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Welcome to little bits and pieces of my life. Enjoy!
My Business: Jeff Hove Software Consulting
My wife Luda's real estate site, www.ludasrealestate.com
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Personal/Local News:
- Sept 6, 2005 I helped Farnsworth Aerospace Elementary Magnet School "Launch into a New Year of Learning".
- April
2004 Congratulations to Minnesota's own Ky Michaelson and the CSXT team
for their successful sub-orbital rocket flight into space.
- 11/09/2003 My television debut on Discovery Channel's
"Rocket Challenge"
featuring Our Stinkin' Rocket.
Also see the "Minnesota You Betcha's" speed build team at LDRS22 in
Argonia,
KS.
- 11/08/2003 Total lunar eclipse. I got a fairly
good photo
with my telescope.
- Balls 2003 Launch
- Other travels I haven't written up yet (too busy with
work): Balls
2002;
Oshkosh 2003; LDRS 22; Seattle Air Museum (saw last flight of the
original
Boeing 707-80, toured a Russian submarine, and saw Mars from top of Space Needle
- 07/31/2002 Oshkosh Airfest 2002. See my photos
of the XCOR
EZ-Rocket plane.
- 07/17/2002 LDRS
21 launch in Amarillo, TX.
- 07/09/2002 My BSD Thor Rocket is published in a
Extreme Rocketry
magazine
ad for the CazTek Tower Launcher.
- 01/27/2002 Find out about the new International
Experimental Aerospace Association.
- 01/14/2002 My first experimental
rocket motor fired successfully!
- 11/10/2001 Thor
flew on a J350W motor to 2900 feet and recovered successfully for
my
Level 2 High Power Certification.
- 10/23/2001 We're back from Ukraine!
- 08/11/2001 My Thor rocket flew great on its
first flight, earning my Level 1 High Power
certification!
It was also the day of my father's
BAR ("Born Again Rocketeer") flight.
- 07/30/2001 Luda qualified for the free car in her
cosmetics business
and
finished the year 4th in her National area of 5000 consultants.!
- 07/24/2001 The Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships (LDRS
XX) launch in Lucerne, CA was great. See my photos.
World/National News:
- 09/01/02 Ky Michaelson and the CSXT
team are ready for their next space shot attempt this September.
- 05/02/01 It was a bad
day for the X-43 program.
- 06/10/01 Former Soviet pilot and MiG-29 defector,
Alexander Zuyev, died
in the crash
of a Yak-52 in Washington. I had met him at Oshkosh and
bought
his book "Fulcrum". A very nice guy.
Hobbies/Interests/Obsessions:
| Rocketry |
Model rockets, Large Model Rockets, High Power,
and Experimental!
Even MicroMaxx rockets like my Bic(R)
ARCAS. |
| Water
Rockets |
If you don't think that making a 2 liter pop
bottle fly 250' into the
air is cool, then I feel sorry for you. |
| Robotics |
This topic also includes micro-controller and
electronics projects.
See my PalmPilot robot, QuadraTwist. |
| Flying |
This is my plane. There are many others
like it, but this one
is mine. Sometimes I get to fly other planes, like the MiG-25. My father is building an RV-7A all-aluminum 2 place plane that will go 200 mph!
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| Skydiving |
I know why the birds sing. |
| Scuba |
The first time you breathe while underwater is a
strange experience. |
| Motorcycling |
The best way to tour the country. I rode
all over the NorthEastern
US & Eastern Canada and slayed the "dragon" at Deil's Gap. |
| Vintage
Computers |
If you have pre-1985 computer stuff, don't throw
it out! Donate
it to my Minnesota Museum of Vintage Computing Devices. |
| Philosophy |
Metaphysics: Objective Reality,
Epistemology: Reason, Ethics:
Rational Self-Interest, Politics: Capitalism. |
| Space
Exploration |
Some of my first memories are of the Apollo Lunar
landings. |
| Software/Web |
My hobby became my profession. |
| Books |
Learn how I locate hard-to-find books. |
| Entertainment |
Perspective: use it or loose it. |
| Non-Profits |
A few non-profit organizations that I support. |
| Aviation History |
For several years I volunteered at the Minnesota
Air Guard Museum restoring old jets and raising money at air shows. |
| Travel |
45 states, 5 Canadian provinces, Mexico, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, England,
Kenya, Russia, Holland, Ukraine |
| Rock Collecting |
Agates and some other stones polish nicely. |
| My Firebird |
My first car. Still have it. No, it is not for sale - don't even ask.
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| Other Interests |
Pool, chess, juggling, skiing, darts, knot tying
(blindfolded!), hackey-sack,
Frisbee, kites, target shooting & reloading, tennis |
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