Confession...

Wow, someone from my home town, Iowa City!

I wonder if Larry Kleinmeyer(my first instructor) is still teaching, and if
Jen is still working there.

I remember my first solo there.... I was on short final, rwy 30, when a
smart-ass King Air decided to sneak-in and take off before me, when I had
already announced a touch-and-go. I made a novice mistake and followed that
king air in to a wicked wake turbulence, flipping over around 90 degrees
left and right within less than a second, probably only about100ft over
Wallmart...

Yessirree... I learned my wake turbulence alright. Since that day, my first
solo, WT was on my mind on every single landings and take-offs ever since.

Greetings from Salt Lake City!

Roger Chung (a proud graduate of West High and U of Iowa)


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:3NC8c.91301$Cb.1189768@attbi_s51...
Forgive me fellow fliers for I have sinned. It had been over 6 months
since
I have flown...

You are forgiven, my son.

For your penance, you must say 3 Hail Marys, 4 Our Fathers, and complete 6
circuits around the pattern without giggling.

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

Hi Roger!

And Iowa City Update:

Larry is no longer actively instructing -- although he keeps his CFI ticket
fresh. I'll be going up with him for my biennial, if I can get ahold of
him.

Jen no longer works at the airport, either. She was always a breath of
fresh air, but had a falling out with the current management.

Dumb-ass King Airs are still a problem here once in a while. Having flown
one recently -- and discovered that they cost $15 bucks a MINUTE to
operate -- I now have a new understanding for their incredible impatience
(rudeness?) in the pattern.

Whatcha doing in Utah?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"O-Usagi" wrote in message
k.net...
Wow, someone from my home town, Iowa City!

I wonder if Larry Kleinmeyer(my first instructor) is still teaching, and
if
Jen is still working there.

I remember my first solo there.... I was on short final, rwy 30, when a
smart-ass King Air decided to sneak-in and take off before me, when I had
already announced a touch-and-go. I made a novice mistake and followed
that
king air in to a wicked wake turbulence, flipping over around 90 degrees
left and right within less than a second, probably only about100ft over
Wallmart...

Yessirree... I learned my wake turbulence alright. Since that day, my
first
solo, WT was on my mind on every single landings and take-offs ever since.

Greetings from Salt Lake City!

Roger Chung (a proud graduate of West High and U of Iowa)


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:3NC8c.91301$Cb.1189768@attbi_s51...
Forgive me fellow fliers for I have sinned. It had been over 6 months
since
I have flown...

You are forgiven, my son.

For your penance, you must say 3 Hail Marys, 4 Our Fathers, and complete
6
circuits around the pattern without giggling.

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

Howdy, Jay!

Well, I came here to fly Beech 99 for AmeriFlight, but now I even put that
aside because I need to work and pay the bills.

After Larry got me hooked in flying, I went down to Orlando and attended
ATA(Airline Training Academy), where I got my Multi-Engine Commercial, IFR,
but the school went bankrupt and I lost some money (well actually lots...
but compared to some new students who lost up to $80,000 when they took the
money and closed the door on us, my loss seems nothing compared to theirs).
The only reason I went there in the first place was because they guaranteed
an airline interview. Well, obviously that didn't happen, and I decided to
do some turbine time building at AmeriFlight...... so here I am.

Who is operating King Airs there now? Would they let me fly the right seat
for free? ( yeah, right... but it costs me nothing to ask. I will work for
free as long as I can log in some time ;-) )

Please say hello to Larry for me when you see him next time.

Roger Chung





"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5TK8c.94534$_w.1265055@attbi_s53...
Hi Roger!

And Iowa City Update:

Larry is no longer actively instructing -- although he keeps his CFI
ticket
fresh. I'll be going up with him for my biennial, if I can get ahold of
him.

Jen no longer works at the airport, either. She was always a breath of
fresh air, but had a falling out with the current management.

Dumb-ass King Airs are still a problem here once in a while. Having flown
one recently -- and discovered that they cost $15 bucks a MINUTE to
operate -- I now have a new understanding for their incredible impatience
(rudeness?) in the pattern.

Whatcha doing in Utah?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ouch. That ATA story is really a drag. How many people did they fleece
when they went belly up?

Who is operating King Airs there now? Would they let me fly the right seat
for free? ( yeah, right... but it costs me nothing to ask. I will work for
free as long as I can log in some time ;-) )

Jet Air (their home office is in Galesburg, IL), is the primary charter now,
since they run the FBO.

I only got to fly right seat because I'm friends with the head cheese. (It
didn't hurt that I promised to buy him a good steak dinner in Omaha,
either.)

;-)

I'll say "hi" to Larry for ya!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"O-Usagi" wrote in message
nk.net...
Howdy, Jay!

Well, I came here to fly Beech 99 for AmeriFlight, but now I even put that
aside because I need to work and pay the bills.

After Larry got me hooked in flying, I went down to Orlando and attended
ATA(Airline Training Academy), where I got my Multi-Engine Commercial,
IFR,
but the school went bankrupt and I lost some money (well actually lots...
but compared to some new students who lost up to $80,000 when they took
the
money and closed the door on us, my loss seems nothing compared to
theirs).
The only reason I went there in the first place was because they
guaranteed
an airline interview. Well, obviously that didn't happen, and I decided to
do some turbine time building at AmeriFlight...... so here I am.


Please say hello to Larry for me when you see him next time.

Roger Chung





"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5TK8c.94534$_w.1265055@attbi_s53...
Hi Roger!

And Iowa City Update:

Larry is no longer actively instructing -- although he keeps his CFI
ticket
fresh. I'll be going up with him for my biennial, if I can get ahold of
him.

Jen no longer works at the airport, either. She was always a breath of
fresh air, but had a falling out with the current management.

Dumb-ass King Airs are still a problem here once in a while. Having
flown
one recently -- and discovered that they cost $15 bucks a MINUTE to
operate -- I now have a new understanding for their incredible
impatience
(rudeness?) in the pattern.

Whatcha doing in Utah?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ouch. That ATA story is really a drag. How many people did they fleece
when they went belly up?

Over 15 million dollars of about 200 or so student pilots were robbed. In
extreme cases, a new group of students arrived in Orlando after pre-paying
up to $80,000 each, which includes for all the training from the beginning
to commercial and beyond to multi time-building and professional training
and airline interview, plus apartment room for however many months, which
not a cent of that was relayed to the apartment where they were supposed to
stay.

http://www.redtrainer.org

I was almost done actually,... I just didn't get CL65 sim training plus an
interview with an airline.


I only got to fly right seat because I'm friends with the head cheese. (It
didn't hurt that I promised to buy him a good steak dinner in Omaha,
either.)

Hmm... I was in Iowa City just last week, visiting my parents. I should have
stopped by at the airport and drop off my resume.

Would love to check out your N56993 too. ... I might have seen it there
before. I belive my old trainer N1564X is gone to Cedar Rapids.

Would love to check out your N56993 too. ... I might have seen it there
before. I belive my old trainer N1564X is gone to Cedar Rapids.

Yep, good ol' 64-Xray went to Cedar Rapids along with PS Air, when they
snuck out in the middle of the night and left Iowa City high and dry. (That
seems to be going around nowadays... ) We used to rent that plane a lot,
before we bought our first Warrior, back in '98.

Mary trained and soloed in 667 (N46667, I believe?) -- which is also
long-gone. Jet Air -- the new FBO -- is a Cessna dealer, so they favor
those girly high-wing aircraft.

The ghosts of all of Iowa City's previous FBOs -- all of whom rented and
trained and sold Piper products -- must roam the terminal at night, rattling
chains...

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