Cold is Good!

In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Ain't it great? I tell everyone I meet how great winter flying is, and
am often met with stares of incredulity. It seems a lot of guys park
'em in the fall, and break 'em out in the spring, and never touch 'em
in between. I think they're missing the best flying weather of the
year.

I'm surprised that the Colorado Pilots Assoc only plans flyins
from April to Oct. And about a third of them have weather problems.
This year we had 15 CPA-sponsored
flyins, of which I could only make it to 2, mostly distance. It's not
much fun when half of them require 6-8 hours of flight time for me,
each way. The one I really wanted to attend was to Omaha, NE to
visit the SAC museum. Really bad weather -- very high winds.

Now is the time the Tstorms and density altitude are gone. This is
a great time to fly!

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:49:56 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:

Took the Fly Baby up last weekend, temperature 40 degrees
on the ground. It's OK once your face goes numb, but
it's tough to talk on the radio! :-)

You can get some nice full face protection from
www.cabelas.com or try a motorcycle shop/snowmobile.

Yeah, but they look ugly. I wear a ski mask when the temps
drop below 35 or so.

You paint it to look like you're handsome.

I don't think they *make* that much paint! :-)

My wife just bought me a new flying helmet that avoids the ugly look of
motorcycle helmets. It's got full-face protection, stylish appearance, and
actually helps in aerodynamic control:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/helmet.jpg

The trouble is, it makes me look like a hood ornament....

Ron Wanttaja

I went up today in our Cherokee 180 to knock some rust off. Had full fuel,
but was by myself. Tried to do a short field take-off, but after rotating &
pitching up to an insane attitude, I was still about 5 knots above Vx.

Cool.


"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
And you don't have to climb to 10,000 just to get some cool
air out of the vent.


"Leonard Ellis" wrote in message
t...
| Amen. I took off to play a bit on Friday afternoon and
pulled the Skyhawk
| out of the hanger for some fun. I love her performance
when the weather is
| cool and clear and I'm flying by myself at half fuel.
Certainly more fun
| than a full gross takeoff in August!
|
| Cheers,
| Leonard
| "Jay Honeck" wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| Anyway, after enough ground idle to get the oil
temperature into the
| yellow,
| plus a run-up for a couple of bonus degrees, off I
went, and what a ride!
| Off the ground, keep it low, 140+ knots at the other
end of the runway,
| and
| up, up, up in a climbing turn into the crosswind... It
is amazing how
| much
| more performance the airplane has in 20F, compared to
90F.
|
| Ain't it great? I tell everyone I meet how great winter
flying is, and
| am often met with stares of incredulity. It seems a lot
of guys park
| 'em in the fall, and break 'em out in the spring, and
never touch 'em
| in between. I think they're missing the best flying
weather of the
| year.
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|
|
|

("Ron Wanttaja" wrote)
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/helmet.jpg

The trouble is, it makes me look like a hood ornament....


vs. ??

Actually, I think it might make you look like an adornment off the Chrysler
building. g
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian...ysler/icon.htm


Montblack-deco

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:19:04 -0600, "Montblack"
wrote:

("Ron Wanttaja" wrote)
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/helmet.jpg

The trouble is, it makes me look like a hood ornament....


vs. ??

Sigh. I'm starting to think no one else even SAW the movie....

Ron "We got a gazebo" Wanttaja

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote

Yeah, but they look ugly. I wear a ski mask when the temps drop below 35 or
so.

And a ski mask doesn't ???

You need to seriously look for a new fashion adviser. g
--
Jim in NC

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:19:04 -0600, "Montblack"
wrote:

("Ron Wanttaja" wrote)
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/helmet.jpg

The trouble is, it makes me look like a hood ornament....


vs. ??

Sigh. I'm starting to think no one else even SAW the movie....


Ahhh, "Rocket Man" ?
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:19:04 -0600, "Montblack"
("Ron Wanttaja" wrote)
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/helmet.jpg

The trouble is, it makes me look like a hood ornament....

vs. ??

Sigh. I'm starting to think no one else even SAW the movie....


Ahhh, "Rocket Man" ?

Goes back even further than the movie. It was a serial in the
50s on television.

"Blanche" wrote

Goes back even further than the movie. It was a serial in the
50s on television.

I'll have to plead ignorance. I was only 1 in '59! g
--
Jim in NC

On 11 Dec 2006 04:23:43 GMT, Blanche wrote:

Morgans wrote:

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:19:04 -0600, "Montblack"
("Ron Wanttaja" wrote)
http://www.bowersflybaby.com/helmet.jpg

The trouble is, it makes me look like a hood ornament....

vs. ??

Sigh. I'm starting to think no one else even SAW the movie....


Ahhh, "Rocket Man" ?

Goes back even further than the movie. It was a serial in the
50s on television.

Too far back! Try 1991....

http://www.alyon.org/generale/theatr.../rocketeer.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/

Ron Wanttaja