Devastation in Iowa City Tonight

In article ,
"Montblack" wrote:

I think you gained 6#'s on you Vegas trip, IIRC, while only 4#'s on your
Thanksgiving (MOA Shopping) visit with us. Looking at the numbers it
occurred to me that, while 2#'s shy of the Vegas mark, we hold the #'s/day
edge over Las Vegas!

Interesting... one-quart of beer weighs two pounds.

Montblack wrote:
What is your Arrow's useful load? More importantly, what are your fuel
hops going to be with seats full? Why yes, I mean ...with IFR reserves!!

Please keep in mind the copilot is not the one questioning Montblack's
outfitting capabilities here. :-)

"john smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Montblack" wrote:

I think you gained 6#'s on you Vegas trip, IIRC, while only 4#'s on your
Thanksgiving (MOA Shopping) visit with us. Looking at the numbers it
occurred to me that, while 2#'s shy of the Vegas mark, we hold the
#'s/day
edge over Las Vegas!

Interesting... one-quart of beer weighs two pounds.

That must be that famous American lite beer, a quart of our beer weighs 2
and a half pounds.

I think you gained 6#'s on you Vegas trip, IIRC, while only 4#'s on your
Thanksgiving (MOA Shopping) visit with us. Looking at the numbers it
occurred to me that, while 2#'s shy of the Vegas mark, we hold the #'s/day
edge over Las Vegas!

Hmmm. And I am PRECISELY ten pounds over the 175 pounds I want to be
at -- and was at, before visiting you, and going to Vegas with Jim.
Coincidence? I think not!

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/Photogallery2/2005-Thanksgiving/sFamily%20at%20Vikings%20Store%20in%20MOA2%2011-05.jpg
Oops, how'd that one get in there? g

I KNEW we shouldn't have posed for that shot! I just KNEW it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

And, of course, the women made me replay the volleyball scene with Tom
Cruise, Val Kilmer, et al, OVER and OVER and OVER...

;-)

What about the opening 10 minutes? That's got to be the best part.
Heck, cut out the rest of the film, I could watch that over & over for
an hour or three...


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Montblack wrote:
What is your Arrow's useful load? More importantly, what are your fuel
hops going to be with seats full? Why yes, I mean ...with IFR reserves!!

Useful load is 983.8 lbs. With four seats full, we'll carry 36 gallons
(to the tabs) which means three hour legs in order to land with an
hour's worth reserves (my mandated fuel reserves, more than those
required by the FARs). For any IFR ops., it depends on the timeframe to
the destination + alternate + reserves...most likely around 2:30 for
time to destination + alternate and I'd still have (my) reserves
remaining. Until we get past Salt Lake, there's little chance we'd do
IFR flying though as much of the MEAs would require supplemental O2.
Dang rocks are just so high that by the time you add obstruction
clearance and nav. aid reception, you'd really want to be sucking on
bottled O2.


BTW, we're waiting for OSH to get new pillows. Yup, you get them first
(x4) , then they're all ours. Margene has decided ....it's time.

Oooooh, no lumpy ones, eh? Cooooooool! Still need to weigh a bunch of
stuff though. Will keep you posted on that front.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Steve A wrote:

Please keep in mind the copilot is not the one questioning Montblack's
outfitting capabilities here. :-)
Oh sure, blame it on the PIC...or is that in the FARs somewhere? :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Hey don't blame ME!! I didn't gain an ounce ) hehe
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
I think you gained 6#'s on you Vegas trip, IIRC, while only 4#'s on your
Thanksgiving (MOA Shopping) visit with us. Looking at the numbers it
occurred to me that, while 2#'s shy of the Vegas mark, we hold the
#'s/day
edge over Las Vegas!

Hmmm. And I am PRECISELY ten pounds over the 175 pounds I want to be
at -- and was at, before visiting you, and going to Vegas with Jim.
Coincidence? I think not!


http://www.alexisparkinn.com/Photoga...sFamily%20at%2
0Vikings%20Store%20in%20MOA2%2011-05.jpg
Oops, how'd that one get in there? g

I KNEW we shouldn't have posed for that shot! I just KNEW it!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hmmm... ugly pictures running through my mind.... outfitter one who designs
and supplies "outfits"

Next up... Montblack Designs help Jack and Steve on What Not to Wear!

ewww....

Jim

"john smith" wrote in message
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Who *is* this "Montblack" fellow, anyway??

A legend in his own mind :-) Oh...I mean, most excellent supplier of
camping gear to the useful load impaired.

Isn't that the definition of an "outfitter"?

Hey don't blame ME!! I didn't gain an ounce ) hehe
Jim

Yeah, well, no fair jettisoning your meals overboard...

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