June is busting out all over!

Tami's
taking the kids camping for the weekend, so if you want to fly up here and
give me a hand, we could find some good beer and give it a great home.

Tempting, but....we're sold out for the weekend (yet another wedding!),
and we're taking off all of Sunday to go to the Quad City Air Show (in
Davenport, BTW -- not Dubuque).

So, those beers will have to wait... ;-)

You know, it's really kind of funny, no one in our group really does a lot
of flying in the summer. We tend to use the airplane to get out of the
winter yuck but stay close to home during the summer. Weird I guess, but
we've all got jobs that are summer intensive so when we get a break we tend
to stay home.

You would be the perfect partner for some "regular" folk. You could
have the Aztec all winter, and they could take it all summer!

(Didn't Mark Twombly -- or one of the AOPA writers -- do something like
that with his twin? His partner had it six months, and he had it six
months, in different geographic parts of the country! Seemed odd, to
me, but it apparently worked for him.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ron A. wrote:

Short field at 2600 feet? There aren't really any obstructions either.

Sounds like Jay needs to be recalibrated. :-)

I learned to fly on a 1900' strip that had 60' trees at one end and a
road across the other (the latter only was an obstacle when a semi was
going by). When I first flew to ELM, I wasn't sure if I should land the
150 cross-wise on the runway to feel at home or length-wise. :-)

The only airport that caused me apprehension was Marlboro, MA in my 182.
The runway is less than 1700' in length and has trees at both ends and
they are fairly tall (60+ feet I'd guess). Landing wasn't a problem,
took about half the runway with only light braking. However, departing
was interesting as it was about 90F the day I was there. I cleared the
trees by probably 50-60', but the sight picture as I lined up for
departure was priceless. It sure didn't look like enough runway even
though the book performance said I had plenty of margin.

Matt

Yep, Twombly did that. In fact he's got an Aztec now. But with an empty
hanger for 6 months of the year that SuperCub itch I've got would really
become a serious infection!

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
Tami's
taking the kids camping for the weekend, so if you want to fly up here
and
give me a hand, we could find some good beer and give it a great home.

Tempting, but....we're sold out for the weekend (yet another wedding!),
and we're taking off all of Sunday to go to the Quad City Air Show (in
Davenport, BTW -- not Dubuque).

So, those beers will have to wait... ;-)

You know, it's really kind of funny, no one in our group really does a
lot
of flying in the summer. We tend to use the airplane to get out of the
winter yuck but stay close to home during the summer. Weird I guess,
but
we've all got jobs that are summer intensive so when we get a break we
tend
to stay home.

You would be the perfect partner for some "regular" folk. You could
have the Aztec all winter, and they could take it all summer!

(Didn't Mark Twombly -- or one of the AOPA writers -- do something like
that with his twin? His partner had it six months, and he had it six
months, in different geographic parts of the country! Seemed odd, to
me, but it apparently worked for him.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
[...]
I learned to fly on a 1900' strip that had 60' trees at one end and a road
across the other (the latter only was an obstacle when a semi was going
by).

Yeah, those FAA-standard 50' tall semis can be a real bitch.

("Kingfish" wrote)
Crap. After seeing the title I was hoping Jay had posted some photos of
some lady with big hoots named June.


Iowa City - The Amsterdam of the Midwest.

"June is bustin' out all over!
The sheep aren't sleepin' anymore!
All the rams that chase ewe-sheep
All determined there'll be new sheep
and the ewe-sheep aren't even keepin' score!"

All
"On acounta it's June! June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!"


Mont "gettin' kittenish with" Black

Paul... um... if you show up at OSH with your hat on sideways, blue
sunglasses, a dozen gold chains around your neck, rings on all your fingers,
baggy jeans hanging down to your knees exposing your Ercoupe boxers,
insisting on being called " IB MB Flyer" or some such nonsense... there
ain't NO WAY we're letting you near the BEER! Noooo way... a Rappin'
Montblack singing about sheep does NOT need to be intoxicated!
Jim

"Montblack" wrote in message
...

Iowa City - The Amsterdam of the Midwest.

"June is bustin' out all over!
The sheep aren't sleepin' anymore!
All the rams that chase ewe-sheep
All determined there'll be new sheep
and the ewe-sheep aren't even keepin' score!"

All
"On acounta it's June! June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!"


Mont "gettin' kittenish with" Black

Short field at 2600 feet? There aren't really any obstructions either.

Sounds like Jay needs to be recalibrated. :-)

I know -- it really *is* pathetic.

We used to fly out of C89 in Wisconsin -- 2300' x 30' -- in an
underpowered Cherokee 140.

Now, after 9 years of having three long, wide runways, we're so spoiled
that a 2600 foot grass strip seems "short" to us...

Oh, well -- we haven't lost it entirely. We only used less than half
of it to land, and maybe 3/5ths of the available runway to depart!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
Paul... um... if you show up at OSH with your hat on sideways, blue
sunglasses, a dozen gold chains around your neck, rings on all your
fingers,
baggy jeans hanging down to your knees exposing your Ercoupe boxers,
insisting on being called " IB MB Flyer" or some such nonsense... there
ain't NO WAY we're letting you near the BEER! Noooo way... a Rappin'
Montblack singing about sheep does NOT need to be intoxicated!
Jim

Rap? RAP!?!

Rodgers and Hammerstein are spinning in their respective graves!!

May Shirly Jones perform nothing but Partridge Family "B" sides at your next
social gathering.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

May Shirly Jones perform nothing but Partridge Family "B" sides at your next
social gathering.

"I Think I Love You"...forever?

Gaaa!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message news:rR_fg.9222

The only airport that caused me apprehension was Marlboro, MA in my 182.
The runway is less than 1700' in length and has trees at both ends and

I used to instruct at Norwood years ago and would take students to Marlboro
just to show them what the book was talking about. I love the place. Still
there, and apparently healthy.

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