car shows, motorcycle shows, air shows, etc., consider becoming an appraiser. The Flymall<\/a> is looking for folks to join our team.\u00a0 You’ll work for yourself, make you own hours, and learn about numerous different cars, bikes, aircraft, and more.\u00a0 You’ll be required to attend our one day training program ($575.00 fee) and then you’re off to start getting paid to look at vintage cars, motorcycles, and more.\u00a0 Visit our appraisal page <\/a>for more info on our appraisals.<\/p>\n

On August 19 we celebrated National Aviation Day<\/a>.\u00a0 Happy National Aviation Day!<\/p>\n

If you would like to advertise on the Flymall<\/a> contact Harry<\/a>.\u00a0 – Ira Walker <\/a>is one of our long term advertisers.\u00a0 He is an expert craftsman and aircraft restorer.\u00a0 Ira built Harry’s very rare Briggs & Stratton Midget Mobile <\/a>from plans.\u00a0 Ira is an expert on Husky Aircraft as well as Pitts, and Snowcars.\u00a0 Here are a few of his current projects.\u00a0 The snowcar is the predecessor of the modern snow mobile.<\/p>\n

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Harry recently attended a Japanese Motorcycle Show at the White Rose Motorcycle Club<\/a>. A very impressive motorcycle club. The club owns 200 acres of land with riding trails, streams, etc. in York PA.\u00a0 They have their own snow plow, salt truck, numerous tractors, maintenance shop, and more. The main club house includes a full commercial kitchen (the food is great).\u00a0 Harry had his 1984\u00a0Honda Gyro <\/a>in the show and it won first place in its class.<\/p>\n

Click here for pictures from day 1 at the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here for pictures from day 2 at the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In late August Harry, Pat, and Jett<\/a> attended the Simple Transport 10 show in Hagerstown.\u00a0 We had our 1912 AC Delivery <\/a>in the show.\u00a0 It won a top motorcycle award and also the People’s Choice award.\u00a0 Our vehicles have done very well at the shows this year.\u00a0 We have won awards every time we showed a vehicle.<\/p>\n

Here is Harry collecting the People’s Choice award.<\/p>\n

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Here is Pat with the top motorcycle award and the People’s Choice award.<\/p>\n

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Click here for pictures from the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prototypes:<\/strong> Last month we featured some prototypes and one of a kind vehicles.\u00a0 We received a lot of positive feedback on this. So this month we’re featuring a few more and the theme is “You can take it with you”.\u00a0 Have you ever thought that it would be nice to be able to fold up your car, motorcycle, or plane and take it with you? Well you can.<\/p>\n

First here is the Goodyear Inflatoplane<\/a>. It was an all fabric inflatable aircraft. It could be packed into a 44 cubic foot container. That made Inflatoplane suitable for transport by truck, jeep trailer or aircraft. As it was proposed, main use for this unusual aircraft was rescue. The plan was to drop the container behind enemy lines so downed pilots could rescue themselves.\u00a0 Very few we made.<\/p>\n

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Next here is a 1960s Centaur Folding Scooter. This was a scooter designed to be folded up like a suitcase and could be carried with you as such.<\/p>\n

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Click here for a newsletter post Harry did on a Mazda Suitcase Concept Car<\/a>.\u00a0 This was\/is a 3 wheel car that folds up to be carried like a suitcase.\u00a0 The car came from a design contest. An engineer at Mazda thought “What if you could get off of an airplane and not need a rental car.\u00a0 The suitcase you are carrying is your car”.<\/p>\n

Here’s another folding scooter – the Valmobile<\/span><\/strong> Suitcase Scooter.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/em>Click here for pictures of the Valmobile Suitcase Scooter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a newsletter post Harry did on the Switchblade flying motorcycle<\/a>.\u00a0 This is a 3 wheel motorcycle that converts to an aircraft (or vise versa).\u00a0 After landing, no need to get a rental car, just convert your plane back to the motorcycle and you’re on your way.<\/p>\n

So as you can see, you can take it with you!<\/p>\n

While not actually a concept vehicle or one that can be folded up, here is something that you do not see too often, a 1938 GAZ GL-1.<\/p>\n

The GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod) company was founded in 1932 in a partnership between Ford and the Soviet Union with the intention of growing the automobile sector\u00a0in the Soviet Union. The result for racing, was this exotic GL-1 equipped with a six cylinder 3.5L engine, boosting 100hp.<\/p>\n

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While on the automotive theme, here is a newsletter post Harry did on a hot-rod themed dentist office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CFI Notes<\/strong>: How not to do a short field landing. A CFII, MEI did this.\u00a0 This was done going in to a 2000 foot paved runway in a Cessna 172.\u00a0 If done correctly there is no need to even use the brakes.<\/p>\n

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Harry is often asked by new pilots about VFR over the top. Here is what it looks like. On a recent flight Harry was VFR over the top (at first a scattered layer and then it turned to broken). Click here for the pictures<\/a>.\u00a0 The pictures are in order and they show the layer of clouds becoming more solid below the aircraft.<\/p>\n

Harry recently purchased a 3 wheel vehicle called a Heald Hauler (pictured below).\u00a0This vehicle will be converted into a 3 wheel fire-truck using some of the features found in these 3 wheel fire-trucks<\/a>.\u00a0 The vehicle will get a full mechanical restoration as the transformation to a fire-truck takes place.<\/p>\n

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Visit our Classified page <\/a>for aircraft sales, vintage cars and motorcycles, and more.<\/p>\n

The Flymall team <\/a>to looking for someone with real estate experience to grow our real estate sales <\/a>section of the Flymall<\/a>.\u00a0 If interested please contact Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CFI Notes<\/strong>: Recently an instructor applicant went to a local Designated Pilot Examiner for an initial flight instructor checkride.\u00a0 Within minutes of the checkride starting the examiner had to fail her.\u00a0 There were a few endorsements missing as well and some of the required training (required training was not logged in the log book).\u00a0 This is a failure by the recommending instructor as well as the applicant.\u00a0 Advisory Circular 61-65F <\/a>is very clear on the endorsements required for the flight instructor practical test.\u00a0 One of the endorsements references FAR 61.187 and 61.187 states “A person who is applying for a flight instructor certificate must receive and log flight and ground training from an authorized instructor”.\u00a0 If the ground instruction is not logged in the applicant’s log book the examiner has no choice but to fail the applicant.\u00a0 The applicant failed the checkride because\u00a02 endorsements were missing and the required ground training was not in her log book.<\/p>\n

A while on the topic of flight training, enjoy this YouTube video about go-arounds.<\/p>\n

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