It is no surprise to me that what people *thought* other people were like
in
real life were not even close to reality.
Hee hee!
Last night "Doug" -- a fellow from out west who flies a Husky on amphibious
floats (he hangs out mostly in .owning and .student) -- quite literally
dropped in out of the blue, on his way to a floatplane fly-in out east.
When he called the Inn from the airport, he was ****ed that I wasn't going
to be around for a couple of days. He got over that in a hurry, when we
picked him up at the terminal, drove him over to our hangar, and there were
a bunch of people actually grilling out and drinking beer, just like I
always talk about! (Bill and Sharon, a couple who flew in from Maryland in
their gorgeous Luscombe, were there, too. Bill's a retired United Air Lines
pilot, and Sharon is a *gasp* IRS employee who also owns here own Luscombe.
They actually own THREE Luscombes! But I digress...)
As he chewed his barbecue chicken sandwich, Doug seemed sort of befuddled by
it all, in a good way. He even mentioned that he wasn't sure if I had made
up EVERYTHING, from the Inn, to my kids, to Mary, to Atlas -- and he seemed
like he really couldn't believe that it all actually EXISTED!
We had a great time! (What a COOL plane he's got! Talk about a
go-anywhere machine!)
A notable exception in this group is Mr. Honeck here. He's as "real" in
meatspace as he is in real life. That's a compliment, Mr. Jay.
Some people are pretty disappointed that I'm actually what I seem to be....
;-)
On the other hand, most of you probably think I'm a studly, low-wing kinda
guy with redneck tendencies that tall, blonde, supermodels dig. In real
life I'm . . . Well, that's pretty accurate.
Well, you got most of that right... :-)
So are you doin' any flying, or what? Don't even tell me you're back on
the ground for another year!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"