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David McCulloch
usadavid@hotmail.com
137.186.22.135

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2005-03-16

The Follow plane is ready, a Long range Twin Comanche

Jessy

222.152.145.18

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2004-11-22

This site ROXS man.

MUGU LOME
MUGU@MUGU.COM
2004-06-16

I LOVE THIS SITE KEEP IT GOING

MGBADA JOE,ABA,NAIJA
MGBADAJOE@ABA.COM
2004-05-24

2003-11-07 I LOVE THIS PAGE. KEEP IT UP.

duke
dukexx@yahoo.com
2003-10-20

I love this site

Don Lindemann
Souuperman@hotmail.com
2003-10-17

For those wishing to contact the USA representative on the project, my information has been updated. I can best be reached by Cell Phone at 612-868-3007 or at 210-822-1909.

Visit my Website at Http://www.members.aol.com/souuperman/index/html also be sure to check out uflytrikes.com and fellow rally flyer Sean Scott's "Flightability" website at ScottsFlightCenter

Ray Rosekrans
ray@rosekrans.nl
2003-03-07

The website is great and I hope there are 150 microlights this year. I really want to know if there is a alternate route when there is a war in the Middle East. I say hello to the new members from Holland

Some conditions need to be met, before any commitment regarding the commencement date can be made. Here are a few examples:

- a minimum of 150 pilots (and their support teams) need to have signed up (expect cancellations). As of today, we have 130.

- that team needs to work out a water tight and implementable project- and financial plan, together with binding quotations from reputable vendors. Contingency plans need to ensure that we can and will deliver, irrespectively. - financing must be secured

To facilitate the above, please use the Project Forum (http://www.wst.nu/RALLYFORUM/index.htm) to input any information pertinent to organizing this magnificent event.

Please advise us the proposed datewise route so try and get the necessary permissions from director general of civil aviation government of India and also to get more persons involved with our event please try to make the route including all clubs helping us get the best benefit for promotion of the event and their club also please advise proposed plan for india soon hope to get maximum coverage in media and press along with lot of aviation experts helping us in this event wishing all the best and you may advise me if u need any help in India with best regards

Sean, I think your web sit is great. You are an insparation to many and it makes me feel good to see some one that never gives up. Keep up the good work my friend and may God bless you everyday.

oops, sorry for the repeating message...some problem with my computer. good luck pilots...

i'm an airplane nut like captain siva. captain, you're my hero. all pilots are my hero. no other job fascinated my more that a pilot. hopefully, one day i'll be one...with malaysia airline..the best airline on earth.

Avia Club Nepal invites all the fans of Aviation Sports to the Kingdom of Himalayas for the breath-taking cross country flight in your own flying apparatus (microlights etc.) in the Himalayas on15th January 2003. Be a part of unique yet historic event and experience the stunning thrill. This is the first time Nepal has opened its teritory for the foreigners to fly. Dont miss it!

If you are thinking of getting a sponsorship for yourself in your country and the supporting documents are needed please do let us know so that we can send it accross.

If you are interested please write us back and we shall send you all the details of it.

Himalayas are egerly waiting for your microlight to pass-by. Please do visit us at www.avianepal.21bc.net

Mailing Address Avia Club Nepal G.P.O Box 13680 Kathmandu Nepal Fax: 977-1-376430 email: aviaclub@mos.com.np

Hi Guys, I am new "oldie" at aviation. Despite having earned my PPL wings on Cherokee's in the early 80's (though flown extensively with my late dad during the mid-60's and mid-70's), I haven't flown since mid 80's. I have now just earned (this week, in fact!) my MPL wings under the watchful eyes of Springbok (South African) Aviators Andy Kaspersen & Steve Roe.

When Steve mentioned yesterday that "by-the-way, there a Marco Polo Rally" on the offer, they had to "hold me back" 'cause I was ready to leave there and then!

After "calming down", I began visualising all the opportunities that could present themselves on this rally. Education was the first thing that came to my mind.

Hence, I plan to take my 12 year old son as a flying crew member, and using Internet and Satelite Technology, send daily reports and "clips" back to his classmates for the best "world geography" lesson he'll every receive!

Notwithstanding, this has got to be the greatest challenge ever to present itself in terms of bringing an awareness (of many things/issues) to the (generally) ignorant land-lubbers.

