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**Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]** · March 10th 08, 07:32 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,alt.global-warming

Dan wrote in news:e1f9b3d6-a318-45e1-9085-
:

On Mar 10, 10:39 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

You haven;'t flown enough antiques. I've hand lots and lots of engine
failures.

Not yet -- you offering?

If I ever get the thing out in the shed done. It's potential for
deadsticking is relatively high. The rockers are dry, for one thing and
need frequent greasing. the valve pushrods are expsed as well and lashed
to each other in pairs so when they come adrift you don't lose them!
Goggle are mandatory just to keep the hot grease and oil out of your
eyes( this has happened to me, it hurts like hell!)

But -- in spite of all this damage -- deer and owls and coyotes and
beaver and weasels and fishers and bluebirds and tens of thousands
of
otehr creatures inhabit the woods that have slowly taken over the
once
empty acres. I now hunt and fish places once used as train rail
yards.

he said as he passed the fiftieth flooor.

Hunh?

The guy falling from the empire state building? "so far, so good" as he
passed the fiftieth floor.

As I type I'm looking out at two grazing horses, a few trees that need
trimming, and the hill where I got a deer last season.

Now all you have to do is build an air conditioned bubble around it and
you're set.

Bertie