Ten Years of Flying

"Montblack" wrote in message
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(Captainwubba wrote)
Ten years is Titanium isn't it? g

No, I'm pretty sure ten years is a set of dual Garmin GNS 530s...that's
what I'm telling my wife, anyway.


http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/...iswedding.html
(Chicago Public Library)

Looks like ten years is actually Aluminum!!


Montblack



Now you tell me. Doubt I can get the diamond necklace back from the wife for
a roll of reynolds wrap :-(

Funny. Thats the element that has us addicted to aviation...

Ben

Hey, look who's finally back to posting! Ya, I know, you've been back
for a bit...just had to mention it. The humor factor just went up a notch.

Titanium...Aluminum...nah...I think the GNS upgrade is required. Heck,
I'd take a *single* 430 and call it good. Yep, I can see it now in the
(future) Arrow panel. Saw a picture of an Arrow panel with a 530 and a
430. It was great until you looked at the $120K+ price for the plane
though. Yikes them avionic thingys are expensive :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Shopping Student

"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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Big congratulations!!! :0) I'm just a hair over halfway there,,, keep up
the pace man or I'll 'catch-up' with you grin!

Enjoy and be sure to celebrate !!!!

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Cecil
PP-ASEL-IA
Student - CP-ASEL

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
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"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings
by flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an
amazing furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of
camaraderie and fun.

Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...)
In ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an
equal number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any
bent metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat
of an airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from
the ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.

It's truly been a wondrous decade.

Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's
hard to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short
decade. Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure
out how to get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If
anyone had told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my
newspaper career and other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to
do the same with her medical career -- in order to reap the risky and
always doubtful financial benefits of aviation (by creating an
aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all things!), I surely would have thought
they were daft.

Yet, here I am. Only in America.

I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is
life, ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out
and enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or
thirty) years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to
share the sky with y'all over these last ten years.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Big congratulations!!! :0) I'm just a hair over halfway there,,, keep up
the pace man or I'll 'catch-up' with you grin!

Hey, you just might catch up in total time. If you want to build hours,
don't let your wife get her ticket. :-)

I figure I'd have over 1300 hours in my logbook by now, if we weren't
splitting left-seat time for the last six years. I'm kinda disappointed
that I didn't reach my goal of 1000 hours in 10 years, but 900-and-change is
a small price to pay for the luxury of having a second pilot on board. It
really does make flying cross country much more relaxing.

Enjoy and be sure to celebrate !!!!

We did just that! Our favorite micro-brewery tapped a new batch of a nutty
brown ale last night. It was the perfect way to end a perfect day!

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

Jay Honeck wrote:

Hey, you just might catch up in total time. If you want to build
hours,
don't let your wife get her ticket. :-)

Jay,
Congratulations. There is an easy way for both pilots in the family
to build hours. One flies under the hood while the other acts as the
safety pilot. Granted that it's a tradeoff, either you get to
manipulate the controls and stare at the gauges or to swivel your head
around looking at the scenery but if you love doing both, it's equal
opportunity.
Hai Longworth

Jay Honeck wrote:

Today I was able to celebrate my 10-Year anniversary of getting my wings by
flying Mary and friends to a wonderful lunch in Kewanee, IL (at an amazing
furniture store called "Goods"), followed by a full day of camaraderie and
fun.

Best of all, my landing in Kewanee was an absolute greaser, despite high,
gusty winds! (Funny how that never ceases to be a real ego builder...) In
ten years and over 900 hours, I've surprisingly managed to complete an equal
number of take-offs and landings, while simultaneously avoiding any bent
metal or mishaps. Meanwhile, my kids have grown up in the back seat of an
airplane, seeing so many things that they could never have seen from the
ground, and I've had the privilege of owning aircraft since '98.

It's truly been a wondrous decade.

Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than flying. In fact, it's hard
to believe how much aviation has changed my life in this very short decade.
Ten years ago I was a life-time wanna-be pilot, trying to figure out how to
get into the left seat and see what flying was really like. If anyone had
told me that ten years later I would have abandoned my newspaper career and
other businesses -- and could have convinced Mary to do the same with her
medical career -- in order to reap the risky and always doubtful financial
benefits of aviation (by creating an aviation-theme-suite hotel, of all
things!), I surely would have thought they were daft.

Yet, here I am. Only in America.

I always tell anyone who will listen that my first 35 years on this planet
were utterly wasted, spent on the ground, looking up. Flying truly is life,
ladies and gents, and I'm here to tell you that it's time to get out and
enjoy every minute of it! I'm looking forward to another ten (or thirty)
years of flying, and I'm incredibly honored to have been able to share the
sky with y'all over these last ten years.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Congrats, Jay! And may you have many more years of blue skies and calm
winds.
Thanks, too, for your many postings and musings here. Keep those things
coming. Hope to get out your way, one of these days. My wifes brother
lives in Muscatine and two good friends of mine live in Lake City. When
in the area, we'll give you a callup for a reservation.
Arnold Sten

Thanks, too, for your many postings and musings here. Keep those things
coming. Hope to get out your way, one of these days. My wifes brother
lives in Muscatine and two good friends of mine live in Lake City. When in
the area, we'll give you a callup for a reservation.

Thanks, Arnold. We'll keep the beacon on for ya!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We have been chosen to experience something that few others have. To
us, it's not simply flying - millions get on airliners every day and
"fly" from place to place. It's a freedom, a state of mind, an added
dimension, an appreciation, a reverence. It's something we feel, not
something we do. It affects our view of each new day, our community,
our planet and even our universe. We start out wanting to bring
everyone along, but eventually realize we are the chosen ones. Most
will live out their lives on a flat earth.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

We have been chosen to experience something that few others have. To
us, it's not simply flying - millions get on airliners every day and
"fly" from place to place. It's a freedom, a state of mind, an added
dimension, an appreciation, a reverence. It's something we feel, not
something we do. It affects our view of each new day, our community,
our planet and even our universe. We start out wanting to bring
everyone along, but eventually realize we are the chosen ones. Most
will live out their lives on a flat earth.

As always, Gene, no one says it better.

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