Chambersburg Fly-in/John B

[Richard Hays]

Thisguy has been around flying forever. I remember reading stuff about him
in Glider Rider magazine many, many years ago. If I recall, he's somewhat
a pioneer in the Ultralight movement.

>From: "James Coblentz" <jamescob@bigfoot.com>
>Reply-To: hg_forum@chgpa.org
>To: hg_forum@chgpa.org
>Subject: Re: Chambersburg Fly-in/John B
>Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:55:35 -0400
>
>I know John B ... He keeps his trike at the dukes field .. also known as
>harrsions ... never meet a nicer guy ... that trike has a 100+ hp motor on
>it he climbs out over 40 deg. and about 400 fpm as a guess. hehe .. "he
>dont
>need a bigger motor" ... haha ! he was also president of the usua for like
>15 years .. a expert flyer in every since.
>
>slugger
>
>On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:04:52 -0400, hepcat1989 wrote
> > I went to the airport yesterday to take in the ultralite fly-in. I
> > arrived to see two powered hg's in the air. They were trikes with
> > all the ammenities of home! They had nice open cockpits with every
> > electrical gaget you could think of. I got to talking to one of the
> > pilots about hanggliding and found out he was a hang 5! His name was
> > John Ballentine- Ring a bell with anyone? We got to talking about
> > High rock. He asked if you could still fly there, and he said he set
> > his trike down at the lz before. He even commented about the "whack
> > dip". It was a good day at the airport- the sky was outrageous. I
> > hope pilots were flying yesterday! I enjoyed watching sky diving, an
> > aerial show, Biplanes, and mostly ultralights. I Had Fun! Shawn.
>
>
>James Coblentz
>jamescob@bigfoot.com
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