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AIRSHOWS
and FORUMS by Martin Hollmann |
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May
23, 24, 25. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Watsonville
44th Fly-In. This is one
of the best antique aircraft exhibits in the US. Martin will
have his Stallion on display. Contact watsonvilleflyin@hotmail.com
for more information. See you there.
June
6, 7 and 8. Golden West
Fly-In. This is my
favorite fly-in and airshow with many experimental aircraft and
war-birds. Martin will be presenting the following forums. Plan
to come. I love to make new friends and meet old ones. See www.goldenwestflyin.org
Saturday,
June 7
9
AM: Flutter and How to Avoid It.
10
AM: Designing Gyroplanes
11
AM: WWII Fighter Aircraft Comparison
1
PM: History of Rotorcraft
Sunday,
June 8
10
AM: How to Build Composite Aircraft Designs.
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Gweduck Water and
Airborn Tests |
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In March, taxi tests and short take offs were
made with the all fiberglass and graphite Gweduck seaplane which
was designed originally by Ben Ellison and a team of others. M. Hollmann
designed the structure 14 years ago. The
amphibian carries 6 people and has a gross weight of 6,000 lbs.
Empty weight is 4,000 lbs. Aircraft was built and is flown by
Ben Ellison of Ellison Fluid Systems in Bellevue, Washington.
For more info see: Gweduck: Home
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EAA Chapter 62
Visits Aircraft Designs |
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March 6, 2008, Martin Hollmann gave a talk to EAA
Chapter 62 and on March 8 20 members and old friends of Hollmann
flew out to visit ADI in Monterey. Everyone had a great time but
when it came time to go home, the Monterey fog rolled in and
many members rented a car and drove back to San Jose. In April,
Terri and Bob Gorman and Chapter 62 will fly to Columbia airport
to go camping and hoteling. See www.eaa62.org
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Allan Tatarian
passed away on 28 September 2007 |
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My good friend and fellow gyroplane pilot, Allan
Tatarian, passed away. Allan test flew the world's first
ultralight gyroplane, my Bumble Bee, at Hollister Airport, CA in
1983. Allan also flight demonstrated in the Bumble Bee at
Oshkosh in 1984. He died of cancer. Allan was always a joy
to be with and his great sense of humor and adventure will be
remembered by his friends. He will be sorely missed by all who
knew him. God bless you Allan. |
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STEVE FOSSETT,
missing since early September, 2007 |
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Dave Saler from Air
Crafters LLS in
Watsonville, CA called me to ask if I would design the fuel tanks for
Steve Fosset’s new adventure, a record setting Bo 105
helicopter which I had worked on in Germany. His new project made me realize I was working for a
man who also loves pushing the state of the art in flying
machines. I sent Steve my DVD on “Whirly Girls.” It is
a promotional movie that encourages people to do something what
others try to discourage you from doing. Steve would relate to
that. When someone tells me, “no! you cannot do that,” I
work extra hard to show them I can. In return for the DVD, Steve
sent me his autobiography, “Chasing the Wind” and I sent him
mine “My Life.” I could not put “Chasing the Wind” down
and read it cover to cover in two days. I recommend this book to
everyone. His
book can be purchased for $24.95 from Virgin Books Ltd, Thames
Warf Studios,
Rainville Rd.
London
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W6 9HA
or over the internet. |
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VERTICAL CHALLENGE
HELICOPTER AIR SHOW |
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Saturday, June 16, Hiller Aviation Museum
at San Carlos Airport held their 7th VCH AIR SHOW. Two gyros
were present, the Sportster shown on the right with me and Rita
and a Sparrow Hawk that had been flown in from Livermore. It was
one of the best shows I have been to in a long time. We met many
old friends and sold ROTARY WING and WHIRLY GIRLS DVDs
and HANNA REITSCH Books. Willie Turner, son of
Gail and Bill Turner did a fantastic job in putting
this show on. Gail flew in the Sportster with me 30 years
ago and she now lives in Oregon. See you at VHS next year or,
better yet, at the next airshow. |
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2008 AirVenture |
Martin
Hollmann is too busy this year to attend AirVenture. Sorry but
I will miss seeing many of you. But I will be attending Golden
West and other flyins. See you there.
