Ghost Ship

"Jay Honeck" writes:

- Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it thusly.
Electrify the hull!")

No, no. More like a philosopher:

"Hmmm....What is the purpose of beer, to enjoy life more, or to forget
its woes and cares? And why is beer more suited for this, than wine
or distilled spirits? Yes...I think Bush did it."

Don't forget the Innkeeper - Norman Bates


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
R.A.P.

Whoa -- now THERE is a concept!

We could have...

- Larry Dighera playing the Rev. Falwell-type ("No beer!")

- Montblack playing the Falstaff character ("Did someone say beer?")

- Steven McNicoll playing the caustic Jack Nicholson character ("Why do I
doubt that what *you* call 'beer' is truly only hops and grains?")

- Martin Hotze as the sinister Austrian ("Beer, eh? Your papers,
please!")

- Jack Allison as the earnest, Jimmy Stewart character ("Well, shoot,
Marty,
will drinking this beer help me find my new airplane?")

- Mike Rappaport as the Mr. Howell type ("Lovey! Bring me my beer, will
you?")

- Matt Barrow as the angry James Dean type ("Beer? *&$# you! I want
Scotch!")

- Jim Burns as the patient Henry Fonda type ("Now now, fellows. It's only
beer we're talking about here!")

- Jim Weir as the Marlon Brando/Apocalypse Now type ("Have you ever drank
an
ice cold beer from that indentation in a beautiful woman's lower back...?
I
have...but that's another topic..."

- Cub Driver as the wise Alec Guinness/Obi Wan Kenobi character ("No, I've
not done that. But did I tell about the time we built our own brewery
back
before the war? Didn't have a radio in it, neither...")

- George Patterson as the cynical yet somehow optimistic Morgan Freeman
type
("Well, beer *was* better back then. But it always seems that the more we
drink it, the better it gets...")

- Bob Fry as the analytical Captain Nemo type ("Pishaw. Beer is best when
served at precisely 34.6 degrees -- and you have failed to serve it
thusly.
Electrify the hull!")

Wow, this could go on and on!

Who can add more suggestions? :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"StellaStarr" wrote in message
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George Patterson wrote:
Eduardo K. wrote:


You should REALLY get on to writing a regular column somewhere.


Given the source of inspiration for his best efforts, I would prefer
that
they be rare.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.


Mysteries. That's where the money is. Check any used booksale, or for
that
matter the racks of new books.

The Hotel Murders, by J.M. Honeck (M. because Mary will be helping as
well
as acting as his business manager, and give permission in the first
place)


We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!

StellaStarr wrote:

I can see it now: Murder in the Earheart Suite, Death by DC-3, The Pilot
in Room 203...it would be a series, and each one would feature amateur
sleuths with curiously familiar descriptions resembling regulars from
R.A.P.

We'll all be watching for the newest volume in the series!


And when he runs out of ideas there, Jay can produce dime-store romances.
Nothing quite like allowing young women to believe they'll meet Prince Charming
at the Alexis to boost revenuw. :-)

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

I just today read about that accident... very sad to hear. I hope
the Stearman finds a good home.

My airplane is 45 years old... when I fly it I have thought about
all those that have flown her before me and how she brought us all
safely to our destinations. I don't take it for granted and I take
good care of her.

Well written Jay.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Many of us fly ghost ships nowadays.


A somewhat-related thread ran on the Stearman Restorer's Forum a few
months ago. There were many stories told that helped remind us all of
the responsibility we carry and the debt we owe to those that flew 'em
before us....

"We pulled up to the pumps at a quiet little airport after my very
first check-out flight, and people just started appearing from no place
(and they weren't looking at me, that's for sure). An elderly
gentleman asked a few questions about the airplane, then admitted that
he'd learned to fly in a Stearman in 1943. He couldn't believe it when
I offered to let him sit in the airplane, but we found a step-stool and
helped him to get up onto the wing. After that, he slithered into the
seat like he'd been doing it every day for the last 60 years, he pulled
on my leather helmet ("It's exactly like the ones we used to wear!"),
then he proceeded to sit, and smile, and talk, and remember... and
shamelessly shed a few tears.

That experience honestly changed me, and it changed the way that I look
at the Stearman. The paperwork might claim that I own that airplane,
but there are thousands of people out there that own a piece of it just
as surely as I do. The airplane always seems to draw a crowd wherever
it goes, and I feel extraordinarily lucky to be able to share a little
of it with them."

-Dave Russell
N2S-3

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The silver plane sits lightly on the tarmac, gazing skyward at that cocky
angle that makes taxiing a Stearman such a chore. It is clearly ready for
flight.

It's been sitting there for three days, as I write this.

Great story snipped

Meanwhile, I'm left to wonder how long that beautiful Stearman, that ghost
ship, will sit, waiting, grating on my soul...
--
Jay Honeck

Jay:
How come you are not writing for some publication?
Perhaps you are,if so I would like to know which one so
I can be sure to catch your writings.

Bob Barker N8749S

How come you are not writing for some publication?
Perhaps you are,if so I would like to know which one so
I can be sure to catch your writings.

Thanks, Bob, but I can only do one crazy, money-losing venture at a time!
The hotel takes all my waking hours (well, most of them) for now...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Thanks, Bob, but I can only do one crazy, money-losing venture at a time!
The hotel takes all my waking hours (well, most of them) for now...

If you think of the prose production as a form of advertising, then it make
the idea less crazy.

- Andrew

Thanks, Bob, but I can only do one crazy, money-losing venture at a time!

If you think of the prose production as a form of advertising, then it
make
the idea less crazy.

For some strange reason, Mary doesn't regard my sitting at my desk for
hours, gazing thoughtfully into space as "work."

Especially when there is wallpaper to be hung, gutters to be cleaned, the
pool to be painted and filled, a leaky hot tub...

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

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:39:59 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

For some strange reason, Mary doesn't regard my sitting at my desk for
hours, gazing thoughtfully into space as "work."

Heh heh, she'll change her mind when you pick up the royalty check for
your millionth copy of your best seller "Ghost ship", memories from
the Good War...

Corky Scott