[Both groups 'cause there's Tech and Flying news] Try reaching David at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> david AT smoler.name replacing AT with @. Whether he wants to sell the plans anymore I don't know. I bought David's Alon and his original shoulder harness. It's fairly good, though because it doesn't have a crotch strap it tends to loosen and ride up over time. A quick check and tug to tighten it before landing corrects that. Fortunately it was tight last night (12/31) when I made a sight-seeing excursion over the Golden Gate Bridge and headed south along the coast to Half Moon Bay. There was a strong north wind at altitude (above 500 feet) but relatively calm on the surface, at least in the west side of the Sacramento Valley where I left. Who knows what it was doing in the Bay Area, but just south of the little chunk of 1500' Class B airspace on the coast opposite SFO, I hit some of the worst turbulence I've ever had. More than once only my seat belt kept me from hitting the canopy....the VSI was pegged down. I wasn't too high so that worried me. OK, I admit, I was scared! Sweaty palms and almost worse! I can't swim and there were no boat lights on the ocean. I did a 180 turn and headed back to calmer air, only the second time I've done that in a plane. Worked too. A few minutes later, listening to NorCal Approach, they issued a weather advisory of severe turbulence below 6000' in the Bay Area. No kidding! Fly safe-- Ralph Finch Davis, California
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Shoulder Harness STC Mark, I've lost track of David Smoler's address. I think that he moved quite a while ago. Maybe someone on the list has some contact info for him? You might also try looking in the tech archives and see if you find anything there. If not, let me know and I'll try to find his old address and we can go from there. Best Regards, Wayne DelRossi Alon N5618F Hours logged since restoration: 347.5 . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=19286938/grpspId=1705340085/msgI d=2869/stime=1199241369/nc1=4767086/nc2=3848614/nc3=4507179>
