All I had to hang the KR boat up in the rafters, again, in the hangar to make room for some tools I received. It was no kidney stone but it still was a pain in the back to get it up there. I lowered the price once again. More info at: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jfesch/
John Esch Independence, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: <krnet-requ...@mylist.net> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: KRnet Digest, Vol 348, Issue 194 > Send KRnet mailing list submissions to > kr...@mylist.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mylist.net/listinfo/krnet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > krnet-requ...@mylist.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > krnet-ow...@mylist.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of KRnet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Diabetes (Joachim Saupe) > 2. Re: AOPA (Bob Glidden) > 3. Re: transponder hook up (Jim) > 4. Re: Diabetes (Lane Meyer-Reed) > 5. tricks to learn in your KR... ( michaela ) > 6. Re: transponder hook up (Bob Glidden) > 7. RE: AOPA (Brian Kraut) > 8. Re: kidney stone (Steve Eberhart) > 9. RE: R?f. : Re: KR> Vertical Card Compass (Doug Rupert) > 10. Re: tricks to learn in your KR... (Jim) > 11. Re: kidney stone (VIRGIL N SALISBURY) > 12. Re: R?f. : Fw: KR> Pictures of ZS-WEC are on the Web > (Mark Langford) > 13. Re: kidney stone (Kenneth Wiltrout) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:48:24 -0500 > From: "Joachim Saupe" <jsaupe6...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: KR> Diabetes > To: "jg7...@mindspring.com, KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <410-220064427194824...@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > John, > FAA is probably backed up on all it's paperwork. It sounds to me that his > application was just shuffled to another desk and it will take a little > longer to respond. > Joachim > > >> [Original Message] >> From: jg7...@mindspring.com <jg7...@mindspring.com> >> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >> Date: 4/27/2006 8:27:45 AM >> Subject: Re: KR> Diabetes >> >> Hi everyone, >> I have a friend who is trying to get his medical to start flight >> training >> and has diabetes. He has to take insulin up to 2 times a day but his >> condition is well under control. I flew him to Huntsville to take his >> daughter to see his ex wife and he was hooked. He went to his doctor and >> had all of his test updated and took them and all of his records from the >> last 5 or 10 years to the AME who told him that as far as he was >> concerned >> he would give him his certificate on the spot. He sent all the info to >> the >> FAA and a few weeks later got a letter stating that he was temporarily >> turned down. According to the diabetes association web site on flight >> medicals and the FAA website he should qualify hands down. Does anyone >> out >> there have any advice? He really has the flying fever, (we all know what >> that feels like) I think anyone who wants to fly that badly should have > the >> chance. Any help would be appreciated. >> Thanks >> John Godwin >> >> PS. Sorry there was no KR content in what I wrote above but I have put my >> fuselage sides on the jig and am in the process of truing it up for > gluing. >> I sure will be happy when that is finished. >> >> >> > [Original Message] >> > From: Brian G. Douglas <bgd...@vvm.com> >> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >> > Date: 4/26/2006 10:24:12 PM >> > Subject: Re: KR> Diabetes >> > >> > Oh boy! >> > there are several things that have been said about diabetes. Like > some >> > one said GO TO AOPA!!! The medical section has everything that you have >> to >> > do. If you DO NOT ;-) take medicine then you are qualified. the FAA >> takes >> > up to a 9.9 A1C results (VERY bad control) at about 6.9 or so the > doctor >> > will want to put you on medicine. the aopa list says that 7.4 or below >> the >> > FAA conceders normal for a diabetic. Plan on having to supply an EKG >> about >> > $75.00 in these parts and maybe some blood work >> > >> > Long story short you CAN get your medical. Find a flight surgeon that >> will >> > work with you and a Primary care doctor that will word your "report > from >> > treating physician" the way that it needs to be. >> > >> > ANY one with Diabetes and high blood pressure please contact me off >> > line >> for >> > any tips that I can give. Having just jumped thru the FAA hoops and >> renewed >> > for two more years. >> > >> > Brian G. Douglas >> > KR2 >> > N8575C W/training Wheel >> > Killeen Texas >> > with diabetes (6.9A1C) and HBP under control with lots of medicine >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Ron Freiberger" <ronandmar...@earthlink.net> >> > To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:19 AM >> > Subject: RE: KR> Diabetes >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:41:55 -0400 > From: "Bob Glidden" <glid...@ccrtc.com> > Subject: Re: KR> AOPA > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <000f01c66a4b$c971aec0$6501a8c0@ADMINISTRATOR> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > Bob Glidden > Eminence,Indiana > KR2S N181FW (building) > Corvair 110 > glid...@ccrtc.com > >> They have apparently heard about you. Your kind is not welcome in AOPA! > > You know Brian,I do have feelings and I think that is very harsh of you to > attack me in such a way.I simply want to belong with the rest of you and > now > you say my kind is not welcome.Just for that I'm going to let your tent > get > water in it at Oshkosh. