500 hours!

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Why can't you
grumpily nitpick some arcane point in my post--I mean, just to fit in?

It has been raining in the Northeast for a week, and between that and
the spring thaw all my grass airports are closed. That could explain
some of the posts.

We in the Northwest have all been out flying, which explains why the local
flame wars have subsided a bit :-) It's been the sort of CAVU week that we
know happens fro mtime to time, and people from outside assume happens
never. I chose Friday evening to knock some rust off with 3 and a hold, and
just had to lift the shades for a few minutes so I could take in the sunset.

After we landed, I stood on the apron and took advantage of the low horizon
to the west (except for the Olympics). There, in a ragged line left to
right, were the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, all visible
at once. That won't happen again until 2035.

-- David Brooks

After we landed, I stood on the apron and took advantage of the low
horizon
to the west (except for the Olympics). There, in a ragged line left to
right, were the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, all
visible
at once. That won't happen again until 2035.

We saw the same thing -- it was awesome.

We took off from Iowa City with the kids, with three scattered layers
overhead. Flew through one, flew through the next, and then, as we
proceeded south, the third one just evaporated.

Just for fun, I wheeled and soared between and through the little puffies,
as the sun set through them. The red colors of the setting sun shining
through the wispy layer was almost religious.

The kids, who had previously been whining about going flying, fell unusually
silent. As the sun sank below the horizon the air became thick and syrupy,
and we were all lost in our own thoughts as the moon and five planets
emerged.

It was one of those rare moments that separates flying life from the rest of
our hum-drum existence.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"