Summer's over -- where'd you go?

Jay Honeck wrote:

With school started, and family vacations a soon-to-be-distant memory,
it's time to reflect on a summer of flying. Where'd everyone fly to?

My most memorable pleasure flight this summer was from NY state to Iowa for
a stay at the Alexis Park Inn, then onto Denver, Colorado, for a family
reunion.

Unfortunately this memory is clouded by the maintenance problem on the
return trip that stranded my boys and me in Nowhere, Indiana. I am still
paying off the favor of being rescued by a fellow pilot at my FBO.

IMO, fall in the Northeast US offers the most memorable flying conditions,
though, as the visibility is usually better, the threat of thunderstorms
lessened, and of course the landscape colors are the most vibrant.

The approach of winter doesn't stop my flying, as I am still commuting
weekly for my consulting job and see that happening throughout the
remainder of this year and into the next.

but the most lovely, by far, was Madeline Island, up in Lake Superior.

Based on your description of the flight I have added this my list of
destinations. Hopefully next year I will be able to attend OSH for the
first time and have that as a summer flight memory.

--
Peter

Unfortunately this memory is clouded by the maintenance problem on the
return trip that stranded my boys and me in Nowhere, Indiana. I am still
paying off the favor of being rescued by a fellow pilot at my FBO.

Yeah, that really bites. What a shame!

Actually, our most memorable flight of the year was to Las Vegas with
Jim & Tami Burns, but I didn't count that one since I was merely a
co-pilot (and an unnecessary one, at that) on that trip -- and it
actually took place before summer started.

THAT was a helluva trip, in many ways. We had a fantastic time, but I
wouldn't want to duplicate that flight experience any time soon. (We
ran into intense, long-term turbulence that made flying slightly more
fun than being poked in the eye with a sharp stick...)

Once there, all was well, and the flight home was great -- but that 12
hour stretch on the way out will live forever in our memories as the
single most grueling flight, ever.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Actually, our most memorable flight of the year was to Las Vegas with Jim
& Tami Burns, but I didn't count that one since I was merely a co-pilot
(and an unnecessary one, at that) on that trip -- and it actually took
place before summer started.


You chose a den of iniquety over the Holy See?

http://www.goldenwingsmuseum.com/Photo's/Buhl.jpg
First Pope to have flown in an airplane ...flew in this one. g

http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimagi46.htm
"In 1934, a very notable individual was given a sightseeing ride over Buenos
Aires. While attending the "International Eucaristically Congress," Cardinal
Monsignor Pacelli went for a spin over the town. Soon to be elected Pope
Pius the XXII, Monsignor Pacelli became the first Pope to have flown in an
airplane."


Montblack

This year has been light on flight for me.
Other than Spring Break to Florida and AirVenture, I haven't any travel.
Having an aging dog is crimping our travel plans.
She had two strokes while I was at Oshkosh 2005, so we are reluctant to
leave her without 24 hour care and monitoring.

john smith wrote:

This year has been light on flight for me.
Other than Spring Break to Florida and AirVenture, I haven't any travel.
Having an aging dog is crimping our travel plans.
She had two strokes while I was at Oshkosh 2005, so we are reluctant to
leave her without 24 hour care and monitoring.

You are a good person.

Ron Lee

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:20:11 GMT, john smith wrote:
Having an aging dog is crimping our travel plans.
She had two strokes while I was at Oshkosh 2005, so we are reluctant to
leave her without 24 hour care and monitoring.

How old is she? Sounds like it is likely time to cut your loses and
get another dog...

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Grumman-581 wrote:

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:20:11 GMT, john smith wrote:
Having an aging dog is crimping our travel plans.
She had two strokes while I was at Oshkosh 2005, so we are reluctant to
leave her without 24 hour care and monitoring.

How old is she? Sounds like it is likely time to cut your loses and
get another dog...

She was eight last year, nine now.
She is a Golden Retriever, average life is twelve years.
She lives as long as she lives.
She has recovered quite well. The only after effect of the strokes was
the muscles on the right side of her face tightening up so her nose
points to the right, her right eyelid doesn't open as far as the left,
her right ear does stand up as high as the left, and her mouth mouth
tightened up so that her upper canine rubs her lip.
Our previous Golden had to be put down when he was nine.

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:38:15 GMT, john smith wrote:
She was eight last year, nine now.
She is a Golden Retriever, average life is twelve years.
She lives as long as she lives.

My last few dogs lived to about 12 and then were just found dead
outside... They had been getting along pretty good with no noticeable
signs of old age... They were Chows... One of the younger ones got in
a fight with his father (even though both had been 'fixed'), and ended
up paralyzed from behind the front shoulders to the rear... I took him
out back, dug a hole, and put a bullet through his head severing the
spinal cord for a quick no-reflex kill... I was always taught that you
don't hire someone else to do your dirty work, you do it yourself...
I've had to do it with cattle on the ranch and with pets...

Jay Honeck wrote
... [the trip to Las Vegas with Jim & Tami Burns] was a helluva trip, in
many ways.
We had a fantastic time, but I wouldn't want to duplicate that flight
experience
any time soon. (We ran into intense, long-term turbulence that made flying
slightly more
fun than being poked in the eye with a sharp stick...) ...

I thought you said shortly after getting home that you'd do it again "in a
heart beat." g

... [the trip to Las Vegas with Jim & Tami Burns] was a helluva trip, in
many ways.
We had a fantastic time, but I wouldn't want to duplicate that flight
experience
any time soon. (We ran into intense, long-term turbulence that made flying
slightly more
fun than being poked in the eye with a sharp stick...) ...

I thought you said shortly after getting home that you'd do it again "in a
heart beat." g

That was the TRIP, not the flight...

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