PS didn't sound like a lot of fun for you. Glad to hear you got back safe.
--- In [email protected], "Ralph Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [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:ercoupe- [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> >
