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Monday, August 13, 2012
Start a Hapkido Online Club!
A great way to lean Hapkido is to start a club. It's impossible to learn Hapkido alone, you may as well make it a group event. The neat thing about this is you have a willing group of uke's to work with. When a member makes it to black belt they can transition the club to a fully fledged Hapkido School and begin teaching their own students.
The rules to your individual club are entirely up to you, it's your club.
1. Your club members do not necessarily have to be members of Hapkido Online or THA to practice Hapkido with you, however you can't test them for (Hapkido) Gup rank till you are at least a 1st Dan in Hapkido.
2. If you have club members that want to gain rank in Hapkido they will be have to be reviewed and tested by me or another one of the teachers at Hapkido Online such as Master Feathers (in the Digital Dojang). Of course any THA instructor can promote your club members as well (if your club members are members of THA).
3. In other words in order to be promoted, people have to join. Once they join they are exactly like any Hapkido Online member in that they are members and can train and test through Hapkido Online. In a club environment you can all work together to learn the content, it's a heck of a lot of fun and creates a pool of uke's.
4. You can charge your own club fees outside of Hapkido Online to your club members if you desire, that is none of my business.
5. Once you attain first dan your Hapkido Club can then transition to a fully fledged Hapkido School. Then you are your own school entity and will interface directly with GM Rodemaker regarding your THA affiliate school status. At that point you won't be working through Hapkido Online much anymore, though we can always use member schools.
6. These rules only apply to Hapkido Online and not necessarily to the Tactical Hapkido Alliance. Your membership and member school status to THA is above me and resides with GM Rodemaker.
Learn more at www.hapkido-online.com .
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Aerospace: Curiosity on Mars
Well it looks like NASA has managed another modern
technological feat. They've landed a new
unmanned rover dubbed 'Curiosity' on Mars.
As a rule I feel a little dispassionate about unmanned vehicles, I still
long for the days of manned space exploration.
But I have to admit this latest mission was quite daring.
Earlier rovers arrived via combination of retro rockets,
parachutes, and encased in a series of rubbery bubbles. They bounced along the Martian surface like a
beach ball.
Curiosity would arrive in a much more science-fictionally
pleasing manner.
Curiosity rode in at high velocity. She entered the Martian atmosphere with small
puffs of guidance thrusters carefully keeping the heat shield facing the fury
of friction induced burning. When it had
lost sufficient velocity the heat shield was set free. The photo above was actually one of the first
taken by the rover as it watched its own heat shield fall away.
Now the daring part the rover was lowered carefully to
the surface tethered to a rocket pack.
The rockets were controlled enough to allow 'Curiosity' to gently kiss the Martian soil
with its own six diminutive wheels. Once
the rover was safely on Martia Firma it cut the tether loose and the rocket
pack roared away like a child's balloon set free.
Congratulations to the people of NASA for your successful
landing and I hope Curiosity meets and exceeds it's two year mission parameters.
Source: www.nasa.gov
Friday, July 6, 2012
Hapkido Online: Update
Hello Hapkido Friends,
You may have noticed the Korean text at the top of Hapkido Online. Getting it on there was quite an adventure. I admit freely that I do not speak Korean, if anybody out there does perhaps you can tell me if I've got it right. According to three different digital translators this is the most literal translation of Hapkido Online.
Another change is I've removed the static image on the homepage and replaced it with a nice clean slideshow that gives new people a taste of what the site is about without having to read much or click around.
I also replaced the flaming hand art with a more refined looking version. Now you can see the tips of the fingers for example.
I think the sight is starting to really look nice. A quick search of the very little competition out there and I think you will agree, ours is the nicest.
On the content side of things we've got nearly 85% of Yellow Belt complete. More yellow belt filming next week hopefully.
I've begun textual and graphic work on High Yellow. Included is some very fine instruction from Master Tim. I've decided to insert the interception drills in at this level. Some have advised that I should introduce it at the very beginning. However I want it to be on the paid side of the password because the stuff is combat gold. For you members feel free to skip ahead a bit and try the drills, they are awesome. We do not have film of these just yet. Hopefully we can grab some video next week.
Finally my birthday is near (12th of July) and the only thing I asked for this year was the graphic software to make my very own custom fight science style visuals of the human body. As I have promised so I will deliver. I can't wait to get started.