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:50:11 -0500 > From: "Jim" <aerobe...@cox.net> > Subject: Re: KR> transponder hook up > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <006c01c66a55$52ec4c60$650fa8c0@D7WNCM71> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > The ACK encoder has a book that shows how to wire a variity of > transponders > if you have one I wired up mine to a ARC transponder and it worked just > fine > it's not hard just make sure you have good solder joints JIM B > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <airgu...@comcast.net> > To: "KR List" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 7:58 PM > Subject: KR> transponder hook up > > >> Does anyone know wher to get the pin-outs for a Narco AT-150 xponder and >> an ACK A-30 encoder. I have the connectors but no wiring. The place I got >> the xponder will make a cable for $$. Call me cheap! >> >> -- >> Paul >> KR2 Stretched >> Derry, NH >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:40:12 -0400 > From: Lane Meyer-Reed <lan...@bnin.net> > Subject: Re: KR> Diabetes > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <4451646c.4010...@bnin.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > KR Group, > > I don't know what the exact requirements for diabetes are but I believe > if you're not on insulin and "under good control" you can still get a > 3rd class medical. I do know that a cut-off of 4.0 for a HbA1c is not > correct. I'm not diabetic and my A1c is probably higher than 4... > > Lane C. Meyer-Reed > N26LT > > VIRGIL N SALISBURY wrote: > >> SUPPOSEDLY, If your A1c is less than 4 ( 150 ) you can get a >>medical ?? Virg >>I have the same situation at 73 and no current medical >> >>On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:26:04 -0700 (PDT) Ron Smith >><mercedesm...@yahoo.com> writes: >> >> >>>Hey Knetters, >>> >>> I'm 48. About 5 years ago I discovered I had Diabetes type 2. This >>>was after I had discontinued my flight training. I have 25 hours. I >>>am going to start training again. Where will I stand with my >>>medical? I don't take medication at all, and control my desease with >>>diet and exercise. >>> >>> When I go in for my 3rd class med, what do I say on the >>>application as far as the Diabetes is concerned? I am concerned that >>>some yahoo Doctor will exclude me even though I have no real >>>problems, now that I watch my diet. >>> >>> >>>Ron Smith >>>Kr2ssxl >>>Cypress Ca U.S.A. >>>mercedesm...@yahoo.com >>>http://ronsmith.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php >>> >>>--------------------------------- >>>Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. >>>Great rates starting at 1¢/min. >>>_______________________________________ >>>Search the KRnet Archives at >>>http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >>>to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >>>please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL >>www.lubedealer.com/salisbury >>Miami ,Fl >> >>_______________________________________ >>Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >>to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >>please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:52:58 +0000 > From: " michaela " <micha...@tonypickering.com> > Subject: KR> tricks to learn in your KR... > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <20060428005258.4183.qm...@server298.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > KR2 flying aspirations anyone? > > http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/JurgenHeilig/F3P-AM_Benoit.wmv > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:10:32 -0400 > From: "Bob Glidden" <glid...@ccrtc.com> > Subject: Re: KR> transponder hook up > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <005901c66a60$8c3b77b0$6501a8c0@ADMINISTRATOR> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > If you email this place they will more then likely make you a complete > harness with a plug for the encoder and one for the transponder.All you > will > have to hook up is the hot wire,ground wire and dimmer wire.I think I got > one for around $90.00.I can't remember his name,but the email address is > adravion...@aol.com And they are pretty quick. > > Bob Glidden > Eminence,Indiana > KR2S N181FW (building) > Corvair 110 > glid...@ccrtc.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:49:03 -0400 > From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> > Subject: RE: KR> AOPA > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <kjebljfecpkcbnhpcncceehfejaa.brian.kr...@engalt.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > As long as I can still sleep on the seat brackets in your van I will be > fine. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Bob > Glidden > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:42 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> AOPA > > > > Bob Glidden > Eminence,Indiana > KR2S N181FW (building) > Corvair 110 > glid...@ccrtc.com > >> They have apparently heard about you. Your kind is not welcome in AOPA! > > You know Brian,I do have feelings and I think that is very harsh of you to > attack me in such a way.I simply want to belong with the rest of you and > now > you say my kind is not welcome.Just for that I'm going to let your tent > get > water in it at Oshkosh. > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:15:50 -0500 > From: Steve Eberhart <st...