Hello? Any oldtimers around?

Martin Hotze writes:

... and you did all the best to help destroy the climate in this group.

I'm afraid not. It was the kiddies that drove people out of the group, and I'm
not a kid.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Martin Hotze writes:

... and you did all the best to help destroy the climate in this group.

I'm afraid not. It was the kiddies that drove people out of the group, and I'm
not a kid.

Riiiight !

On Jul 25, 4:20*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

I'm afraid not. It was the kiddies that drove people out of the group, and I'm
not a kid.

You haven't changed one bit in that decade. Herein lies your problem,
Mxsmanic. You claim to know a lot about aviation and flying, but your
knowlege is either 1.) Wrong (which you won't admit to), or, 2.)
Biased upon an artificial world of a simulator because you have never
flown a real airplane. Therefore, any "rational discussion" as you
like to put it, is practically invalid because you haven't used it in
the real world of actually flying airplanes. You may claim that it
does not matter, as you have in the past, but it matters a whole lot.

I often get this at work. My main career is that of an aircraft
structures and sheetmetal mechanic, A&P. I did really well in A&P
school not too long ago (3.8 GPA, I think) so I have a lot of "book
knowlege" when I go to work. But, within an hour of receiving a new
job I've never done before, or working with a non-A&P with lots of
experience and really good at his job, I realize my book knowlege
really means very, very little in the "real world."

Happy Flying!

Ricky
CFII, Multi, Balloon, A&P
Soon, I hope! ATP, Ultralight, Glider, Gas Balloon, IA

On Monday, July 30, 2012 1:05:29 PM UTC-5, Ricky wrote:

You haven't changed one bit in that decade. Herein lies your problem,

Mxsmanic. You claim to know a lot about aviation and flying, but your

knowlege is either 1.) Wrong (which you won't admit to), or, 2.)

Biased upon an artificial world of a simulator because you have never

flown a real airplane.

SNIP

Ricky

CFII, Multi, Balloon, A&P

Soon, I hope! ATP, Ultralight, Glider, Gas Balloon, IA

Best response I've seen in this group in probably a decade :-)

To answer your question, yep, still lurk, my 10 year tenor flying has come to a close, sold my Sundowner about 2 years ago, rented for a year, cost didn't justify the means so I moved on to different hobbies. Only flying I am doing outside commercial flights is putting up aviation randoms on my You Tube channel as I have been having fun looking back at my aviation accomplishments (more than Mx can ever say he has done in real world flying).

My first post was on a 2400 baud modem and 4 Mhz Packard Bell computer so I am probably right up there with the older timers of this group.

Ricky, I sure hope you go for that glider rating. I didn't follow through but the 20+ flights I did puts power flying in a whole new dimension that in the long run will make you just that much better a pilot after soaring (if you don't know this already LOL)

Only reason I didn't follow through is the club flies on days like today, 100F, heat index of 112 and the Blanick is one of the best places to experience a greenhouse effect :-) Kitchen was too hot, so I bailed.

Ricky writes:

You haven't changed one bit in that decade. Herein lies your problem,
Mxsmanic.

If you are interested in talking about me, join my fan club and worship me
there. This group is not the place for it.