Respectfully,
Instructor Jon
www.hapkido-online.com
P.S. I would like to ask a prayer request for Mr. Braxton. You might know him as Master Tim's faithful uke. Braxton has developed tendinitis in his wrist and it's impeding his progress. Not only is Braxton Master Tim's son but he is an accomplished Hapkidoin in his own right. Get well soon my brother.
I would also like to ask a prayer request for Mr. John who is David's uke and an accomplished Martial Artist as well. Mr. John has a broken foot. Hang in there and get well soon.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Inside North Korea, a Review and Commentary
I recently watched the National Geographic Documentary Inside
North Korea. The show follows an optometric
surgeon who has been granted rare access to the most secretive country on the
planet. Nat Geo's own Lisa Ling and her
film team pose as helpers to the medical team.
I have a special fondness for the Korean people. For years I've studied Korean Martial arts
and I have gained insight an interest about Korea through the pursuit of their fighting
skills. Korea is situated between China
and Japan and throughout history has proven to be a melting pot of the two
cultures. Nowhere is this more evident
than in Korean Martial arts. In spite of
foreign influences the Koreans have managed to carve out a cultural identity
that is all their own.
South Korea is well known but North Korea is a real
mystery, even to its neighbors. Getting
to see this rare glimpse on the other side of the fence is quite shocking. It seems an entire nation that has through
fear and absolute poverty been brainwashed by Kim Jong-Il. The show highlights just how deeply rooted
this idolatry is in the North Korean Culture.
In ten days the surgeon was able to restore sight to over
1,000 North Koreans and after being able to see the first thing they did was
kneel and praise an image of Kim Jong-Il.
The conditions in that country are deplorable. Medical Care is nonexistent, food is rare,
and people live in abject fear even within their own homes. North Korea is not the third world. The country has a massive million man army
and a nuclear arsenal. Despite what it has militarily it's people live in
depravity.
Frankly it breaks my heart to see such a noble people
completely repressed and deluded in this way.
I don't know what the future holds for North Korea but it is clear to me
that this situation is a blight on mankind.
It's an offense to all freedom loving peoples and cultures. As an American it's easy to pass judgment on
North Korea as an evil regime worthy of destruction. I hope that in time we will remember that the
Korean people are ultimately victims of the their communists oppressors. The North Koreans hate us because that is all
their culture and government have taught them about us.
The Soviet Union fell under the economic weight of
itself. One hopes that eventually Communist
North Korea will fall as well. It is
certainly on the ropes. My hope for
North Korea comes from South Korea.
South Korea fought alongside us in the Korean war and they still stand
side by side with American soldiers every day guarding the line. This author hopes that someday when Kim
Jong-Il's evil regime falls and the communists throw in the towel that North
Koreans will reunite with family in South Korea and the South Koreans will show
them the joys of freedom and that America isn't the demon they have been lead
to believe.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Martial Justice
Any time you're in an intense, potentially life-threatening situation, the body naturally kicks into "fight or flight" mode. It's an unconscious reaction where -- in a matter of adrenaline-pumped nanoseconds -- you size up the danger and either a) fight your way to safety or, if the perceived danger is too great b) flee the scene. If you're Priscilla Dang, though, sometimes you do both at the same time.
Dang was on a run in a Vancouver, Wash., neighborhood last Friday when two teenagers on bikes, one 16, the other 18, approached her from behind. "One went in front and made eye contact with me like a smirk, like I thought he was saying 'Hi,'" said Dang of the encounter to KATU. "The next thing I knew I was pretty much groped on my bottom behind left side."
Unfortunately for the alleged gropers, the 23-year-old woman has taken kung-fu lessons since she was 5. Her family owns the Summit Wushu Academy, an Oregon martial arts studio.
She instantly pushed one of the teenagers to the ground and made him apologize. When the second teenager called her a derogatory term, Dang says she snapped, hitting him in the face several times while simultaneously dodging his punches. According to The Columbian, when he pulled out a knife she used his bike as a shield until a passerby showed up and called 911.
"I think they knew they messed with the wrong girl," Dang added to KATU.
Both suspects fled the scene and were later apprehended by sheriff's deputies, reports KPTV. The 18-year-old suspect is now facing fourth-degree assault charges, while the 16-year-old will be judged by a juvenile prosecutor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D172569
Dang was on a run in a Vancouver, Wash., neighborhood last Friday when two teenagers on bikes, one 16, the other 18, approached her from behind. "One went in front and made eye contact with me like a smirk, like I thought he was saying 'Hi,'" said Dang of the encounter to KATU. "The next thing I knew I was pretty much groped on my bottom behind left side."