Congratulations ! How can I help / contribute? I am a nonactive german/hungarian microlight pilot residing in Hungary. First and last flying experience in1989/90 my flight from Donaueschingen (Germany) to Adelaide (Australia)(ca 300 h) by a trike along the same route somone suggested over Turkey/Syria/Jordan in the ME and then as in the rally shedule until Chittagong. The only technical problem occured with low fuel quality in Myanmar/Burma. The navigation based on 1:1000000 maps (as Brian Milton suggested) and VHF communication was even in that time without GPS no problem. Mounting a transponder on the aicraft was technically easy but not a real help (in Karachi even leaded to a landing on the "old airfield" just parallel to the real one). Since travelling alone, without ground team, for the longer sea distance from Indonesia to Australia, my trike was equipped with a one-man life raft (4,5 kg). On the rally route the longest sea distance as far as I understand is Muscat-Gwadar, is there any rescue plan in case of emergency? This leads to the next question, how will the ground team travel? In Hungary we have a company operating (Czeh made?) L-410 turboprop aircraft, they supported twice the organisators of the Paris-Dakar rally. Is there any interest to contact them ? Are there any pilots from Hungary interested? We have some pilots who participated in short rallys in Tunesia and Maroco. What would be appr. the cost of participation for a pilot? Good luck, see You at the start!

Before we can make any commitments regarding the commencement date of the Marco Polo Rally, we need at least 150 flyers singed up (having to expect cancellations) and one lead sponsor. One renouned, international airline informed me that they require an 18 month lead time per se before funds could be made available. Since we are targeting a few, but major multinational corporations, we need to incorporate this time scale in our planning. I have done quite a bit of research in this regard and plan to launch a sponsorship marketing campaign in March/April of this year. This takes budget cycles and the nature of the decision making processes of our sponsors into regard.

We need to prepare for this campaign, as soon as possible, and must coordinate our efforts:

Pending further materials from our printers, I can provide you with graphic files which you can utilize for your temporary stationary. Tonic Design of South Africa is currently also designing additional artwork and sponsorship marketing event collateral. You may also use any materials from our website, with limitations applying to graphics and Knowlege Base data. As long as the information is unaltered and the URL, as well as our our email address, is included in your redistribted publication of our materials, we don't have any intellectual property and copyright infringement concerns.

Importantly this includes a solid budget, a very detailed project plan, and a quantified potential media, press and TV exposure report. Although it is impossible to finalize planning at this stage - particularly prior to sponsorship financing - our event strategy must be convincing and implementable based on our research results.

The annual financial reports of most blue chip corporations publish the contact details of their CEO's and those executives responsible for sponsorship on their Websites, including their business strategy and short to medium-term business outlook. We need to interview board members as well as research their annual financial reports to match the potential sponsors' interests with what our Olympian Rally Event offers in terms of brand-building and market exposure. Please also see the sponsorship categories published on our Website.

Names and contact details of potential sponsor's CEO, CMO, CFO, and sponsorship department, if they have one (in that order of priority) Find out if one of them is a pilot, aviation enthusiast, or avid sportsman (and which discipline if not aviation) Who they sponsored (event organizers plus contact details of the sponsored entities' decision makers), and what amounts in US $. An international sporting event and air rally must fit into their marketing and branding strategy. We also need to know about their medium to long term marketing strategies. Apart from your personal contacts, their corporate Website -> annual financial reports - are usually an excellent research resource.

We must primarily endeavor to leverage our capabilities by engaging an internationally acclaimed PR agency as well as key sponsorship solicitation professionals for Europe, America, Africa, and SEA. Qualified candidates would be considered for the function of

They would earn a commission in the amount of 1% of sponsorship funds directly related to their solicitations, where such funds should equal, or exceed $2M per sponsor.

Former top tier managers, with proven strong industry contacts, as well as individuals with substantial experience in fund raising should apply.

We had two new pilot online registrations from Portugal yesterday. Due to a software glitch these messages were unfortunately lost. Could you please sign-up online again? I apologize for the inconvenience caused!

PS: In general, our virus scanner automatically removes any suspect emails before they reach our inbox. Thus, if you do not see you name appear in the pilots list 12-24 hours after you have signed up, please contact us at rally@it-careernet.com and resend your registration.

Id like to hear from any other South African microlight pilots out there that are seriously thinking about doing this!. (082 999 999 1) ZS-WMH

Welcome new pilots to this...one of the greatest adventures conceived for trike pilots.

While some choose to climb Everest or dive to the greatest depths, only us, the chosen few, with a love of life, challenge, new places, new people and of course the love of weight shift flight are given this incredible opportunity....this gift....this flying adventure. "Carpe diem" friends....."Seize the day" .....Soup!

I invite all other disabled Ultralight Pilots to join this event with me. I myself am a paraplegic Trike Pilot and BFI. At the very least join the list of disabled Pilots at http://www.flightability.com