The First Thousand Hours

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Holy cats! I presume Icelandic Air was picking up the tab?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay H,

Near as I could figure out, it was a program similar to Lufthansa or SAS
where they recruit them, screen them heavily then ship the "best of the
best" to the desert SW where they do basically nothing but fly, fly, fly and
fly.

Lufthansa even bough their own airport at Mobile, AZ to accomodate their
intensive schedule.

Lately, it's begining to sound like I'm not flying in the US anymore with
all the foreign accents on the radio. Pretty good english spoken by all but
the Chinese...they're brutal and can tie up the freq pretty well trying to
make themselves understood to ATC.

Regards,

Jay B

The experience, a lifetime adventure, simply cannot be evaluated in
dollars. Literally priceless.

So must it be with flying.

Precisely, Dick. You nailed it right on the head!

Your trip sounds incredible. What, exactly, is a "Victory Tug"?

Does your boat look like this?: http://makeashorterlink.com/?P2F72144C
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"R.W. Behan" wrote

My wife and I just got back from a 2,500 mile trip to Alaska and
back, in a 20-year-old, 37' Victory Tug--a slow, full displacement, diesel
powered boat. If we calculated the cost per mile, or per hour, it would
blow our socks off. We know that.

The experience, a lifetime adventure, simply cannot be evaluated in
dollars.
Literally priceless.

Is this your boat? I wouldn't think there are many of them around.

Cool!
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote

Is this your boat? I wouldn't think there are many of them around.

OH NO !!! Don't anyone tell BoB, but I am posting into the future, again.

I posted the above post at 8:54, but it showed up with a 9:54 time stamp on
it.
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Jim in NC

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Life is full of little transitions and milestones. Back in 1995, when I
got my ticket, I privately vowed that I would fly 1000 hours in the next
ten years.
- Number of landings noted as "perfect": 13

I'm sure you just missed this stat...

- Number of consecutive perfect landings: 0
- Number of number of Awful landings on flights after perfect landings: 13

Jim,

If you'll email me, I'll forward an email I sent Jay, with a picture. (I
tried emailing you, but you must have a spam killer in your address.)

Cheers,

Dick


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"R.W. Behan" wrote

My wife and I just got back from a 2,500 mile trip to Alaska and
back, in a 20-year-old, 37' Victory Tug--a slow, full displacement,
diesel
powered boat. If we calculated the cost per mile, or per hour, it would
blow our socks off. We know that.

The experience, a lifetime adventure, simply cannot be evaluated in
dollars.
Literally priceless.

Is this your boat? I wouldn't think there are many of them around.

Cool!
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"R.W. Behan" wrote

My wife and I just got back from a 2,500 mile trip to Alaska and
back, in a 20-year-old, 37' Victory Tug--a slow, full displacement, diesel
powered boat. If we calculated the cost per mile, or per hour, it would
blow our socks off. We know that.

The experience, a lifetime adventure, simply cannot be evaluated in
dollars.
Literally priceless.

Is this your boat? I wouldn't think there are many of them around.

Cool!

http://www.maplebay.com/page100.htm

Darrel, yes, that is now our boat. Maple Bay was the broker.
Cheers,
Dick B.


"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:
"R.W. Behan" wrote

My wife and I just got back from a 2,500 mile trip to Alaska and
back, in a 20-year-old, 37' Victory Tug--a slow, full displacement,
diesel
powered boat. If we calculated the cost per mile, or per hour, it would
blow our socks off. We know that.

The experience, a lifetime adventure, simply cannot be evaluated in
dollars.
Literally priceless.

Is this your boat? I wouldn't think there are many of them around.

Cool!

http://www.maplebay.com/page100.htm

"R.W. Behan" wrote in message
om...
Jim,

If you'll email me, I'll forward an email I sent Jay, with a picture. (I
tried emailing you, but you must have a spam killer in your address.)

Yep, spamkillers forever!

Wilco. Out.
--
Jim in NC

- Number of consecutive perfect landings: 0
- Number of number of Awful landings on flights after perfect landings: 13

Actually, what I found is that -- over time -- my criterion for a "perfect"
landing is not static. As my skills have improved, I'm a much tougher
judge!

Early on, a "squeaker" was a perfect landing. Now, if I can feel any
vertical deceleration at all, it ain't perfect.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"