Unfortunately for the alleged gropers, the 23-year-old woman has taken kung-fu lessons since she was 5. Her family owns the Summit Wushu Academy, an Oregon martial arts studio.
She instantly pushed one of the teenagers to the ground and made him apologize. When the second teenager called her a derogatory term, Dang says she snapped, hitting him in the face several times while simultaneously dodging his punches. According to The Columbian, when he pulled out a knife she used his bike as a shield until a passerby showed up and called 911.
"I think they knew they messed with the wrong girl," Dang added to KATU.
Both suspects fled the scene and were later apprehended by sheriff's deputies, reports KPTV. The 18-year-old suspect is now facing fourth-degree assault charges, while the 16-year-old will be judged by a juvenile prosecutor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D172569
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Parental Justice: Father Beats Daughters Molester to Death.
A Texas father beat a man to death after catching him molesting his four-year-old daughter in a horse barn, The Houston Chronicle reports. The incident happened Saturday evening near Shiner, Texas.
Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon identified the victim as a 47-year-old man from Gonzales, Texas. He was reported dead at the scene, however, his name will not be released until his next of kin is notified.Harmon said the father and daughter were with several other people at the family’s barn to groom and tend to the horses. It isn’t clear whether or not the father knew the victim well or at all, according to The Chronicle.The sound of the little girl’s screams were later heard coming from the barn and instinctually, the father rushed to his daughter’s aide. After reaching the barn, he found a man sexually assaulting his daughter – undoubtedly a dad’s worst nightmare.After pulling the attacker off of her, the father repeatedly struck the man in the head.The young girl was taken to DeTar hospital in Victoria where doctors ran tests to determine whether sexual assault had occurred, The Houston Chronicle reports. She was eventually released.In the aftermath, nearby residents are having a hard time feeling any sympathy for the alleged child molester.“He got what he deserved, big time,” Sonny Jaehne, a Shiner resident, told the Victoria Advocate.Another Shiner resident Mark Harabis said he agreed with the father’s action “totally.”
Monday, June 11, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Aviation: Aging Air Force, Father and Son fly same plane
The Wall Street Journal recently wrote an excellent story about a father and son flying the exact same aircraft in the Air Force some 30 years apart. Remember this the next time people balk at the budget for military spending.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904103404576561053811426640.html
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monsanto buys Beelogics
Monsanto the most probable suspect in CCD honey bee disappearances recently bought Beelogics a firm trying to determine the cause.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-schiffman/the-fox-monsanto-buys-the_b_1470878.html
Folks I am normally in favor of entrepreneurship and business success but this is just diabolical! I am not normally in favor of government intervention in business but this is one time when it really is needed.
Write your local, state, and national leaders:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Ask them to put an end to systemic pesticide. Every country that has done this so far i.e. France and Italy have seen a great reduction in Colony Collapse Disorder.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-schiffman/the-fox-monsanto-buys-the_b_1470878.html
Folks I am normally in favor of entrepreneurship and business success but this is just diabolical! I am not normally in favor of government intervention in business but this is one time when it really is needed.
Write your local, state, and national leaders:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Ask them to put an end to systemic pesticide. Every country that has done this so far i.e. France and Italy have seen a great reduction in Colony Collapse Disorder.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Beekeeping: Send a message to Bayer, stop killing our bees!
Go to this link, send s message to Bayer, stop killing our bees!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/bayer_save_the_bees/?cl=1762568715&v=13897
http://www.avaaz.org/en/bayer_save_the_bees/?cl=1762568715&v=13897
Friday, February 17, 2012
Hapkido: Do you want to learn Martial Arts? I am here to help.
One of the difficulties I have had in teaching Hapkido to
military people is that either they or I have to transfer every three to four
years. It is fair to say that I have
students all over the world at this point.
I myself would have to spend hours upon hours in a car just to get to my
own Hapkido teacher.
- Step by step instructive videos with written tutorials
- A forum for questions
- A video conferencing feature for interaction with teacher and student
- A pool of willing instructors
- A pool of willing students
So far I've only begun fleshing out the White Belt level
but every week more content will be added till it has every single practical
Hapkido move. I am happy to offer White
Belt through Yellow Belt absolutely free of charge. In conventional terms that is like three to
six months of training for free.