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DVDs From ADI |
We have made many DVDs which are each as shown
below. Specify NTSC or PAL format. $8.00 each.
o QUEST
FOR SPACE-Historic film on how we got to the moon
with interviews of Wernher von Braun, Dornberger, Ernst
Stuhlinger, Eberhard Rees, General Toftoy, John Medaris, John
Kennedy and many of the original Rocket Team and Helmut
Groettrup and his team in Russia who designed the R7 rocket that
launched Sputnik and motivated the US to get into the space
race. Explorer, Mercury, Vanguard, Apollo launches. Original,
uncut, historic NASA films. 1 hour.
o FIGHTER COMPARISON-compares
the Bf109 to the Spitfire and P-51 Mustang in combat. Kill
ratios and fighter pilots are shown. An interview with Harold
Kindsvater who owns and fly's one of the only Bf 109s in the
world is shown. WWII fighter camera footage is shown. 1 hr.
o THE FIRST JETS-Robert
Hammer and his crew built two Me262's. These beautiful aircraft
flying over the Washington mounts are shown. Also shown are the
world's first jets flying and their story; He178, He280, G.40,
Me262, Ar234, MiG15, Bear and many more. The story of the
development of jet engines in Germany, England, France, USA and
Russia is presented. In English. 1 hr.
o ROTARY
WINGS-History of gyroplanes and
helicopters. Juan de la Cierva, Focke Fw61, 223, 330, Flettner
285, Pitcairn, Rotachute, Bensen, Gyrodyne, J-2, Air & Space
18-A, Avian, Sportster, Bumble Bee, Rotor Hawk and more. 1 hr.
o Live
to Fly-HANNA REITSCH-story of one the world's greatest
pilot and how she sets one world record after the other. First
female airline captain, first to fly helicopter, first to fly
rocket plane, first to fly jet, etc. 1 hr.
o GERHARD
FIESELER-Famous aerobatic pilot and
founder of company that designed the Storch and Buzz Bomb and
many more. In German. 1.5 hrs.
o AIRCRAFT
DESIGNS-30 YEARS-Story of Martin Hollmann, early
years building model airplanes, surfing, design and built
Sportster, Bumble Bee, Condor, Stallion, engineering and design on Lancair
IV, ES, 235, 320, 360, Giles 200, Acro 1, Star*Kraft and many
more. 1 hr.
o HUGO
JUNKERS-The story of the first metal
and commercial airliners, the Junkers F 1. F13, G52 and many
more. 20 minutes.
o The
WHIRLY GIRLS-International
organization founded in 1955 by Jean Ross Howard Phalen. Made up
of 2,800 members of women helicopter pilots. A must for any
rotary wing pilot. This is their story. 17 minutes.
o KISSING
WHALES IN SAN IGNACIO-Martin and Rita-Costa Hollmann
trip to Baja. Great DVD. 47 minutes.
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New Ground Vibration
Test Equipment |
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ADI has purchased a 50 lb shaker, power amplifier
and sign generator to perform ground vibration testing to
substantiate finite element analysis results. An oscilloscope is
used to measure the input and output frequency. The upper wave
is the input and the lower the output showing 6.57 Hz for first
wing bending. This matches the fea perfectly. |
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Jef Raskin, Macintosh
creator dies at 61 |
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In 1978, Jef joined Apple and formed
a small group of computer experts to design a small, user
friendly computer that could be used to create music and design
airplanes. He named it after his favorite apple, the MacIntosh.
Jef's dream changed the world by "Making technology work
simpler, he was at the heart of that from the first days at
Apple" according to Wozniak. He convinced Steve Jobs to
spend time at Xerox PARC to see how to develop cutting edge
technology. Jobs later took over Jef's group and took credit for
the work that Jef had pioneered.
Jef died of pancreatic cancer at
the age of 61. Jef was a good friend of mine. I took the picture
on the left and published his story in "Modern Aircraft
Design, Vol. 2" in the early days. Jef will always be
remembered as one of the most important people in personal
computers and a friend. He loved aircraft design, composing
music and designing user friendly computers. Martin Hollmann |
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Martin Hollmann receives DER status from FAA LA-ACO |
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For the past 10 years, Martin Hollmann has been working with the FAA to provide help for the aviation community in obtaining
aircraft type
certifications (TC) and supplemental type certifications (STC). Based on this experience, the FAA has decided to appoint Hollmann a Designated
Engineering Representative (DER) for design, structures, flutter
and major alterations and repairs. Please give us a call. No job is too big or too small. For
call 831-621-8760. |
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