@newtech.com> > Subject: Re: KR> kidney stone > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <44517ad6....@newtech.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > This is something I can speak to with some experience :-) My next AME > medical exam, after my first kidney stone was blown up with lithotripsy > (sp?), was a non issue. Just needed a letter from my Urologist that I > was stone free. Medical issued during the exam. The next stone episode > again required lithotripsy to blow it up. I contacted my AME before the > exam and he contacted my Urologist and got copies of a current CT scan, > etc and the letter stating that I was once again stone free. He > contacted Oklahoma City and got authority to issue me a two year medical > if everything else was OK. It was OK so he issued the medical but with > a one year restriction. I had to prove after one year that I was still > OK. That was fine with me. About three weeks after the medical was > issued I received a letter from the FAA with a new, un restricted two > year medical certificate. Said that after reviewing all of the > supporting documentation from my AME and Urologist they were issuing the > unrestricted one and just send them the restricted one in the enclosed > envelope. > > I think several things are important here. My AME is a SENIOR AME. > They have a lot more authority to make decisions on their own. My AME > is also in my local EAA chapter and goes the extra mile to work with > problem cases. > > Just a story where I was very impressed with my AME and the FAA. How > often do you hear that! > > Steve Eberhart > Yeh, I have played around with things KR but now my hands are covered > with metal cuts. > > > Larry&Sallie Flesner wrote: > >>At 08:46 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote: >> >> >>>Having had a kidney stone I can testify that they are largely transitory >>>and >>>generally would only debitateyou during the event. Believe me >>>during the event >>>you think you are going to die. They generally do not cause the >>>kind of chronic >>>problem that would knock you out of the sky. >>>Don >>> >>> >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >>Don't take them too lightly, depending on your history of passing them. >>If you experience stones on a regular basis (God help you) or have one >>lodged that could pass at any time, you will be corresponding with the >>fed's on a regular basis. >> >>Larry Flesner >> >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:20:39 -0400 > From: "Doug Rupert" <drup...@sympatico.ca> > Subject: RE: R?f. : Re: KR> Vertical Card Compass > To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <002001c66a6a$589168c0$046cd1d8@office> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A small box made out of brass sheet stock comes to mind. > Doug Rupert > Simcoe Ontario > > Thanks for the info. Could you explain what magnetic compass shielding > consists of? > > Serge Vidal > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.0/325 - Release Date: 4/26/2006 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:24:41 -0500 > From: "Jim" <aerobe...@cox.net> > Subject: Re: KR> tricks to learn in your KR... > To: "michaela" <micha...@tonypickering.com>, "KRnet" > <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <001e01c66a6a$e8604a20$650fa8c0@D7WNCM71> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Man oh man is that cool I sent that to all my email buddies COOL thanks > JIM > B Wichita Kansas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michaela" <micha...@tonypickering.com> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:52 PM > Subject: KR> tricks to learn in your KR... > > >> >> KR2 flying aspirations anyone? >> >> http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/JurgenHeilig/F3P-AM_Benoit.wmv >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:25:16 -0400 > From: VIRGIL N SALISBURY <virg...@juno.com> > Subject: Re: KR> kidney stone > To: st...@newtech.com,kr...@mylist.net > Message-ID: <20060427.222525.1776.2.virg...@juno.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Would your A M E work long distance ?? Virg > > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:15:50 -0500 Steve Eberhart <st...@newtech.com> > writes: >> This is something I can speak to with some experience :-) My next >> AME >> medical exam, after my first kidney stone was blown up with >> lithotripsy >> (sp?), was a non issue. Just needed a letter from my Urologist that >> I >> was stone free. Medical issued during the exam. The next stone >> episode >> again required lithotripsy to blow it up. I contacted my AME before >> the >> exam and he contacted my Urologist and got copies of a current CT >> scan, >> etc and the letter stating that I was once again stone free. He >> contacted Oklahoma City and got authority to issue me a two year >> medical >> if everything else was OK. It was OK so he issued the medical but >> with >> a one year restriction. I had to prove after one year that I was >> still >> OK. That was fine with me. About three weeks after the medical was >> >> issued I received a letter from the FAA with a new, un restricted >> two >> year medical certificate. Said that after reviewing all of the >> supporting documentation from my AME and Urologist they were issuing >> the >> unrestricted one and just send them the restricted one in the >> enclosed >> envelope. >> >> I think several things are important here. My AME is a SENIOR AME. >> >> They have a lot more authority to make decisions on their own. My >> AME >> is also in my local EAA chapter and goes the extra mile to work with >> >> problem cases. >> >> Just a story where I was very impressed with my AME and the FAA. >> How >> often do you hear that! >> >> Steve Eberhart >> Yeh, I have played around with things KR but now my hands are >> covered >> with metal cuts. >> >> >> Larry&Sallie Flesner wrote: >> >> >At 08:46 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote: >> > >> > >> >>Having had a kidney stone I can testify that they are largely >> transitory and >> >>generally would only debitateyou during the event. Believe me >> >>during the event >> >>you think you are going to die. They generally do not cause the >> >>kind of chronic >> >>problem that would knock you out of the sky. >> >>Don >> >> >> >> >> >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > >> >Don't take them too lightly, depending on your history of passing >> them. >> >If you experience stones on a regular basis (God help you) or have >> one >> >lodged that could pass at any time, you will be corresponding with >> the >> >fed's on a regular basis. >> > >> >Larry Flesner >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at >> http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> > > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL > www.lubedealer.com/salisbury > Miami ,Fl > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:33:25 -0500 > From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> > Subject: Re: R?f. : Fw: KR> Pictures of ZS-WEC are on the Web > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <008401c66a6c$209362a0$2802a8c0@2600xp> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Serge Vidal wrote: > >> New pics coming soon, time for me to write the captions. > > The new pictures are now shown at the bottom half of > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/vidal/ . > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:09:28 -0400 > From: "Kenneth Wiltrout" <kwiltrout1...@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: KR> kidney stone > To: <st...@newtech.com>, "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Message-ID: <000a01c66a71$30152a60$2f01a8c0@gatewayzk8r233> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > My FAA Dr is just the opposite---------------this guy can't make a > decision > to save his ass. Every year he needs to consult with Oklahoma, in the last > 6 > yrs I have never walked out with a medical, its always 1 or 2 wks later. > Next time I'm going through the yellow pages. > > ken wiltrout > kutztown, pa > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Eberhart" <st...@newtech.com> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: KR> kidney stone > > >> This is something I can speak to with some experience :-) My next AME >> medical exam, after my first kidney stone was blown up with lithotripsy >> (sp?), was a non issue. Just needed a letter from my Urologist that I >> was stone free. Medical issued during the exam. The next stone episode >> again required lithotripsy to blow it up. I contacted my AME before the >> exam and he contacted my Urologist and got copies of a current CT scan, >> etc and the letter stating that I was once again stone free. He >> contacted Oklahoma City and got authority to issue me a two year medical >> if everything else was OK. It was OK so he issued the medical but with >> a one year restriction. I had to prove after one year that I was still >> OK. That was fine with me. About three weeks after the medical was >> issued I received a letter from the FAA with a new, un restricted two >> year medical certificate. Said that after reviewing all of the >> supporting documentation from my AME and Urologist they were issuing the >> unrestricted one and just send them the restricted one in the enclosed >> envelope. >> >> I think several things are important here. My AME is a SENIOR AME. >> They have a lot more authority to make decisions on their own. My AME >> is also in my local EAA chapter and goes the extra mile to work with >> problem cases. >> >> Just a story where I was very impressed with my AME and the FAA. How >> often do you hear that! >> >> Steve Eberhart >> Yeh, I have played around with things KR but now my hands are covered >> with metal cuts. >> >> >> Larry&Sallie Flesner wrote: >> >>>At 08:46 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Having had a kidney stone I can testify that they are largely transitory >>>>and >>>>generally would only debitateyou during the event. Believe me >>>>during the event >>>>you think you are going to die. They generally do not cause the >>>>kind of chronic >>>>problem that would knock you out of the sky. >>>>Don >>>> >>>> >>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>>Don't take them too lightly, depending on your history of passing them. >>>If you experience stones on a regular basis (God help you) or have one >>>lodged that could pass at any time, you will be corresponding with the >>>fed's on a regular basis. >>> >>>Larry Flesner >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.0/325 - Release Date: 4/26/2006 >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > See KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > End of KRnet Digest, Vol 348, Issue 194 > *************************************** >