I look forward to training with you!
Jon
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Aviation: The Hummel Bird, Morry's Gift from God
The original Hummel Bird, courtesy of Terry Hallett |
The Hummel Bird is what I like to call a growth
design. What that means is the designer
started with an existing design and he improved it to suit his needs. If a design changes enough it in fact becomes
a completely new aircraft. So it is with
the Hummel Bird. Morry Hummel started
with a set of plans for a Windwagon and redesigned it with larger bulkheads for
canopy and shoulder harnesses. He also
changed the design to a tail dragger.
He would build the first plane in 1980. "In July of 1982, the plane was featured
in an article written by Jack Cox, of Sport Aviation. Jack dubbed Morry's new creation the Hummel
Bird." (See Works Cited)
The Hummel bird uses a 1/2 VW engine. Yes dear reader you read that correctly. They literally cut a V/W engine in two parts
to have one reasonably powerful lightweight power-plant that has easy to find
abundant spare parts. Most 1/2
Volkswagen engines run in the 37 HP range and sip fuel. In spite of the modest power needs the clean
little Hummel zips right along at 100 mph and only stalls at 37 mph.
The sturdy metal construction can withstand 6 G's which
is a lot more than most of want to endure for any length of time.
The Ultra Cruiser "God's Gift". Used with permission |
For over 20 years Hummel Aviation has been selling plans
of the legendary Hummel Bird and related aircraft. Morry Hummel the man is a fascinating
aviation personae. In 1995 a bolt broke
on the aileron control system of his Mini-Max and caused Morry to crash. It was nearly fatal and he spent months in the
hospital recuperating. Morry made a pact with God, if God let him live he would
tell people about Jesus. During this
difficult time he designed and ultralight version of his Hummel Bird called the
Ultra Cruiser, God's Gift.
Morry and Myra Hummel, Courtesy of Terry Hallett |
God spared Morry and he completed the first Ultra Cruiser,
God's Gift in 2000 and began selling plans.
Morry Hummel is a blessed man who has shared his blessings and his
lesson about Jesus right alongside his wonderful Hummel Bird.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Aviation: The New Breed, Thatcher CX4
Thatcher CX4, ain't she sweet. courtesy of Peter Beck |
The Thatcher CX4 is part of a new generation of aircraft that are practical, affordable, and easy to build.
Roger Miller in his partially built CX4, good time to make airplane noises. Courtesy Roger Miller |
How easy? Well most of the plane is 6061-T6 Aluminum cut with tin snips and bent to shape on a plywood table. Pieces are assembled with Avex flush rivets which are pulled from one side so you don't even need another person to buck them.
A key feature is that the CX4 can be built entirely from
plans or many of the parts can be purchased prefabricated to save time. Most of the 'kit' parts can be purchased a
piece at a time which means no large outlay of money to get started. Even in 'kit' form WITH engine it can be
built for less than the cost of a KIA automobile (see CX4works below).
VW 2180 from Hummel engines. The engine is made by Scott Casler and has 76 HP. Courtesy of Roger Miller |
The CX4 is powered by the affordable Volkswagen engine that can be purchased for the plane from Great Plaines Aircraft Supply or Hummell engines. Unlike many VW powered aircraft this one has very spritely performance and will cruise along happily at 125 mph. The gentle 40 mph stall speed and sprung landing gear makes this aircraft suitable for landing on grass. If you compare it to say a Volksplane, you will notice that it's a very clean fully enclosed shape that lends to this sporty performance.
Open cockpits are nice on hot days. Courtesy of Todd Henning |
* Note: If you are partial to open cockpit flying the CX4 canopy can be removed.
Mr. David Thatcher Sr. reports that:
"The performance has been the real surprise for me. I never dreamed it would fly so great. It has a very gentle stall and is easy to land. I have only 300 total flight time as a private pilot yet I got in it and flew it without any trouble at all. It is stable and faster than I thought. I'm flying along with my hands folded in my lap, working off the 40 hours needed to complete the requirements. When the wing drops a little I just add a little opposite rudder and the wing comes right back up, never having to tough[sic] the stick. It has excellent cross wind handling too."
Courtesy of Roger Miller |
This CX4 has an active builder/pilot/dreamer community who is always willing to lend hand. Mr. Thatcher has surely designed a great aircraft and is sharing it at a very affordable price. The CX4 has earned its rightful place as an aircraft for the next century.
On the horizon is the prototype 2-place Thatcher CX5. More on that aircraft as it devolops.
Works Cited:
http://www.cx4community.com/plans_parts.htm
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Aviation: Netflix for Pilots Update 'The Legend of Pancho Barnes''
The Legend of Pancho Barnes |
Recently Netflix has added a documentary called The
Legend of Pancho Barnes. It is available
for instant viewing.
LIKE!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Beekeeping: Systemic Pesticides and Colony Collapse Disorder
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Cherished readers a recent study points to systemic pesticides
as the largest contributing factor in Colony Collapse Disorder. For those of you who don't know. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is currently in
decline. The toll on the honey
producing, pollination, and beekeeping industry have been catastrophic.
What is the difference between a systemic pesticide and
other types of insect poisons? Systemic
pesticides are seeds that are filled with pesticide so that as the plant grows
it always has pesticides in it. This
kills most insects outright when they try to consume the plant. For bees the situation is more
mysterious. Because bees only eat the pollen
and the nectar of the plant it usually doesn’t kill them outright. Instead it messes them up so bad they can't
find their way back to the hive.
Within 24 hours thriving colonies go out to forage and never return often
leaving a befuddled queen and a few nurse bees behind to defend the hive. It is sure death.
With regular pesticides the farmer and the beekeeper
could work together. The farmer says
next week I am going to spray my crops and the beekeeper can make sure the bees
aren't there to get sprayed. But with systemics
there is never a good time for the bees to pollinate the crops.
What can you do? I
urge you to please write to your public officials and congressman. Reference this study:
Make companies like Bayer pull systemic pesticides from
the market. Another thing you can do is
try to buy local organic produce and especially local honey. The food is better! Also get in contact with your local
beekeeping association and ask what you can do to help.
If we lose the bees be prepared to lose a lot of other
things you enjoy like fruit, vegetables, spices, and things like almonds. A world without bees is a world where your
food is bland and tasteless and costs ten times as much as it does today. In fact I would posit that mankind needs the
bees more than the bees need mankind.
The honeybee is one of God's gifts to mankind don't throw it away.
Jon
Update: New Warré Hive Forum is open for business!
Aviation: My Childhood Airport Immortalized
Hi Folks,
I just want to let you know that my childhood airport has made the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfield registry:
I just want to let you know that my childhood airport has made the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfield registry:
It pleases me that the place will be remembered here for pilots past, present, and future. I would especially like to show my gratitude to Mr. Paul Freeman for taking the time to add Haerr Field to the list and doing such an excellent job of showing us the place.
The Abandoned and Little-Known Airfield website has over one million readers and is an invaluable resource for pilots and aviation historians. Unlike The Writings of Jon the Abandoned and Little-Known Airfield website is advertisement free. This resource relies on contributions from readers like you. I encourage you to donate to Paul's site so that we will have it always.
Aviation: Letters to the Editor
Kids love airplanes! Used with Permission |
Kids and Aviation
By: Christian Von Delius
Jon-
In Aviation Memories: My Childhood Airport part 2, There
was discussion of involving kids with aviation.
Recently, in our Yahoo plasma cutting forum, I wrote
concerning a comment posted on how people would just make the things they
needed, back in the day. They were discussing building go-karts out of junk
when they were kids.
My response:
In fact, actual discussion: "It needs to be 3/16 of
an inch..No, that is 3/4 of an inch"..They barely can grasp reading a tape
measure. Most can now do 1/8ths" but it is still a challenge for some to
do 1/16th's. And calipers and 1/1000ths are still under construction..
Used with Permission |
We have about 20 kids on and off. They learn safety, and
most can now buck rivets, use a chopsaw, a tape measure, pop riveter, drill
press, air tools (cutoff wheel, air drill,..). But most importantly, they learn
how to 'think', something they don't get off of TV.
And they are watching themselves build an actual airplane
(a Thatcher CX4)(and work on others..) For every number of hours they
participate, they are rewarded with an hour of flight instruction. About 4 of
the kids are serious about becoming pilots. And some of the parents participate
as well, and are learning things too (and we learn stuff from the kids and
parents also :-) http://flatheadyouthaviation.org/
to check it out.
-Christian
Solidworks Design & CNC Plasma Cutting
-a
division of-
"We
build ideas.."
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Aviation Memories: My Childhood Airport part 2
Folks recently I spoke with Mr. Norman Haerr who is the man who built and owned my childhood airport and still owns the property today(my parents managed the airport in the 1980's). He kindly shared some newspaper clippings he had folded up in his logbook. They are from the Quincy Herald Whig Circa 1966. I have transcribed the written text below:
Quincy has a new landing field near its front door.
Known as Haerr airport, it is located five miles west of
Quincy on Route 24 and is designed to give owners of private planes quick
access to the city.
Haerr airport, owned and operated by Norman Haerr and his
father, Rudy, prominent Marion county farmers, is only a few minutes' ride from
downtown Quincy.
Using no government funds or public subscription, the
little airport was built by the Haerrs on their farm three quarters of a mile
east of Taylor, MO.
It has a smooth, sod northwest - southwest runway, 3,100
feet long and 250 feet wide, and a hangar that will accommodate eight small
planes. Gasoline pumps have been
installed near the runway.
* AFTER a little "touching up," the Haerrs say,
final approval of the federal aviation agency will be given. Officials of the Kansas City office of the
FFA[sic] reviewed the air field to see there was no conflict with air routes
and have given tentative approval to the project.
Construction of the hangar was started last November and
completed this spring. Relatives assist
father and son in the work.
"I paid some of them for their help by giving them
flying trips," Norman Haerr said Saturday, with a smile.
The building is of the usual type aluminum[sic] siding
with sliding doors and concrete floor and conforms with hangar standards.
Four planes are now housed in it. One is owned by the Haerrs. Another is the property of Leeser and
Stauffer Trucking company of West Quincy.
A third belongs to Alfred (Bus) Schaller, operator of the Tic-Toc motel,
south of Taylor, and a fourth is jointly owned by a group of four or five
fliers.
* Norman Haerr takes a realistic view of his pet project.
"You never know just how something like this will go over," he
said. "If it is used extensively,
the hangar is so constructed that additional wings can be added to either side
to accommodate more planes, and we can blacktop the runway. If it is not used, we can use the building to
store machinery and grain, and plow up the landing strip and put it back into
crops."
The new field will not be in competition with Quincy
Flying Service at Baldwin field, Haerr explained, but will actually implement
the facilities of the big airport east of town.
Norman Haerr is a sub dealer of Fred Schott, manager of
Baldwin field, for Cessna airplanes, and refers all service work there.
Haerr said as soon as possible a lounge, with rest rooms
and other services will be installed. He
said lights will be added to the field in the near future.
Wilbur Boehl of Palmyra and Alden Shipp of Quincy will be
instructors.
"I have enough hours to be an instructor, but I
haven't taken my test yet," Haerr explained. He was taught to fly while attending the
University of Missouri at Columbia. He has
a private pilot's license and about 45 hours' flying time.
* A Crop-Spraying plane from Kansas used the field
several times recently, and the pilot told Haerr he was convinced a DC-3 could
land and take off here."
The soil is a sandy loam that dries quickly. Haerr said that even after a good rain of an
inch or more, the field could be used within 10 hours.
*Rudy Haerr is not a flier but he enjoys flying and likes
to look over crops and other farming operations from "upstairs".
"Doc's Airpark," operated in West quincy[sic]
area from 1947 untill 1955, was largely conducted as a flying school. It's owner and operator was Dr. J. E.
Haffner, Quincy dentist. Since 1955 all
aviation activities have been centered at Baldwin field.
Authors Note: I would like to thank Norman Haerr for providing his article clipping and Shannon Haerr for digitizing it for me. It is my honor to preserve this little slice of your family history here. Article was orginaly published in the Quincy Herald Whig in 1966.
On Haerr farm east of Taylor
Flying is becoming increasingly popular, Haerr said, and
farmers have "taken to the air" in increasing numbers. He has worked with Flying Farmers Clubs, and
though not yet a member, he plans to join soon.
Authors Note: I would like to thank Norman Haerr for providing his article clipping and Shannon Haerr for digitizing it for me. It is my honor to preserve this little slice of your family history here. Article was orginaly published in the Quincy Herald Whig in 1966.
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